TextScanner vs Otua
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.
Otua
This app provides instant, large captions for spoken words, making conversations accessible for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. It prioritizes privacy by processing all audio and text locally on the device, ensuring no data leaves your iPhone. Conversations are saved privately for later review.
- Large, adjustable captions
- Real-time speech-to-text
- 100% on-device processing
- Private conversation history
- Available in English and French
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Otua is a live-captioning app made for people who are deaf or hard of hearing. It turns the speech around you into large, instant captions you can read with ease. Following a conversation shouldn't take effort. Otua puts every word on your screen — big, clear, and in real time — so you can stay in the moment with family, friends, colleagues, or the person at the counter. • Made for hearing accessibility — large, adjustable captions designed to be read at a glance, even across a room. • Real-time — words appear the instant they're spoken. • 100% on your iPhone — no audio, text, or data ever leaves your device. No cloud, no account, no ads, no tracking. • Your history, kept private — conversations are saved locally, searchable and bookmarkable. • Available in English and French. Whether it's hearing loss, a noisy room, or a voice that's simply hard to follow, Otua helps you read what's being said. Free, private, and built with care.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: TextScanner at 11.0 against Otua's 26.0. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for TextScanner against 5.0 for Otua. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | TextScanner | Otua |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ELSNER TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED | Valentin Folliguet |
In-app purchases
TextScanner
No in-app purchases
Otua
No in-app purchases
