Comparison

Skanner vs Ai

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

Head to head
About

Skanner

Transform your iPhone into a versatile document scanner. Easily capture, edit, and organize multi-page documents. Enhance clarity with filters, annotate with text and drawings, and share in various formats.

Highlights
  • Multi-page scanning
  • Automatic border detection
  • Annotation tools (text, drawing)
  • Document organization
  • Multiple export formats (PDF, JPEG)
  • Searchable documents
Features
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Download Skanner and turn your iPhone into a powerful document scanner. Scan one, two or four pages at a time or scan from multiple document photos from the camera roll. Create a collage of two side by side document pages. Skanner automatically detects document borders and straightens the document out. Borders can be adjusted if necessary. Store scanned documents, annotate them with a title and a comment and share them in a multi-page PDF file or in JPEG format. Share scanned documents through your favorite messaging app, document sharing app, email or Airdrop. Highlight lines of text in your documents, blackout or whiteout sensitive text. Draw on top of a scanned document with the Pen tool. Use one of several available filters to achieve best document quality. View all scanned documents in form or a feed. Search documents by their title, comment or hashtags. Adjust settings to either use high, medium or low compression rate when storing documents. Copy already scanned documents and store them separately from the originals, add new highlights to them and share them in PDF of JPEG formats. Scan documents from Camera Roll or from any other photo album. Share a photo with Skanner via iOS Share Sheet extension for further processing in the Skanner.

About

Ai

Access advanced AI models privately on your iPhone or iPad. Connect to your Gemini server to chat, generate content, and analyze text with complete control over your data.

Highlights
  • Private Gemini server connection
  • Run large AI models
  • Content generation
  • Text analysis
  • Customizable AI workflows
  • iPhone and iPad support
Features
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Unlock the full potential of AI with Private LLM. Connect to your private Gemini server and run large, advanced models with complete privacy and control. Chat, generate content, analyze text, and customize your AI workflow — right from your iPhone or iPad.

Screenshots

Skanner3 screens
Ai2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Skanner at 5.0 against Ai's 4.5. Skanner also leads on ratings volume (19 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Skanner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Skanner has 19 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Skanner ships an update fortnightly, Ai monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Skanner versus Ai: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSkannerAi
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (19 ratings) — better4.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings19 — better2
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVladimir FridmanMichal Jach

In-app purchases

None

Skanner

No in-app purchases

None

Ai

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Skanner free?
Skanner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ai free?
Ai is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Skanner or Ai?
Skanner is rated higher. Skanner averages 5.0 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Ai averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Skanner or Ai have ads?
Neither Skanner nor Ai shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Skanner or Ai?
Skanner ships an update fortnightly, and Ai monthly. Most recently, Skanner was updated on October 24, 2026 and Ai on October 28, 2026.

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