AI Scanner vs Folda
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AI Scanner
This app uses AI to accurately extract text from images, PDFs, and screenshots in over 90 languages. It can also translate extracted text, scan physical documents into PDFs, and even allows you to chat with AI about your scanned content. Save, edit, and share your extracted text in various formats.
- Extract text from images and PDFs
- Scan documents to PDF
- Translate extracted text
- Chat with AI about scanned content
- Handwriting to text conversion
- Copy text from any screen
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Text Scanner (OCR) is the most accurate AI-powered image-to-text scanner app for iOS. It can extract and recognize text from images, photos, screenshots, and PDFs with 99%+ accuracy in 92 languages, and translate the extracted text into over 100 languages. PDF Scanner - Scan physical documents and convert them into clean, professional PDFs using smart edge detection and auto-crop. AI OCR - Attach an image or PDF and chat with AI to ask questions, summarize content, or translate text instantly. Features: • Extract text from images in the gallery or captured using the camera • Image to text converter — get editable text to copy, share, or translate • Scan documents and convert them into PDFs • Attach images or PDFs and ask AI directly: • Import PDFs and extract text from PDF files • Handwriting to text conversion • Translate text into over 100 languages • Copy text from any screen, website, or app by sharing a screenshot • Extract text and detect phone numbers, emails, and URLs • Select text in multiple columns from images • Read extracted text aloud with text-to-speech • Edit, copy, share, and translate recognized text • Export extracted text as searchable PDFs (with text layer) • Export extracted text as PDF or TXT files • Convert extracted text to PDF or Word files • Select multiple images and convert them into a single PDF • Crop and rotate images before OCR • Save scan history • Organize scans in folders • Sort scans by date • Search text in saved scans • Share images directly to extract text • Quick access to camera, gallery, or PDF import via long-press on app icon • Automatically copy extracted text or save it as a TXT file for faster workflow Get Text Scanner today and start extracting text from documents and images with ease! Optional Premium plans are available for unlimited scans and extra features. Privacy Policy: https://appzys.com/ios/textscanner/privacypolicy Terms of Service: https://appzys.com/ios/textscanner/termsofuse
Folda
Transform paper documents into searchable PDFs with advanced scanning and OCR capabilities. Organize, edit, and share your files securely on your device, with optional Pro features for enhanced productivity.
- Automatic page detection and multi-page scanning
- On-device OCR for searchable text
- Fill, sign, and redact documents
- Export to PDF, JPG, PNG, or plain text
- Organize with folders and tags
- QR and barcode scanning
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Turn paper into sharp, searchable PDFs. Folda scans, reads and organizes your documents right on your iPhone and iPad — free and unlimited, with no watermark and no account. SCAN ANYTHING • Apple’s document camera finds the page, captures it automatically and scans many pages in a row • Straighten, rotate and clean up with Enhanced, Grayscale, Black & White and Whiteboard filters • Import photos and PDFs from Photos and Files, or open them in Folda from other apps FIND ANY WORD • On-device text recognition (OCR) makes every page searchable • Search all your scans at once, even handwriting, and jump straight to the right page • Copy text from any page, have it read aloud, or translate it SIGN, REDACT AND SHARE • Fill in and sign with Apple Markup • Redact names and numbers for good before you share • Share as searchable PDF, JPG, PNG or plain text; merge, split and reorder pages; print • Scan QR codes and barcodes ORGANIZED FOR YOU • Names suggested from what’s on the page • Folders, tags, list or grid, and Recently Deleted • Spotlight search, Siri Shortcuts, a Quick Scan widget and Control Center buttons PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Scanning, text recognition, search and naming happen on your device • No account, no tracking, and your documents are never uploaded Folda PRO (optional subscription or one-time purchase) • Apple Intelligence, on the device: summaries of long documents, questions about a document, smart names and folders, and expense CSVs from receipts (supported devices) • 300 dpi exports and password-protected PDFs • App Lock with Face ID or passcode • Share many documents at once and automatic backup to a folder you choose • Scan the front and back of an ID card or driver’s license onto one page at actual size, so a printout works like a photocopy • Book mode that splits an open book into pages, and business cards straight to Contacts Scanning, text recognition and PDF export stay free and unlimited without Pro. Terms of Use: https://navlab.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://navlab.app/privacy Questions? support@navlab.app
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Verdict
AI Scanner and Folda both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 70% of AI Scanner's written reviews are positive against 0% of Folda's. AI Scanner also leads on ratings volume (9.2K vs 85) and update cadence (every 8 days vs monthly). Folda's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. AI Scanner sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Folda sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Folda holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AI Scanner has 9.2K ratings behind it against 85, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 70% of AI Scanner's written reviews are positive against 0% of Folda's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
AI Scanner ships an update every 8 days, Folda monthly. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | AI Scanner | Folda |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (9.2K ratings) | 4.8 (85 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9.2K — better | 85 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 131 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Govarthani Rajesh | Anh Nguyen |
Customer experience
AI Scanner
Folda
Bugs and requests
AI Scanner
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes after recent update
- Unable to export/share scanned text
- Incorrect text recognition, especially for non-Latin scripts
Requested features
4 requests- Batch processing of images
- Ability to edit/correct recognized text
- Support for more languages
- Option to disable ads in free version
Folda
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
AI Scanner
- Premium Monthly Saver$3.991 Month
- Unlimited Scans Monthly$7.991 Month
- Unlimited Scans Yearly$59.991 Year
- Extra Scans$0.99
Folda
- Monthly$5.991 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Folda Pro Lifetime$69.99
Questions
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