OCR Text vs Image Text Scanner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OCR Text
Capture text from images using your device's camera. The app can then read the text aloud, allow for editing, and translate it into other languages before sharing. It's a versatile tool for extracting and manipulating text from visual sources.
- Image to text recognition
- Text-to-speech functionality
- Text editing
- Translation
- Share recognized text
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**OCR Text – Make Text in Images More Useful** OCR Text makes it easy to extract, edit, organize, and share text from images. Whether you're working with classroom notes, business documents, or everyday information you want to save, simply take a photo, select an image, or import a PDF to recognize text quickly and effortlessly. Key Features • Camera Scanning: Scan documents with your camera and quickly extract text. • Multi-Page PDF Recognition: Process entire PDF documents at once, combining recognized text page by page for easy review. • Chinese & English OCR: Supports Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, and English, with automatic language detection. • Comfortable Reading & Editing: Enjoy full-screen reading, adjustable font sizes, and the ability to edit and correct recognized text. • Copy & Text-to-Speech: Copy extracted text to other apps or listen to it using the built-in text-to-speech feature. • Word & PDF Export: Export your edited text as Word or PDF documents and easily share them with friends, classmates, or colleagues. • **Drafts & Recent History:** Automatically save text drafts so you can return to them and continue editing anytime. **On-Device Text Recognition** Text recognition is performed directly on your device. Recognition accuracy for handwritten text may vary depending on handwriting style, language, and image quality. We recommend reviewing the extracted text before sharing. OCR Text – Scan, Recognize, Edit & Share with Ease.
Image Text Scanner
Extracts text from images stored in your photo album or captured directly within the app. This utility tool converts visual text into editable content.
- Reads text from photos
- Extracts text from image album
- Captures photos for text extraction
- Converts images to editable text
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Reads text from photos in your photo album - or - reads text from photos you snap in the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Image Text Scanner at 4.3 against OCR Text's 3.7. Image Text Scanner also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Image Text Scanner holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 6 respectively.
| Parameter | OCR Text | Image Text Scanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Huaping Ye | Eric Internicola |
Customer experience
OCR Text
Image Text Scanner
In-app purchases
OCR Text
No in-app purchases
Image Text Scanner
No in-app purchases
Questions
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