Safe Scanner vs Document Scanner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Safe Scanner
This app uses advanced local technology to efficiently recognize text from images. It offers a simple workflow: capture, recognize, correct, and translate, all offline for enhanced privacy. The focus is on providing a straightforward, free tool for users.
- Offline text recognition
- Image to text conversion
- Text correction
- Translation
- Privacy-focused
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Private OCR Scanner turns photos, receipts, invoices, contracts, lecture notes, and documents into editable text with an offline-first workflow. OCR is designed to run on your iPhone or iPad with no cloud OCR fallback. Recognize, edit, copy, share, export, and save local history while keeping sensitive work on device. Made for finance teams, office work, students, researchers, and anyone who handles private text. Use it for invoices, receipts, contracts, notes, forms, study materials, and long documents. Download language packs for offline recognition across major scripts and languages. One-time purchase. No subscription, no recurring fees, and no in-app purchases.
Document Scanner
This app transforms your mobile device into a powerful scanner. It can digitize documents, extract text using OCR, convert files to various formats, and even restore old photos. Manage and share your scanned files with ease.
- Scan documents, receipts, and books
- Extract text from images and PDFs (OCR)
- Convert documents to PDF, JPG, TXT, DOCX
- Restore and colorize old photos
- Convert images directly to Excel spreadsheets
- Recognize handwriting to text
- File management with folders and sharing
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Document Scanner is a mobile phone scanner that integrates document scan, recognizes text automatically (OCR), PDF converter, handwriting to text, old photo restoration and ID Card & passport Scan. Download this scanner app for free to instantly scan, save, and share any document in PDF, JPG or TXT formats. ------Feature Highlights------ Document Scanner •scan anything you need, receipts, contracts, paper notes, fax papers, books •store your scans as multipage PDF or JPG files Image to text(OCR) •Extract text from pictures or pdf documents, convert pictures to text, and convert image to excel •Support docx, txt, word, pdf, xlsx and other document formats to export. PDF converter •convert document files (doc, docx, ppt, pptx) to/from PDF. •Supported file formats: pdf, jpg, doc, docx, txt, xls, xlsm, xlsx, csv, ppt, pptm, pptx Photo Restoration •Using the artificial intelligence technology, you can restore old photos, blur photos, restore old photos, color black and white photos, and color black and white photos. Image to excel •Directly convert pictures to Excel , you can make and edit spreadsheet easily •Save or export to xls/xlsx format Handwriting to text •Accurately recognize handwriting to text •Support docx, txt, word, pdf, xlsx and other document formats to export. Files manager •Share files for commenting or viewing in WhatsApp, iMessage, Microsoft Teams. •Manage files with folders, drag & drop to reorder, and enjoy other document editing features. Subscription Instructions: Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Privacy Policy: http://www.palmmob.cn/yinsi/saomiaoyinsiiosen.html User Agreement: http://www.palmmob.cn/yinsi/saomiaoyonghuxieyiiosen.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Safe Scanner at free against Document Scanner's freemium. Safe Scanner also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (52 vs 7). Document Scanner's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Safe Scanner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Document Scanner sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Safe Scanner against 5.0 for Document Scanner. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Safe Scanner has 52 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 97% of Safe Scanner's written reviews are positive against 95% of Document Scanner's.
Safe Scanner ships an update fortnightly, Document Scanner every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 21, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Safe Scanner | Document Scanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (52 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 97.2% of reviews — better | 95.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 52 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 280 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 洪霞 刘 | palmmob |
Customer experience
Safe Scanner
Document Scanner
In-app purchases
Safe Scanner
- 永久解锁$2.99
Document Scanner
- scanner Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
- scanner Premium quarterly$9.993 Months
- Scanner Premium quarterly$9.996 Months
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- scanner Premium Yearly3 Days trial$14.991 Year
- scanner Premium Yearly$14.991 Year
- Scanner Premium Yearly$29.991 Year









