Faxbot vs Smart Receipts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Faxbot
Send faxes directly from your iOS device using your FRITZ!Box. Integrate faxing into your workflow by opening PDFs, scanning documents, or writing faxes within the app. Supports multiple recipients and includes detailed transmission reports.
- Send faxes via FRITZ!Box
- Open and send PDF files
- Scan documents with iOS camera
- Create custom cover sheets
- Markup and annotate documents
- Send faxes to multiple recipients
- Detailed transmission reports
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Send faxes with your FRITZ!Box Faxbot turns your iPhone or iPad into a flexible fax client for your FRITZ!Box. Import PDFs and images, scan paper documents, write a message in the app, or create a cover sheet. Review and annotate everything before sending it to one or multiple recipients. Import PDFs and images Open files directly in Faxbot or share them from almost any other app. The document picker gives you access to iCloud Drive and compatible storage providers such as Dropbox, ownCloud, and Documents. Combine as many documents as needed, remove individual PDF pages, and use password-protected PDFs or files that already contain annotations. Scan paper documents Capture documents with the iOS camera. Intelligent document detection turns your scans into a PDF that is ready to review and send. Write faxes and add cover sheets Need to send a quick note? Compose it directly in Faxbot—no other app required. You can also add a cover sheet to imported documents. Markup and annotations Sign documents or add drawings, symbols, arrows, text, highlights, and a magnifier. You can also insert a blank page and edit it directly in the app. Transmission reports After each fax, Faxbot creates a detailed transmission report and stores it with the sent document. Requirements • FRITZ!Box Fon • FRITZ!OS 6.00 or later
Smart Receipts
This app is a scanner and document manager that digitizes and organizes your business cards and documents. It offers features like OCR, PDF creation, editing, signing, and secure storage. Optimize your workflow by easily managing, searching, and sharing your scanned files.
- Automatic document detection and correction
- Contact information extraction from business cards
- Searchable PDF creation with OCR
- Built-in PDF editor for signing and editing
- Full-text search and organization with folders/tags
- Document reminders and biometric security
- iCloud synchronization across devices
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Turn paper into searchable PDFs in seconds. Scan, fill, sign, and organize documents on iPhone, iPad, and Mac — with on-device processing that never leaves your Apple devices. Captize is your personal document library. Capture receipts, contracts, IDs, and paperwork, then find anything later with full-text search. No extra account. Sync with iCloud. SCAN • Automatic edge detection, crop, perspective, and exposure correction • Batch scanning and high-definition captures • Searchable PDFs with on-device OCR • Smart titles from document content, with Apple Intelligence • Import photos, files, and whole folders EDIT & SIGN • Fill out forms • Add signatures, markups, and comments — Apple Pencil on iPad • Reorder, split, merge, and export pages • Password-protect private PDFs ORGANIZE • Folders, subfolders, tags, and notes • Instant full-text search across names, notes, and document content • Reminders on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch • Widgets and Shortcuts for scan and search BUSINESS CARDS • Auto-extract name, company, email, and phone • Save to Contacts and search by person or company APPLE-NATIVE & PRIVATE • iCloud sync across your devices — no extra login • Optional auto-upload to iCloud Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, or WebDAV • Lock the app with Face ID or Touch ID • Image processing and OCR run on-device Terms https://www.mwaretechnologies.com/products/captize/terms-and-conditions-en Support support@mwaretechnologies.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Faxbot at Free against Smart Receipts's $44.99. Smart Receipts's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 8 months). On review sentiment, ads, monetization model 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
Faxbot is free to download; Smart Receipts costs $44.99 up front. Faxbot sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Smart Receipts asks for nothing beyond the download.
Faxbot ships an update every 8 months, Smart Receipts every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 2, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Faxbot | Smart Receipts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $44.99 |
| Rating | — | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.8% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HOsy - intelligent software. | MWare Technologies AS |
Customer experience
Faxbot
Smart Receipts
In-app purchases
Faxbot
- Faxbot Pro$6.99
Smart Receipts
No in-app purchases









