Comparison

Annotable vs ScanFix

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

Head to head
About

Annotable

This app provides a comprehensive suite of tools for annotating and marking up images. It offers a wide range of customization options for common annotation elements and unique features like text highlighting on screenshots. The app supports various iOS system integrations for a seamless user experience.

Highlights
  • Common annotation tools (rectangles, text, arrows)
  • Customizable colors, sizes, and fonts
  • Blur and pixelation for obscuring information
  • Spotlights and Loupes for highlighting
  • Text highlighting on screenshots
  • High-resolution output
  • Support for all image types
Features
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Annotable is the most full-featured all-in-one image annotation tool. Featured by Apple in many places: ● Best of 2016 ● New Apps We Love ● Best Apps to Edit Your Photos ● Best Productivity Apps ● Best Utilities "I’ve finally found the best all-in-one image annotation tool for iOS – Annotable for iPhone and iPad." —— Federico Viticci of MacStories Features (many are free, some are unlocked with purchases): ◉ All the expected common tools: rectangles, ovals, arrows, lines and texts. ◉ Fully customizable: colors, sizes, outlines, fonts… ◉ Stylishly obscure private information with Blur and Pixelation. ◉ Or on the contrary, highlight something with Spotlights. ◉ If you really want to focus on a particular spot use a Loupe. ◉ You can even highlight text on screenshots of apps like Notes, Twitter, and Safari. It feels like magic, and can really save the day when you want to share a web page screenshot with some words highlighted but forgot to select the words when you took the screenshot. ◉ Fully support Action Extension, Photo Editing Extension, Edits Sync via iCloud Photo Library, URL Schemes, 3D Touch, Wide Color…Annotable utilizes your powerful iOS system to the extreme. Distinctions from many other similar Apps: ◆ All the results are high-resolution images. ◆ Not only screenshots but all images are supported. ◆ Large images can be directly annotated and do not have to be cropped.

About

ScanFix

Transform your photos into clear, organized documents with advanced correction tools. Features include perspective and curvature flattening, automatic edge detection, and real-time editing for perfect document scans.

Highlights
  • Perspective correction
  • Curved page flattening
  • Automatic edge detection
  • Real-time editing
  • Offline processing
  • Magnifier for precision
Features
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ScanFix 是一款专业的文档翻拍矫正工具,让你的随手一拍变成规整清晰的文档。 【核心功能】 • 透视矫正:四角点拖拽精准校正变形,Vision 框架自动检测矩形边界 • 曲面展平:独创 TPS 算法展平弯曲的课本、作业本、笔记本页面 • 比例矫正:通过消失点正交约束恢复真实宽高比,文档不再失真 • 即时编辑:一键旋转 90°、水平翻转、垂直翻转 【精致体验】 • 全屏沉浸式编辑:纯净界面,聚焦内容 • 放大镜辅助:精准对齐角点,像素级精度 • 暗色遮罩:清晰区分裁剪区域 • 3×3 网格辅助线:构图更规整 • 实时预览:所见即所得 【隐私承诺】 • 完全离线工作,不收集任何用户数据 • 不包含第三方 SDK,不进行任何追踪 • 所有图片处理在你的设备本地完成 【适用场景】 • 拍摄课堂笔记、课本作业 • 拍摄会议白板、PPT 投影 • 拍摄票据、合同、发票 • 拍摄证书、海报、画作 • 任何需要矫正变形的拍照场景

Screenshots

Annotable4 screens
ScanFix3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ScanFix at none against Annotable's 8. ScanFix also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Annotable's advantage is ratings volume (894 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.4). On 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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ScanFix holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Annotable has 894 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Annotable versus ScanFix: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnnotableScanFix
PriceFree — better—
Rating4.6 (894 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings894 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer凌 王健 赵

Bugs and requests

Annotable

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Blur broken ios26
  • Can't save edits on iPad Pro, 14.5.1
  • In-App Purchases do not work
  • Loss of work
  • App freezes occasionally on iPad

Requested features

15 requests
  • Open the app directly to the camera
  • Save images to the app, not to my phone or make a specific folder to save Annotated images
  • Make a Mac version
  • Add insert photo option
  • Add flexible pointers lines
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  • Add an eraser
  • Add undo/redo action buttons
  • Add crop
  • Add a way to adjust transparency of fonts for watermarking
  • Add rotate image
  • Add a way to draw solid boxes with a color of your choosing
  • Add a way to adjust text size
  • Add a way to center the text
  • Add a way to insert and resize images
  • Add a way to make shapes a solid color in addition to outline

ScanFix

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Annotable

One-time8
  • Color Customization$1.99
  • Text Highlighter & Redaction Tool$1.99
  • All Obscuration Styles$1.99
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  • Blur Tool$1.99
  • Spotlight Tool$1.99
  • Loupe Tool$1.99
  • All Text Styles & Fonts$1.99
  • All Features$9.99
None

ScanFix

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Annotable free?
Annotable is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ScanFix free?
Pricing for ScanFix is not currently listed on the App Store.
Which has better reviews, Annotable or ScanFix?
ScanFix is rated higher. Annotable averages 4.6 out of 5 from 894 ratings, while ScanFix averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Annotable or ScanFix have ads?
Neither Annotable nor ScanFix shows ads.

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