Comparison

Browser Content Blocking vs Scan to PDF & Text OCR

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

Head to head
About

Browser Content Blocking

This utility app enhances your browsing experience by blocking unwanted ads on websites, leading to faster page loads and reduced network traffic. It's designed for ease of use, allowing you to enable or disable blocking directly within the app's settings.

Highlights
  • Blocks unwanted ads
  • Faster web page loading
  • Reduces network traffic
  • Easy to enable/disable
  • Safari integration
Features
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Browser Content Blocking Content blocking Safari browser to block unwanted ads on the websites of 99%. Browser Content Blocking ad blocker faster web page loading and less network traffic, you can browse on your device. The easy to use. In Settings, check your Safari settings and content blockers enable the Content Blocking. After it is enabled in the application of the Browser Content Blocking it is possible to enable or disable Browser. If, after switching on or off to display or not display the blocked content you may want to delete the cache Safari (Safari Browser closes and restarts or web history and delete content).

About

Scan to PDF & Text OCR

Transform your phone into a portable scanner to digitize documents, receipts, and notes. Extract text from images with OCR technology, add custom watermarks, and apply color filters. Supports multiple languages for a seamless global experience.

Highlights
  • Document scanning and PDF creation
  • Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for text extraction
  • Custom watermarks for documents
  • Color filters for scanned images
  • Multi-language support
Features
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Scan documents, pull the text out of them and work on your PDFs, all on your iPhone and iPad. xPDF needs no account, and your files stay on your device. SCAN TO PDF • Scan with the camera: page edges are found automatically • Scan several pages into one PDF, then rotate, reorder, filter or retake a page • Turn photos from your library into a PDF • Unfinished scans are kept as a draft TEXT RECOGNITION (OCR) • Copy the text from scans, photos and PDFs • Choose the language, tap a block of text on the page to select it • Share the text or save it as a text file or PDF • Make a scanned PDF searchable, so its text can be selected and found in any PDF reader (Premium) • Voice to Text: speak, and get text you can edit, copy and save READ AND SEARCH • A fast PDF reader with zoom, a page overview and find-in-document • Search your library by name, and by the text inside your documents (Premium) • Favourites, recently opened files, list and grid views • Open PDFs and images from Files, Mail and other apps in xPDF PDF TOOLS • Merge and split PDFs and delete pages • Rotate, reorder and duplicate pages (Premium) • Add page numbers • Sign and mark up PDFs • Compress PDFs to share them more easily • Convert photos, text and Word or Excel files to PDF, and PDF to JPG, PNG or text • Edit PDFs, add a watermark and hide private details (Premium) • Protect a PDF with a password, or remove a password you know (Premium) KEEP FILES PRIVATE • Move files to a Private area that opens only with Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode (Premium) • Private files leave every list and search until you unlock SHARE AND EXPORT • Share to any app, save to Files or Photos, or send by e-mail • Import from Files, iCloud Drive and other storage apps MORE TOOLS • Scan and create QR codes and barcodes • Edit photos, compress and convert images, remove a photo's background • Lay out photos as a photobook PDF (Premium) ASK AI (ON-DEVICE) • Summarize, rewrite, shorten, simplify and check the grammar of your text, or start from a document's text • Step-by-step help with logic, math, physics and chemistry problems • Runs privately on your device with Apple Intelligence. Requires a device and iOS version that support Apple Intelligence. AI can make mistakes, so check important answers. MADE FOR EVERYONE • 18 languages, Dark Mode and full iPad support • Adjustable text size and VoiceOver support • A built-in user guide • Optional daily tips about features you haven't tried yet PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account and no ads • Scanning, text recognition, search and Ask AI run on your device • Voice to Text runs on your device for supported languages; other languages use Apple's speech service, and the app tells you FREE AND PREMIUM xPDF is free to download and use, with limits on some features (for example, 30 saved scans a month, and 3 text recognitions, merges or conversions a day). Premium removes those limits, unlocks every Premium tool (PDF editing, page organising, password protection, searchable PDFs, private files and search inside documents), and exports without the xPDF watermark. Premium is an auto-renewing subscription, available weekly, monthly or yearly; a free trial may be offered. The price is shown in the app before you buy and charged to your Apple Account when you confirm. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel the subscription in your Apple Account settings. Any unused part of a free trial ends when you buy a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://pixelz-lab.com/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://pixelz-lab.com/terms-of-use.html Support: admin@pixelz-lab.com iPhone, iPad, Face ID, Touch ID and Apple Intelligence are trademarks of Apple Inc.

Screenshots

Browser Content Blocking4 screens
Scan to PDF & Text OCR4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Scan to PDF & Text OCR at Free against Browser Content Blocking's $0.99. Scan to PDF & Text OCR also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 15 months) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). Browser Content Blocking's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.7) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On ads, 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

Scan to PDF & Text OCR is free to download; Browser Content Blocking costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Browser Content Blocking holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Browser Content Blocking ships an update every 15 months, Scan to PDF & Text OCR every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Browser Content Blocking versus Scan to PDF & Text OCR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrowser Content BlockingScan to PDF & Text OCR
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 15 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB35 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAlbert PartiVU LE THANH

Customer experience

Browser Content Blocking

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Scan to PDF & Text OCR

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Browser Content Blocking

No in-app purchases

None

Scan to PDF & Text OCR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Browser Content Blocking free?
Browser Content Blocking costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scan to PDF & Text OCR free?
Scan to PDF & Text OCR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Browser Content Blocking or Scan to PDF & Text OCR?
Browser Content Blocking is rated higher. Browser Content Blocking averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Scan to PDF & Text OCR averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Browser Content Blocking or Scan to PDF & Text OCR have ads?
Neither Browser Content Blocking nor Scan to PDF & Text OCR shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Browser Content Blocking or Scan to PDF & Text OCR?
Browser Content Blocking ships an update every 15 months, and Scan to PDF & Text OCR every 10 days. Most recently, Browser Content Blocking was updated on November 2, 2026 and Scan to PDF & Text OCR on November 4, 2026.

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