Comparison

VDScan vs SaveThings

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

Head to head
About

VDScan

Capture text from documents, labels, and signs using your camera and have it read aloud with text-to-speech. This app offers fast, accurate, and private on-device OCR with support for numerous languages. Save, export, and enhance your scanned documents with intelligent features.

Highlights
  • On-device OCR and text recognition
  • Text-to-speech with 61 voices
  • ScanTone real-time text detection
  • Batch scanning mode
  • Export as plain text or PDF
  • Offline functionality
Features
Currently charting
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Scan paper documents, labels, signs with the camera and recognize text. Listen using built-in text-to-speech. Save and export. Unlimited use: no subscriptions or additional charges. State-of-the-art A.I. for OCR and text recognition: Fast and accurate, even in poor lighting conditions. Works entirely on device: No need for internet and your data stays private. Recognizes text in the following languages: Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish. ScanTone, a sound that represents the amount of recognizable text in the camera's field of view in real time. It uses artificial intelligence to analyze the live feed from the camera for text, angle, rotation, and document edges. Exports scans as plain text or accessible PDF with embedded text. Detailed Feature List Scanning - ScanTone - Live edges/crop detection - Flashlight - Batch mode for scanning multiple pages quickly - Intelligent auto capture Image - Automatic edge detection for stretching and cropping - Manually cropping - Automatic orientation detection and rotation - Manual image rotation - Automatic image enhancement OCR - Fast: about a second on the latest iPhone - Offline: does not require Internet connection - Private: image and text stay on device - Automatic language detection - Option to see image or recognized text Text To Speech - Choose from 61 voices - Premium voices in Voice Dream Reader available - Change speech rate - Option to start reading as soon as OCR is complete - Spoken word is highlighted in the text or the image - Rewind and fast forward by text section (VoiceOver users only) - Double tap on text to start reading from there Import and Export - Load from Photo Library - Share extension for sending images to Scanner from another app - Export plain text - Export PDF with text layer under the image so that it's accessible, searchable and selectable - Export to Voice Dream Reader

About

SaveThings

Securely store your IDs, passwords, and notes directly on your device using biometric authentication. Dictate notes with on-device speech recognition in multiple languages and organize them with categories for easy searching and sharing.

Highlights
  • Biometric ID/Password security
  • On-device voice note-taking
  • Multi-language speech recognition
  • Note categorization
  • Secure sharing
  • Easy search and organization
Features
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Details : - Save your ID/Password and Notes securely only in your device (FaceID/TouchID) - Write note with your voice (On-Device Speech Recognition) **supporting languages : English (United States, Canada, Great Britain, India), Spanish (United States, Mexico, Spain), Italian, Brazilian, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese) - Save notes with categories and share them on your desire - Easy to navigate, organize and search

Screenshots

VDScan4 screens
SaveThings4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SaveThings at Free against VDScan's $14.99. SaveThings also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (100% vs 72%). VDScan's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 72 months) and ratings volume (575 vs 6). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

SaveThings is free to download; VDScan costs $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SaveThings holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VDScan has 575 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of VDScan's written reviews are positive against 100% of SaveThings's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VDScan ships an update fortnightly, SaveThings every 72 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
VDScan versus SaveThings: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVDScanSaveThings
Price$14.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (575 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings575 — better6
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 72 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#69 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.013.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1.2 GB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOpus Noma LLCDongwoo Pae

Customer experience

VDScan

All ratings575 ratings
Positive86.3%
Neutral7.5%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews193 reviews
Positive71.5%
Neutral10.9%
Negative17.6%

SaveThings

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

VDScan

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes when scanning too many pages
  • Loses scanned data after app restarts

Requested features

4 requests
  • Batch import of photos for OCR
  • Option to edit/correct OCR results
  • Support for scanning book pages and flattening
  • Ability to save scans directly to cloud storage

SaveThings

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

VDScan

No in-app purchases

None

SaveThings

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is VDScan free?
VDScan costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SaveThings free?
SaveThings is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, VDScan or SaveThings?
SaveThings is rated higher. VDScan averages 4.5 out of 5 from 575 ratings, while SaveThings averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do VDScan or SaveThings have ads?
Neither VDScan nor SaveThings shows ads.
Which is updated more often, VDScan or SaveThings?
VDScan ships an update fortnightly, and SaveThings every 72 months. Most recently, VDScan was updated on September 24, 2026 and SaveThings on June 11, 2026.

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