Comparison

Convert Image To Text Tool vs PDF Scanner

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

Head to head
About

Convert Image To Text Tool

This application utilizes optical character recognition to convert images into editable text. It can extract words from photos and scanned documents, offering features like automatic border detection and perspective correction. Users can then edit, copy, and share the recognized text.

Highlights
  • Image to text conversion
  • Extract words from photos
  • Automatic document border detection
  • Perspective correction
  • Image cropping
  • Text editing
  • Copy, send, and share text
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This is an OCR app. This app can convert scanned image to text. It can also extract words from photo. Features: • User-friendly, super-easy to use • Automatic document border detection and perspective correction • Option to import photo from Camera Roll • Option to crop image – select the text you need • Option to edit the recognized text • Option to copy, send and share the text via many ways Note: Currently, this app supports English only.

About

PDF Scanner

This app transforms your mobile device into a powerful scanner, capturing documents, photos, and forms with high-definition clarity. It offers robust PDF editing tools, including conversion, watermarking, and merging, alongside advanced text and table recognition for seamless data extraction and translation.

Highlights
  • High-definition document scanning
  • OCR text and table recognition
  • PDF to Word and other format conversion
  • Add watermarks and merge PDFs
  • Multi-language photo translation
  • Automatic text capture
Features
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Scanner is a professional OCR scanning recognition tool that can extract text in books, photos, business cards, and forms. 【File Scanning】 The mobile phone takes paper documents, intelligent boundary detection, and generates high-definition JPEG and PDF files. Supports multiple image optimization modes to quickly turn paper documents into clear scans. 【PDF Toolkit】 Powerful PDF file processing tools, including PDF to word and other format conversions, PDF signatures, adding watermarks, PDF merging and other document processing tools; 【Text Recognition】 Scan various documents, pictures, books, business cards, etc. to extract the desired text, and edit and copy the identified content; Support multiple recognition, automatically select recognized content to convert to PDF or scanned copy; 【Form Recognition】 Support table and form recognition, accurately locate table data, intelligently parse table text, and quickly generate Excel documents that can be edited and saved; 【Certificate Identification】 Built-in camera function, through OCR text recognition technology to automatically identify, extract image text, and parse information; High-precision automatic capture of text information, eliminating the trouble of manual input; 【Photo Translation】 Scanning and translation, supporting full-text translation in multiple languages, without opening the translation APP, directly calling the scanning recognition; Support multi-language recognition: Chinese, English, Japanese, French, German, Russian, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian; ======================================= 【Automatic renewal terms】 There are three subscription options for premium accounts: Weekly VIP: only $9.99/month Yearly VIP:$39.99/year Quarterly VIP: Only $29.99/season, 3-day free trial Permanent VIP: Only $69.99 ● Subscription payments will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and at the beginning of each renewal period ● Renewal: Apple iTunes account will be deducted within 24 hours before expiration, and the subscription cycle will be extended by one subscription cycle after the deduction is successful. ● Cancel Renewal: You can cancel your subscription or trial at any time by going to your iTunes account settings and canceling the subscription, otherwise it will automatically renew. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the trial period or any subscription period to avoid being charged. Subscriptions that include a trial period will automatically renew to a paid subscription. ● Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase ● When you purchase a premium subscription during the trial period, any unused portion of the trial period (if offered) will be forfeited. ●Privacy Policy: https://static.rhinox.cn/html/privacy/quannengsaomiaowang_boniu_en.html?appName=PDF Scanner ●Membership payment agreement: https://static.rhinox.cn/html/paymentagreement/general_en.html

Screenshots

Convert Image To Text Tool4 screens
PDF Scanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PDF Scanner at 4.5 against Convert Image To Text Tool's 3.3. PDF Scanner also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 55 months). Convert Image To Text Tool's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 15) and review sentiment (57% vs 36%). On price, ads 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. PDF Scanner sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Convert Image To Text Tool asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PDF Scanner holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Convert Image To Text Tool has 227 ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of Convert Image To Text Tool's written reviews are positive against 36% of PDF Scanner's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Convert Image To Text Tool ships an update every 55 months, PDF Scanner monthly. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Convert Image To Text Tool versus PDF Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterConvert Image To Text ToolPDF Scanner
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (227 ratings)4.5 (21 ratings) — better
Positive reviews56.8% of reviews — better36.1% of reviews
Number of ratings227 — better21
Update frequencyEvery 55 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB179 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer齐 陈Hangzhou boniu technology co. LTD

Customer experience

Convert Image To Text Tool

All ratings227 ratings
Positive59.0%
Neutral4.4%
Negative36.6%
Written reviews81 reviews
Positive56.8%
Neutral3.7%
Negative39.5%

PDF Scanner

All ratings21 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral4.8%
Negative9.5%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive36.1%
Neutral2.8%
Negative61.1%

Bugs and requests

Convert Image To Text Tool

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Outputs random numbers instead of text
  • Converts text to multiple unrelated languages
  • Viewfinder causes dizziness in landscape mode
  • Incompatible with iOS 13
  • Cannot recognize numbers or mathematical symbols
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  • Fails to recognize basic English words
  • Text recognition degrades after app updates

Requested features

7 requests
  • Option to remove or reduce advertisements
  • Improved accuracy for numbers and mathematical equations
  • Better support for multiple languages including Spanish
  • Enhanced text recognition for handwritten content
  • Ability to edit recognized text within the app
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  • Batch processing for multiple images
  • Better landscape mode functionality

PDF Scanner

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Convert Image To Text Tool

No in-app purchases

14 purchases

PDF Scanner

Subscriptions4
  • PDF Scanner Weekly VIP3 Days trial$6.997 Days
  • PDF Scanner 3 months VIP3 Days trial$19.993 Months
  • PDF Scanner Month VIP$19.991 Month
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  • PDF Scanner Annual Member$39.991 Year
One-time10
  • 30 T-card$2.99
  • 5 T-card$3.99
  • 50 T-card$3.99
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  • 100 conversion cards$4.99
  • 全能扫描王高级会员$6.99
  • PDF Scanner-500 Point Card$19.99
  • Permanent VIP$39.99
  • PDF Scanner-1000 point card$49.99
  • Permanent Member$59.99
  • 全能扫描王-5000积分卡$199.99

Questions

Is Convert Image To Text Tool free?
Convert Image To Text Tool is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PDF Scanner free?
PDF Scanner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Convert Image To Text Tool or PDF Scanner?
PDF Scanner is rated higher. Convert Image To Text Tool averages 3.3 out of 5 from 227 ratings, while PDF Scanner averages 4.5 from 21 ratings.
Do Convert Image To Text Tool or PDF Scanner have ads?
Neither Convert Image To Text Tool nor PDF Scanner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Convert Image To Text Tool or PDF Scanner?
Convert Image To Text Tool ships an update every 55 months, and PDF Scanner monthly. Most recently, Convert Image To Text Tool was updated on June 10, 2026 and PDF Scanner on September 26, 2026.

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