Comparison

VDScan vs TaskLlama

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

TaskLlama

Features
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Task Llama is a lightweight planner/bullet journal that brings your tasks and schedule together—so you can stop juggling apps and feel safe checking one place without missing things. Currently 100% free with no features locked behind any sort of paywall. Apple integrations built in: • Sync with Apple Calendar for events and scheduling • Pull in Apple Reminders so your to-dos are always in view Plan today in minutes: • Capture tasks fast • Organize by focus areas (projects, goals, or life buckets) • See your day and week at a glance • Stay motivated with progress and streak-style momentum Make time for what matters: • Turn to-dos into a realistic daily plan • Keep your list clean and actionable Built to feel good: Task Llama is designed to be simple, fast, and quietly delightful—no clutter, no guilt, just clarity.

Screenshots

VDScan4 screens
TaskLlama4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: TaskLlama at Free against VDScan's $14.99. VDScan's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VDScan ships an update fortnightly, TaskLlama monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
VDScan versus TaskLlama: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVDScanTaskLlama
Price$14.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (575 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews71.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings575 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size1.2 GB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOpus Noma LLCGazing Llama

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

TaskLlama

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

VDScan

No in-app purchases

None

TaskLlama

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is VDScan free?
VDScan costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is TaskLlama free?
TaskLlama is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do VDScan or TaskLlama have ads?
Neither VDScan nor TaskLlama shows ads.
Which is updated more often, VDScan or TaskLlama?
VDScan ships an update fortnightly, and TaskLlama monthly. Most recently, VDScan was updated on October 13, 2026 and TaskLlama on October 3, 2026.

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