Prizmo › Document Scanner, OCR vs Rocket Typist
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.
Rocket Typist
Save time by reusing frequently typed text, replies, and templates. Organize content into snippets and insert them quickly via keyboard shortcuts or a custom keyboard. Share snippet folders with others and sync across devices.
- Save and reuse text snippets
- Insert snippets via shortcuts or custom keyboard
- Share snippet folders with others
- Sync snippets across Mac, iPhone, and iPad
- Create snippets with text, images, or code
- Personalize snippets with dynamic macros
- AI-powered Smart Snippets
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Save Time and Type Smarter with Rocket Typist. Reuse your replies, signatures and everyday text with Rocket Typist, the text expander for Mac, iPhone and iPad. Save frequently used content as snippets, then insert what you need without typing it again. LESS TYPING, EVERY DAY • Keep email replies, signatures, addresses and templates ready to insert. • Expand abbreviations or find snippets by title, content or abbreviation. • On Mac, use keyboard shortcuts and the floating snippet search. On iPhone and iPad, insert snippets with the Rocket Typist keyboard. WORK TOGETHER THROUGH ICLOUD • Share snippet folders with colleagues, friends or family. • Work from the same collection of replies and templates, with changes syncing through iCloud. • Choose who can view or edit a shared folder, manage participants and update their access. MAKE EVERY SNIPPET YOURS • Create snippets with plain text, formatted text, images or code, including optional JavaScript execution. • Personalize reusable text with names, dates, clipboard content and other dynamic macros. • Manage labeled macros in one place for consistent use across snippets. • Preview your completed snippet before inserting it. TURN PROMPTS INTO SMART SNIPPETS Save reusable AI prompts to draft replies, rewrite text or generate ideas. Smart Snippets support Apple Intelligence on compatible devices and OpenAI-compatible services. KEEP YOUR LIBRARY ORGANIZED • Arrange snippets in folders and use search and filters to find what you need. • Sync your personal snippet library through iCloud and keep it available on your Mac, iPhone and iPad. START FREE, EXPAND WITH PRO Get started with basic text snippets for free. Rocket Typist Pro unlocks unlimited snippets, formatted text, images, code, Smart Snippets, advanced macros and shared folders. Apple Intelligence availability depends on your device, language and region. Using OpenAI requires your own API key. Download Rocket Typist today and type less tomorrow!
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Verdict
Prizmo › Document Scanner, OCR and Rocket Typist both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 75% of Rocket Typist's written reviews are positive against 53% of Prizmo › Document Scanner, OCR's. Rocket Typist also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). Prizmo › Document Scanner, OCR's advantage is ratings volume (155 vs 26). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Prizmo › Document Scanner, OCR sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Rocket Typist sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Prizmo › Document Scanner, OCR holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prizmo › Document Scanner, OCR has 155 ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 53% of Prizmo › Document Scanner, OCR's written reviews are positive against 75% of Rocket Typist's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Prizmo › Document Scanner, OCR ships an update every 6 weeks, Rocket Typist fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Prizmo › Document Scanner, OCR | Rocket Typist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (155 ratings) — better | 4.2 (26 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 53.1% of reviews | 74.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 155 — better | 26 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 115 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Creaceed SRL | Daniel Witt |
Customer experience
Prizmo › Document Scanner, OCR
Rocket Typist
Bugs and requests
Prizmo › Document Scanner, OCR
Reported bugs
18 issues- Watermark appears despite purchase
- App crashes on iOS 17.0.1
- PDF export errors (Dropbox, WhatsApp)
- Random import of images
- Cropping magnetism not deactivatable
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- App crashes on iOS 16
- Data loss after deleting duplicates
- Files refuse to open
- Scans appear in double
- Text distortion on documents
- App exits during startup (iCloud access)
- Edges of scans are clipped/mangled
- Watermark on legal documents
- App exits during startup with iCloud
- Scanned documents disappear
- Japanese OCR not handling vertical text
- App crashes after update to 5.2
- Toolbar font color issue in dark mode with Apple Pencil
Requested features
18 requests- Automatic document naming
- CarPlay compatibility
- Folder management
- More export formats (A6, A7)
- Undo function for deletions
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- Shortcuts integration
- Hindi language support for OCR
- EPUB export format
- Volume purchase option for families
- Ability to disable edge correction
- More image editing tools (sharpness, exposure, etc.)
- AI for artifact differentiation
- 3DLUT filter support
- Non-Euclidean cropping
- Integration with Apple Pencil for notes
- Improved Japanese OCR (vertical text)
- Translation feature restoration
- Better organization (folders, tags)
Rocket Typist
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
Rocket Typist
- Rocket Typist Pro for iOS$9.99
- Rocket Typist Pro for macOS$19.99
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