Comparison

PDF Document Scanner vs Cookie Jar

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

Head to head
About

PDF Document Scanner

This app transforms your mobile device into a powerful scanner and document manager. It allows you to extract contact information, create searchable PDFs, and organize your files with folders and tags. Edit, sign, and share documents securely, optimizing your workflow from anywhere.

Highlights
  • Automatic document detection and correction
  • Extract contact info from business cards
  • Create searchable PDFs with OCR
  • Sign, edit, and share documents
  • Organize with folders and tags
  • Secure with Face ID/Touch ID
  • iCloud synchronization
Features
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Turn paper into searchable PDFs in seconds. Scan, fill, sign, and organize documents on iPhone, iPad, and Mac — with on-device processing that never leaves your Apple devices. Captize is your personal document library. Capture receipts, contracts, IDs, and paperwork, then find anything later with full-text search. No extra account. Sync with iCloud. SCAN • Automatic edge detection, crop, perspective, and exposure correction • Batch scanning and high-definition captures • Searchable PDFs with on-device OCR • Smart titles from document content, with Apple Intelligence • Import photos, files, and whole folders EDIT & SIGN • Fill out forms • Add signatures, markups, and comments — Apple Pencil on iPad • Reorder, split, merge, and export pages • Password-protect private PDFs ORGANIZE • Folders, subfolders, tags, and notes • Instant full-text search across names, notes, and document content • Reminders on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch • Widgets and Shortcuts for scan and search BUSINESS CARDS • Auto-extract name, company, email, and phone • Save to Contacts and search by person or company APPLE-NATIVE & PRIVATE • iCloud sync across your devices — no extra login • Optional auto-upload to iCloud Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, or WebDAV • Lock the app with Face ID or Touch ID • Image processing and OCR run on-device Terms https://www.mwaretechnologies.com/products/captize/terms-and-conditions-en Support support@mwaretechnologies.com

About

Cookie Jar

Features
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You did something good? Don't let it disappear! We're wired to remember what went wrong. The missed deadline sticks; the project you nailed last month quietly vanishes. Cookie Jar is a place to keep the good stuff. Every time you achieve something - big or small - you bake a cookie for it. Choose your dough, pick your chips, set the size to match how big the win felt, and write down what you did. Then drop it in the jar. - Watch your jar fill up Your cookies stack up in a real, physical-feeling jar. Tap it and they tumble and settle. Swipe between jars as your collection grows. It's not a list you'll never scroll back through — it's a pile of evidence that you've been doing well, right there on your screen. - Make each cookie yours Chocolate or buttery dough. Chocolate chips or rainbow. Small for a quiet everyday win, huge for the one you'll still be proud of next year. After a while you'll recognize your own achievements just by looking at them. - Little reminders, when you want them Turn on gentle nudges - one, two, or three a day - and Cookie Jar will surface something you already accomplished. Not another task. Not another thing you're behind on. Just a small "hey, remember when you did this?" - Relive any win Tap a cookie to open it up and read what earned it. And when you're ready to let one go, you can always eat it. - Simple, private, quiet No accounts. No feeds. No followers. No streaks to break or scores to chase. Your jar is yours, and nobody else is looking in it. -- Finished the thing you'd been dreading? Went for a run? Said no when you needed to? Called your mum? Fixed the bug? Got out of bed on a hard day? They all count! Bake a cookie! -- Terms of Service: https://cookiesjar.app/cjtos.html Privacy Policy: https://cookiesjar.app/cjpp.html

Screenshots

PDF Document Scanner4 screens
Cookie Jar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: PDF Document Scanner at 3 against Cookie Jar's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. PDF Document Scanner sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per 7 days and Cookie Jar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
PDF Document Scanner versus Cookie Jar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDF Document ScannerCookie Jar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (118 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews73.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings118 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMWare Technologies ASTomasz Milczarek

In-app purchases

4 purchases

PDF Document Scanner

Subscriptions3
  • PRO Scanner weekly3 Days trial$1.497 Days
  • PRO Scanner monthly$2.991 Month
  • PRO Scanner Yearly$22.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Version Unlimited$12.99
1 purchases

Cookie Jar

One-time1
  • Full Jar Forever$9.99

Questions

Is PDF Document Scanner free?
PDF Document Scanner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cookie Jar free?
Cookie Jar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PDF Document Scanner or Cookie Jar have ads?
Neither PDF Document Scanner nor Cookie Jar shows ads.

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