Comparison

PixMemo vs Puppy Scanner

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

PixMemo

Capture information with your camera and receive intelligent recommendations for relevant notes. Enhance notes with handwriting and text, then share them via email or Bluetooth. The app learns your preferences to improve future suggestions.

Highlights
  • Note-taking via camera
  • Intelligent note recommendations
  • Handwritten and text editing
  • PDF export via email
  • Bluetooth data transfer
  • User preference learning
Features
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PixMemo helps easy taking a note using camera and recommends suitable notes for your situation. A lot of things to taking a note are required in your life, like a timetable of your commuting train, notices on your school bulletin board and so on. You just only need to take a photo, PixMemo recommends the suitable notes. For example, if you are leaving your home in the morning on Monday, PixMome selects the timetables of your nearby bus stop. You can add handwritten lines and texts in the note. And you can also send the note as an attached PDF file by e-mail or as data via Bluetooth between devices. The great features of PixMemo is learning of notes recommendation. When PixMemo recommends a note and you feel the note is suitable for your situation, please push “Like button” otherwise please push “Dislike button”, PixMemo learns which notes are suitable for your situation. The free version of PixMemo limits 10 notes, if you like the PixMemo, would you like to purchase upgrade function? By upgrading, the limit is deactivated. 1. Making a new note You can make a new note by touching the camera icon You can take a new phote by choosing “Camera”. You can use a photo stored on your device as a new note by choosing “Photo album” or “Camera roll”. If you want to get a note from your family or friends, please select “Receive nearby”. The details are in 3. Note view. 2. Collection view (Top screen) On a top screen, you can see thumbnail images of all notes. These images are grouped in time order. PixMemo will show “Recommendation” as the first group. PixMemo calculates a suitability score for each note and chooses notes as a recommendation group by suitability score order. 3. Note view Once you select a thumbnail image, you can see the detail of the note. You can set a title of the note and see the suitability score of this note in the top of this view. In a toolbar at the bottom, there are 6 buttons as follows; - Like button If you feel that the note is suitable to see at the situation, please push “Like button”. - Dislike button If you feel that the recommended note is not suitable in your situation, please push “Dislike button”. - Edit button PixMemo shows an edit view for this note. See 4. Edit View. - Action button “Send nearby”: You can send the note to a near iPhone or iPod which is set as “Receive nearby” in the top screen. “Send by e-mail”: The note will be sent by e-mail as an attached file in PDF format. “Printout”: You can printout the note by an Apple's AirPrint printer. - Alarm button See 5. Alarm Settings View - Trash button You can remove the note. 4. Edit View You can choose following edit mode by touching upper right buttons. (1) Drawing mode You can draw handwritten lines on the memo. You can change line type and color with buttons located lower on the screen. (2) Text mode You can put a text on the note. By touching the frame of the text, you can change the text. (3) Select mode For selected drawings, you can move, change color or delete.For selected texts, you can move, change color, change size or delete. (4) Clipping mode You can clip the photo of the note. 5. Alarm Settings View “Reminds Me At a Location” You can set photographing location, reference location 1, 2 and 3. One of them can be set as reminding location. By touching a [i] button, you can see the location on a map. You can move the location by double touching on the map. “Reminds Me On a Day” You can set date/time of notification condition. The notification can be repeatable like every day, every week and so on. “Alarm Sound” You can choose an alarm sound. 6. Settings (1) Number of Recommendation You can change a number of recommendations. (2) Thumbnail size You can change the size of thumbnail image. (3) Upgrade The free version limits 10 notes. Would you like to purchase upgrade function? *for iOS7 users Please confirm the Settings app and “Notification Center” > “PixMemo” for notification style.

About

Puppy Scanner

Features
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This is an app that scans documents and certificates and transforms them into electronic version. Scan A4 document to export PDF; scan bank card, driver's license and other documents to export PDF. 【main functions】 The app can be used offline for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch; Using Apple's cloudkit service, you don't need to input user name, password, mobile phone verification code, etc. to protect your privacy. Using Apple's latest swift programming language and Apple's own camera capture technology, the automatic recognition rate of the size of documents and certificates is improved. 【unsubscribe automatically】 If you purchase a continuous package year (month) item, unless you cancel the order at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing cycle, the item will be automatically renewed, and your account will charge a renewal fee within 24 hours before the end of the current billing cycle. You unsubscribe: "Settings" - "iTunes Store and app store" - "select Apple ID" - "view Apple ID" - "subscribe" - "unsubscribe" 【Privacy policy】 https://www.douban.com/note/797646266/ 【Terms of Use】 https://www.douban.com/note/797646266/

Screenshots

PixMemo4 screens
Puppy Scanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PixMemo at every 5 weeks against Puppy Scanner's every 7 months. PixMemo also leads on iOS requirement (7.0 vs 12.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PixMemo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Puppy Scanner sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PixMemo ships an update every 5 weeks, Puppy Scanner every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
PixMemo versus Puppy Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixMemoPuppy Scanner
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB14 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperPrime System Laboratory Co.,Ltd.涛 吴

In-app purchases

1 purchases

PixMemo

One-time1
  • Upgrade your PixNote$3.99
4 purchases

Puppy Scanner

Subscriptions3
  • Full version :1month$0.991 Month
  • Full version: 6 months$1.996 Months
  • Full version : 1 year$2.991 Year
One-time1
  • Scan full version$4.99

Questions

Is PixMemo free?
PixMemo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Puppy Scanner free?
Puppy Scanner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PixMemo or Puppy Scanner have ads?
Neither PixMemo nor Puppy Scanner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PixMemo or Puppy Scanner?
PixMemo ships an update every 5 weeks, and Puppy Scanner every 7 months. Most recently, PixMemo was updated on October 11, 2026 and Puppy Scanner on October 15, 2026.

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