Comparison

Claro ScanPen Premium vs finding J

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

Head to head
About

Claro ScanPen Premium

This app allows users to photograph printed text and have it read aloud instantly. It's ideal for students, professionals, or anyone needing auditory access to printed materials, with no internet connection required. It supports multiple languages and integrates with accessibility features.

Highlights
  • Photo capture of printed text
  • Selectable text highlighting
  • Instant spoken output
  • Offline functionality
  • Multiple language support
  • OCR technology
  • iOS VoiceOver integration
Features
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Need to listen to printed text spoken aloud - at school, in a test exam, at work or at home? Use Claro ScanPen to photo your printed text document, letter, test paper - then select the text with your finger (or stylus), and hear it spoken straight back to you. Instantly! No internet connection required. Claro ScanPen Premium is free to use for either 10 scans, or for 14 days when you sign up to the annual auto-renewing subscription (which you're free to cancel at any time). When you have an active subscription you can download as many premium voices as you need for no extra cost. Our premium voices are currently Nuance Vocalizer and Acapela. If you want to purchase ScanPen outright and buy any extra voices, search the App Store for our standard version called "Claro ScanPen". Claro ScanPen advances reading aloud support. It gives access to printed text materials and documents for all, in a wide range of languages. Using your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, simply: • Take a photo of the text or select a photo of the text document from your camera roll. • Highlight with your finger or stylus which section of text you want to hear spoken to you. • Listen as Claro ScanPen instantly reads the text back to you using a human quality voice in a language of your choice. With your finger (or stylus) you can highlight all of the text, word by word or line by line. Tap anywhere to stop the speech. Claro ScanPen can also be used with the built in iOS VoiceOver accessibility feature, allowing low vision and blind users to access text. Claro ScanPen has no access to the internet or any reference material, so is perfect to use as a computer reader under exam and test conditions, helping students who cannot read text very well (e.g. students with dyslexia) to listen to the exam test paper questions and information. It can also be used for quickly converting class handout materials, printed presentations, instructions, books - in fact anything containing printed texts. Claro ScanPen uses the latest premium Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology to convert your picture into text and uses iOS system voices to read the text back to you. The OCR in Claro ScanPen fully supports the recognition of text in the following languages: • English • Danish • Dutch • French • German • Italian • Norwegian • Portuguese • Spanish • Swedish Simply select the voice that matches the language of your text to hear it read back correctly. Claro ScanPen is a great addition to the popular Claro Reading and Writing support apps ClaroSpeak and ClaroPDF. Claro ScanPen does not require internet access to function and does not store any photographs taken within the ScanPen App. Explore using the Apple iOS Guided Access feature to lock the iPad, iPod Touch or iPhone into a single app, for more secure and controlled usage. Tap iOS Settings > General > Accessibility > Guided Access to set up Guided Access. ***Minimum camera spec: 2MP*** If you require any product support please email us at support@clarosoftware.com. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS • Purchase an annual subscription for $9.99 to use ScanPen with unlimited number of scans and ability to download and use our full range of premium TTS voices. • Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. • The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. • The app offers a free 14 day free trial. At the end of the trial period, the full price of the subscription will be charged. Cancellations must occur 24 hours before the end of the subscription period to avoid being charged. See http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4098 for more information. • Our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use can be found at https://www.clarosoftware.com/legal

About

finding J

Features
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Ein Urlaub am Mittelmeer in Tel Aviv, der Partyhauptstadt Israles ist angesagt. Du kommst am Flughafen in Tel Aviv an, der modern und groß ist. Du willst Strand und Meer und die Sonnenuntergänge genießen. Aber du wirst mehr erleben, als du dachtest ... Es wird in jedem Fall eine abenteuerliche Reise mit ungewöhnlichen Begegnungen werden. finding J ist eine Smartphonegeschichte, bei der es immer wieder zu entscheiden gilt, wie es weitergehen soll ("Wo willst du nun hingehen: ..."). Wer sich auf die Reise begibt, wird immer wieder mit Fragen konfrontiert und wird ermuntert, das eine oder andere Reisefoto zu schießen. Die Reise mit finding J kann alleine unternommen werden oder als Aufgabe in einer Gruppe unter Anleitung eines "Reiseleiters". Nach dem Herunterladen der App kann man alleine reisen oder in einer kleinen Gruppe. Benötigt wird dann ein Smartphone pro Gruppe. Die Fotos und Antworten auf etliche Fragen können aus finding J heraus nach Beendigung der Reise an einen "Reiseleiter" geschickt werden. Erlebnisse können dann anschließend geegenseitig vorgestellt werden. Die auf der Reise gemachten Fotos können gemeinsam angeschaut werden.

Screenshots

Claro ScanPen Premium4 screens
finding J4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: finding J at none against Claro ScanPen Premium's 10. finding J also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). 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. Claro ScanPen Premium sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $10.99 per year. finding J asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Claro ScanPen Premium versus finding J: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClaro ScanPen Premiumfinding J
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (33 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings33 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size135 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperClaro Software LimitedLutz Neumeier

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Claro ScanPen Premium

Subscriptions1
  • Subscribe for 1 Year14 Days trial$10.991 Year
One-time9
  • Scott$3.99
  • Valeria$3.99
  • Emilio$3.99
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  • Elise$3.99
  • Valentin$3.99
  • Elias$3.99
  • Emilie$3.99
  • Filip$3.99
  • Freja$3.99
None

finding J

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Claro ScanPen Premium free?
Claro ScanPen Premium is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is finding J free?
finding J is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Claro ScanPen Premium or finding J have ads?
Neither Claro ScanPen Premium nor finding J shows ads.

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