Document Scanner vs CamScan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Document Scanner
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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!
CamScan
Easily digitize paper documents using your phone's camera. Convert receipts, notes, and invoices into clear, sharp PDF files without watermarks. Share your scanned documents via email or social media.
- Digitize documents with phone camera
- Scan receipts, notes, invoices, and more
- Smart cropping and auto-enhancing
- Share documents as PDF files
- No watermark on scans
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Convert images to PDF in a simple tap. Download it for FREE! No watermark in scanned documents. CamScan helps you scan, store, and share scanned documents. Features: *Digitize Documents Just use your phone camera to scan and digitize all kinds of paper documents: receipts, notes, invoices, whiteboard discussions, business cards, certificates, etc. *Scan Quality Smart cropping and auto enhancing ensures the texts and graphics in scanned documents are clear and sharp with premium colors and resolutions. *Share PDF Files Easily share documents in PDF format with friends via various ways: post on social media, send attachment or document download link through email.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: CamScan at none against Document Scanner's shown. CamScan also leads on update cadence (every 30 months vs every 111 months). Document Scanner's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.2). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Document Scanner ships an update every 111 months, CamScan every 30 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Document Scanner | CamScan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 3.6 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 111 months | Every 30 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aishvarya Sadasivam | Devbox |
In-app purchases
Document Scanner
No in-app purchases
CamScan
No in-app purchases
Questions
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