Metext | Text scanner | OCR vs Extract Text
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Metext | Text scanner | OCR
Effortlessly extract text from images using advanced OCR technology. Scan photos from your gallery or directly from your camera, then edit, copy, or share the recognized text.
- Extract text from gallery images
- Extract text from camera
- Precise OCR algorithm
- Select specific text areas
- Edit and review extracted text
- Copy and share text
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Extracting text from images is a common problem. This app solves the pain to copy text manually... It does it for you! The main features are: - Extract text from image taken from your gallery. - Extract text from the camera. - Our OCR algorithm is very precise. We take from the state-of-the-art Optical Character Recognition software. - You can select only the interesting parts from the extracted text. - Edit, review the extracted text. - Share or copy the text.
Extract Text
This application uses optical character recognition (OCR) to extract text from images. It offers a straightforward way to digitize text from photos, making it a useful tool for various purposes.
- Extract text from images
- OCR technology
- Simple interface
- Digitize text from photos
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this is ocr app you can extract text from image simple but good
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Extract Text at none against Metext | Text scanner | OCR's shown. Extract Text also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Metext | Text scanner | OCR against 5.0 for Extract Text. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.
Metext | Text scanner | OCR ships an update every 8 months, Extract Text every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Metext | Text scanner | OCR | Extract Text |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 7 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrea Minetti | jiyong yoon |
Customer experience
Metext | Text scanner | OCR
Extract Text
In-app purchases
Metext | Text scanner | OCR
No in-app purchases
Extract Text
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Metext | Text scanner | OCR free?
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