Regula Document Reader vs Neevo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Regula Document Reader
Automatically read and verify various identity documents using your device's camera or gallery. It supports OCR, MRZ, RFID chips, and barcodes for rapid, secure, and offline data extraction and validation.
- Automatic document type recognition
- OCR for visual zone and 70+ languages
- MRZ reading and parsing (ICAO 9303, ISO 18013)
- RFID chip data reading (ePassports, eIDs)
- 1D and 2D barcode reading and parsing
- Face matching and liveness check
- Offline data processing
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Recognize document type, perform OCR, read MRZ, RFID chip and barcode data and verify all kinds of identity documents automatically on your device. Take images using the device camera or select images from the gallery. Rapid, reliable, secure. Offline processing. No data leaves your device. Whether it is an ICAO 9303 travel document with the MRZ, like a passport, ID card, visa, or a non-ICAO non-machine readable document, like a driver's license, vehicle registration certificate or work permit - you can read and verify its data in an instant. Position a document in front of the camera and make sure it fully fits in the frame. Lighting conditions do matter - try to get more light but avoid glare and shadow. The document will be detected, cropped and recognized. Graphic and text fields will be extracted, parsed and verified automatically. Features and Benefits: Documents supported and OCR: - Automatic document type recognition - no need to select a country, document type and series manually - 10K+ documents from more than 248 countries/territories supported - OCR of the visual zone based on document templates included in the database - OCR supports 70+ languages, including Latin, Cyrillic, Hebrew, Greek and other alphabets - Automatic splitting of text into separate fields (e.g., dividing an address into a postal code, country, state, etc.) MRZ: - ICAO 9303: TD1, TD2, TD3 machine-readable documents and visas supported - ISO 18013: driver's licenses supported - Parsing MRZ lines into separate fields - Custom / non-standard MRZ formats supported - Any MRZ position supported: horizontal, vertical, inclined, upside down, etc. - Decoding ISO codes into country and nationality names - Transliterating names into national characters RFID (using NFC, if present): - Read data from ePassport, eID and eDL electronic contactless chip - BAC, PACE, EAC, SAC support - Automatic Chip Authentication v1 and v2, Terminal Authentication v1 and v2, Active Authentication, Passive Authentication - Full compliance with ICAO 9303, ISO 18013, BSI TR-03105 Part 5.1, 5.2 Barcodes: - 1D and 2D barcode reading and automatic parsing barcode data into text fields using document template specifications (PDF417, QR, Aztec) - AAMWA data format support in PDF417 codes (for US and Canadian driver's licenses and IDs) - IATA bar-coded boarding passes supported Images: - Cropping a document from an image and correcting any distortions - Cropping graphic fields (photo, signature) based on templates Verification: - Verification of check digits, ISO codes - Validation of dates, document number format, barcode data format - Age check - Cross-comparison of visual zone text fields vs MRZ vs barcode data - Multi-page document support Face matching: - Matching document portrait vs live image Face capture with quality assessment: - Automatically capturing a user's facial image Liveness check: - Verifying that a face presented to a mobile device is a live human being Other important features: - On-device computations only, no need for a network connection - Security & Privacy: all your personal data remains on your device - High performance with high accuracy - Fully automatic processing - Working with a live video stream or saved images - Different scenarios for required functionality - Portrait and landscape modes support for better camera experience SDK: - SDK with all the functionality available for developers; it is easy to integrate into any application - SDK is configurable to include only the required functionality for optimal application size SDK is available for purchase separately Please contact us if you have any questions, issues or suggestions E-mail: support@regulaforensics.com Web: regulaforensics.com
Neevo
Earn money by completing simple tasks that help train artificial intelligence models. Tasks include image annotation, text identification, and audio transcription. Payments vary, with contributors averaging $10-15 per hour for short work sessions.
- Complete mobile-friendly tasks
- Annotate images
- Identify text elements
- Transcribe audio snippets
- Earn $10-15 per hour
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Earn some extra money on the bus, in line for your morning double-shot, or during that commercial break by completing mobile-friendly tasks that help A.I. models run smoother. How it works: 1.Download and Register 2.Link a Verified Payment Method 3.Start completing tasks What you’ll do: Common tasks may include drawing bounding boxes around objects in pictures, identifying key people, places, and things in text, and transcribing snippets of recorded audio (among many other things!) What you’ll get paid: Payment varies depending on the task, but Neevo Contributors average $10-15/per hour (usually working in 10-15 minute chunks of time). How your work is used: To understand the world around them, A.I. models rely on human annotators to teach them what’s what. That’s where you come in. As a Neevo contributor, your work helps top tech companies launch new products, fight algorithmic bias, and fine-tune some of the most widely-used technology in the world to run just a little smoother than before. The Neevo app is always looking to improve your experience. Please bear in mind that there may be some jobs that are only on our website, and that won’t be available on the app. If you have any questions, please reach support@neevo.ai.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Regula Document Reader at 67% against Neevo's 14%. Regula Document Reader also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.2) and ratings volume (1.4K vs 23). Neevo's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Regula Document Reader holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Regula Document Reader has 1.4K ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Regula Document Reader's written reviews are positive against 14% of Neevo's.
Regula Document Reader ships an update every 6 weeks, Neevo fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Regula Document Reader | Neevo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.4K ratings) — better | 2.2 (23 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.3% of reviews — better | 13.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.4K — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 240 MB | 117 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Regula Forensics Inc. | DefinedCrowd Corporation |
Customer experience
Regula Document Reader
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In-app purchases
Regula Document Reader
No in-app purchases
Neevo
No in-app purchases
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