Scan Master vs PDF Scanner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scan Master
This app allows you to scan documents into high-quality PDFs or images. It offers features for file transfer, conversion of various file types to PDF, and a robust PDF reader. You can easily share, print, or save your scanned documents for future use.
- Scan documents to PDF/image
- Optimize scan quality
- File transfer via USB/WIFI
- Convert various file types to PDF
- Advanced PDF reader
- Document viewer for multiple formats
- Email and print documents
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Scan Master is the advanced scanner app that scan document into clean PDF/image and send as email, print or save for future use. PDF Scanner: - Optimise scan quality by cropping and make the texts and graphics look sharp and clear. - Scan Master is useful to scan bill, invoice, contract, bill, business card, certificate, letter, identity documents. File Transfer: - Use iTunes file sharing to transfer files directly to your device via USB cable and WIFI - Open in File feature to open the document in different app like Numbers, Pages, iBooks, Kindle - Import PDF from other apps. - Import Image files from other apps. - Sorting files based on date, size and name PDF Converter: - Convert image, documents (MS Office, iWorks and the most common file types) to PDF - Build in web browser and convert web pages to PDFs for offline reading on the iPhone or iPad PDF Reader: - Advances PDF reader to read in all orientations - Supports Encrypted (password protected) PDFs - PDF links to open URL in browser directly - Supports PDFs with rotated pages Document Viewer: - Document Viewer supports PDF, HTML, TXT, RTF, JPG, PNG, GIF, MS Office (Word, Excel and Powerpoint) and Apple iWork (Pages, Numbers and Keynote) files, etc - Print documents from Doc Scanner easily - Email files to Your Friends or Colleagues directly from My PDF Doc - Zoom PDFs and other documents
PDF Scanner
Easily scan, sign, and edit documents with high-quality PDF or JPEG output. Features include multipage scanning, OCR to convert scans to text, and secure password-protected folders. Share your documents via email or save them to iCloud.
- High-quality PDF/JPEG scanning
- Document signing and editing
- Smart image editor with color correction
- Multipage scanning
- Password-protected folders
- OCR text conversion
- Email sharing and iCloud saving
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Quickly scan & sign documents, print or email them as multiple pages PDF or JPEG files. Scan anything you need including receipts, documents, paper notes, fax papers and pictures fast, easy & free! Features include: • Scan high quality PDF or JPEG files. • Sign & edit documents. • Smart image editor with colour correction. • Multipage scanning. • Password protected folders. • Share your scans via email. • AirPrint & save to iCloud. • Sort documents by date or name. • OCR (convert any scan into text). Scanner Premium Subscription • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the period. • Length of subscriptions: Weekly & Yearly. • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. • Price of subscriptions: one month 3.99 USD & one year 14.99 USD • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. • No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription. For further information: Privacy Policy: https://www.personalsecurityapps.com/privacy-policy Terms of Service : https://www.personalsecurityapps.com/terms-of-service
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: PDF Scanner at every 3 weeks against Scan Master's every 2 months. PDF Scanner also leads on ratings volume (27 vs 1). On price, rating, ads 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. Scan Master sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and PDF Scanner sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Scan Master against 5.0 for PDF Scanner. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PDF Scanner has 27 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Scan Master ships an update every 2 months, PDF Scanner every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 25, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scan Master | PDF Scanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GURUPRITSINGH SAINI | TALENT ACQUISITIONS PTY LTD |
Customer experience
Scan Master
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In-app purchases
Scan Master
- Remove Advertisements$1.99
PDF Scanner
- PDF Scanner app Monthly$2.991 Month
- PDF Scanner app Monthly$3.991 Month
- PDF Scanner app Yearly3 Days trial$17.991 Year
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- PDF Scanner app Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year









