Comparison

VDScan vs Scan2Clipboard

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
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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

Scan2Clipboard

Effortlessly scan documents and convert images into editable text. Copy recognized text directly to your clipboard for easy pasting and editing across your Apple devices. Share text as a PDF for universal accessibility.

Highlights
  • Scan documents to text
  • Text recognition from images
  • Copy text to clipboard
  • Sync across iCloud devices
  • Share as PDF
  • One-time in-app purchase
Features
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Scan2Clipboard makes it easy to scan information, convert it to text and copy it to the clipboard! With one click, the text can be pasted and further edited on all your devices logged in under the same iCloud account (iPhone, iPad and Mac). Images from the Photos app can also be used for text recognition. Recognized text can be selected and copied - ideal for phone numbers, for example. If the text inserted in the clipboard is not accessible via Handoff, for example because text is to be inserted on a Windows desktop, the recognized text can also be shared as a PDF and therefore made available everywhere! Some of the mentioned functions are only fully available after the in-app purchase. Your in-app purchase allows Scan2Clipboard to have no ads or any tracking APIs. All data is processed on your device and stays there. Fair one-time payment with family sharing instead of ongoing subscription costs.

Screenshots

VDScan4 screens
Scan2Clipboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Scan2Clipboard at Free against VDScan's $14.99. Scan2Clipboard also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (96% vs 72%). VDScan's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (575 vs 1). On update cadence and ads 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

Scan2Clipboard is free to download; VDScan costs $14.99 up front. Scan2Clipboard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. VDScan asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Scan2Clipboard 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 1, 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 96% of Scan2Clipboard's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VDScan ships an update fortnightly, Scan2Clipboard every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
VDScan versus Scan2Clipboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVDScanScan2Clipboard
Price$14.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (575 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.5% of reviews95.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings575 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1.2 GB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOpus Noma LLCMichael Ecke

Customer experience

VDScan

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

Scan2Clipboard

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive95.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.3%

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

Scan2Clipboard

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

VDScan

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Scan2Clipboard

One-time1
  • Scan2Clipboard Upgrade$1.99

Questions

Is VDScan free?
VDScan costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scan2Clipboard free?
Scan2Clipboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, VDScan or Scan2Clipboard?
Scan2Clipboard is rated higher. VDScan averages 4.5 out of 5 from 575 ratings, while Scan2Clipboard averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do VDScan or Scan2Clipboard have ads?
Neither VDScan nor Scan2Clipboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, VDScan or Scan2Clipboard?
VDScan ships an update fortnightly, and Scan2Clipboard every 3 weeks. Most recently, VDScan was updated on September 24, 2026 and Scan2Clipboard on June 1, 2026.

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