Comparison

VDScan vs TableLens

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

TableLens

Features
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TableLens is a privacy-first table scanner that runs local AI models on your device to extract table structure and text — then lets you edit and export clean data. Privacy first On-device processing: table structure + OCR run locally No cloud upload by default: your images stay on your phone Local storage: documents and edits are saved on-device Key features Capture with camera or import from Photos Auto edge detection & correction, with manual corner adjustment AI table structure recognition + Chinese/English OCR (multi-candidate OCR) Cell editing: copy/paste, delete rows/columns, clear cells, up to 20-step undo Split view: compare image (40%) + table (60%), or image-only/table-only

Screenshots

VDScan4 screens
TableLens3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: TableLens at $9.99 against VDScan's $14.99. VDScan's advantage is chart position (#71 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

VDScan costs $14.99 and TableLens $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
VDScan versus TableLens: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVDScanTableLens
Price$14.99$9.99 — better
Rating4.5 (575 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews71.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings575 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank#71 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size1.2 GB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOpus Noma LLCKai Chen

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

TableLens

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

VDScan

No in-app purchases

None

TableLens

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is VDScan free?
VDScan costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is TableLens free?
TableLens costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do VDScan or TableLens have ads?
Neither VDScan nor TableLens shows ads.

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