Comparison

Text Scan vs BURNLAB

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

Head to head
About

Text Scan

This utility app accurately recognizes characters from images, transforming your phone into a text scanner. It supports over 55 languages and allows for image enhancement before extraction. You can then copy, edit, and share the recognized text, with a history of your scans saved.

Highlights
  • Extract text from images
  • Copy recognized text
  • Crop and enhance images
  • Edit and share OCR results
  • Scan history
  • Support for 55+ languages
Features
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Text Scan is app to recognize the characters from an image with high accuracy. It turns your mobile phone to text scanner. Gave support for 55+ languages (Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Azeri, Basque, Belarusian, Bengali, Bulgarian, Burmese, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Khmer, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Marathi, Nepali, Norwegian, Panjabi, Persian (Farsi), Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sanskrit, Serbian (Latin), Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese) Features of Text Scan: • Extract Text On Image • Copy - Text on Screen • Crop and Enhance image before OCR. • Edit & Share OCR result. • Scan history.

About

BURNLAB

This utility app assists with bitmap editing and machine parameter adjustments. It helps troubleshoot common issues and provides ongoing customer support for machine-related problems.

Highlights
  • Bitmap editing
  • Carving parameter adjustment
  • Problem solving
  • Machine issue handling
  • Customer service
Features
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BURNLAB is capable of editing basic bitmaps, adjusting carving parameters, solving common problems, and continuously handling machine problems through customer service

Screenshots

Text Scan4 screens
BURNLAB4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Text Scan at 100% against BURNLAB's 0%. Text Scan also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.5). BURNLAB's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ratings volume, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

BURNLAB is free to download; Text Scan costs $1.99 up front. Text Scan sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BURNLAB asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Text Scan holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Text Scan's written reviews are positive against 0% of BURNLAB's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Text Scan ships an update every 6 months, BURNLAB every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and July 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Text Scan versus BURNLAB: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterText ScanBURNLAB
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (3 ratings) — better3.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB123 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperMicrostone Inc.Shenzhen AtomStack Technologies Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Text Scan

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

BURNLAB

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Text Scan

One-time1
  • High Accuracy Scan 200 Times$1.99
None

BURNLAB

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Text Scan free?
Text Scan costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is BURNLAB free?
BURNLAB is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Text Scan or BURNLAB?
Text Scan is rated higher. Text Scan averages 4.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while BURNLAB averages 3.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Text Scan or BURNLAB have ads?
Neither Text Scan nor BURNLAB shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Text Scan or BURNLAB?
Text Scan ships an update every 6 months, and BURNLAB every 5 weeks. Most recently, Text Scan was updated on September 15, 2026 and BURNLAB on July 19, 2026.

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