Pass vs OSS Document Scanner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pass
Securely manage your passwords with this app. It allows you to view, add, and edit entries, encrypting them with PGP keys. Features include synchronization with Git repositories, one-time password support, and auto-fill capabilities.
- PGP encryption/decryption
- Git repository synchronization
- One-time password tokens
- AutoFill in browsers and apps
- YubiKey support
- Search and copy functionality
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- Compatible with the Password Store command line tool. - View, copy, add, and edit password entries. - Encrypt and decrypt password entries by PGP keys. - Synchronize with your password Git repository. - User-friendly interface: search, long press to copy, copy and open link, etc. - Support one-time password tokens (two-factor authentication codes). - AutoFill in Safari/Chrome and supported apps. - Support YubiKey.
OSS Document Scanner
Transform your mobile device into a powerful document scanner. Easily scan, enhance, organize, and export documents as PDFs or images. Features offline OCR and secure password protection for your files.
- Fast camera scanning with automatic edge detection
- Bulk scanning and import from images/PDFs
- Enhance PDF quality with filters and editing tools
- Organize documents with colored folders and sorting
- Export to PDF, JPEG, or PNG
- Offline OCR for searchable PDFs
- Password protection for generated PDFs
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OSS Document Scanner is a free and Open Source app to transform your mobile device into a powerful document scanner. SCAN * Scan your documents or receipts with a fast camera scan. * Enjoy the automatic edge detection feature allowing you to quickly scan many documents * Bulk scan documents or book pages * Import documents from images or even existing PDF * You can scan to PDF any kind of document: Receipts, IDs, notes, recipes, photos, business cards, whiteboards, books. You can then use and work with the generated PDFs on all your devices, phones, computers, tablets... ENHANCE * Improve PDFs quality by applying enhancing filters for color or black & white documents. * Edit crop * Reorder pages, merge documents * Rotate pages * Change brightness and contrast to create beautiful documents ORGANIZE * Create folders with colors for easy access * Sort documents * Name documents EXPORT * create PDF directly from your mobile device by converting photos, images, other documents, into beautiful and configurable PDFs. * export and share your documents to PDF or JPEG or PNG with your friends, family, colleagues SEARCH * OCR your documents using offline (to be downloaded first) and open source models in many languages. * Generate searchable PDFs by converting images to text using the powerful OCR models from the Tesseract project. SECURITY * Improve the security of your generated PDF by adding a password. SYNC * Synchronize your documents, PDFs, Images with your computers, other devices or local folder sync. * Sync to WebDAV, Google Drive or OneDrive PRIVACY * Use a free and Open Source document scanner to protect your privacy COMMUNITY * Provide feedback or even help translate the app. You are part of this project and you make help it grow so that everyone can enjoy the best free and open source document scanner
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pass at none against OSS Document Scanner's 5. Pass also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 57%) and ratings volume (135 vs 8). OSS Document Scanner's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). On price, ads, monetization model 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. OSS Document Scanner sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Pass asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pass holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pass has 135 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Pass's written reviews are positive against 57% of OSS Document Scanner's.
Pass ships an update every 3 months, OSS Document Scanner fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pass | OSS Document Scanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (135 ratings) — better | 4.5 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.3% of reviews — better | 57.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 135 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mingshen Sun | Akylas |
Customer experience
Pass
OSS Document Scanner
Bugs and requests
Pass
Reported bugs
22 issues- Cannot add password with YubiKey as PGP-Key
- Application doesn't work after last iOS update
- Cannot auto-fill password after last update
- Pushing to the repo tends to fail
- Cannot clone the repo via https
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- Updated entry doesn't push to git repository
- App crashes whenever I try to open it
- Latest update fails to open on iPad
- Doesn't open on iPhone 6
- App crashes after setting GPG keys
- Fails to open on my iPhone SE
- App crashes after setting gpg
- Failed to import pgp keys
- Private repo doesn’t work
- Imported key will be lost after updates
- The app crashes after setting gpg
- Search not working
- Auto fill breaks on iPhone 11
- Missing TOTP feature
- No support for yubikey Nfc
- Import of gpg key doesn’t seem to work well
- Error when trying to add ssh://user@my-host-ip-address:/srv/repos/myrepo.git
Requested features
23 requests- Keep app updated long-term
- Support for multiple GPG IDs
- Support for Intel-based MacBooks
- French language support
- FaceID/TouchID integration
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- Ability to change Git URL without re-cloning
- Support for macOS Ventura
- Management of multiple repositories
- Integration with security keys (Nitrokey, YubiKey)
- Scan split QR code for longer keys
- Multi-store support (private/work)
- Key generation and Git server for ordinary users
- Keybase repository support
- Hardware authentication with YubiKey
- Build password repository from scratch on phone
- Face ID protection for the app
- Keybase encrypted Git support
- Auto copy TOTP after form fill
- SSH key creation for cloning repos
- Upgrade Git dependency to latest version
- App icon redesign
- Safari plugin 2FA support
- Biometric support instead of passcode
OSS Document Scanner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pass
No in-app purchases
OSS Document Scanner
- a coffee$0.99
- a big coffee$1.99
- a beer$3.99
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- a pint$8.99
- a very nice donation$17.99
Questions
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