Comparison

PDF Scanner App vs Smart Printer

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

Head to head
About

PDF Scanner App

Transform your phone into a powerful scanner. Capture documents, photos, and even old memories, then enhance, edit, and share them in various formats. Organize your digital life with ease.

Highlights
  • Scan documents and photos
  • Convert to PDF, JPG, TXT
  • Sign and edit documents
  • Enhance and colorize photos
  • OCR text recognition
  • Export and share scans
  • Organize documents into albums
Features
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Want to keep both your money & your scanner in your pocket? Get Scanner+ for free NOW & instantly start to SCAN, SIGN, and SHARE any document in PDF, JPG, or TXT formats. Scan any paper with your iPhone's camera: the Scanner+ app will automatically recognize the edges of your document, enhance it, and give you a perfectly scanned copy that's ready to share on your favorite platform! Scanner+ offers you 12 AMAZING FEATURES that other scanners won't: SCAN DOCUMENTS Scan multiple pages into one PDF document. Enjoy the Turbo Scan mode! Why waste hours on your computer when you can quickly do it with a tiny scanner in your pocket? SCAN & RESTORE PHOTOS Photo scan is the latest feature of Scanner+ that lets you scan and save your favorite printed photos using your phone’s camera. Don’t just take a picture of a picture. Create enhanced digital scans; the photo scanner auto-detects picture boundaries, crops, restores colors and saves them into a digital album. ENHANCE & COLORIZE PHOTOS Bring your scans to life with colorize & enhance features. Enhance old photos & fix blurs and turn them into high resolution digital versions. Colorize black & white old photos to bring back memories and share them with your loved ones. CREATE ALBUMS Scan an entire photo album in minutes. Back up your scans to keep them safe, searchable, and organized. CONVERT TO PDF Scanner+ is also a PDF Converter that turns photos & images into searchable digital documents! This way you can also ""CTRL+F"" across your documents! EXPORT & SHARE Export your scans as .PDF .DOCX or .TXT and share with iMessage, Adobe PDF, Email - Gmail - Outlook - Spark, Wi-Fi Printer, Box, Whatsapp, iCloud Drive, Facebook Messenger, Dropbox, Evernote, Google Drive, OneDrive, OneNote and any other app/platform! SIGN DOCUMENTS Sign PDF documents in less than a second. Transfer your signature across documents! SMART CROP (YOU'LL LOVE THIS!) Your docs will be automatically cropped from its edges right after you scan it. Don't waste your valuable time trying to crop every single document! RECOVER RUINED DOCUMENTS Spilled coffee to your doc? Your dog took a bite from your homework? Recover it with our scanner app using the Genius Scan mode and become a scan guru! HIGHLIGHT TEXTS Highlight important parts of your documents with Scanner+ doc scanner! Very useful while studying from your scanned textbook! EDIT DOCUMENTS HIDE and BLUR unwanted parts with Scanner+ document editor! This is a great feature for hiding confidential parts of your documents. Time to become a scanmaster! ADJUST THE BRIGHTNESS Need to scan documents in a dark room? No problem at all! TRANSLATE TEXTS TO 100+ LANGUAGES Not that you'll need to translate texts to Latin or Cambodian every other day, but in case you need it, Scanner+ got you covered! RECOGNIZE TEXTS WITH OCR Recognize texts from any scannable object with the OCR text scanner mode. And yes, you can even edit handwritten texts with Scanner+! KEEP YOUR DOCS ORGANIZED Scanner+ offers more than a powerful cam scanner, it also has a drag & drop file manager with smart tags. Never lose an important document again! == PRIVACY & SECURITY == All documents are stored locally on your iPhone, so ONLY YOU will be able to access your documents! Neither we nor any third parties will have access. == PRICING & LEGAL == Scanner+ is free to use, and it will always stay free. Should you choose to, you can subscribe to Scanner+ Premium to access more features. You can start a yearly subscription with a 3-day free trial. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off no later than 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage subscriptions, disable auto-renewal in the iTunes account settings. Privacy Policy: http://scannerplus.com/privacy-policy Terms & Condition - EULA : http://scannerplus.com/terms-conditions For any questions or inquiries about our mobile pdf scanner, reach out to us at scanner@codeway.co

About

Smart Printer

Transform your phone into an AI-powered scanner. Instantly digitize documents like receipts, contracts, and IDs into high-quality PDFs or JPGs. Features include automatic edge detection, text extraction (OCR), digital signing, and easy organization and sharing.

Highlights
  • Scan documents to PDF & JPG
  • Auto edge detection & smart crop
  • Extract text with OCR
  • Digital document signing
  • Organize and manage files
  • Merge and edit pages
  • Easy document sharing
Features
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Print from your iPhone or iPad to your Wi-Fi printer: photos, PDFs, documents and scans. Smart Printer & Scanner finds your printer on the network for you. No cables, no computer, no drivers to install. PRINT ANYTHING • Photos: one per page, 2 or 4 per sheet, or on 4×6 in (10×15 cm) photo paper • Documents: PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, text files and images. Preview first, then print • Text: type or paste anything and print it • Copies: scan a page with your camera and print it, like a copier in your pocket • Your scans: open any scanned document and tap the printer icon FINDS YOUR PRINTER AUTOMATICALLY Open the app and it searches your Wi-Fi network and shows your printer by name, ready to print. Printer not showing up? Step-by-step help covers Wi-Fi, USB-cable and office-network setups. YOUR PRINTER AT A GLANCE Check ink or toner levels and paper, see alerts such as a paper jam or an open cover, and follow your print job until it is done. Available on printers that report their status. WORKS WITH AirPrint printers on the same Wi-Fi network as your iPhone or iPad. A printer that only has a USB cable can still be shared from a Mac or Windows PC — the in-app help shows how. ALSO A SCANNER Scan paper to PDF or JPG with automatic edge detection, extract text (OCR), sign documents, use PDF tools such as merge and compress, and scan QR codes. FREE AND PRO Scanning documents and QR codes and reading files are free. Printing, sharing and exporting, text recognition and printer status are part of PRO, with a free trial for new subscribers. PRO also removes ads. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your documents stay on your device and in your own iCloud. We never upload them to our servers. The app looks for printers only on your local network. Privacy Policy: https://techsmart.bio/smartprinter/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://techsmart.bio/smartprinter/terms-of-use.html

Screenshots

PDF Scanner App4 screens
Smart Printer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: PDF Scanner App at none against Smart Printer's shown. PDF Scanner App also leads on ratings volume (4.9K vs 580) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Smart Printer's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks) and review sentiment (76% vs 50%). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Scanner App sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Smart Printer sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for PDF Scanner App against 4.6 for Smart Printer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PDF Scanner App has 4.9K ratings behind it against 580, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of PDF Scanner App's written reviews are positive against 76% of Smart Printer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PDF Scanner App ships an update every 6 weeks, Smart Printer every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
PDF Scanner App versus Smart Printer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDF Scanner AppSmart Printer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (4.9K ratings)4.6 (580 ratings)
Positive reviews49.7% of reviews76.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.9K — better580
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size201 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCodeway Dijital Hizmetler Anonim SirketiPro App Company Limited

Customer experience

PDF Scanner App

All ratings4,911 ratings
Positive90.4%
Neutral3.5%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews175 reviews
Positive49.7%
Neutral4.0%
Negative46.3%

Smart Printer

All ratings580 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral4.1%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive76.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative23.8%

Bugs and requests

PDF Scanner App

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Blurry and grainy scans
  • Unexpected watermarks

Requested features

3 requests
  • Cloud backup integration
  • Free trial extension
  • Compatibility with more devices

Smart Printer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

PDF Scanner App

Subscriptions10
  • Scanner+ 1 Week Premium3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Scanner+ 1 Week Premium3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Scanner+ 1 Week Premium3 Days trial$6.997 Days
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  • Scanner+ 1 Month Premium$7.991 Month
  • Scanner+ 1 Month Premium2 variants$9.991 Month
  • Scanner+ 1 Month Premium3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Scanner+ 1 Year Premium3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Scanner+ 1 Year Premium3 Days trial2 variants$39.991 Year
  • Scanner+ 1 Year Premium3 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Scanner+ 1 Year Premium$49.991 Year
4 purchases

Smart Printer

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly3 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • Monthly3 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Yearly subscription3 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime PRO$79.99

Questions

Is PDF Scanner App free?
PDF Scanner App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Smart Printer free?
Smart Printer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PDF Scanner App or Smart Printer?
PDF Scanner App and Smart Printer are both rated 4.6 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4.9K and 580 ratings respectively.
Do PDF Scanner App or Smart Printer have ads?
Smart Printer shows ads; PDF Scanner App does not.
Which is updated more often, PDF Scanner App or Smart Printer?
PDF Scanner App ships an update every 6 weeks, and Smart Printer every 5 days. Most recently, PDF Scanner App was updated on September 26, 2026 and Smart Printer on September 28, 2026.

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