Comparison

PDF vs OCR.net

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

Head to head
About

PDF

Transform your device into a portable scanner for unlimited multipage documents. Digitize receipts, reports, and more into searchable, editable digital files. Effortlessly share, print, or fax your scanned documents.

Highlights
  • Unlimited multipage scanning
  • Advanced OCR text extraction
  • Auto-enhancement and smart cropping
  • Searchable PDF creation
  • Flexible export to cloud services
  • Wireless printing and faxing
Features
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PDF-Unlimited OCR Scan transforms your iPhone/iPad into a powerful, portable scanner. Get free, unlimited multipage scans with advanced OCR. Digitize any document, from receipts to reports, into perfect digital files. Scan and Perfect Documents Scan Anything: Receipts, notes, invoices, business cards, contracts – capture it all. Auto-Enhance: Smart cropping and auto-correction ensure clear, sharp scans every time. Extract Text with OCR Powerful OCR: Convert your scans into editable and searchable text. Searchable PDFs: Find specific information easily within your digitized documents. Share and Manage Effortlessly Flexible Export: Email, save to Photos, or upload to Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud Drive, Box, OneDrive, Evernote, OneNote. Print and Fax: Print wirelessly or fax documents directly from the app. Share Options: Send as PDF or JPEG via social media or email. PDF-Unlimited OCR Scan is your essential, free, and unlimited mobile scanning solution with smart text recognition. Download today and streamline your document management!

About

OCR.net

This app uses optical character recognition to convert images and scanned PDFs into editable text or searchable PDF documents. It supports numerous languages and offers a simple interface for file selection or direct capture. OCR processing is handled efficiently on a remote server.

Highlights
  • Image to editable text conversion
  • Scanned PDF to editable text
  • Scanned PDF to searchable PDF
  • Supports dozens of languages
  • Sleek and simple interface
  • Direct file sending from other apps
Features
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Converts images and scanned PDFs into editable text or searchable PDF. This is a native iOS client for the OCR.net web service. This allows you to perform OCR (optical character recognition) on images or scanned PDFs to produce editable text or searchable PDFs. Supports dozens of languages including English, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, German, and French. This app provides a sleek and simple interface. Select a file from your device, or capture a photo of a document and extract the text from it. It registers as a viewer for PDFs and images so that you can also send files directly from your downloads folder or preferred image viewer to the OCR.net for conversion. OCR is performed on the OCR.net server using fast and accurate recognition.

Screenshots

PDF4 screens
OCR.net1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: OCR.net at none against PDF's shown. OCR.net also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 13.0). 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

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 · 7 level
PDF versus OCR.net: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDFOCR.net
PriceFreeFree
Rating—1.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 110 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.06.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size193 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRamalingam SivaramakrishnanWeb Lite Solutions Corp.

Customer experience

PDF

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

OCR.net

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

PDF

No in-app purchases

None

OCR.net

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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