OCR Instantly vs NetTools
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OCR Instantly
Convert images into editable digital text using optical character recognition. Easily share or copy the extracted text to other applications. Supports over 60 languages for broad usability.
- Offline OCR engine
- Convert image to text
- Copy and share text
- Image cropping
- Supports over 60 languages
- Simple user interface
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OCR stands for Optical Character Recognition which is a technology to convert image to text. This apps takes an image and converts it into digitized text which can then be shared to other applications such as Email and SMS, or simply copy paste the text to anywhere you like. Short video demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgHQ1LrYtP0 = Important Notes = * Garbage in, garbage out - make sure text is sharp and large enough for recognition. * Handwritten text will not work. * Text on top of unclean background (images or borders/lines in excel sheet) will not work. * OCR results for Arabic, Hindi, Chinese, Japanese and Korean are not ideal. = Features = * Offline OCR engine - doesn't require sending data to servers for processing * Simplicity - Very simple to use * Image can be cropped to focus on specific text area * Digitized text can be copied to clipboard, or shared with other apps directly * Huge language support = Supports more than 60 languages = Afrikaans, Albanian, Ancient Greek, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla/Bengali, Basque, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Cherokee, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Frankish, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Middle English, Middle French, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Latin), Slovakian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
NetTools
Diagnose network issues with a suite of powerful tools on your phone. Explore local and external networks, check server availability, and scan for devices. Features include ping, traceroute, port scanning, and DNS lookups.
- Network information
- LAN explorer
- IP range scanner
- Ping and Traceroute
- Port scanner
- DNS records lookup
- Server availability check
- Wake On Lan
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Common tools for network diagnostics right in your pocket. This app allows to explore lan and external networks, check internet connection or servers availability with using your phone. The following tools are currently available: 1) Network information - displays external ip and detailed info about internet connection.. 2) LAN explorer - will find all devices in local network. 3) IP range scanner - search hosts by ip range, allows to dynamically check ports and filter hosts by opened ports. 4) Ping - easy way to check internet connection. 5) Traceroute - displays route to the host. 6) Port scanner - check ports in selected range, supports TCP and UDP protocols. 7) DNS records - find DNS records for selected domain. 8) Whois - displays information about domains owner. 9) Server check - checks availability of selected servers (supported methods: ping, tcp, http, https) 10) Wake On Lan - wake up machine by network. 11) TCP client - may be used for testing of servers those use text protocols (HTTP, whois, ...) 12) IP calculator App interface allows to use several tools in one moment, call tools from each other and also share result of their working or copy it to the clipboard. Every tool has multiple settings - IP scanner supports several modes. Ping and Traceroute can work with ICMP and UDP protocols. Also app allows to enter manually DNS servers those will be used by tools in the settings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: OCR Instantly at none against NetTools's shown. OCR Instantly also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). NetTools's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (48 vs 10). On price and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. OCR Instantly sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and NetTools sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
NetTools holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 48 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of OCR Instantly's written reviews are positive against 67% of NetTools's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
OCR Instantly ships an update every 2 weeks, NetTools every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OCR Instantly | NetTools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (10 ratings) | 4.8 (48 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 48 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chun Yeen Mok | Oleg Gutlyanskiy |
Customer experience
OCR Instantly
NetTools
In-app purchases
OCR Instantly
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Smart Paragraph Detection$2.99
- Advanced OCR Modes$4.99
NetTools
- Premium features$3.99









