# ScanTexter - OCR AI translate — OCR Extract and AI Translation

> Extracts and translates text from images and videos, also scans barcodes. (iPhone/iPad app by BoardTack.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/scantexter-ocr-ai-translate/id1635954549 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [BoardTack](https://appshunter.io/developer/1635348588)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.60/5 from 15 App Store ratings · 25 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 9 MB
- Languages: American English, Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French (France), German (Germany), Greek and 18 more
- Released: 2022-10-26
- Data updated: 2026-06-08
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/scantexter-ocr-ai-translate/id1635954549/reviews.md

## What is ScanTexter?

The ScanTexter app not only extracts the text from the image be also automatically translates them. It is very easy to use. You will be surprised by its productivity.

• Select or take a picture of the image you want to extract and translate text from.

That is it. So simple right?
This app provides the optimized productivity for iPhone/iPad users. It is easier than copying the text and using a translator. You no longer need to select and copy text from the screen. Also there is no need for additional effort to extract text from images and videos. Just select an image or take a picture.

Just select an image or take a picture to automatically extract and translate the text. Your productivity will change dramatically through the ScanTexter app. 

With this app you can
• Extract text from the image
• Translate the extracted text to various languages
• Scan bar codes (QR, AZTEC, UPC-E)
• Links can be recognized.
• Data is synchronized between iPhone / iPad / macOS apps via iCloud.

Pro Version
• Upgrade to the pro version and you can use it an unlimited number of times.

Premium Version (subscription)
• With a subscription, you can use all features without restrictions.
• You can additionally use DeepL, the world's leading machine translation service.

In this app you can set the
• You can select DeepL or the Default translation engine.
• Turn line wrapping on and off
• Set the extraction language (more languages will be added consistently)
: Cantonese (yue-Hans), Cantonese (yue-Hant), German, Russian, Vietnamese, Spanish, English, Ukrainian, Italian, Japanese, Chinese (zh-Hans), Chinese (zh-Hant), Thai, Portuguese, French, Korean, and Vietnamese.
Automatic language recognition function will be supported from iOS 16 version and up. (Specifying the extraction language increases accuracy.)

• Set the language for translation. 
: Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Assamese, Aymara, Azerbaijani, Bambara, Basque, Belarusian, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Cebuano, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Corsican, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dzongkha, Dogri, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Ewe, Filipino (Tagalog), Finnish, French, Frisian, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Guarani, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi, Mongolian, Hungarian, Icelandic, Igbo, Iloko, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Konkani, Korean, Krio, Kurdish, Kurdish (Sorani), Kyrgyz, Lao, Latin, Latvian, Lingala, Lithuanian, Luganda, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malagasy, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Maori, Marathi, Meitei (Manipuri), Mizo, Mongolian, Myanmar (Burmese), Nepali, Norwegian, Nyanja (Chichewa), Oriya, Oromo, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil), Punjabi, Quechua, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Sanskrit, Scottish Gaelic, Northern Sotho, Serbian, Sesotho, Shona, Sindhi, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish, Sundanese, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog (Philippines), Tajik, Tamil, Tatar, Telugu, Thai, Tigrinya, Tongan, Turkish, Turkmen, Twi (Akan), Ukrainian, Urdu, Uyghur, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Welsh, Xhosa, Yiddish, Yoruba, Zulu

Privacy Policy : https://boardtack.com/ScanTexter/privacy.html
Terms of Service : https://boardtack.com/ScanTexter/terms.html

## Key features

- Extract text from images
- Translate extracted text
- Scan barcodes (QR, AZTEC, UPC-E)
- Recognize links
- iCloud synchronization
- Multiple language support

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Monthly | $6.99 | per month |
| Yearly | $69.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pro Version for iOS | $5.99 | one-time |
| Pro Version for Mac | $24.99 | one-time |


## Recent user reviews (10 of 25)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/scantexter-ocr-ai-translate/id1635954549/reviews.md

### 5/5 — it will crash

*2025-05-20, version 1.8.1*

it will crash !

### 4/5 — 😘

*2025-05-09, version 1.3.1*

can you make it work and be compatible with the shortcuts app?

### 5/5 — Another hidden gem 💎

*2025-01-04, version 1.3.1*

I bought the pro ios version of this wonderful application. Is it true that I got a pro version for life? Honestly, I loved it very much. I hope to be one of your pro users and be rewarded with a lifetime. Thank you. I can't wait. I look forward to hearing good news from you.
* The only thing I want from you is to improve the (Kurdish, sorani language) of your app. More correctly. This artificial intelligence app works like crazzzy for the Kurdish language, but I want one app for all languages, I just write (Transcribe all the text from the attached picture.) or (Transcribe Kurdish Text from Image) or (ئەم نوسینە تایپ بکە)and you can benefit from it. The name of the app is (Claude) And it is the only one that works with the Kurdish language.
* I just want a new option from your app "ocr text" then your app will be more amazing, So we can copy what is on the paper without need translation, And click copy . like the app(scan text: ocr) and (ScanBox-OCR & Document Scanner).
please tell me!!, i will not need any A,P,I and annoying subscription anymore!!!, Thanks 💙💎
Edit: Please solve the problem of not recovering purchases in my second account. I do not use this account for my daily work. I switched my account and noticed that I cannot recover the purchases that I bought from my other account!!!!! What does this mean?!!! Please solve this annoying problem!!!!
* Please hide the other purchases from IAP. I'm tired of them. Every time I open the settings, they show up.

### 2/5 — purchases are lost

*2024-12-27, version 1.3.1*

Please change the purchase recovery system. It does not work on two accounts on the phone. You cannot change the account and the purchases are lost.

### 4/5 — Very Nicely Done

*2024-10-16, version 1.7.74*

I love using this app. I had been using a Chrome extension to accomplish text extraction, but I often work from PDFs or Word Docs, or simply want to scrape text from an image. This app alway works  regardless of where the text/image is found. I only take away one star because I wish the text extraction for Mandarin included both the Hanzi and Pinyin.

### 2/5 — Not very useful

*2024-06-09*

OCR can only recognise a handful of languages. Tries to cover this by forcing a translation (no option to just OCR). Basically just uses Apple Live Text and passes the output to a translation service.

**Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback. We will continue to add more languages that can extract text. We'll do our best to make this an ever-improving app, thank you.

### 5/5 — it's great app!!!

*2023-11-21*

I really really thank you! 
Make this app.

**Developer response:** Thanks for the great feedback. We'll continue to make improvements, thank you.

### 5/5 — It's a wonderful app.

*2023-03-30, version 1.6.3*

I use it very often. Its scanning function works well. It helps me a lot.

### 5/5 — 언제부터인가 열리지가 않네요.

*2023-03-30, version 1.6.3*

열리지가 않아요. 
지우고 새로 설치해도 열리지가 않아요.
어떻게 해야 하죠?

### 5/5 — Useful app for scanning the text

*2023-01-15, version 1.0.2*

Easy to use for capturing the text and translating. Having to use many other apps for this purpose. I would like to give it a go for this one.

## Frequently asked questions about ScanTexter

### What does ScanTexter do?

ScanTexter extracts text from images and automatically translates it into various languages. It also functions as a barcode scanner for QR, AZTEC, and UPC-E codes, and can recognize links within images. The app aims to improve productivity by simplifying text extraction and translation processes.

### How do I use ScanTexter to extract and translate text?

To use the app, simply select or take a picture of the image containing the text you want to extract and translate. The app will then automatically process the image to extract the text. You can then choose to translate this extracted text into your desired language.

### What are the different versions of ScanTexter?

ScanTexter offers a free version with basic functionality. There is a Pro Version that allows unlimited usage. Additionally, a Premium Version is available via subscription, which unlocks all features without restrictions and includes access to DeepL, a leading machine translation service.

### What languages does ScanTexter support?

The app supports a wide range of languages for text extraction, including English, Spanish, French, German, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Japanese, Korean, and many others. You can also set the language for translation from a comprehensive list of supported languages.

### Is ScanTexter available on multiple devices?

Yes, ScanTexter supports data synchronization between iPhone, iPad, and macOS apps via iCloud. This allows you to seamlessly access your extracted and translated text across your Apple devices.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.3.7 — 2025-09-28

- Support for iOS 26, fixed a bug with the image sharing feature.
- Fixed other bugs.

### 1.3.6 — 2025-07-20

- Vertical text recognition is now supported.
- Other bugs have been fixed.

### 1.3.2 — 2025-07-01

- Translation speed has been improved and bugs have been fixed.

### 1.3.1 — 2024-11-10

Apply a filter function to display only frequently used languages from the translation language list (editable on macOS)
Other bug fixes and UI improvements

### 1.2.18 — 2024-09-23

Add app support languages - Thai, Vietnamese

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