Comparison

Cam to PDF vs ScanSimple

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

Head to head
About

Cam to PDF

Transform your phone into a portable scanner for documents, receipts, and more. Convert them into high-quality PDFs or JPEGs, with advanced edge detection and perspective correction. Extract text from images using OCR technology for easy searching and editing.

Highlights
  • Scan documents to PDF or JPEG
  • OCR text extraction
  • Automatic edge detection
  • Perspective correction
  • Share via email, cloud, or fax
  • Grayscale, black and white, or color scans
Features
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Cam to PDF - Document ScannerScan your documents in a simple and quick way to PDF format or image to save them in your mobile. Upload them to the cloud or share them by mail or message. Turn your phone into a simple pocket scanner for documents, receipts, books, photos, whiteboards, and other text. You can quickly scan your documents in high quality PDFs or JPEGs, and then store and send them anywhere. This app uses advanced algorithms to accurately detect document edges, straighten them into a correct perspective. You can also scan in gray scale (Black and white) and in color. NEW FEATURE: Extract Texts from Image - OCR (optical character recognition) feature recognizes texts in document images and extract them from images for later searching, editing or sharing. PDF Scanner: - Scan to PDF or JPEG - Store scanned content in gray scale, black and white or color - Automatic shutter and edge detection for any object that can be scanned Document Sharing Tools: - Share your scanned documents by email. - Print them instantly on any printer with Wi-Fi connection. - Share and upload scanned documents to cloud services. - Export the scans to your fax application and send them to anywhere in the world. - Save the scans in the gallery. If you like our app, please rate and comment to help us improve!

About

ScanSimple

Features
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No accounts. No subscriptions you forget about. No 40 buttons you don't need. Point your phone at a letter, a receipt, or a form. ScanSimple turns it into a clean PDF you can email to anyone. That's the whole app. MADE FOR PEOPLE WHO HATE APPS - One big Scan button. That's the home screen. - Large text and large buttons throughout - Every button says what it does, in words - Works completely offline YOUR DOCUMENTS STAY ON YOUR PHONE Nothing is uploaded. There is no cloud, no account, no sign-in. Your files appear in the Files app on your iPhone, so they are yours to move or back up however you like. WHAT IT DOES - Scans one page or fifty, and finds the edges for you - Makes searchable PDFs, so you can find text inside a scan later - Find any word in any scan, even words inside the picture — free, always - Add pages from your photo library or from another PDF - Email, message, print, or save to Files - Rename anything, delete anything, no questions about why FAIR AND CLEAR Scan as much as you like for free, forever. Sharing your first 3 documents is free too. After that, ScanSimple Forever is a single payment. Not a subscription. Not weekly, not monthly, not ever again. Paying also unlocks folders, so you can keep bills, letters and receipts apart. Folders you have already made stay yours even if you never pay again. There is a yearly option if you would rather pay less up front, but the one-time unlock is the point. There is no free trial that quietly turns into a charge. You see the price, you decide. No watermarks. Not ever. Questions? support@gainifyapps.com — a real person answers. --- Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://gainifyapps.com/legal/privacy/

Screenshots

Cam to PDF4 screens
ScanSimple4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: ScanSimple at none against Cam to PDF's shown. Cam to PDF's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price and in-app purchases 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. Cam to PDF sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and ScanSimple sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Cam to PDF versus ScanSimple: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCam to PDFScanSimple
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews16.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 18 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaria GasconBjorn Dunkel

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Cam to PDF

One-time1
  • Remove Ads.$2.99
2 purchases

ScanSimple

Subscriptions1
  • ScanSimple Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • ScanSimple Forever Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is Cam to PDF free?
Cam to PDF is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ScanSimple free?
ScanSimple is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cam to PDF or ScanSimple have ads?
Cam to PDF shows ads; ScanSimple does not.

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