Scan Master vs Photo Scanner to Document
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
Photo Scanner to Document
Transform your device's camera into a powerful document scanner. Easily create PDFs, add signatures, highlight, and annotate your scans. Share documents instantly via various platforms with searchable text.
- Scan documents with camera
- Create searchable PDFs
- Add signatures
- Edit and annotate documents
- Share via multiple platforms
- Selectable text
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Use your camera as a scanner to create PDF documents. After scanning your document you can easily add your signature, edit, hi-light or annotate your document. Share your document by Mail, Messenger, AirDrop, iCloud, etc. Your PDF will have selectable and searchable Text. We offer a very competitive price model. --- Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
Scan Master and Photo Scanner to Document both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Photo Scanner to Document's written reviews are positive against 67% of Scan Master's. Photo Scanner to Document also leads on ratings volume (29 vs 1). Scan Master's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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 Photo Scanner to Document sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 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 4.9 for Photo Scanner to Document. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Photo Scanner to Document has 29 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Scan Master's written reviews are positive against 100% of Photo Scanner to Document's.
Scan Master ships an update every 2 months, Photo Scanner to Document every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scan Master | Photo Scanner to Document |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.9 (29 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 29 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 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 — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GURUPRITSINGH SAINI | Spicy Apps |
Customer experience
Scan Master
Photo Scanner to Document
In-app purchases
Scan Master
- Remove Advertisements$1.99
Photo Scanner to Document
- Monthly3 Days trial$2.491 Month
- 6 month3 Days trial$7.496 Months
- Yearly3 Days trial$13.991 Year
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