Prizmo › Document Scanner, OCR vs vFlat Scan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Prizmo › Document Scanner, OCR
This app transforms your iPhone or iPad into a powerful document scanner. It captures, enhances, and recognizes text from documents and business cards, exporting them as searchable PDFs or DOCX files. Features include advanced editing, OCR, text-to-speech, and cloud integration.
- High-quality document scanning
- Accurate on-device and cloud OCR
- Searchable PDF and DOCX export
- Business card scanning to Contacts
- Text-to-speech and accessibility features
- Advanced editing and annotation tools
- Cloud integration and auto-upload
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Prizmo is the most capable scanner app for iPhone & iPad to create stunning scans of documents or process business cards from photos. Prizmo offers an efficient capture workflow, powerful editing capabilities, a choice of highly accurate OCRs, text-to-speech & accessibility features, searchable PDF & DOCX exports, and comprehensive automation, all packaged in an elegant & intuitive user interface. Prizmo will be your trusted mobile scanner, always at hand. *** Featured in an Apple Keynote presentation *** "Prizmo is a remarkably deep app that includes a myriad of other features." — John Voorhees (MacStories) "When it comes to mobile scanner apps, Prizmo 5 is unmatched for its fast, streamlined workflow and high-quality scans." — J.R. Bookwalter (MacWorld) PHOTO CAPTURE • Capture workflow tailored for speed: in just 3 taps, have your document scanned, cleaned up, cropped, and text-recognized to a multi-page PDF right into your cloud • Highest quality scans: up to 300+ DPI • State-of-the-art page detection • Autoshoot • Quality review: keep or reshoot • Innovative stabilization • Multi-page support TEXT RECOGNITION • Reliable & accurate on-device OCR with machine learning in 30 languages(*) • High-performance Cloud OCR in 139 languages(*) + handwriting recognition • Fine-grained OCR editing: text & regions, binarization, text polarity • Structural analysis with CoreML • Background processing ENHANCE, EDIT & EXPORT • Adjust rotation, perspective crop, cleanup mode (black/white, color, gray), brightness & contrast, edge repair • Flattening of curved contents (books & magazines) • Powerful non-destructive editing: original photo can always be reprocessed from scratch without reshooting • Export formats: searchable PDF, Microsoft Word DOCX with original layout, TXT, PNG, JPEG • Advanced PDF options: password protected PDF, efficient compression formats (customizable JPEG quality, CCITT G4, JBIG2) to generate small files • Auto Upload: PDFs are automatically sent to your cloud (iCloud, Dropbox, OneDrive, WebDAV) • Export business cards to Contacts or as vCard • Smart actions: interact with detected phone numbers, dates, locations, email addresses, URLs ANNOTATION & MARKUP • Powerful annotation engine that works with Apple Pencil, capacitive pencils or finger • Annotate papers, fill out forms, or sign documents • Markup is stored in editable form (can be updated or even removed at any time) TEXT READER & VOICE • Comfortable multi-page reading experience • Customizable margins, line spacing, text size & fonts • Read text aloud using iOS voices • Adjustable speech rate & playback controls • Word highlighting during playback ACCESSIBILITY • Optimized for VoiceOver • Spoken guidance prior to shooting • Spoken description • Dynamic Type • OpenDyslexic reading font FOR PROS • Batch editing: replicate settings across pages • Automation (x-callback-url): use Shortcuts app to automate document processing • Keyboard shortcuts OS INTEGRATION • Siri Shortcuts • Messages extension: scan & send a document without leaving the conversation • Open In & Photos extensions (process & cleanup) • iPad multitasking and drag & drop • iCloud & Continuity across iPhone, iPad & Mac • Background audio player PRICING • Prizmo is available as a free download to try out its core features • Premium Pack is a one-time purchase to unlock all limitations: unlimited on-device OCR, full access to text & text-to-speech, smart actions, watermark removal • Cloud Plan subscription (optional) provides the Cloud OCR feature. Plans are detailed in the app • Volume purchase (VPP): see Prizmo (Volume Ed.) PRIVACY Prizmo is "privacy first". Personal data is yours, we don’t access it, we don’t read it, we don’t host it on our servers. Privacy Policy: https://creaceed.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://creaceed.com/terms Feedback: prizmo@creaceed.com (*) full list of OCR languages available on https://creaceed.com/iprizmo Cloud OCR requires an Internet connection.
vFlat Scan
This app digitizes books and documents with advanced features like automatic border recognition, curved page flattening, and two-page capture. It offers free text recognition (OCR) and exports to multiple formats, making scanning quick and high-quality.
- Auto-recognizing scan area
- Automatic capturing
- Flattening curved book pages
- Two-page capturing
- Free text recognition (OCR)
- Export to PDF, JPG, TXT
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Scan thick books perfectly flat—without cutting a single page. Most scanner apps can't handle open or curved books. vFlat can. AI curve correction transforms any thick textbook, sheet music, or open book into a crystal-clear, professional-grade scan—spine fully intact. · BOOK SCANNER AI automatically flattens curved pages from thick textbooks, manuals, and sheet music. No cutting required. · DOCUMENT SCANNER Scan receipts, ID cards, contracts, invoices, and forms with auto edge-detection and perspective correction. · OCR – IMAGE TO TEXT Convert scanned images into editable, searchable text instantly. Copy and paste from any document. · PDF CREATOR Combine multiple scans into a single PDF. Export as PDF, JPG, or TXT. · AUTO-CAPTURE Hold still or turn the page—vFlat auto-detects and captures. Scan 100+ pages in minutes. · FINGER REMOVAL Hold the book open—vFlat removes your fingers from every scan automatically. · 2-PAGE SPREAD Capture both open pages at once. vFlat splits and saves each page separately. · EASY SHARING Export to iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox, email, or any app. Trusted by students, musicians, researchers, and professionals in 100+ countries. Download free and transform your iPhone into a professional scanner today. Terms of Use: https://vflat.page.link/terms_en
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Prizmo › Document Scanner, OCR at none against vFlat Scan's shown. vFlat Scan's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and review sentiment (79% vs 54%). 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
Both are free to download. Prizmo › Document Scanner, OCR sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and vFlat Scan sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
vFlat Scan holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: vFlat Scan has 6.1K ratings behind it against 156, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Prizmo › Document Scanner, OCR's written reviews are positive against 79% of vFlat Scan's.
Prizmo › Document Scanner, OCR ships an update every 6 weeks, vFlat Scan every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Prizmo › Document Scanner, OCR | vFlat Scan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (156 ratings) | 4.8 (6.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.7% of reviews | 79.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 156 | 6.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 | 17.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 228 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Creaceed SRL | VoyagerX, Inc. |
Customer experience
Prizmo › Document Scanner, OCR
vFlat Scan
Bugs and requests
Prizmo › Document Scanner, OCR
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
vFlat Scan
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes during scanning
- Issues with dual page mode
- Incorrect page cropping and resolution in PDFs
- White borders added to scanned pages
Requested features
6 requests- Add cloud storage integration
- Allow manual cropping and contrast adjustment
- Provide more customization options for text view
- Enable editing of OCR text
- Increase free page limits for OCR
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- Add keyboard shortcuts support
In-app purchases
Prizmo › Document Scanner, OCR
- Cloud Plan (S) - Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Cloud Plan (S) - Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Cloud Plan (L) - Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
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- Cloud Plan (L) - Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Premium Pack (Upgrade 4 > 5)$15.99
- Premium Pack (non-recurring)$23.99
vFlat Scan
- Monthly subscription$3.991 Month
- Monthly subscription$4.691 Month
- Monthly subscription$4.991 Month
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- Weekly subscription$4.997 Days
- Yearly subscription$35.901 Year
- Yearly subscription7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- EduPlus Yearly Subscription$39.991 Year
- Yearly subscription$39.991 Year
- 200 Text recognition pages2 variants$2.49
- 1,000 Text recognition pages2 variants$5.90
- 3,000 Text recognition pages2 variants$10.00
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- 10,000 Text recognition pages2 variants$20.00
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