Chainels vs Scan'r
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Chainels
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This app is part of the online platform of Chainels. It can only be used with an account (email and password) for one of our communities. The Chainels app provides you with all the information you need about your community. Such as the latest news, relevant services and contact details of other participants. You can also participate by filling in surveys, writing messages or replying to those of others. Do you have any questions about your community, or would you like to get access? Please contact the community management.
Scan'r
This app allows merchants to redeem gift cards, vouchers, and coupons using a secure transaction processing system. It specializes in retailer solutions for loyalty programs and e-vouchers, integrating with various point-of-sale systems.
- Redeem gift cards
- Redeem vouchers
- Redeem coupons
- Intersolve platform integration
- Retailer solutions
- High-availability transaction processing
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Scan'r gives merchants the ability to redeem gift cards, vouchers or coupons by using the Intersolve Technologies hosting and switching platform. Intersolve specializes in providing retailer solutions for Gift Cards, Ticketing, E-Voucher, Couponing, Loyalty. We offer a high-availability transaction processing system as well as interfaces to POS, payment terminals, websites, also including contactless and mobile platforms. Intersolve is a European E-Money Institution ("EGI - Elektronischgeldinstelling") with a license from the Dutch Central Bank (DNB) to provide white-label E-Money services such as giftcards, e-wallets and money collecting services such as crowd-funding and escrow services.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Scan'r at 16.2 against Chainels's 18.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Chainels ships an update monthly, Scan'r every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chainels | Scan'r |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | โ | 100.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Monthly โ better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | โ | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.2 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 222 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chainels BV | Intersolve Technologies |
In-app purchases
Chainels
No in-app purchases
Scan'r
No in-app purchases









