Comparison

Scanner PDF Docs & Images vs OCR Text Scanner

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Scanner PDF Docs & Images

Transform your device into a portable scanner. Easily capture documents, receipts, and more, with automatic border detection and image processing for professional-quality PDFs or image files. Includes barcode and QR code scanning.

Highlights
  • Portable document scanner
  • Automatic border detection
  • Image processing for quality scans
  • Multi-page PDF creation
  • JPEG/PNG file export
  • Barcode and QR code scanning
  • iCloud sync across devices
Features
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Scanner PDF — Turn your iPhone into a document scanner. Scan receipts, contracts & photos with OCR recognition. Sign PDFs, read QR codes & barcodes instantly. SCAN ANY DOCUMENT • Receipts & invoices to manage your expenses • Contracts & reports for business • Books, articles & study notes • Any document, from any surface ADVANCED FEATURES • Automatic edge detection & shadow removal • Multi-page PDF in seconds • Real-time border detection • Edit, crop and enhance your scans SAVE & SHARE • iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad and Mac • Export as PDF, JPEG or PNG • Password-protect your documents • Share via email, AirDrop or any app Premium options available with a monthly subscription. Privacy Policy: http://kissappsl.com/pages/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: http://kissappsl.com/terms-of-use/

About

OCR Text Scanner

Easily convert text from images and your camera into digital format. Edit, copy, share, and save scanned text, with an option to export to PDF for premium users. Access a history of all your recognized texts.

Highlights
  • Scan text from camera
  • Convert local images to text
  • Copy and edit scanned text
  • Share recognized text
  • Convert to PDF (Premium)
  • History of scanned texts
Features
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OCR Text Scanner is an OCR reader (Optical Character Recognition) that allows you to scan text from the physical world with your device's camera, extract text, and convert it to digital format quickly and easily. Features: - Image to text: scan any text with the camera to extract text and get its digital representation - Photo to text: scan local images on your device to convert any picture to text - Copy, edit, and share all the texts you have scanned - Convert text scanned with the OCR reader to a PDF file - Review any text previously recognized with the OCR scanner in the History section > How does this application work? To start text scanning, all you have to do is open the application, which by default will open with the camera scanner ready to scan text. From there you just have to point at the text you want to scan and press the “Scan” button. The app will show you a preview of the captured image, at this point you can choose to scan only a fraction of the taken image if you don't want to scan it all. The application will then proceed to perform text recognition and show you the recognized characters, allowing you to go from image to text quickly and easily. > Can I convert an existing picture to text? Of course! To do a photo to text conversion, go to the image scanning section and press the button to choose an image. A selector will open where you can choose which pre-existing image from your device you want to scan. From this point the process is exactly the same as when scanning with the camera: you will be shown a preview of the image where you can choose to scan it all or just a fraction, then the text recognition will start and you will be shown the recognized characters. > What can I do with scanned texts? After using the text scanner function to recognize text, it will be displayed on the screen. Here you can edit the recognized text to make any corrections you deem appropriate. You can then copy that text to use it in any other application on your device, as well as share it with other people or applications through the sharing option. Additionally, users who have subscribed to the Premium membership can also automatically convert scanned text into a PDF file. > Is there any type of record of the scanned texts? Yes. All texts that have been scanned with the text reader function, regardless of whether they were scanned with your device's camera or by image file recognition, are stored in the History section. Go to this section to see all these texts and click on any of them to see their details, copy it, share it, or export it to a file in PDF format. Here you can also delete texts that you no longer want to keep. > Which characters are supported? The app supports text recognition for Latin, Chinese, Devanagari, Japanese, and Korean characters. Select the character detection mode that matches the text in your image before scanning, so the image scanner can recognise the right type of writing. In short, OCR Text Scanner is your trusted OCR scanner to extract text from any picture you capture with your camera or any image you already have. It lets you perform all the appropriate actions on your scans and gives you the power of digitisation within your mobile device. Download now to start digitising text!

Screenshots

Scanner PDF Docs & Images4 screens
OCR Text Scanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Scanner PDF Docs & Images at 4.7 against OCR Text Scanner's 3.0. Scanner PDF Docs & Images also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (217 vs 4). OCR Text Scanner's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 92%). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Scanner PDF Docs & Images sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month and OCR Text Scanner sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Scanner PDF Docs & Images holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scanner PDF Docs & Images has 217 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 92% of Scanner PDF Docs & Images's written reviews are positive against 100% of OCR Text Scanner's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scanner PDF Docs & Images ships an update monthly, OCR Text Scanner every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Scanner PDF Docs & Images versus OCR Text Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScanner PDF Docs & ImagesOCR Text Scanner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (217 ratings) — better3.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews91.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings217 — better4
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB87 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperKISSAPP, S.L.David Serrano Canales

Customer experience

Scanner PDF Docs & Images

All ratings217 ratings
Positive94.0%
Neutral4.6%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews62 reviews
Positive91.9%
Neutral4.8%
Negative3.2%

OCR Text Scanner

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Scanner PDF Docs & Images

Subscriptions1
  • Full Versión$1.991 Month
14 purchases

OCR Text Scanner

Subscriptions10
  • Premium$2.991 Month
  • Premium$3.991 Month
  • Premium$5.991 Month
Show 7 more
  • Premium$7.491 Month
  • Premium7 Days trial$8.991 Year
  • Premium$11.991 Year
  • Premium7 Days trial$12.991 Year
  • Premium$17.991 Year
  • Premium7 Days trial$17.991 Year
  • Premium14 Days trial$37.991 Year
One-time4
  • Premium$17.99
  • Premium Lifetime$24.99
  • Premium$34.99
Show 1 more
  • Premium Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is Scanner PDF Docs & Images free?
Scanner PDF Docs & Images is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OCR Text Scanner free?
OCR Text Scanner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Scanner PDF Docs & Images or OCR Text Scanner?
Scanner PDF Docs & Images is rated higher. Scanner PDF Docs & Images averages 4.7 out of 5 from 217 ratings, while OCR Text Scanner averages 3.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Scanner PDF Docs & Images or OCR Text Scanner have ads?
OCR Text Scanner shows ads; Scanner PDF Docs & Images does not.
Which is updated more often, Scanner PDF Docs & Images or OCR Text Scanner?
Scanner PDF Docs & Images ships an update monthly, and OCR Text Scanner every 2 months. Most recently, Scanner PDF Docs & Images was updated on September 21, 2026 and OCR Text Scanner on September 7, 2026.

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