Prizmo › Document Scanner, OCR vs Bujo Notes
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.
Bujo Notes
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Bujo Notes ist ein digitales Bullet Journal mit echtem analogem Look & Feel. Schreibe Aufgaben, Notizen und Termine auf ein sauberes Punktraster — strukturiert wie auf Papier, aber durchsuchbar und synchronisiert. ANALOGE SIGNALE Tippe das Signal einer Aufgabe an, um den Status weiterzuschalten: offen, in Arbeit, erledigt (bleibt sichtbar), delegiert oder Termin — dazu reine Notizen. Erledigtes verschwindet nie. DEINE LISTEN • Today, Next und Someday — Einträge per Wisch verschieben. • Projekte bündeln zusammengehörige Aufgaben. • Monats-Tracker als Punktraster für Gewohnheiten. HANDGEMACHT • Skizzen und Sticker pro Seite — mit Apple Pencil oder Finger. • Prioritäten und Ideen markieren. DEINE DATEN GEHÖREN DIR • Kein Account, kein Login. • iCloud-Markdown-Sync: deine Seiten als sichtbare .md-Dateien in iCloud Drive oder einem selbst gewählten Ordner — kompatibel mit Obsidian. • Lokal gespeichert, optional über iCloud synchronisiert. FÜR IPHONE & IPAD • Home-Screen-Widgets für Today, Next, Someday und Projekte. • iPad: Drei-Spalten-Ansicht Today / Next / Someday.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bujo Notes at none against Prizmo › Document Scanner, OCR's 6. On price, update cadence, ads 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. Bujo Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Prizmo › Document Scanner, OCR ships an update every 6 weeks, Bujo Notes every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Prizmo › Document Scanner, OCR | Bujo Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (156 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 53.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 156 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Creaceed SRL | Niclas Edge |
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
Bujo Notes
No in-app purchases
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