Comparison

Text Capture vs Scanner App

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

Head to head
About

Text Capture

Easily extract text from your camera in real-time. This app allows you to edit, copy, share, or listen to captured text. It functions entirely offline, ensuring your data remains private.

Highlights
  • Real-time text capture from camera
  • Offline functionality
  • Edit captured text
  • Copy text to clipboard
  • Share text to other apps
  • Text-to-speech functionality
  • Translate text
Features
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Text Capture allows you to capture text from your device's camera. Just point the camera, see the text in real time and capture it by pressing the Capture button! Text Capture works 100% offline protecting your privacy and the content of your scans as your scanned data never leaves your device. After capturing text you can: - Edit - Copy to clipboard - Share on other Apps - Hear it out loud - Translate Text * Text Capture works on any latin alphabet text * Text to speech and Translation works for text written on the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkis.

About

Scanner App

This app extracts text from images and screenshots, supporting over 10 languages. You can edit, copy, and paste the recognized text. It offers a free trial for its subscription plans.

Highlights
  • Extract text from images
  • Recognize text in 10+ languages
  • Edit recognized text
  • Copy and paste text
  • Supports screenshots
Features
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Scanner App -PDF Documents Scan : extract, copy & paste the text from image Features: ► Extracts any text on Image. ► Recognizes text from image, supporting 10+ languages. ► Recognizes text to 10+ languages. ► Edit, copy & paste recognized result. ► Supports screenshots recognition. Auto Renewable Subscription Terms: • A monthly subscription (which comes with a 3-day free trial) for $9.99 USD • A yearly subscription (which comes with a 3-day free trial) for $69.99 USD • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable Visit our Privacy Policy at: https://paitushizi.com/scanner-app/privacy.html View our Terms of Service at: https://paitushizi.com/scanner-app/tos.html

Screenshots

Text Capture3 screens
Scanner App3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Text Capture at 4.5 against Scanner App's 3.5. Text Capture also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). Scanner App's advantage is review sentiment (58% vs 42%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.5). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Text Capture sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Scanner App sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Text Capture holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Text Capture has 2.7K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 42% of Text Capture's written reviews are positive against 58% of Scanner App's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Text Capture ships an update weekly, Scanner App every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Text Capture versus Scanner App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterText CaptureScanner App
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2.7K ratings) — better3.5 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews42.2% of reviews58.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.7K — better6
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.510.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArthur Eduardo Skaetta Alvarez Desenvolvimento de Software LTDA.Voice Inc.

Customer experience

Text Capture

All ratings2,730 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral1.5%
Negative10.1%
Written reviews244 reviews
Positive42.2%
Neutral3.7%
Negative54.1%

Scanner App

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive58.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative41.7%

Bugs and requests

Text Capture

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Unable to restore previous purchases
  • Fails to recognize certain languages/scripts
  • Inconsistent text capture quality

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add ability to rotate/crop captured images
  • Improve accuracy for handwritten/non-standard text
  • Integrate with note-taking/productivity apps

Scanner App

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Text Capture

One-time1
  • Premium$3.99
3 purchases

Scanner App

Subscriptions3
  • full-feature-subscription3 Days trial$6.997 Days
  • full-feature-subscription3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • full-feature-subscription3 Days trial$69.991 Year

Questions

Is Text Capture free?
Text Capture is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scanner App free?
Scanner App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Text Capture or Scanner App?
Text Capture is rated higher. Text Capture averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2.7K ratings, while Scanner App averages 3.5 from 6 ratings.
Do Text Capture or Scanner App have ads?
Scanner App shows ads; Text Capture does not.
Which is updated more often, Text Capture or Scanner App?
Text Capture ships an update weekly, and Scanner App every 3 months. Most recently, Text Capture was updated on October 17, 2026 and Scanner App on October 15, 2026.

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