Text Pics! vs ViewMyPDF
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Text Pics!
This utility app uses your device's camera or photo library to detect text within images. It then transforms selected text into visual representations, aiding comprehension of menus, lists, or technical documents. Explore generated images to understand your content better.
- Text detection from photos
- Image generation from text
- Document scanner
- Photo library integration
- Visualizing technical text
- Understanding foreign menus
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Text Pics will detect text in any photo, and turn it into pictures! Text Pics is perfect for: • Understanding restaurant menus in a foreign country! • Making a shopping list easier to follow! • Helping you to visualise a dry technical text. • Lots more! Tell us what you're using Text Pics for! How to use: Step 1: Get your photo - you can use the document scanner, take a regular photo, or grab the photo from your photo library. Step 2: After Text Pics automatically detects text, you can select which text you're interested in. Step 3: After you tap 'Done', Text Pics will automatically display pictures for the text you've selected! Step 4: Tap on a pic if you're interested to see more pics. Where did the inspiration for Text Pics come from? Have you ever sat down in a restaurant in a foreign country, and then realised the menu doesn't have any pictures and you have no idea what to order? Well, it happened to me once in China! Famished, I had no choice but to order at random. 10 minutes later I was presented with a massive bowl of bok choy. Not exactly what I was hoping for. (sigh!) If I had Text Pics, it would have been a piece of cake to understand the menu with pictures!
ViewMyPDF
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This application helps you to view and add new content to your pdf files, store them in your device to view them when ever you like and to share them quickly
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Text Pics! at every 2 weeks against ViewMyPDF's every 6 weeks. Text Pics! also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Text Pics! ships an update every 2 weeks, ViewMyPDF every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Text Pics! | ViewMyPDF |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Craig Grummitt | GERMAN HUERTA LOPEZ |
In-app purchases
Text Pics!
No in-app purchases
ViewMyPDF
No in-app purchases
