Comparison

Faxbot vs Scan Things

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Scan Things

Extract objects, people, pets, and artwork from images, URLs, or PDFs. Capture books and documents with searchable, selectable text embedded in PDFs. All processing is done on-device for maximum privacy.

Highlights
  • Extract objects from images
  • Extract text from images and PDFs
  • Save as searchable PDF
  • On-device processing
  • No account required
  • Offline functionality
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With Scan Things, you can extract objects, people, pets, artwork and just about anything else from any image, image URL, or PDF document.  Scan Things can also capture books and documents with the original images intact and the text extracted and embedded. You can save your scan as a single- or multi-page PDF with all its text fully searchable and selectable. You don't need an account to use Scan Things. You don't need internet access. Your scans never leave your iPhone or iPad as Scan Things does all of its processing on-device. Because your privacy is important (not to mention none of our business), we collect no data whatsoever and we don't use any third-party code. Your privacy is yours, and we think it should stay that way. You can get Scan Things for a one-time purchase and share it with your family at no extra cost. No subscriptions. No adds. No shenanigans. Privacy Policy: https://scanthing.app/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://scanthing.app/terms-of-use/

Screenshots

Faxbot4 screens
Scan Things1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Scan Things at free against Faxbot's paid. Scan Things also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 8 months) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). Faxbot's advantage is review sentiment (72% vs 38%). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Faxbot sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Scan Things sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Faxbot ships an update every 8 months, Scan Things every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Faxbot versus Scan Things: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFaxbotScan Things
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.8% of reviews — better37.5% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB222 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHOsy - intelligent software.Operates Spaceships LLC

Customer experience

Faxbot

Written reviews39 reviews
Positive71.8%
Neutral10.3%
Negative17.9%

Scan Things

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative62.5%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Faxbot

One-time1
  • Faxbot Pro$6.99
1 purchases

Scan Things

One-time1
  • Unlimited Scans$6.99

Questions

Is Faxbot free?
Faxbot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scan Things free?
Scan Things is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Faxbot or Scan Things have ads?
Neither Faxbot nor Scan Things shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Faxbot or Scan Things?
Faxbot ships an update every 8 months, and Scan Things every 6 weeks. Most recently, Faxbot was updated on October 11, 2026 and Scan Things on September 27, 2026.

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