# VDScan vs SaveThings

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.

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

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.

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

## The numbers

| Metric | VDScan | SaveThings |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | $14.99 | **Free** |
| Rating | [4.5 (575 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vdscan/id1446737725/reviews) | **[5.0 (6 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/savethings/id1494494142/reviews)** |
| Number of ratings | **575** | 6 |
| Positive reviews | 71.5% of reviews | **100.0% of reviews** |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | **Fortnightly** | Every 72 months |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | **#71** | — |
| Size | 1.2 GB | 1 MB |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | **13.2** |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | [Opus Noma LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/1501593543) | [Dongwoo Pae](https://appshunter.io/developer/1483548085) |

## What reviewers say

### VDScan

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vdscan/id1446737725)

**Currently charting:** #71 Top Paid · Productivity (US App Store)

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:** Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases:** none

**What reviewers like**

- 🚀 Fast and accurate OCR
- 👍 Easy to use interface
- 💡 Integrates well with VoiceDream Reader
- 🚀 Impressive scanning speed
- 👍 Helpful audio cues for scanning

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🐛 Crashes and loses scanned data
- 🐛 Struggles with curved/angled pages
- 🐛 Inconsistent performance on different surfaces
- 🐛 Difficulty scanning multi-column documents

**Reported bugs**

- Crashes when scanning too many pages
- Loses scanned data after app restarts

**Requested features**

- 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

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/savethings/id1494494142)

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:** macOS Compatibility

**In-app purchases:** none


## Frequently asked 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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*Compared by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/) from daily US App Store data. Review summaries are generated from verbatim App Store reviews.*