Scanner vs CamScan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scanner
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Scanner-Documents PDF transforms your device into a powerful portable scanner. Capture multi-page documents, whiteboards, business cards, and receipts instantly. Our app automatically adjusts scans to fit the screen, crops unnecessary parts, and optimizes brightness so every document is perfectly clear and ready to share. Don't let a lack of a scanner slow you down. With Scanner-Documents PDF, you can create and manage professional-looking digital copies of any document, anywhere you are. Key Features: Scan Anything: Digitize documents, books, posters, and more using your camera. Smart Enhancements: Automatically crop and adjust brightness for high-quality scans. Multi-Page Scanning: Capture many pages in a single document. Flexible Saving: Save your scans in full color or grayscale. Easy Sharing n Printing: Share documents via email or print them. Photo Gallery Import: Scan from your existing photo gallery for added convenience. Scanner-Documents PDF is your go-to solution for a paperless and organized life.
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 Scanner's shown. CamScan also leads on update cadence (every 30 months vs every 116 months). 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.
Scanner ships an update every 116 months, CamScan every 30 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 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 116 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
Scanner
No in-app purchases
CamScan
No in-app purchases









