SMART vs RubiMask
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SMART
Organize your life by scanning documents, bills, and receipts. Automatically name files, set reminders for deadlines, and search text within your papers. Keep everything private and secure on your own devices.
- Automatic document scanning and edge detection
- Smart naming suggestions based on content
- Deadline detection and calendar reminders
- Full-text search within scanned documents
- PDF editing, signing, and annotation
- Cross-device sync for iPhone, iPad, and Mac
- Password-protected folders with Face ID/Touch ID
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Paper in. Order out. SMART-PDF scans your paperwork, gives it fitting names and reminds you of deadlines. Everything stays on your own devices: no cloud, no account. NEW IN 4.7: THE YEAR-END CHECK - All deadlines until the end of January and always one clear next step - Find tax papers: SMART-PDF searches the text of your documents for wage statements, donation receipts and more, and you can add your own items - Collect everything in a tax folder with one tap, move or copy, and send it to your tax adviser NEW IN 4.6 - Folders within folders: subfolders up to four levels deep, a protected folder protects everything inside - Split documents: scanned several invoices in one go? SMART-PDF spots where each new document starts and leaves out blank back pages - Name many documents at once, optionally with the date first - New folder from your selection, with a fitting name from the content - Move, rotate and resize drawings afterwards SCAN AND NAME - Scan documents with the camera, edges are detected automatically - Name suggestions from the content, like “Energy Bill July 2026” instead of “Document 17”. With Apple Intelligence right on your device - Quick Scan from a widget, Control Center, the Action button or Siri - Bring in photos and PDFs from other apps, also via the share menu ORDER THAT THINKS AHEAD - Create and sort folders freely, as a list or a grid - Search the text of every document, also from iPhone search - Deadlines such as notice periods and payment dates are detected in the document, with a reminder and optionally in your calendar - Short summary of a document or a whole folder EDIT AND SIGN - Sign PDFs, add text and stamps - Annotate with pen, highlighter and eraser - Reorder, rotate and delete pages, or copy them into other documents - Copy text from scans with Live Text - Shrink large files IPHONE, IPAD AND MAC - Dedicated apps for iPhone, iPad and Mac - “My Devices”: pair once, then your documents sync directly over the air, encrypted and without internet SAFE AND PRIVATE - Password folders with Face ID or Touch ID - App lock at launch - Share with a PDF password if you like - Back up your whole library as a ZIP PREMIUM AND COINS Premium is ad-free and unlocks every feature without coins. The subscription works on iPhone, iPad and Mac with the same Apple Account and can be tried free for 7 days. Durations: 1, 3, 6 or 12 months. Without a subscription you pay for single features with coins. Coins can be bought or earned by watching ads. - Sign a PDF: 1 coin - Share or export a PDF: 1 coin per file - 3 more documents in a full folder: 1 coin - Scan with more than 10 pages: 1 coin - Shrink a document: 1 coin - Summary of a document: 1 coin, the first one is free - Folder overview: 2 coins - Combine documents into a collection: 2 coins Free: creating folders, setting deadlines, splitting and naming. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS - Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. - The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Renewal is charged within 24 hours before the end of the period. - You can manage and cancel subscriptions at any time in your Apple Account settings. - Collected coins are kept when you switch to Premium. Terms of use: https://deine-dokumente.de/agb-nutzungsbedingungen Privacy: https://deine-dokumente.de/datenschutz
RubiMask
Instantly translate and listen to any printed page in your preferred language. Simply scan a page, select text, and hear the translation. Tap any word for its meaning and pronunciation, making language learning and reading foreign texts effortless.
- Scan any printed page
- Translate and read text aloud
- Tap words for definitions
- Automatic language detection
- Document scanner and OCR
- Save progress and export content
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Read books in any language — in your own language. Point your camera at a page, select a passage, and RubiMask translates it and reads it aloud. Tap any word to see what it means. Japanese novels, Chinese web fiction, English paperbacks, manga, textbooks, printed handouts: if it's on a page, you can read it. HOW IT WORKS 1. Scan a page with the camera, or open a photo or PDF 2. Drag over the passage you want to read 3. Listen to the translation — then tap words to learn them KEY FEATURES 【Translate Any Page】 - Detects the book's language automatically - Translates on your device with Apple's translation engine - Reads the translation aloud automatically, or plays the original for listening practice - Books already in your language are read aloud without translating 【Tap a Word, Get the Meaning】 - Every word in the passage is tappable - Shows the reading (hiragana for Japanese, pinyin for Chinese) and a quick translation - Look words up in the built-in iOS dictionary - On devices with Apple Intelligence, see what the word means in this exact sentence 【Made for Real Books】 - Built-in document scanner straightens and crops pages - Pinch to zoom in on small print, then select precisely - Vertical Japanese text supported, with furigana (ruby) ignored so it doesn't scramble the text - Save your book and pick up where you left off 【Furigana Masking & OCR Tools】 - Automatically mask furigana on vertical Japanese books - Extract text from PDFs and photos in many languages - Export as text, masked PDF, images, or audio (M4A) PERFECT FOR - Reading books in a language you're learning - Enjoying Japanese novels and manga before they're translated - Understanding textbooks, handouts, and printed documents - Listening to a page instead of reading it FREE & PREMIUM Free: 20 reads per day, and word meanings are always free. Premium: - Unlimited reading - Remove all ads - Unlimited pages (free: 100 pages) - Unlimited project saves (free: 3 projects) - PDF export - Audio export (M4A) Automatic translation requires iOS 18 or later. "In this sentence" meanings require a device with Apple Intelligence. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://keik.co.jp/rubimask/privacy-en.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: RubiMask at 5.0 against SMART's 4.7. SMART's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. SMART sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and RubiMask sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
RubiMask holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 2 respectively.
SMART ships an update fortnightly, RubiMask every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SMART | RubiMask |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 95.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bartnitzky, Böttcher und Springer GbR | KeiK LLC |
Customer experience
SMART
RubiMask
In-app purchases
SMART
- SMART-PDF Premium – 1 month7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- SMART-PDF Premium – 3 months7 Days trial$6.993 Months
- SMART-PDF Premium – 6 months7 Days trial$11.996 Months
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- SMART-PDF Premium – 12 months7 Days trial$22.991 Year
- 10 SMART-PDF Coins$0.99
- 100 SMART-PDF Coins$5.99
- 150 SMART-PDF Coins$8.99
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- 250 SMART-PDF Coins$13.99
- 500 SMART-PDF Coins$17.99
- 750 SMART-PDF Coins$22.99
RubiMask
- RubiMask Premium$2.991 Month
- RubiMask Premium7 Days trial$11.991 Year
- RubiMask Premium$19.99









