Comparison

TextScanner vs Authara

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Capture photos from camera
  • Upload images from gallery
  • Edit recognized text
  • Copy text to clipboard
  • High accuracy text recognition
Features
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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.

About

Authara

Features
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Authara is a premium authenticator app that does something no other app does: it keeps your recovery codes right next to the accounts they protect. Most people lose their recovery codes. They paste them in a notes app, screenshot them, or skip saving them entirely. Then their phone is lost or reset, and they're locked out — not just from the authenticator, but from the account itself. Authara fixes that. AUTHENTICATOR + RECOVERY VAULT Add any account that supports standard two-factor authentication. Authara shows you a live TOTP code with a real-time countdown. Tap to copy. And right there, alongside the code, is a secure place to store the recovery codes that came with it. SECURITY YOU CAN TRUST Your vault is encrypted with AES-256-GCM. Your PIN is never stored — it's used to derive your encryption key using Argon2id, the gold standard for password hashing. Authara uses platform-native cryptography: CryptoKit on iOS, the same APIs Apple uses for banking and healthcare applications. Nothing leaves your device. FACE ID AND PIN UNLOCK Unlock instantly with Face ID or Touch ID. Your PIN is always available as a fallback. Biometric is a convenience layer — your vault's cryptographic foundation is always your PIN. BUILT WITH HONEST DEFAULTS - No account required - No cloud sync in V1 — your vault lives on this device - No analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs - Clipboard cleared automatically after 60 seconds - App content hidden in the app switcher Authara is for people who take security seriously but don't want to sacrifice simplicity to get it.

Screenshots

TextScanner4 screens
Authara4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: TextScanner at 11.0 against Authara's 16.0. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
TextScanner versus Authara: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTextScannerAuthara
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperELSNER TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITEDRobert Swanigan

In-app purchases

None

TextScanner

No in-app purchases

None

Authara

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TextScanner free?
TextScanner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Authara free?
Authara is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TextScanner or Authara have ads?
Neither TextScanner nor Authara shows ads.

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