Text Scan vs Lens OCR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Extract text from images
- Copy recognized text
- Crop and enhance images
- Edit and share OCR results
- Scan history
- Support for 55+ languages
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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.
Lens OCR
This app uses advanced OCR technology to convert images, photos, PDFs, and spoken words into editable text. It offers versatile input options, automatic saving and editing, and a user-friendly interface. Your privacy is prioritized with local storage of scans.
- Powerful OCR technology
- Versatile input options (images, camera, PDF, speech)
- Automatic save and edit functionality
- User-friendly interface
- Privacy and security focused (local storage)
- Multilingual support (92 languages recognized, 100+ translated)
- Offline functionality
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"Lens OCR - Effortless Text Transformation! Unleash the potential of Lens OCR, featuring advanced Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology. Convert images, photos, PDFs, and spoken words into editable text seamlessly. Key Features: 1. Powerful OCR Technology: Harness the strength of cutting-edge OCR for instant text conversion from images, photos, PDFs, and speech. 2. Versatile Input Options: Image to text from various sources - images, live camera shots, PDFs, or spoken words. Lens OCR offers diverse input formats for text conversion. 3. Automatic Save and Edit: OCR Scans are automatically saved, enabling easy editing, saving, and sharing. Your work is accessible whenever you need it. 4. User-Friendly Interface: With a simple, intuitive interface, Lens OCR - Image To Text ensures fast and user-friendly text conversion. 5. Privacy and Security: Your privacy is a priority. Lens OCR - Image To Text securely stores scans locally on the device, keeping sensitive data safe. 6. Use Anytime, Anywhere: Mobile-friendly Lens OCR allows text ocr conversion on the go. Whether scanning documents or converting speech to text, Lens OCR is your reliable companion. Additional Features: - Copy and Paste: Quickly use converted photo to text converter's result in other applications. - Email Integration: Send converted photo to text via email directly from the app. - Translate Functionality: Seamlessly translate photo to text into different languages. Unlock the power of text within images with Text Scanner (Lens OCR)! Effortlessly extract text from images, screenshots, and PDFs with unparalleled accuracy in 92 languages. Translate the extracted text into over 100 languages for seamless communication across the globe. Experience the future of image to text transformation with Lens OCR - your go-to for image to text, photo to text converter, text scanner, OCR, speech to text, and more!" PRO Lens OCR Key Features:: Unmatched Accuracy: Extract text from any image with 99%+ accuracy. Multilingual Support: Recognize text in 92 languages and translate into over 100 languages. Versatile Input: Scan images, screenshots, and PDFs. Screenshot OCR: Instantly extract text from your screen captures. PDF Import: Extract and translate text from PDF documents. Intuitive Editing: Crop images, edit OCR results, and share with ease. Organized Scans: Save, sort, and search through your scan history. Share Extension: Quickly extract text from images shared from other apps. Multiple Column Selection: Easily select text from multi-column layouts. Secure Backup: Safeguard your scans with backup and restore functionality. Experience the future of text extraction – download Text Scanner (OCR) now! Works well only with well-formatted text and clearly visible English text. Supports English language only. Image needs to be in portrait mode. Works offline. Supports Batch image scanning. Direct Save/Export to *.txt and *.pdf file Share scanned text. Language Support: Arabic image to text OCR Belarusian image to text OCR Bulgarian image to text OCR Catalan image to text OCR Chinese image to text OCR Croatian image to text OCR Czech image to text OCR Danish image to text OCR Dutch image to text OCR English image to text OCR Estonian image to text OCR Finnish image to text OCR French image to text OCR German image to text OCR Greek image to text OCR Italian image to text OCR Japanese image to text OCR Korean image to text OCR Norwegian image to text OCR Persian image to text OCR Polish image to text OCR Portuguese image to text OCR Romanian image to text OCR Russian image to text OCR Serbian image to text OCR Slovak image to text OCR Slovenian image to text OCR Spanish image to text OCR Swedish image to text OCR So try our Text from image app. And Scan text, Copy text, Extract text from any images or photos or pictures you like! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Lens OCR at Free against Text Scan's $1.99. Lens OCR also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 months). Text Scan's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Lens OCR is free to download; Text Scan costs $1.99 up front. Text Scan sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Lens OCR sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Lens OCR holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.
Text Scan ships an update every 6 months, Lens OCR every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Text Scan | Lens OCR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Microstone Inc. | Halil Ibrahim Oztekin |
In-app purchases
Text Scan
- High Accuracy Scan 200 Times$1.99
Lens OCR
- Lens OCR For One Month$0.991 Month
