# Scanify: Find anything — Find any word in your files > Find any word in your files (iPhone/iPad app by Ahmed AlNaboud.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/scanify-find-anything/id6767025628 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Ahmed AlNaboud](https://appshunter.io/developer/1861179939) - Category: Utilities, Developer Tools - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 16.0 · 196 MB - Languages: American English, Arabic - Released: 2026-07-31 - Data updated: 2026-08-27 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/scanify-find-anything/id6767025628/reviews.md ## What is Scanify? Scanify is the fastest way to search for any word or phrase across all your files — documents, code, notes, PDFs, photos, and more — right from your iPhone or iPad. • POWERFUL SEARCH - Search across multiple folders at once - Highlight matched words in every result - Case-sensitive, whole-word, and multi-word search - OR mode — match any of your search terms - Filter results as you type - Sort by file name, line number, or match count - Group results by file with collapsible sections - Auto-search as you type (optional) - Search inside PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, RTF, HTML, and other text-based files - Full-text search in Arabic, Chinese, and many other languages • FILE SUPPORT - Supports .txt, .md, .swift, .py, .js, .json, .html, .css, .yaml, .sql and many more - Add custom file types - Search inside iCloud Drive folders - Drag and drop folders directly into the app - Full-text preview with match navigation (‹ ›) - File comparison (diff view) - Quick Look preview & share any file • SMART FEATURES - OCR — search inside scanned images and photos using on-device AI - Photo search — describe a photo in plain words and find it instantly - Photo search supports Arabic, Chinese, and many other languages - Background file indexing for instant results - Choose your photo indexing speed: Battery Saving, Balanced, or Fastest - Skip text scanning for unknown file types to speed up searches in folders with mixed file types - Scheduled search alerts — get notified when a keyword appears in your files - Save unlimited search presets with optional daily notifications - Bookmark any result line for later reference - Batch copy multiple results at once - Search history with one-tap reuse • REELS & PHOTO LIBRARY - Reels — browse your photos and videos in a TikTok/Instagram-style viewer - Quickly save, share, view information, or delete photos and videos directly from Reels - Save photos and videos to any photo album, create new albums, or copy items directly from Reels or full-screen photo preview - In-app Photo Favorites — keep a separate favorites list inside Scanify, independent from the Photos app - Access your saved Photo Favorites directly from the Favorites tab • DESIGNED FOR EVERYONE - Full Arabic and English interface - Dark mode, Light mode, and System mode - iPad sidebar layout with multi-window support • PRIVACY FIRST - No account or sign-in required — ever - No data is collected, stored, or shared - Everything runs 100% on your device — fully offline - No ads, no tracking, no subscriptions Unlock the full app — once, forever. No recurring charges. Restores across all your devices via your Apple ID. 3 free searches included so you can try before you buy. Searches only count when actual results are found — searches with no results don't use your free search allowance. Reels and Photo Favorites are included with Scanify Pro. Everything is processed entirely on your device — nothing is ever uploaded. ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Scanify Words Finder Pro | $2.99 | one-time | ## Version history (last 4 releases) ### 1.3 — 2026-08-19 • Fixed a major issue that caused the app to crash on some devices. • Fixed an issue with Reels. • Fixed an issue with showing the full media preview. • The ability to select multiple albums at the same time • Enhanced Photo search model - it will re-index the library for more accurate results ### 1.2 — 2026-08-18 What's New • New: Reels — browse your photos and videos TikTok/Instagram-style, with quick actions to save, share, view info, or delete right from the player. • save photos and videos to any Photos album, create new albums, or duplicate items — from Reels or the full photo preview. • an in-app Photo Favorites list, separate from your Photos app favorites — find it under the Favourite tab. • Adjustable photo indexing speed (Battery Saver / Balanced / Fastest) in Settings. • Option to skip scanning unrecognized file formats for embedded text — faster searches through folders full of miscellaneous files. • Fixed typing in Photo Search felt heavy — it's instant now. • Fixed tapping a photo in the grid sometimes opened a different one. • Fixed a brief stutter the first time you switched to certain tabs. • Reels and Photo Favorites are part of Scanify Pro. • Free searches now only count when they actually find something — a search with no results no longer uses up one of your free tries. • Massively expanded file support: PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, RTF, HTML, and virtually any file that contains text can now be searched by content — not just filenames. • Fixed .txt files not showing up in search results (files saved in non-standard encodings now decode correctly). • Photo search is more accurate — improved matching means searches like "cat" or "chair" are far less likely to return unrelated photos. • Search for text inside your photos (OCR) now works in many more languages, not just English. • Fixed a bug where typing in Chinese would cause the document search keyboard to close mid-word. • Document search now properly supports Chinese and other non-English languages, including full-text search. • Photo search now understands queries in Chinese, Arabic, and other languages. • Fixed Presets sometimes appearing blank after being saved. • Presets have been redesigned: tap ▷ to instantly run a saved search, and it's now much clearer how Presets relate to Auto-Search. All processing happens entirely on your device — nothing is ever uploaded. ### 1.1 — 2026-08-01 • Fixed an issue where photo search would re-scan your entire library every time you opened the app — indexing now properly resumes where it left off. • Smarter, more accurate photo search ### 1.0 — 2026-07-31 No release notes. ## More apps by Ahmed AlNaboud - [EstbianaFill](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/estbianafill/id6761028539) - [PageHook](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pagehook/id6761694063) - [Likertify](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/likertify/id6762150726) - [NabQuiz](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nabquiz/id6762571924) All apps by Ahmed AlNaboud: https://appshunter.io/developer/1861179939 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-27.*