OCR Scan vs Safe Scanner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OCR Scan
Transform your iPhone or iPad into a portable scanner for digitizing single-page documents. Automatically detect borders, correct distortion, and enhance quality for clear digital files. Share scans as PDF or JPEG via various platforms.
- Mobile document scanning
- Automatic border detection
- Distortion correction
- Scan quality optimization
- Share as PDF/JPEG
- Cloud service integration
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OCR Scan - Scan Unlimited Free Unlimited Scans OCR Scan transforms your iPhone and iPad into a powerful, portable scanner, perfect for digitizing single-page documents. Quickly turn any paper into a clear, digital file, whether it's a receipt, a note, or an important document. Our app automatically detects borders, corrects distortion, and refines geometry, ensuring perfect scans every time. Key Features: Mobile Scanner: Use your device's camera to scan a wide range of single-page documents, including receipts, notes, invoices, whiteboard discussions, business cards, and certificates. Optimize Scan Quality: Smart cropping and auto-enhancement features ensure texts and graphics in your scans are always clear and sharp. Share PDF/JPEG Files: Easily share your scanned documents in PDF or JPEG format via social media, email attachments, or by sending a document link. Once scanned, you can email, export to Photos, upload to popular online services (including Dropbox, Evernote, Google Drive, iCloud Drive, Box, OneDrive, and OneNote), save directly to your device, print, or even fax your documents.
Safe Scanner
This app uses advanced local technology to efficiently recognize text from images. It offers a simple workflow: capture, recognize, correct, and translate, all offline for enhanced privacy. The focus is on providing a straightforward, free tool for users.
- Offline text recognition
- Image to text conversion
- Text correction
- Translation
- Privacy-focused
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Private OCR Scanner turns photos, receipts, invoices, contracts, lecture notes, and documents into editable text with an offline-first workflow. OCR is designed to run on your iPhone or iPad with no cloud OCR fallback. Recognize, edit, copy, share, export, and save local history while keeping sensitive work on device. Made for finance teams, office work, students, researchers, and anyone who handles private text. Use it for invoices, receipts, contracts, notes, forms, study materials, and long documents. Download language packs for offline recognition across major scripts and languages. One-time purchase. No subscription, no recurring fees, and no in-app purchases.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Safe Scanner at 97% against OCR Scan's 0%. Safe Scanner also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 55 months). OCR Scan's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). 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
Both are free to download. Safe Scanner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. OCR Scan asks for nothing beyond the download.
OCR Scan ships an update every 55 months, Safe Scanner fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | OCR Scan | Safe Scanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (52 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 97.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 52 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 55 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 193 MB | 280 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Aishvarya Sadasivam | 洪霞 刘 |
Customer experience
OCR Scan
Safe Scanner
Bugs and requests
OCR Scan
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Safe Scanner
Reported bugs
2 issues- Images become blurry after loading
- App not working
Requested features
1 request- Permanent free usage
In-app purchases
OCR Scan
No in-app purchases
Safe Scanner
- 永久解锁$2.99









