TextScanner vs Text Scanner * (OCR)
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TextScanner
This utility app uses your device's camera or gallery to extract text from images with high accuracy. You can then edit the recognized text or copy it directly to your clipboard for easy use.
- Capture photos from camera
- Upload images from gallery
- Edit recognized text
- Copy text to clipboard
- High accuracy text recognition
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Text Scanner application recognise text from image with upto 90% of accuracy. Features: - Capture photos from camera or upload from gallery. - Edit captured text. - Copy captured/edited text to clipboard. How to use: - Tilt your device to landscape left and capture image to get accurate results. - Upload image from gallery. - Tap on edit button to make changes to captured text. - Tap on copy button to use text in clipboard.
Text Scanner * (OCR)
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OCR-Text Scanner is app to recognize any text from an image with 98% to 100% accuracy. Gave support for 92 languages. Here OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology is used to recognize text on image. Contact me if your language is missing to support. Features of Text Scanner: * Extract any Text/Words On Image. * Multi image scan - text extraction in background. * Recognize text from image supports 92 languages. * Copy - Text on Screen, using screenshot image * Crop image before OCR. * Edit & Share OCR result. * Get translations in over 100 languages. * Recent Scan history. * Organize scans inside folder. * Sort scans by date descending or ascending order. * Share extension to share image to extract text. * Multiple column selection on text of image. Please send mail if you find any bugs , issues or want any feature
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: TextScanner at every 2 weeks against Text Scanner * (OCR)'s every 6 months. TextScanner also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TextScanner ships an update every 2 weeks, Text Scanner * (OCR) every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TextScanner | Text Scanner * (OCR) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ELSNER TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED | Duc Huy Tran |
In-app purchases
TextScanner
No in-app purchases
Text Scanner * (OCR)
No in-app purchases
Questions
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