Comparison

TurboScan™ vs Secure Scanner

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

Head to head
About

TurboScan™

Transform your iPhone into a powerful scanner for documents, receipts, and more. Quickly capture high-quality PDFs or JPEGs, organize them, and share them easily. Advanced algorithms ensure accurate edge detection, perspective correction, and optimal contrast for clear scans.

Highlights
  • Automatic document detection and capture
  • Perspective correction
  • SureScan for sharpest scans
  • Document naming and organization
  • Quick email sending
  • Save to Photos and cloud storage
  • Face/Touch ID security
Features
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TurboScan turns your iPhone into a full-featured and powerful scanner for documents, receipts, books, photos, whiteboards, and more. You can quickly and accurately scan your multipage documents in high quality PDFs or JPEGs, name, organize and send them anywhere. • Featured in The NY Times, CNN Money and The Telegraph. • “Absolutely the best... I've tried other scanner apps and this one is the only way to go. Never going back to the other apps… TurboScan sets the standard for scanning apps.” - User review. • “…Would recommend this flawless and incredibly useful and perfectly executed app” - User review. TurboScan uses advanced and fast algorithms to accurately detect document edges, straighten them (correct perspective), eliminate shadows and set a perfect contrast for black on white text. Color and photo modes are also available. TurboScan boasts a powerful yet easy to use interface. Our handy "Email to myself" feature lets you quickly send documents with one tap. TurboScan also offers SureScan, our proprietary scanning mode for sharper scans (especially useful in low-light conditions.) SureScan automatically takes three pictures of the same document, giving you a guaranteed perfect result every time. We do not collect any data from TurboScan and all scanning happens on your iPhone. The confidentiality of your data is never compromised. TURBOSCAN FEATURES: • Automatic document detection and capture with perspective correction • Features SureScan for the sharpest scans • Document naming, folder organization and smart search • “Email to myself” feature for quick, regular emails • Add and reorder pages at any time • Arrange multiple receipts or cards on a single PDF page for printing, easy viewing, etc. • Send faxes using our Turbo Fax app • Easily email & message documents or separate pages as PDF & JPEG • Save documents or pages to Photos • Face/Touch ID & passcode lock for increased security • Upload, auto-upload or backup documents to iCloud Drive • Open PDFs or JPEGs in Google Drive and other PDF cloud apps • Combine scans via Merge or copy & paste separate pages • Conveniently AirDrop documents to your Mac and other devices • Print documents via AirPrint • Ultra-fast scanning (under 3 seconds per page) • Features VoiceOver for visually impaired users • We do not collect any user data in TurboScan TIPS ON SCANNING • Make sure your document is flat. • Use flash in low light conditions, but avoid glare with glossy documents. We support Ukraine. We're constantly improving TurboScan, and we value our customers' opinions and feedback. Please email us at support@turboscanapp.com with any questions or suggestions. Thank you!

About

Secure Scanner

Scan, encrypt, and password-protect your documents for free. This app offers high-quality scanning with features like auto-shutter, border detection, and multi-page PDF creation. Organize your files with a robust folder hierarchy and share them securely via email or other apps.

Highlights
  • High-quality document scanning
  • Encrypt and password-protect PDFs
  • Auto-shutter and border detection
  • Multi-page PDF creation
  • Folder hierarchy for organization
  • Secure sharing via email and apps
  • Local processing and storage
Features
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Scan, Encrypt and Password Protect all your documents for free in your iOS device. Secure Scanner is an extremely secure and powerful document scanner app which allows you to password protect scanned pdf files inside the app itself. The password will protect your documents even if you share the document outside the app. That’s something, isn’t it? Secure scanner has an auto-shutter feature, which automatically scans the image if the app is able to find all borders correctly. You can do manual scans as well, while the app is finding the borders. Also, if you want finer control, you can change the borders manually too. Create multi page PDF files from your scans or save them as JPEG images in camera roll. You can import image from camera roll and Secure Scanner will scan document from image. You can save to camera roll or save as PDF document that is encrypted and protected with password. You can scan all of your documents, be it book page, paper notes, receipts, fax, newspaper, or even business cards. Secure Scanner supports embedding your scanned documents in a variety of page sizes. A4, A3, Letter as well as Original size are some example paper sizes. Secure Scanner supports full fledged folder hierarchy, which supports as many levels of subfolders as you need. You can create, rename and delete folders. Organise files inside the app by moving, renaming or deleting selected files and folders. You can share files with a tap of button to Email, Chat, or any of your other favourite apps that support pdf files. Or you can print document directly from inside the app. There is NO server side processing of your documents. All the processing of documents happens inside the your iOS device, and all files are stored locally inside the app. Your privacy is something we are holding dear to our core values. App Features: Scanning:- - Scan documents in high quality - Encrypt and save documents as pdf files - Protect scanned documents with password - Save as JPEG files in camera roll (No encryption) - Save scanned files in color or grayscale - Automatic shutter and border detection - Manual shutter and border correction - Scan multiple pages in one go - Rearrange scanned pages before exporting as PDF - Preview PDF document before export - Add margins to PDF document - Supports a variety of page sizes US sizes - Letter, Legal, Ledger, Tabloid, Executive, ANSI C, ANSI D, ANSI E ISO A sizes - A0, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8 Original size of the scanned document Organising:- - Folder structure with support to multiple levels of folders - Add, delete and rename folders - Move files and folders - Arrange scans inside folders for better organisation - Multiple files and folders can be selected to delete easily Sharing Documents:- - Share scans through mail, chats, and any other app that supports pdf files - Save scans as photos to iOS camera roll - Print documents directly from the app using printers via WiFi You won’t need those bulky scanners at office or home anymore. Keep a secure and powerful scanner in your pocket all the time. A great alternative for cam scanner. Privacy Policy: https://securescanner.app/en/privacy-policy/ Terms & Conditions: https://securescanner.app/en/terms-and-conditions/ Support: https://securescanner.app/en/support/

Screenshots

TurboScan™4 screens
Secure Scanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: TurboScan™ at 88% against Secure Scanner's 50%. TurboScan™ also leads on ratings volume (101K vs 49) and rating (4.9 vs 4.7). Secure Scanner's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. TurboScan™ sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Secure Scanner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TurboScan™ holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TurboScan™ has 101K ratings behind it against 49, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of TurboScan™'s written reviews are positive against 50% of Secure Scanner's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TurboScan™ ships an update every 3 months, Secure Scanner every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
TurboScan™ versus Secure Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTurboScan™Secure Scanner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (101K ratings) — better4.7 (49 ratings)
Positive reviews88.5% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings101K — better49
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank#144 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPiksoft Inc.Suraj Thomas

Customer experience

TurboScan™

All ratings101,306 ratings
Positive98.5%
Neutral0.8%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews747 reviews
Positive88.5%
Neutral4.0%
Negative7.5%

Secure Scanner

All ratings49 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

TurboScan™

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Scanned documents not saving properly
  • Emailing function not working reliably
  • Crashes and freezes after recent updates

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to lock folders with passwords
  • Integration with more cloud storage services
  • Improved OCR and text recognition
  • Voice-activated scanning feature

Secure Scanner

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

TurboScan™

One-time4
  • Tip developer, level 1$1.99
  • Tip developer, level 2$4.99
  • Tip developer, level 3$9.99
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  • TurboScan Premium$14.99
3 purchases

Secure Scanner

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium3 Days trial$1.491 Month
  • Yearly Premium3 Days trial$12.491 Year
One-time1
  • Life Time Premium$25.99

Questions

Is TurboScan™ free?
TurboScan™ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Secure Scanner free?
Secure Scanner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TurboScan™ or Secure Scanner?
TurboScan™ is rated higher. TurboScan™ averages 4.9 out of 5 from 101K ratings, while Secure Scanner averages 4.7 from 49 ratings.
Do TurboScan™ or Secure Scanner have ads?
Neither TurboScan™ nor Secure Scanner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TurboScan™ or Secure Scanner?
TurboScan™ ships an update every 3 months, and Secure Scanner every 6 days. Most recently, TurboScan™ was updated on October 15, 2026 and Secure Scanner on October 3, 2026.

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