Comparison

Text Capture vs Doc Scan:OCR and PDF Scanner

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

Doc Scan:OCR and PDF Scanner

This app acts as a smart scanning assistant, converting documents and images into editable text and PDFs. It offers features like OCR text recognition, ID card scanning, and photo translation, simplifying manual input and typesetting for students and office workers.

Highlights
  • Document scanning
  • OCR text recognition
  • ID card scanning
  • Photo translation
  • Image to Word conversion
  • PDF conversion
Features
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Scanner Almighty King is a smart scanning assistant tool that is convenient for students and office workers. Functions such as OCR text recognition, photo extraction scanning, image conversion to word, ID card scanning, photo translation, PDF conversion, etc., can be easily handled by Scanner Almighty King with one APP, eliminating the trouble of manual input and typesetting, high-definition image processing, and can be directly generated The electronic version is convenient, quick, clear and easy to use. ●Document scanning Use image processing algorithms to scan and manage your documents. ●Text recognition OCR text recognition, one-click text recognition. ● ID card scanning High-definition scanning of various documents, mobile scanner, 1:1 restoration of document printing, one-click stitching to A4 paper. ●Photograph translation Supports OCR recognition of most languages such as Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Russian, Spanish, etc., and fast translation. ●Image to Word Quickly and intelligently identify pictures, and convert word documents with one click, which is convenient and fast. ●Examination paper erasure Quickly erase the traces of the test paper and restore the original appearance of the test paper. ●receipt recognition Accurately identify the contents of receipts, making it easy to make electronic receipts. ●Business card recognition Accurate identification, standardized API output. ●PDF Converter One-click format conversion makes editing easier. ---------------------------------------- 【Automatic Renewal Terms】 There are three subscription options for premium accounts: Weekly membership: only $9.99/week Annual membership: only $29.99/year Lifetime membership: only $39.99 ● Subscription payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and at the beginning of each renewal period ● Renewal: The Apple iTunes account will be debited within 24 hours before the expiration, and the subscription period will be extended by one subscription period after the deduction is successful. ● Cancel Renewal: You may cancel your subscription or trial at any time by going to your iTunes account settings and canceling the subscription, otherwise it will automatically renew. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the trial period or any subscription period to avoid being charged. Subscriptions that include a trial period will automatically renew to a paid subscription. ● Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase ● When you purchase a premium subscription during a trial period, any unused portion of the trial period, if offered, will forfeit. ●Privacy Policy: http://static.rhinoxlab.com/html/privacy/saomiaoyiwannengwang_bodi_en.html?appName=DocScan ●Member Payment Agreement: http://static.rhinoxlab.com/html/paymentagreement/general.html

Screenshots

Text Capture3 screens
Doc Scan:OCR and PDF Scanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Text Capture at 4.5 against Doc Scan:OCR and PDF Scanner's 3.5. Text Capture also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (42% vs 15%). On price, ads, 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. Text Capture sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Doc Scan:OCR and PDF Scanner sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 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 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of Text Capture's written reviews are positive against 15% of Doc Scan:OCR and PDF Scanner's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Text Capture ships an update weekly, Doc Scan:OCR and PDF Scanner every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Text Capture versus Doc Scan:OCR and PDF Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterText CaptureDoc Scan:OCR and PDF Scanner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2.7K ratings) — better3.5 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews41.8% of reviews — better15.4% of reviews
Number of ratings2.7K — better8
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.5 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArthur Eduardo Skaetta Alvarez Desenvolvimento de Software LTDA.Hangzhou Jiadi Bozhong

Customer experience

Text Capture

All ratings2,732 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral1.5%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews244 reviews
Positive41.8%
Neutral4.1%
Negative54.1%

Doc Scan:OCR and PDF Scanner

All ratings8 ratings
Positive62.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative37.5%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive15.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative84.6%

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

Doc Scan:OCR and PDF Scanner

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Text Capture

One-time1
  • Premium$3.99
8 purchases

Doc Scan:OCR and PDF Scanner

Subscriptions5
  • 扫描仪全能王-周会员7 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • monthly member$6.991 Month
  • weekly member$9.997 Days
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  • one-year member$29.991 Year
  • Quarterly member$39.993 Months
One-time3
  • 一个月高级版$2.99
  • 三个月vip$5.99
  • 永久会员$39.99

Questions

Is Text Capture free?
Text Capture is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Doc Scan:OCR and PDF Scanner free?
Doc Scan:OCR and PDF Scanner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Text Capture or Doc Scan:OCR and PDF Scanner?
Text Capture is rated higher. Text Capture averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2.7K ratings, while Doc Scan:OCR and PDF Scanner averages 3.5 from 8 ratings.
Do Text Capture or Doc Scan:OCR and PDF Scanner have ads?
Neither Text Capture nor Doc Scan:OCR and PDF Scanner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Text Capture or Doc Scan:OCR and PDF Scanner?
Text Capture ships an update weekly, and Doc Scan:OCR and PDF Scanner every 2 months. Most recently, Text Capture was updated on September 25, 2026 and Doc Scan:OCR and PDF Scanner on September 21, 2026.

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