Comparison

Home Easy vs ScanBox OCR

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

Head to head
About

Home Easy

Control your home devices remotely using your iPhone. Turn off appliances completely, manage lighting, and monitor your house from any location. This app replaces traditional remote controls and allows flexible placement of wall switches.

Highlights
  • Remote control of home devices
  • Manage remote controlled outlets
  • Shut off devices completely
  • Control lighting and switches
  • Monitor house remotely
Features
Read full description

Comfortably control your home devices using remote controlled outlets via your iPhone. Completely shut off your devices via remote control, instead of just using standby! Hide the foot switch from your floor lamp behind the curtains! Turn off your remote controlled sockets with any iPhone in your household. Take control and monitor your house from anywhere you are! Banish your old remotes and place your wall switches anywhere in your home!

About

ScanBox OCR

Read full description

Point. Frame. Done. Text Scanner turns your iPhone camera into an instant OCR tool - extract text from anything in seconds, in 13 languages. Scan signs, menus, receipts, documents, labels, handwritten notes, or whiteboards. Frame exactly what you want with the resizable scan box, tap Capture, and the text is ready to copy or share instantly. SCAN IN 13 LANGUAGES Switch between English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Ukrainian, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), Japanese, and Korean โ€” right from Settings. HOW IT WORKS โ€ข Aim your camera at any text โ€ข Drag or resize the scan box to frame exactly what you need โ€ข Tap Capture โ€” result appears instantly โ€ข Copy, share, or scan again BUILT FOR PRIVACY Everything runs on-device using Apple's Vision framework. No photos saved. No data transmitted. No account required - ever. SCAN HISTORY Every capture saved locally on your device. Reference it later, swipe to delete, or clear all at once. Your history never leaves your phone. NO BLOAT โ€ข No account or sign-in โ€ข No internet connection required โ€ข No ads or tracking โ€ข No third-party SDKs

Screenshots

Home Easy3 screens
ScanBox OCR4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ScanBox OCR at monthly against Home Easy's every 46 months. Home Easy's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Home Easy ships an update every 46 months, ScanBox OCR monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 6 level
Home Easy versus ScanBox OCR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHome EasyScanBox OCR
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews21.1% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 46 monthsMonthly โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 โ€” better15.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size13 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSmartwares Safety & Lighting BVNeha Rathore

In-app purchases

None

Home Easy

No in-app purchases

None

ScanBox OCR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Home Easy free?
Home Easy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ScanBox OCR free?
ScanBox OCR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Home Easy or ScanBox OCR have ads?
Neither Home Easy nor ScanBox OCR shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Home Easy or ScanBox OCR?
Home Easy ships an update every 46 months, and ScanBox OCR monthly. Most recently, Home Easy was updated on October 12, 2026 and ScanBox OCR on October 14, 2026.

Other comparisons