Comparison

Scan Hero vs ScanGo

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

Head to head
About

Scan Hero

Scan documents, photos, and text on the go and manage your paperwork digitally. Edit, sign, and share your scans as PDFs or images. Offers OCR, HD quality, and secure file protection.

Highlights
  • Scan documents to PDF or image
  • Multiple camera modes for specific documents
  • Edit scans: re-crop, perspective, filters
  • Organize and reorder pages
  • OCR text extraction
  • Digital signatures
  • Secure files with Face ID/passcode
Features
Currently charting
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Looking for a mobile assistant? Try the Scan Hero app to corral your paperwork and scan documents on the go! Scan Hero helps you run your business in the ever-changing digital world. Scan documents to PDF, then sign, edit, and share them – no heavy equipment needed! Manage paperwork hassle-free from anywhere – the office, remotely, or from home. Stay one step ahead when it comes to document management. Loved by more than 29 million users. SCAN DOCUMENTS - Scan any document automatically or manually and save it as a PDF file or image. - Try various Camera Modes to scan specific types of documents. - Adjust the quality and file size of your scans: choose low, medium, or high quality. - Import documents right from Photos for further editing and sharing. TRY CAMERA MODES - Single Mode captures a single page. - Multi Mode scans two pages at once. - Passport & ID Card Modes digitize your ID-documents. - Book Mode scans a two-page spread of a book. - QR Mode reads QR codes with your device’s Camera. MAKE EDITS - Re-crop scans, change page perspective and borders, apply filters, adjust contrast, and correct or change the orientation. - Organize and reorder pages in multipage documents. MANAGE SCANS - Print scanned documents and clipboard text wirelessly. - Share scans separately or send a number of files in one PDF file via Mail or iMessage. - Save all your scans to Photos or iCloud and synchronize them between all of your iOS devices. - Protect your files with Face ID or passcode. LEVEL UP WITH PREMIUM FEATURES - Recognize and extract text from your scans with OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology. Available for texts in English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish, Turkish, Russian, French, Italian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Polish, Norwegian, Japanese, and Portuguese. - Fine-tune scans by selecting HD quality while scanning. - Sign scans right on the screen of your device. Create and save one or more signatures, and add them to scans whenever you need. - Highlight the key points of your scans. - Secure private information in scanned documents using the Hide tool. - Scan and share without limits. *For advanced editing and file management, you can also try our PDF Hero app! Subscription payments will be charged to your App Store account at confirmation of your purchase. Subscriptions will automatically renew and you will be charged unless auto-renew is turned off or unless you cancel at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current subscription or trial period. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a premium subscription during the free trial period. The cost of renewal depends on the Subscription Plan you choose. Subscriptions and auto-renewal may be managed by going to Account Settings after purchase or by contacting Customer Support. Privacy Policy: https://support.bendingspoons.com/privacy.html?app=1017261655 Terms of Service: https://support.bendingspoons.com/tos.html?app=1017261655 Got questions or suggestions? Please don’t hesitate to email us at support@scanhero.app

About

ScanGo

Easily scan documents, certificates, credit cards, and receipts into high-quality PDFs or images. Extract text using OCR, organize with folders, and share via various cloud services or directly. Protect your scans with a passcode.

Highlights
  • Scan documents and photos to PDF
  • OCR text extraction
  • Edit and enhance scans
  • Organize with folders
  • Share via cloud services
  • Passcode protection
Features
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WHAT IS ScanGo? ScanGo is a little, simple, flexible, easy-to-use app with kinds of features satisfying different situations in your iPhone. It allows you to scan documents, certificates, credit cards, invoices, receipts, tickets and any paper with high quality image & PDF output. Also, you can extract text by OCR function from any scans just by one tap. It is also a camera scanner with concise, efficient user interface whose main tone is black & white with teal & chrome yellow embellished throughout the app. HOW TO SCAN DOCS? - Scan everything by one click, of course you can choose to scan from Photos or Camera. - Edit docs after scanning immediately, including add, rotate, adjust, reorder and delete pages. - Rotate, Crop and Adjust filter to get high quality scans. - Provided five filter modes to enhance your scans - Original, B&W 1, B&W 2, Color, Grayscale. What’s more, each filter can be adjusted for its own Brightness, Contrast, Saturation and Sharpness. HOW TO MANAGE DOCS? - The Recents module on home page shows your recently added docs, which helps to find them faster. - Add folders and sub-folders to manage scanned docs. - Rename folders and documents to make them more distinguishable. - Important and urgent documents can be Starred for faster access. - Search function helps to find the doc you need from a dizzying array. - Every folder, doc and page can be shared with email, Dropbox, Google Drive, Evernote etc. or Wifi directly. - Save scans as JPEG to Photos. - Move/Copy/Delete docs and pages. - Print scans directly within app once you connect to a Printer. - Fax scans directly if you have Fax Pro app installed. AFRAID OF DATA LOSS? ScanGo supports syncing data with iCloud. MAKE THE APP MORE EFFICIENT CONVENIENT - Turn on the camera immediately whenever you open the app. HANDY - Save scans to Photos automatically. EASY - Auto edge detection and enhancement. SIMPLE - Share docs and folders in default PDF size. SECURE - Protect your documents with passcode. MORE QUESTIONS? If you have any problems with ScanGo, please email us at scango@beesoft.io, we’ll help to figure it out asap.

Screenshots

Scan Hero4 screens
ScanGo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ScanGo at none against Scan Hero's 14. ScanGo also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (88% vs 65%). Scan Hero's advantage is ratings volume (242K vs 168) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, rating, device support and iOS requirement 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. Scan Hero sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. ScanGo asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Scan Hero against 4.8 for ScanGo. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scan Hero has 242K ratings behind it against 168, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 65% of Scan Hero's written reviews are positive against 88% of ScanGo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scan Hero ships an update every 10 days, ScanGo every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Scan Hero versus ScanGo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScan HeroScanGo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (242K ratings)4.8 (168 ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.6% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings242K — better168
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#37 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.014.0
Further details — not scored
Size245 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMosaic S.r.l.Beesoft Apps

Customer experience

Scan Hero

All ratings241,698 ratings
Positive92.2%
Neutral3.3%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews697 reviews
Positive64.6%
Neutral4.4%
Negative31.0%

ScanGo

All ratings168 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral1.8%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews88 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral2.3%
Negative10.2%

Bugs and requests

Scan Hero

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Scans not properly cropped
  • Inability to rearrange scanned pages
  • Crashes when editing/cropping documents

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to rotate scanned documents
  • Option to save scans to cloud storage
  • Improved OCR text recognition

ScanGo

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Scan Hero

Subscriptions10
  • Get Premium!3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Premium Scanner App + OCR3 Days trial$4.993 Months
  • Weekly Subscription2 variants$9.997 Days
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  • Weekly Sub with Free Trial7 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • Scanner for Me - Plus1 Month trial$10.991 Month
  • Monthly Premium Subscription$14.991 Month
  • Document & Text Scanner + OCR3 Days trial$16.001 Month
  • Upgrade to Pro!$16.001 Month
  • Monthly Premium Subscription3 Days trial$22.001 Month
  • Upgrade to Pro!3 Days trial$89.991 Year
One-time1
  • Scanner for Me Full Version$6.99
None

ScanGo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scan Hero free?
Scan Hero is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ScanGo free?
ScanGo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Scan Hero or ScanGo?
ScanGo is rated higher. Scan Hero averages 4.7 out of 5 from 242K ratings, while ScanGo averages 4.8 from 168 ratings.
Do Scan Hero or ScanGo have ads?
Scan Hero shows ads; ScanGo does not.
Which is updated more often, Scan Hero or ScanGo?
Scan Hero ships an update every 10 days, and ScanGo every 5 weeks. Most recently, Scan Hero was updated on September 25, 2026 and ScanGo on September 23, 2026.

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