Scan & Scribe vs Shortcuts+ (Quick Open)
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scan & Scribe
Convert printed documents and handwritten notes into editable text. Extract text from images, correct errors, and then copy, save, listen to, or share your content. Supports offline OCR for both typed and handwritten text.
- Convert printed and handwritten text
- Offline OCR engines
- Text-to-speech functionality
- Copy, save, and share extracted text
- Image cropping and skew correction
- Review and correct extracted text
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Using Scan & Scribe you can convert your Printed/Typed Docs and Handwritten Notes (written in unconnected writing) to editable document that you can Copy, Save, Listen or Share via Facebook, email (Outlook, Gmail etc.), WhatsApp, Dropbox, OneDrive etc. Its stand out feature is its separate offline OCR engines for Printed and Handwritten contents. It is simple to use: 1. Take a camera shot of docs or handwritten notes (or load it from gallery). 2. Crop and/or remove skew in the intended text in the snapshot. 3. For text extraction from the cropped image, remember to select Handwritten option for hand written texts and Typed option for typed/printed ones. 4. Review the extracted passage, make corrections if required. Incorrectly converted words will be highlighted. 5. You can now convert the text to speech for listening or save it for future use. 6. You can also share it via Facebook, email (Outlook, Gmail etc.), WhatsApp, Dropbox, OneDrive etc. Remember: 1. If image’s text direction is not from left-to-right, rotate the image. 2. All other things should be cropped except the desired text passage to be converted. In case of snapshot from smart phone camera: 1. Take desired snapshot i.e. paper, receipt etc. in bright environment. 2. While capturing image, avoid shadow of the phone and/or of any other object. 3. Properly focus the image in bright environment. Turn on flash if required. At present, app does not properly support following features: 1. Pictures of text on the notebooks having lined pages or ruled paper. 2. Pictures having multi-color background. 3. Images of curved pages. 4. Languages other than English. Acknowledgement: This app is the result of Pakistan's National ICT R&D Funded project "Smart Intelligence - An OCR Engine for Android and iOS Smart Phones" executed by Abasyn University Islamabad's Renzym OCR Research Group.
Shortcuts+ (Quick Open)
Access your favorite applications instantly with this tool. Utilize widgets on your lock screen or Haptic Touch on app icons to launch frequently used apps directly. It supports a wide range of system and third-party applications for quick access.
- Launch apps from lock screen widget
- Haptic Touch app icon shortcuts
- Supports numerous system apps
- Extensive third-party app integration
- Direct contact calling shortcut
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Quickly open your favorite apps using Shortcuts+! Open up apps directly from the lock screen using the Shortcuts+ widget, or Haptic touch on the app icon to jump into your favorite apps. Currently featuring shortcuts to: (System) -App Store -Calendar -Health -iBooks -Mail -Maps -Music -Notes -Phone (choose a contact to quick call) -Photos -Podcasts -Safari (3rd Party) -1Password -AirMail -Alipay -Amazon -Amazon Music -Amazon Video -Audible -Box -BuzzFeed -Capital One -CityMapper -Clear -Cloud Magic -DayOne -Deezer -Dolphin -Dr. Wallet -Dropbox -Facebook -Facebook Messenger -Facebook Paper -Fantastical -Feedly -Firefox -Fitbit -Flipboard -Goodreads -Google -Google Calendar -Google Chrome -Google Drive -Google Gmail -Google Hangouts -Google Inbox -Google Maps -Google Maps Navigate home -Google Voice -Google Voice Search -HBO GO -Hearthstone -Hound -iHeart Radio -IMDb -Instagram -iTranslate -KakaoTalk -Kindle -Line -LinkedIn -LinkedIn Sales Navigator -Lyft -Marvin3 -Medium -Moves -Narwhal -Netflix -nPlayer -Office Lens -OneDrive -OneNote -Outlook -Overcast -Pandora -Pinterest -Pokemon Go -QQ -Reddit -Remote -Runtastic -Salesforce1 -Scanner Pro -Shazam -Simplenote -Skype -Slack -Sleipnir -Snapchat -Sonos -SoundCloud -Spark -Splitwise -Spotify -Square Cash -Telegram -TikTok -Tinder -Transit -Tumblr -Tweetbot -Twitter -Uber -Venmo -VSCO -Waze -WeChat -Weibo -WhatsApp -Yahoo Finance -Yahoo Weather -Yelp -Youtube -YouTube Music -Zoom
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Shortcuts+ (Quick Open) at 63% against Scan & Scribe's 13%. Shortcuts+ (Quick Open) also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.0). Scan & Scribe's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). On 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
Scan & Scribe is free to download; Shortcuts+ (Quick Open) costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Shortcuts+ (Quick Open) holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of Scan & Scribe's written reviews are positive against 63% of Shortcuts+ (Quick Open)'s.
Scan & Scribe ships an update every 3 weeks, Shortcuts+ (Quick Open) every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scan & Scribe | Shortcuts+ (Quick Open) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 2.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.5% of reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yasir Javed | Andrew Fang |
Customer experience
Scan & Scribe
Shortcuts+ (Quick Open)
In-app purchases
Scan & Scribe
No in-app purchases
Shortcuts+ (Quick Open)
No in-app purchases
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