Notepad vs Scanner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Notepad
Capture thoughts, create to-do lists, and organize ideas with a versatile digital notebook. Supports handwriting, text notes, and secure cloud syncing. Personalize your experience with custom themes and icons.
- Create to-do lists with checkboxes
- Unlimited text notes
- Handwritten notes with Apple Pencil
- Organize notes into folders
- Pin and sort notes
- iCloud backup and sync
- Advanced search functionality
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Jot down notes and organize your ideas with Notepad—the classic notepad writing app designed for keeping track of everything that matters. [ TO-DO LISTS ] • Create beautiful task lists with interactive checkboxes to track your daily tasks and goals. • Drag and drop to reorder items—organize your to-dos exactly how you want them. • Enjoy the satisfying experience of checking off completed tasks as you get things done. • Perfect for shopping lists, daily chores, project tasks, and everything in between. [ NOTES ] • Create unlimited text notes with rich formatting—quickly and easily. • Tap anywhere to start typing—it's simple, fast, and always saved automatically. • Works perfectly in both light and dark mode. [ RICH TEXT FORMATTING ] • Style your notes with bold, italic, underline, and strikethrough. • Choose from 7 text colors and 7 highlight colors to make important details stand out. • Pick from 18 handpicked font families—each with proper bold and italic variants. • A convenient formatting toolbar sits right above the keyboard for fast access. • Switch fonts anytime—your existing formatting is preserved. [ HANDWRITTEN NOTES WITH APPLE PENCIL ] • Capture your thoughts naturally with fluid, responsive handwriting that feels like pen on paper. • Create beautiful handwritten notes, diagrams, and drawings with realistic ink flow and pressure sensitivity. • Choose from fountain pens, pencils, and highlighters with customizable colors for a personalized writing experience. • Enjoy our adaptive paper grid that works perfectly in any orientation or device. [ FOLDERS - ORGANIZE YOUR NOTES ] • Organize notes into folders and subfolders with a clean, nested structure. • Assign a unique color to each folder, making it simple to categorize and find notes at a glance. • Drag-and-drop to reorder, and move multiple notes easily. [ PIN & SORT NOTES ] • Pin important notes to the top and sort by date, custom order, or alphabetical order. [ BACKUP WITH ICLOUD ] • Keep notes safe with automatic backups and iCloud sync across your devices. [ PERSONALIZE YOUR NOTEPAD ] • Give your notepad a personal touch with unique app icons, custom colors, stylish fonts, and a sleek dark mode for night owls. [ FIND NOTES FAST ] • Use advanced search tools and text highlighting to track down exactly what you're looking for. [ KEEP YOUR NOTES SAFE ] • Lock your notes with FaceID or TouchID for extra privacy. [ SHARE & PRINT ] • Send your notes to other apps like Mail or WhatsApp, or print them directly from Notepad. [ PREMIUM FEATURES FOR POWER USERS ] • Go ad-free, unlock exclusive themes, and get advanced sorting options with Premium. Notepad combines the nostalgic feel of a simple notebook with the functionality of today's tech. Use Notepad for everything from brainstorming ideas and setting personal reminders to creating shopping lists, to-do lists, grocery lists, chores lists, appointment notes, class notes, daily goals, password hints, birthday reminders, packing lists, travel itineraries, and more. Write, organize, and stay on top of everything that matters—download Notepad now and stay productive your way! Terms of Use & Privacy Policy: https://www.oldnotepad.com/terms.
Scanner
Easily scan single or multiple documents, receipts, photos, and ID cards in high quality. Features include edge detection, background removal, and various filters. Convert scans to PDF or JPEG, add e-signatures, create QR codes, and manage/share your documents efficiently.
- High-quality document scanning
- Automatic edge detection and background removal
- Convert to PDF or JPEG
- Add e-signatures
- QR code creator and scanner
- Document search and compression
- Share and manage scanned files
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Scanner - DOC/PDF Document Just in one tap scan the single or multiple documents using Scanner - PDF Document Scan in high-quality on your device.This App helps to scan documents, receipts, photos, reports, ID card or anything. Scanner - PDF Document Scan provides best edge detection to set the frames of your documents easily.Doc Scanner app will help in mobile phone to scan the document and automatically removes the clutter background. Scanner - PDF Document Scan has different filters like Scan Colour, Grayscale, or Black and White for scanned documents of photos.It can also export your scanned documents to PDF or JPEG files. Main Features: SCAN *Scan any document or photos and convert into PDF files on your mobile phones. *Scan any books with the two-page shooting mode from left and right pages at once, and store them in a split. *ID card scanner manages all ID cards, passports, driver's licence, visas, work permits, and other identity documents in just seconds. CROP & ADJUST * Automatically documents will be cropped and sorted in the way you need them. * Easy to use anytime, anywhere, and you get clean scan results from any angle. E-SIGN *Add initials, names, signing date, email address, and more to your scanned document. *Draw the signature in the pad. QR CREATOR & SCANNER *Create a text, email id or link from qr code creator. *Simply access the Qr code reader in the cam scanner. SEARCH *Enter keywords and quickly find relevant documents. MANAGE & COMPRESS *Merge Pdf files together to make editing easier. *Making your PDF document smaller will help you save space. SHARE & SEND *Send the document quickly and easily. *Share the important files via social media. CamScanner - PDF Document Scan will have the documents in your scanned library easily by name, tag or folder.Important document can be bookmarked and it will be listed separately.This app has import of multiple images from the gallery and convert them into a single PDF file as a document. Please visit https://newsmaddie.com/docscanner/privacy-policy.html for our Privacy Policy. We value your feedback and welcome any comments you may have to help improve our services. Please write to us at axeraan@gmail.net and we'll be happy to hear from you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Scanner at none against Notepad's 7. Scanner also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). Notepad's advantage is ratings volume (28K vs 3). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Notepad sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Scanner asks for nothing beyond the download.
Scanner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notepad has 28K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Notepad | Scanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (28K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 28K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | — |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | 1381802 Ontario Inc. | Axeraan Technologies |
Customer experience
Notepad
Scanner
Bugs and requests
Notepad
Reported bugs
2 issues- Notes randomly disappearing
- Ads covering up the note-taking area
Requested features
4 requests- Add drawing/highlighting tools
- Integrate with calendar and contacts
- Ability to sort and organize notes
- Option to password protect specific notes
Scanner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Notepad
- Monthly Premium Membership$1.991 Month
- Monthly Premium Subscription$2.991 Month
- Yearly Premium Subscription$14.991 Year
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- Yearly Premium Subscription$17.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium Membership$19.99
- Lifetime Premium Membership$29.99
- Lifetime Premium Membership$39.99
Scanner
No in-app purchases









