Words Lens vs Text Scanner AI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Words Lens
Instantly get definitions for words you encounter in books, signs, or brochures by simply snapping a photo. This utility app helps you quickly understand complex vocabulary without manual searching. It intelligently skips common words in English to speed up the lookup process.
- Instant word definitions via camera
- Scan books, signs, and brochures
- Automatic skipping of common words
- Supports multiple device languages
- Quick vocabulary lookup
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WordsLens turns photos of everyday text into clear, useful, and searchable information. Scan a document, nutrition label, medication package, receipt, card, sign, brochure, or book page. WordsLens recognizes the text, organizes it, and—when supported—presents the most important details in an easy-to-read summary. Understand everyday labels Nutrition Facts panels become structured summaries showing serving size, nutrients, amounts, and Daily Values. WordsLens can also call attention to allergen and MSG-related ingredient mentions, product origin, and expiration dates. For supported medication labels, WordsLens can recognize medication names and NDC codes and optionally retrieve information from U.S. government sources, including medication type and official-label uses. Organize what you scan Save recognized text and original images together, then search your entire library whenever you need them. Documents can be organized into Nutrition, Medicine, Cards, Receipts, and custom collections. You can also: • Scan multipage documents • Import images and text through the Share Sheet • Correct image perspective before recognition • Merge related pages into one document • Edit, copy, and share recognized text • Mark important documents as favorites • Recover recently deleted items from Trash • Listen to nutrition and medication summaries Protect sensitive information WordsLens can recognize and organize details from payment, identification, and membership cards. Sensitive card information can be concealed and protected with Face ID or Touch ID. Please note: Text recognition and automatic summaries may contain errors. Nutrition impact estimates are based only on recognized label information and are not personalized health assessments. Medication and nutrition features are provided for general informational purposes and are not medical advice.
Text Scanner AI
Transform your phone into a powerful text scanner. Extract text from images, photos, and pictures quickly and accurately using advanced AI-powered OCR technology. Supports auto-detection and scanning of over 100 languages.
- Scan text from images
- Extract text from photos
- AI-powered OCR
- Fast and accurate scanning
- Auto-detect languages
- 100+ languages supported
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Turn your phone into a Text Scanner - Scan/extract text from images/photos/pictures by using phone's camera. - Scanning is fast & accurate. - Most advanced OCR technology. - Auto detect languages of the text. - 100+ languages supported. Upgrade to Premium version to completely remove the ads. You can upgrade to Premium version with onetime payment or buying subscription options: - a yearly subscription (which comes with a 3-day free trial). - a monthly subscription – Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. – Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. – Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. – Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase. – Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Privacy: https://evolly.app/privacy-policy/ Terms: https://evolly.app/terms-of-service/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Words Lens at none against Text Scanner AI's 3. Words Lens also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 5 months). Text Scanner AI's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (574 vs 24). On price, review sentiment, 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. Text Scanner AI sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Words Lens asks for nothing beyond the download.
Text Scanner AI holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Text Scanner AI has 574 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 82% and 82% positive.
Words Lens ships an update every 4 weeks, Text Scanner AI every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Words Lens | Text Scanner AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (24 ratings) | 4.7 (574 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews | 82.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 24 | 574 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | YOYASOFT LLC | EVOLLY HK LIMITED |
Customer experience
Words Lens
Text Scanner AI
Bugs and requests
Words Lens
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Text Scanner AI
Reported bugs
9 issues- Inconsistent handwriting recognition accuracy
- Spacing insertion/exclusion errors
- Asterisk (*) symbol recognition failure
- Word omission in OCR conversion
- Confusion between similar letters (t's and l's)
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- Comma and period confusion
- Capitalization errors
- Inability to recognize struck-through words
- Inconsistent recognition of identical words
Requested features
6 requests- Black and white conversion before OCR processing
- Spell-check and word suggestions in editing mode
- Spell-checker integration for misspelled words
- Image sharing support from Safari long-press
- Text and music addition to photos
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- Commonly appearing word comparison for corrections
In-app purchases
Words Lens
No in-app purchases
Text Scanner AI
- Monthly Premium Subscription$3.991 Month
- Yearly Premium Subscription3 Days trial$16.491 Year
- Premium Lifetime$34.99
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