Metext | Text scanner | OCR vs Text Recognizer OCR
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.
Text Recognizer OCR
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Text Recognizer OCR includes features to extract phone numbers, email addresses, addresses, events, and more. Additionally, it offers a playback feature, enabling you to listen to the extracted text with play and pause controls. The application also provides a history feature, allowing you to view previously processed items.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Text Recognizer OCR at every 2 months against Metext | Text scanner | OCR's every 8 months. Metext | Text scanner | OCR's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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.
Metext | Text scanner | OCR ships an update every 8 months, Text Recognizer OCR every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Metext | Text scanner | OCR | Text Recognizer OCR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Andrea Minetti | Nandha Kumar Ravi |
In-app purchases
Metext | Text scanner | OCR
No in-app purchases
Text Recognizer OCR
No in-app purchases
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