Comparison

Scanner' vs Document Scanner

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

Head to head
About

Scanner'

Transform your device into a portable scanner to digitize documents, receipts, photos, and more. Automatically detect and crop borders, adjust image settings, and share your scans easily via email or social media. Organize your important items with this versatile scanning tool.

Highlights
  • Scan documents, receipts, photos
  • Automated border detection and cropping
  • Manual border adjustment
  • Edit contrast, brightness, and rotation
  • Save as PDF
  • Share scans via email and social media
  • Print scans directly
Features
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Organize your paperwork, photos, recipes and everything important to you. Scan & Save, it's your portable scanner....Anytime, Anywhere! • Scan documents, receipts, photos, or everything important to you • Share your scans with whomever you want The scanner is able to correct perspective and automatically detect and crop the borders of your document. Don’t agree with the detected borders? Move them easily any direction you want and you will see that your document will be rotated to a perfectly straight image. In the preview you can edit the file name, contrast & brightness, rotate the page and choose any A paper size you would like to save it as. Share your scan by email, social media or any other way you desire. Print your scan directly from the preview mode, or save it in the gallery as a PDF. Smart Scan brings you all the features you need: • Automated scanning for borders • Scans as soon as it finds the document borders • You can manually adjust the borders right after scanning • Edit the document in the preview: change file name, adjust contrast & brightness, rotate, and choose from different page sizes • Saves your scan in a convenient gallery, in which you can select, share, delete and edit older files • Share your scan with just one tap! As always, we appreciate your feedback. Please email us at feedback@impalastudios.com with any suggestions or questions. If you are happy with this update, please let us know by rating and reviewing us in the App Store! Smart Scanner is the future of organizing your paperwork!

About

Document Scanner

Features
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Document Scanner-Scanner: Your pocket scanner. Scan multi-page documents, receipts, business cards, photos, and more with ease. Features include: * Automatic document detection and cropping   * Brightness adjustment for optimal scans * Color and grayscale saving options * Integration with your camera and photo library * Email and AirPrint, whats app sharing * Scan Unlimited pages in a single document * Unlimited document creation Download Document Scanner-Scanner for free and scan anything, anywhere!

Screenshots

Scanner'4 screens
Document Scanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Scanner' at every 2 months against Document Scanner's every 111 months. Scanner' also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scanner' ships an update every 2 months, Document Scanner every 111 months. The most recent releases landed on September 4, 2026 and May 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Scanner' versus Document Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScanner'Document Scanner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (1.4K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews19.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.4K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 111 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperImpala StudiosAishvarya Sadasivam

Bugs and requests

Scanner'

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Fails to recognize document borders
  • Randomly emails only a subset of scanned pages
  • Scanned files become unavailable after sending

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to scan and save multi-page documents as a single file
  • Color scanning option
  • More user-friendly interface and instructions

Document Scanner

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Scanner'

No in-app purchases

None

Document Scanner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scanner' free?
Scanner' is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Document Scanner free?
Document Scanner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Scanner' or Document Scanner have ads?
Both Scanner' and Document Scanner show ads.
Which is updated more often, Scanner' or Document Scanner?
Scanner' ships an update every 2 months, and Document Scanner every 111 months. Most recently, Scanner' was updated on September 4, 2026 and Document Scanner on May 17, 2026.

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