Comparison

OCR PDF Scanner vs Text Capture

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

OCR PDF Scanner

Features
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OCR Scanner is the best app for quickly scanning and saving a digital version of a paper document. Scan any papers, ranging from a receipt to multi-page documents. OCR Scanner will automatically detect borders, correcting distortion and geometry. Share, email and upload your perfect scans. Use OCR to convert any scan into a text. ****** Free Unlimited Multipage Scans *********************** OCR Scanner transforms your iPhone and iPad into portable scanners. Scanned documents can be emailed, exported to Photos, uploaded to online services (supports Dropbox, Evernote, Google Drive, iCloud Drive, Box, OneDrive and OneNote), simply saved on your iPhone or iPad, printed or even faxed. Use Text Recognition (OCR) to сopy and share text from searchable PDF documents. Scan docs into clear & sharp image/PDF, to email. Features: *Mobile Scanner Use your phone camera to scan receipts, notes, invoices, whiteboard discussions, business cards, certificates, etc. *Optimize Scan Quality Smart cropping and auto enhancing make the texts and graphics look clear and sharp. *Extract Texts from Image OCR (optical character recognition) feature extracts texts from single page for further editing or sharing. (Paid app only) *Share PDF/JPEG Files Easily share documents in PDF or JPEG format with others via social media, email attachment or sending the doc link.

About

Text Capture

Easily extract text from your camera in real-time. This app allows you to edit, copy, share, or listen to captured text. It functions entirely offline, ensuring your data remains private.

Highlights
  • Real-time text capture from camera
  • Offline functionality
  • Edit captured text
  • Copy text to clipboard
  • Share text to other apps
  • Text-to-speech functionality
  • Translate text
Features
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Text Capture allows you to capture text from your device's camera. Just point the camera, see the text in real time and capture it by pressing the Capture button! Text Capture works 100% offline protecting your privacy and the content of your scans as your scanned data never leaves your device. After capturing text you can: - Edit - Copy to clipboard - Share on other Apps - Hear it out loud - Translate Text * Text Capture works on any latin alphabet text * Text to speech and Translation works for text written on the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkis.

Screenshots

OCR PDF Scanner4 screens
Text Capture3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OCR PDF Scanner at none against Text Capture's 1. OCR PDF Scanner also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.5). Text Capture's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Text Capture sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. OCR PDF Scanner asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
OCR PDF Scanner versus Text Capture: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOCR PDF ScannerText Capture
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.5 (2.7K ratings) — better
Positive reviews—42.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2.7K — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size194 MB88 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperAishvarya SadasivamArthur Eduardo Skaetta Alvarez Desenvolvimento de Software LTDA.

Bugs and requests

OCR PDF Scanner

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Text Capture

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Unable to restore previous purchases
  • Fails to recognize certain languages/scripts
  • Inconsistent text capture quality

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add ability to rotate/crop captured images
  • Improve accuracy for handwritten/non-standard text
  • Integrate with note-taking/productivity apps

In-app purchases

None

OCR PDF Scanner

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Text Capture

One-time1
  • Premium$3.99

Questions

Is OCR PDF Scanner free?
OCR PDF Scanner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Text Capture free?
Text Capture is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do OCR PDF Scanner or Text Capture have ads?
OCR PDF Scanner shows ads; Text Capture does not.

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