Cheatsheet vs ScanDocsbyGaffar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cheatsheet
Quickly store and access important information like hotel room numbers or license plates via widgets, a custom keyboard, or your Apple Watch. This app simplifies recalling details without needing to unlock your phone.
- Quick recall memos
- Widget access
- Custom keyboard integration
- Apple Watch app
- Search functionality
- Organize with folders
- Format notes
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Cheatsheet is for the little things you never remember: hotel rooms, license plates, luggage combination, ID numbers. Write them down in Cheatsheet and then refer to them anytime in a Widget or paste them anywhere with the Custom Keyboard. No more fumbling to unlock your phone and find your notes app; Cheatsheet is as easy as looking at your lock screen, pulling up the keyboard, or glancing at your Apple Watch. App Features: • Simple UI for adding and managing your cheats. • Over 450 icons to help you recognize what you’re looking for. • Quickly copy a cheat by tapping-and-holding on a row. • Search for your cheats, both in the app and in Spotlight. • Use Shortcuts or Siri to “add notes to Cheatsheet” or “find notes in Cheatsheet”. • Organize your cheats with folders and titles. • Format your notes with bold, italics, lists, links, and more. • Protect your cheats with Passcode Lock (Pro feature). • Sync between all your iOS devices via iCloud (Pro feature). Widgets: • Multiple sizes, styles, and colors. • Tap a cheat to open it. Tap the “+” button to add a cheat in the app. • Cheatsheet also has a “Today widget” with options to copy or delete cheats. Apple Watch: • Add, edit, and delete cheats right from your wrist. • Complications show your top cheat (or several cheats) right on your watch face. • Syncs to your iPhone via iCloud (Pro feature). Keyboard Extension: • Shows up to 50 cheats, which you can insert anywhere you can use a custom keyboard. • Includes space, delete, and return keys to help with simple edits. Advanced Features: • Automate your workflows with Shortcuts. • Action extension: send text or URLs to Cheatsheet from any app via the share sheet. • Customize the Cheatsheet widget’s appearance and behavior to suit your needs. • Add or open notes from Control Center (iOS 18 required). • URL scheme for adding a cheat: cheatsheet://add?text=everything%20is%20awesome. Cheatsheet Pro: • Remove limits on the widget, keyboard, and Watch app. • Protect your cheats with Passcode Lock. • Organize your cheats with folders. • Sync your cheats between your devices with iCloud. • Cheatsheet Pro is a simple, annual subscription; there is a one-time purchase option for customers who want to avoid subscriptions. Cheatsheet for Mac is sold separately. • Purchases help support the ongoing development of Cheatsheet — this app is beloved by its users and has over 10 years of active development by a single indie developer, so your support is truly appreciated! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
ScanDocsbyGaffar
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ScanDocsbyGaffar turns your iPhone camera into a document scanner that keeps everything on your device. Point it at a page and it finds the edges, straightens the perspective, and cleans up the lighting. What comes out looks like it went through a flatbed scanner, not a phone. SCAN ANYTHING • Automatic edge detection and perspective correction • Auto-capture — hold the phone steady and it takes the shot • Multi-page scanning, reorder and re-crop any page later • Book mode splits a two-page spread into separate pages • Seven page filters: Magic, No Shadow, Enhance, Colour, Grey, B&W, and Original • A quality check warns you about blur or glare before you file the scan SEARCHABLE TEXT • On-device text recognition in dozens of languages • Exported PDFs carry an invisible text layer, so the text is selectable and searchable anywhere • Optional handwriting recognition • Your library is searchable by the words inside your documents, including from Spotlight SMART EXTRACTION • Receipts: totals, dates and merchants pulled out automatically, with a spending summary • Business cards: save straight to Contacts • Tables: lifted off the page into a spreadsheet • Documents are classified and titled from their own contents • Barcodes and QR codes EDIT AND SIGN • Sign with your finger and save the signature for reuse • Redact with a true black-out that removes the underlying pixels, not just a drawn box • Highlight, draw, add text, arrows and boxes • Fill in form fields detected on the page • Stamps you can place and reuse PASSPORT AND ID PHOTOS • 27 official presets — US, UK, Schengen, EU, India, China, Canada, Australia, Japan, UAE, Brazil, Mexico, Nigeria, South Africa, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Vietnam, Russia, Turkey, Philippines, South Korea and more • Compliance checks on head size, framing and background • Print sheets that fit standard photo paper EXPORT ANYWHERE • PDF, JPEG, PNG, Word (.docx), Excel (.xlsx), plain text and ZIP • Print, AirDrop, Files, Mail, or any share sheet • Adjustable PDF quality and paper size • Password-protect a PDF before you send it ORGANISED AND PRIVATE • Folders with rules that file new scans automatically • Duplicate finder • Face ID lock for the whole library or for individual documents • Trash with recovery • Optional iCloud sync through your own private CloudKit database • A home screen widget for recent scans, and a Share Extension to save files from other apps • Siri and Shortcuts support PRIVACY, PLAINLY ScanDocsbyGaffar has no network code in it at all. There are no servers, no accounts, no analytics and no ads. Your scans never leave your device unless you export or share them yourself. If you switch on iCloud sync, your documents go to your own private iCloud container, which only you can read. No subscription. No in-app purchases. Buy it once, or in this case, just install it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Cheatsheet at Free against ScanDocsbyGaffar's $0.99. Cheatsheet also leads on iOS requirement (17.4 vs 26.0). ScanDocsbyGaffar's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). On 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
Cheatsheet is free to download; ScanDocsbyGaffar costs $0.99 up front. Cheatsheet sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. ScanDocsbyGaffar asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cheatsheet ships an update every 2 weeks, ScanDocsbyGaffar every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cheatsheet | ScanDocsbyGaffar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.9K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 128 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Overdesigned, LLC | Gaffar Ali |
Bugs and requests
Cheatsheet
Reported bugs
3 issues- Entries disappearing from widget
- Syncing problems between devices
- Crashes on older devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to sort/reorder entries
- Improve sync reliability
- Implement password protection
- Allow adding images/attachments to entries
- Expand customization options (colors, icons, etc.)
ScanDocsbyGaffar
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cheatsheet
- Cheatsheet Pro$0.991 Month
- Cheatsheet Pro$1.991 Month
- Cheatsheet Pro$4.991 Year
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- Cheatsheet Pro14 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Small Tip$2.99
- Medium Tip$5.99
- Big Tip$9.99
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- Legacy$19.99
- Cheatsheet Pro (Lifetime)$79.99
ScanDocsbyGaffar
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Cheatsheet free?
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