Comparison

ScreenOCR vs Pons Family

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

Head to head
About

ScreenOCR

Instantly extract text from images and photos with high accuracy. Supports over 50 languages for recognition and over 20 for translation, including handwriting and whiteboards. Export results as text or PDF files.

Highlights
  • Extract text from images and photos
  • Translate recognized text
  • Recognize 50+ languages
  • Translate 20+ languages
  • Scan handwriting and whiteboards
  • Export as .txt/.pdf
  • Batch processing
Features
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ScreenOCR - born for scanning your documents and extract text from images and photos with your iOS devices. Highest Speed & Highest Quality! Support translation. #1 Product of the Week https://www.producthunt.com/posts/screenocr Best OCR software by MakeUseOf https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/top-5-free-ocr-software-tools-to-convert-your-images-into-text-nb/ Best OCR app by CHIP https://www.chip.de/downloads/Easy-Screen-OCR_134967874.html *** Turn your mobile phone into a text scanner and translator. Take a photo to start the OCR/Translation process.*** *** More than 98% accuracy as powered by Google advanced engine. *** *** Privacy Protected. No documents and results will be stored on our server. *** KEY FEATURES ------------------------- ** Use your iPhone or iPad to start scanning instantly and extract text/words/handwritings on images. ** Pick image/photo up from the album for OCR and translation. ** Support recognizing 50+ languages from images. ** Support translating 20+ languages. ** Support scanning handwriting to text. ** Support scanning whiteboard or blackboard to text. ** Support Auto-Detection. ** Support cropping image before OCR. ** Support exporting the results as .txt/.pdf files. ** Support editing and sharing the OCR/Translation results. ** Support checking the results with the original images/photos. ** Support storing your recent scan history locally. ** Support unlimited access by upgrading to the Pro member. ** Support restoring your purchase information. ** Support batch process FREE VERSION ------------------------- The free version is ad-supported and you can get 6 free credits every day. Watch ads to get extra 4 credits. Credits could not be accumulated and will be reset every day. PRO VERSION ------------------------- No account required anymore. You can upgrade to Pro and get unlimited access by subscribing to our monthly plan, yearly plan or lifetime plan. Monthly Plan - $9.9 - Unlimited Access Yearly Plan - $39.9 - Unlimited Acces - Save 66% Lifetime Plan - $49.9 - Best Choice! PROBLEMS OR QUESTIONS ------------------------- Contact Us: support@easyscreenocr.com HomePage: https://easyscreenocr.com For Mobile: https://easyscreenocr.com/for-mobile For Mac: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/easy-screen-ocr/id1359663922?mt=12 Privacy Policy: https://easyscreenocr.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of Service: https://easyscreenocr.com/terms-of-service/ CHANGELOG -------------------------- version 2.2.0 **Now you can select and remove the picture in the batch process **Other bug fix and performance improvement version 2.1.0 ** UI/UX Improvement ** Bug Fixed ** Change the in-app purchase ** No need to log in your account ** Restore your in-app purchase version 2.0.0 **Support batch process . Now you can take multiple photos and OCR them at one time. **Performance improvement. **Bug Fixed

About

Pons Family

Features
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Pons Family keeps everyday household tasks, family responsibilities and small wins in one simple planner. PLAN YOUR DAY See today's tasks, keep track of overdue one-off jobs and check things off as you go. Add a title, date, category and useful notes to each task. SEE THE WEEK AHEAD Review your weekly plan and set chores to repeat every day, on weekdays or once a week. Each scheduled day has its own completion checkmark. GIVE EVERYONE A PART Add names or nicknames to your local family list, choose a color and assign tasks so you can see who is taking care of what. KEEP YOUR LITTLE WINS Look back through completion history to see what was done and who helped. KEEP A BACKUP Export your planner, save a copy and restore it through Settings when you need it.

Screenshots

ScreenOCR4 screens
Pons Family4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pons Family at none against ScreenOCR's 8. Pons Family also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks). ScreenOCR's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ScreenOCR sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Pons Family asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ScreenOCR ships an update every 3 weeks, Pons Family daily. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ScreenOCR versus Pons Family: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScreenOCRPons Family
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews38.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer通 张Pons Family

In-app purchases

8 purchases

ScreenOCR

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Plan - $9.99$9.991 Month
  • Yearly Plan - $29.99$29.991 Year
One-time6
  • $6.99 for 600 Credits$6.99
  • $9.99 for 1200 Credits$9.99
  • $19.99 for 3000 Credits$19.99
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  • $29.99 for 6000 Credits$29.99
  • $49.99 for 10000 Credits$49.99
  • Lifetime Plan - $49.99$49.99
None

Pons Family

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ScreenOCR free?
ScreenOCR is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pons Family free?
Pons Family is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ScreenOCR or Pons Family have ads?
Neither ScreenOCR nor Pons Family shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ScreenOCR or Pons Family?
ScreenOCR ships an update every 3 weeks, and Pons Family daily. Most recently, ScreenOCR was updated on November 3, 2026 and Pons Family on October 31, 2026.

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