Comparison

Matnsaz vs ShaamScanner

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

Head to head
About

Matnsaz

This advanced keyboard app simplifies typing in Urdu with an intuitive layout and intelligent autocorrect. It offers visual feedback on letter shapes and automatically handles diacritics, making Urdu writing easier and more accurate.

Highlights
  • Breakthrough keyboard layout
  • See letter shapes as you type
  • Advanced autocorrect system
  • Nastaliq script support
  • Soft space key for joining letters
  • Automatic diacritic addition
  • Intelligent character replacement
Features
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Matnsaz is the easiest-to-use, and most advanced, Urdu keyboard for iPhone and iPad. - A breakthrough new keyboard layout, using nearly half of the letter keys on other Urdu keyboards - See the shape that letters will take as you type - A state-of-the-art autocorrect system that learned from the language of Urdu scholars This app was designed by studying the Urdu language deeply. We paid attention to details: - When using Nastaliq script on your device, the keyboard will also display characters in Nastaliq - A soft space key allows you to stop letters from joining without entering a space, an important tradition in Urdu writing - Necessary diacritics (airāb) are added automatically, others can be added manually - If you use the wrong letter or Unicode character, Mantsaz intelligently replaces it with the right character automatically Additional features: - Use alternate layouts: alphabetical, or based on the English keyboard - Dark mode support - Perfectly aligned icons and design to fit into iOS

About

ShaamScanner

This app allows you to scan documents, receipts, and notes directly from your device. It offers on-device processing for enhanced privacy, with no network requests or cloud syncing. Easily export scans as searchable PDFs or images.

Highlights
  • On-device scanning and processing
  • Automatic edge detection
  • Perspective correction
  • Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
  • Searchable PDF export
  • Import from Photos
  • Page tuning and editing
Features
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ShaamScanner is a private document scanner for iPhone and iPad. Capture receipts, whiteboards, business cards, notes, forms, and multi-page documents with automatic edge detection and perspective correction — then keep every scan on your device. Unlike most scanning apps, ShaamScanner makes zero network requests. Scanning, image processing, text recognition, and PDF export all run on-device using Apple's VisionKit and Vision frameworks. There's no account to create, no cloud to sync to, and no analytics collecting data behind your back. The app literally has no networking code. WHAT IT DOES • Scan with your camera. VisionKit finds document edges in real time, auto-captures when the frame is steady, and handles multi-page stacks without missing a beat. • Import from Photos. Already took the picture? Pick any image and the app runs Apple's document segmentation to find the edges and apply perspective correction, turning a crooked phone photo into a clean page. • Read the text. Apple Vision extracts text from every page. Copy it, search your library by its content, or export a PDF where every word is selectable and indexable. • Export anywhere. Send a searchable PDF via Mail, Messages, Files, AirDrop — anywhere iOS's share sheet goes. Pages can also be shared as individual images. • Tune each page. Switch between Original, Color, Grayscale, and a high-contrast Black & White filter tuned for crisp text. Rotate, re-crop, and delete pages freely. • Search the whole library. The home screen search looks through document titles and every character of recognized text, so an old receipt is one tap away. WHY IT'S DIFFERENT Most scanning apps upload your documents "for processing." ShaamScanner doesn't upload anything. Every capability runs on your iPhone or iPad using Apple's built-in ML. That means: • No account. No login screen. Just open the app and scan. • No cloud. Your documents never leave your device. • No analytics. No third-party SDKs. No tracking. • No subscription. One purchase, all features. REQUIREMENTS iPhone or iPad running iOS / iPadOS 17.0 or later. Document scanning requires a rear-facing camera; photo import works on any device. PRIVACY ShaamScanner does not collect personal data. The camera and photo library are accessed only when you invoke them, and the content you capture stays on your device. Full privacy policy at shaamapps.com/shaamscanner/privacy.

Screenshots

Matnsaz3 screens
ShaamScanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ShaamScanner at every 10 days against Matnsaz's every 2 months. ShaamScanner also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and review sentiment (100% vs 91%). Matnsaz's advantage is ratings volume (17 vs 2) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, 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

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

ShaamScanner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Matnsaz has 17 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of Matnsaz's written reviews are positive against 100% of ShaamScanner's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Matnsaz ships an update every 2 months, ShaamScanner every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Matnsaz versus ShaamScanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMatnsazShaamScanner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (17 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShanasai LLCCrescent Mission LLC

Customer experience

Matnsaz

All ratings17 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral5.9%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral9.1%
Negative0.0%

ShaamScanner

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Matnsaz

No in-app purchases

None

ShaamScanner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Matnsaz free?
Matnsaz is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ShaamScanner free?
ShaamScanner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Matnsaz or ShaamScanner?
ShaamScanner is rated higher. Matnsaz averages 4.8 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while ShaamScanner averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Matnsaz or ShaamScanner have ads?
Neither Matnsaz nor ShaamScanner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Matnsaz or ShaamScanner?
Matnsaz ships an update every 2 months, and ShaamScanner every 10 days. Most recently, Matnsaz was updated on September 23, 2026 and ShaamScanner on October 14, 2026.

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