Comparison

Visitor Log Book vs Simple Visitor Log

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

Head to head
About

Visitor Log Book

This app provides a digital guest sign-in register for facilities, allowing for visitor registration, badge printing, and email notifications. It offers extensive customization for administrative features and can capture visitor information like name, company, and purpose of visit.

Highlights
  • Digital visitor sign-in register
  • Print visitor badges
  • Send email notifications
  • Capture visitor photos and signatures
  • Customizable administrative settings
  • Export visitor data
Features
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Visitor Log Book. Simple and Efficient guest sign in register. Register your visitors from any iPad. Print your visitors badge on a label printer. Directly send email to the selected visited party. Use this register to log your visitors in your facility. inApp purchased features available (HSE disclaimer, Export data, Sign IN/OUT Questions). Functional Features: ----------------- Sign IN a visitor - Print visitor badge (inApp purchase option) - Disclaimer or HSE acceptation (inApp purchase option) - with customizable buttons - Up to 3 Yes/No questions (inApp purchase option) - Info Captured: Name, Company, Purpose of the visit, Visited party, Time. (Company and Purpose can be hidden) - Enable Optional 2 customizable fields - Capture Photo: Person or ID (optional) - Capture Visitor Signature (optional) - Email notification verbose (optional) Sign OUT a visitor - Up to 3 Yes/No questions (InApp purchase option) - Capture Time - Possibility to display or not visitor's company name on the sign out screen (optional) Administrative Features: --------------------- - Customized background - Customized Logo (or simply remove it) - Customized Logo on Badge print - Customized Welcome string - Customized font color - Customized font size for badge print - Customized HSE or Disclaimer - picture for your photo library, best size : 2048x1536 (landscape) or 1536x2048 (portrait) - Enable badge printing. - Enable Visitor Signature Step. - Enable visitor's photo to be printed on badge. - Enable company's logo to be printed on badge. - Enable printing the purpose of the visit on the badge. - Enable printing the name of the visited employee. - Enable printing either extra field - Switch First/Last name on the badge. - Customize visit purpose list items - Rename Company field - Name the iPad to know where the visitor registered. - Make Company field optional - Customize Accept/Reject Buttons on Disclaimer screen - Customize company field name & display - Customize company example name. - Enable/Disable HSE/Disclaimer step - Enable/Disable Sign IN Questions step - Enable/Disable Sign IN Questions to be mandatory - Customize up to 3 Sign IN questions - Enable/Disable Sign OUT Questions step - Enable/Disable Sign OUT Questions to be mandatory - Customize up to 3 Sign OUT Questions - Enable/Disable photo capturing step - Enforce or not the photo capturing step - Enable/Disable auto sign out at midnight - Enable/Disable Visit Purpose entry - Enable/Disable Host selection entry - Hide/Unhide Setup icon from front page - Select Front/Back camera by default - Filter local address book contacts (Visited population) - Export database to Excel file format (inApp purchased option) - Export Sign IN and OUT Questions as part of the extract (InApp purchase option) - Purge database

About

Simple Visitor Log

Replace your paper visitor log with a digital solution. This app allows you to track visitors, capture signatures and photos for badges, and customize the appearance. It also supports host notifications and custom fields for a streamlined check-in process.

Highlights
  • Digital visitor log book
  • Visitor signatures and photos
  • Customizable badges
  • Host notifications
  • Custom fields
  • Email report export
Features
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Make a great first impression with a fully customizable visitor log book. Get rid of the pen and paper. Print visitor badges Keep track of visitors Accept visitor signatures Take a picture of your visitors and print it on the badge Fully customizable. Change the font color, logo and background Add your own custom fields Export your reports by email, files or share. Keep a host / employee list with pictures NEW: Instant host notifications (Pro) Let hosts know the moment their visitor arrives. Visitor Log sends sign-in and sign-out alerts straight to Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Chat or Discord. It can also post to any webhook, so it works with Zapier, Make and n8n. - Use one office-wide channel, or give each employee their own webhook so alerts go straight to the right host - Choose to be alerted on sign-in, sign-out or both - Private by design: visitor photos and signatures never leave the iPad

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Simple Visitor Log at Free against Visitor Log Book's $0.99. Simple Visitor Log also leads on rating (2.7 vs 2.2) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). Visitor Log Book's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Simple Visitor Log is free to download; Visitor Log Book costs $0.99 up front. Visitor Log Book sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Simple Visitor Log sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Simple Visitor Log holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 2.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 33% and 33% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Visitor Log Book ships an update every 2 months, Simple Visitor Log every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Visitor Log Book versus Simple Visitor Log: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisitor Log BookSimple Visitor Log
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating2.2 (5 ratings)2.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLaurent ButreOrionbelt.com LLC

Customer experience

Visitor Log Book

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Simple Visitor Log

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Visitor Log Book

One-time10
  • Remove Ads$4.99
  • HSE or Disclaimer Screen$4.99
  • Export Sign IN and OUT answers$4.99
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  • Extra Fields$4.99
  • Sign OUT Questions$11.99
  • Sign IN Questions$11.99
  • Signature Screen$11.99
  • Export Data$24.99
  • Email Notification$24.99
  • Print Badge Option$24.99
1 purchases

Simple Visitor Log

One-time1
  • Add Un-Limited Visit Logs$39.99

Questions

Is Visitor Log Book free?
Visitor Log Book costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Simple Visitor Log free?
Simple Visitor Log is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Visitor Log Book or Simple Visitor Log?
Simple Visitor Log is rated higher. Visitor Log Book averages 2.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Simple Visitor Log averages 2.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Visitor Log Book or Simple Visitor Log have ads?
Neither Visitor Log Book nor Simple Visitor Log shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Visitor Log Book or Simple Visitor Log?
Visitor Log Book ships an update every 2 months, and Simple Visitor Log every 2 weeks. Most recently, Visitor Log Book was updated on October 21, 2026 and Simple Visitor Log on October 24, 2026.

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