VDScan vs Textella
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Textella
Transform your PDF documents into audiobooks with this app. Listen to your favorite texts on the go, choosing from various voices. Enjoy offline playback for a seamless listening experience.
- PDF to audio conversion
- Multiple voice options
- Offline listening
- Text-to-speech functionality
- On-the-go audio playback
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Convert your PDF book into audio and listen on the go. Choose from different voices to read aloud. No internet connection required. Transform text into stories you can hear.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Textella at $1.99 against VDScan's $14.99. Textella also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (100% vs 72%). VDScan's advantage is ratings volume (575 vs 1). On update cadence, 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
VDScan costs $14.99 and Textella $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Textella 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 100% of Textella's.
VDScan ships an update fortnightly, Textella every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and June 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VDScan | Textella |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $14.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (575 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 575 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.2 GB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Opus Noma LLC | Mykhailo Osekretov |
Customer experience
VDScan
Textella
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
Textella
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
VDScan
No in-app purchases
Textella
No in-app purchases









