Comparison

OCR Scan vs Scanly

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Mobile document scanning
  • Automatic border detection
  • Distortion correction
  • Scan quality optimization
  • Share as PDF/JPEG
  • Cloud service integration
Features
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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.

About

Scanly

Features
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The fastest way to scan, convert and organize PDFs on your iPhone — fully on-device, fully private. Scanly turns your camera into a precision document scanner with automatic edge detection, multi-page capture and OCR-ready output. Then it gives you every tool a paperless workflow actually needs: convert between PDF and Office, merge, split, compress, sign, watermark, lock with Face ID, and export to JPG. No cloud upload. No account. No subscription. — SCAN — • Auto edge detection and perspective correction • Capture unlimited pages in one session • Review, reorder and delete pages before saving • Import existing PDFs from Files or Photos — CONVERT (NATIVE, NO INTERNET) — • PDF → Word (.docx) • PDF → Excel (.xlsx) • PDF → PowerPoint (.pptx) • PDF → JPG (per page) • Word / Excel → PDF • Image → PDF (from camera roll) — ORGANIZE — • Merge multiple PDFs into one • Split a PDF into single-page files • Extract selected pages • Rearrange page order with drag handles • Compress to shrink file size — SECURE — • Lock any PDF with a password • Lock with Face ID / Touch ID — a strong random password is generated and stored in your device's Keychain, retrievable only with biometrics • Unlock instantly when reopening in the app — SIGN & ANNOTATE — • Draw your signature with Apple Pencil or finger • Add text watermarks (CONFIDENTIAL, DRAFT, etc.) • Extract text from any PDF with on-device OCR — BUILT FOR iOS — • 100% on-device — your documents never leave your iPhone • Works offline anywhere • Light & Dark mode • 10 languages: English, Tiếng Việt, 简体中文, 日本語, 한국어, Español, Français, Deutsch, Português, Bahasa Indonesia • Native SwiftUI, optimised for iPhone 14 and later • No subscription. No ads. No tracking. — PRIVACY — We don't have a server. There's nothing to send and nothing to leak. Face ID is used only to unlock PDFs you've explicitly locked. Camera access is only used when you tap Scan. Download Scanly and turn your iPhone into a complete document workspace today.

Screenshots

OCR Scan4 screens
Scanly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Scanly at none against OCR Scan's shown. OCR Scan's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
OCR Scan versus Scanly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOCR ScanScanly
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 55 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size193 MB8 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperAishvarya SadasivamManh Dung Nguyen

In-app purchases

None

OCR Scan

No in-app purchases

None

Scanly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OCR Scan free?
OCR Scan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scanly free?
Scanly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do OCR Scan or Scanly have ads?
OCR Scan shows ads; Scanly does not.

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