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 this app. Convert scans to text, organize files, and share them as PDFs or JPEGs. Offers multipage scanning and secure password-protected folders.
- High-quality PDF/JPEG scanning
- Document signing and editing
- Smart image editor
- Multipage scanning
- Password-protected folders
- OCR text conversion
- Cloud saving and sharing
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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 19.99 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 review sentiment: PDF Scanner at 100% against Scan Master's 67%. Scan Master's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Scan Master ships an update every 2 months, PDF Scanner every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scan Master | PDF Scanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| 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 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GURUPRITSINGH SAINI | Maria Raca |
Customer experience
Scan Master
PDF Scanner
In-app purchases
Scan Master
- Remove Advertisements$1.99
PDF Scanner
- PDF Scanner Monthly$2.991 Month
- PDF Scanner Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
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