OCR Master vs ScanLingua Photo Translator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
OCR Master
Convert images into editable text using optical character recognition. Translate recognized text into different languages. Edit, save, and share your extracted content.
- Image to editable text conversion
- Multi-language text recognition
- Text translation
- Edit and save recognized text
- Share extracted text
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Application features: Prepare a set of images such as pages from a photo library or camera. Convert images to editable text (OCR). For recognition of non latin languages you mast select them from list. Translation of the recognized text. For translation you need internet connection. Edit, save, email and share of text.
ScanLingua Photo Translator
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Scan paper documents, extract editable OCR text, translate on device, and export clean TXT or PDF files without an account or watermark. Documents are kept in the app's local storage and are not used for server-side processing by ScanLingua. ScanLingua is built for travelers, students, language learners, and anyone who needs a private document scanner with OCR translation. Capture receipts, notices, menus, study notes, manuals, screenshots, or printed pages with the document camera, then turn images into editable text and bilingual reading material on your iPhone. Key features: - Scan single-page or multi-page documents. - Import photos and screenshots for image-to-text OCR. - Recognize text on device with local OCR. - Edit OCR text before translation. - Download offline language pairs for local translation. - Read original text and translation side by side. - Copy original text, translation, or bilingual segments. - Save useful sentences for local search and study. - Export bilingual TXT, bilingual PDF, and image PDF files. - Share exports through the iOS share sheet. - Keep documents local by default. Why ScanLingua: Many scanner apps focus on cloud storage or subscriptions. ScanLingua focuses on a free local workflow: scan, OCR, translate, edit, export, and share without requiring an account. Your documents stay in the app container unless you choose to share an export with another app. Privacy: Scanned images, OCR text, translations, saved sentences, and exports stay on your device for the core workflow. ScanLingua does not use document content for server-side processing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ScanLingua Photo Translator at weekly against OCR Master's monthly. OCR Master's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
OCR Master ships an update monthly, ScanLingua Photo Translator weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OCR Master | ScanLingua Photo Translator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | โ |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | โ |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 โ better | 18.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 283 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MIHAIL MILUSHEV | ่พๅ จ ้ |
In-app purchases
OCR Master
No in-app purchases
ScanLingua Photo Translator
No in-app purchases
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