Comparison

Scan & Scribe vs Text Extractor OCR

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Text Extractor OCR

This app uses optical character recognition to extract text from images and documents, including handwritten content. It offers high accuracy and supports multiple languages, with features like sharing and cropping extracted text.

Highlights
  • Extract text from images and PDFs
  • Supports handwritten text
  • High accuracy (99%)
  • Share extracted text
  • Crop text from images
  • Supports dark mode
  • Multi-language support
Features
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Text Extractor (OCR) will help to extract text of any language from document or an image. It supports handwritten images/documents as well. √ Extract text from image, PDF √ Ability to share the extracted the text √ 99% Accuracy level √ Easy to extract from a hardcopy document using camera √ Ability to extract from multi page document √ Easy to crop text content from an Image √ Supports Darkmode √ Support most of the languages

Screenshots

Scan & Scribe4 screens
Text Extractor OCR4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Text Extractor OCR at 5.0 against Scan & Scribe's 2.0. Text Extractor OCR also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 13%). Scan & Scribe's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Text Extractor OCR sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Scan & Scribe asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Text Extractor OCR holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of Scan & Scribe's written reviews are positive against 50% of Text Extractor OCR's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scan & Scribe ships an update every 3 weeks, Text Extractor OCR every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Scan & Scribe versus Text Extractor OCR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScan & ScribeText Extractor OCR
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews12.5% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 17 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYasir JavedBhuvaneswari Sekar

Customer experience

Scan & Scribe

All ratings6 ratings
Positive16.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive12.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative87.5%

Text Extractor OCR

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Scan & Scribe

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Text Extractor OCR

Subscriptions2
  • One Month Premium$0.991 Month
  • One Year Premium$7.991 Year

Questions

Is Scan & Scribe free?
Scan & Scribe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Text Extractor OCR free?
Text Extractor OCR is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Scan & Scribe or Text Extractor OCR?
Text Extractor OCR is rated higher. Scan & Scribe averages 2.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Text Extractor OCR averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Scan & Scribe or Text Extractor OCR have ads?
Text Extractor OCR shows ads; Scan & Scribe does not.
Which is updated more often, Scan & Scribe or Text Extractor OCR?
Scan & Scribe ships an update every 3 weeks, and Text Extractor OCR every 17 months. Most recently, Scan & Scribe was updated on October 15, 2026 and Text Extractor OCR on October 11, 2026.

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