Comparison

Text Scan OCR vs SmartOCR

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

Head to head
About

Text Scan OCR

Extract text from images and documents with high accuracy. Simply upload or capture an image, crop it, and instantly get the recognized text for easy copying. Supports multiple languages and advanced OCR technology.

Highlights
  • Image to text conversion
  • High-precision OCR
  • Multi-language support
  • Easy 3-step process
  • Text cropping tool
  • Copy recognized text
Features
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How to get text on a book or paper? How to get text in an image? Typing manually? of course not !!! This Text Scan OCR app is for solving this problem! :) Easy to use, just 3 steps: 1. Take or upload the image 2. Crop the image 3. Get text ocr recognition result and copy the text Why Choice Us: Based on industry-leading deep learning ocr recognition technology, relying on a large number of high-quality text data across the entire network, Provide you with multi-scene, multilingual, high-precision whole image text detection and recognition services. · Support multi-scenario text detection and text recognition · Overall text recognition accuracy rate up to 99% · Support languages:Chinese, English, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Korean · In the ICDAR competition has won many of the world's first two years · It is totally FREE

About

SmartOCR

Instantly convert printed text from images into editable digital format. Save time by digitizing documents, receipts, and study materials with high accuracy. Effortlessly capture and save important information for easy reference.

Highlights
  • Instant text conversion
  • Accurate text recognition
  • Save scanned text history
  • Easy to use interface
  • Digitize documents and receipts
  • Extract text from study materials
Features
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Tired of manually retyping text from images? Smart OCR instantly converts any printed text into digital format, saving you hours of tedious work! Never waste time retyping text again. Whether you're facing a stack of documents, important receipts, or pages of study materials, Smart OCR transforms them into editable text in seconds. WHY CHOOSE SMART OCR? • Save Hours of Time Turn any printed text into digital format instantly - no more manual retyping or transcribing • Capture Text Anywhere From dense documents to hard-to-read receipts, our powerful OCR technology handles it all with exceptional accuracy • Never Lose Important Information All your scanned text is automatically saved in your history, making it easy to find and reference later • Effortless to Use Just point your camera or select an image, and get accurate text recognition with a single tap PERFECT SOLUTION FOR: • Business Professionals - Quickly digitize business cards and contact information - Convert printed documents into editable text - Capture important information from contracts and forms • Students & Researchers - Extract text from textbooks and study materials - Digitize research papers and notes - Convert printed references into digital format • Personal Organization - Keep track of receipts and expenses - Save cooking recipes from books - Digitize printed instructions and manuals Smart OCR combines powerful text recognition with an intuitive interface, making it the perfect tool for anyone who needs to quickly convert printed text into digital format. Start saving time today - let Smart OCR handle your text conversion needs with speed and accuracy! Note: Smart OCR requires access to your photo library to scan images for text extraction.

Screenshots

Text Scan OCR4 screens
SmartOCR3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SmartOCR at 4.0 against Text Scan OCR's 3.4. Text Scan OCR's advantage is review sentiment (33% vs 0%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SmartOCR holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of Text Scan OCR's written reviews are positive against 0% of SmartOCR's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Text Scan OCR versus SmartOCR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterText Scan OCRSmartOCR
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (9 ratings)4.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings9 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 15 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer安平 李Ripon Soum

Customer experience

Text Scan OCR

All ratings9 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

SmartOCR

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Text Scan OCR

No in-app purchases

None

SmartOCR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Text Scan OCR free?
Text Scan OCR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SmartOCR free?
SmartOCR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Text Scan OCR or SmartOCR?
SmartOCR is rated higher. Text Scan OCR averages 3.4 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while SmartOCR averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Text Scan OCR or SmartOCR have ads?
Neither Text Scan OCR nor SmartOCR shows ads.

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