Comparison

Easy Scan vs InStash

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

Head to head
About

Easy Scan

Transform your device into a high-quality PDF scanner. Effortlessly capture, crop, and organize documents, then share them as PDFs or JPGs. Features advanced OCR technology for text recognition.

Highlights
  • Capture and save images as PDFs
  • Precise cropping for clarity
  • Share documents as PDF or JPG
  • Categorize files
  • Scan multiple images simultaneously
  • Access scan history
  • OCR technology
Features
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Turn paper into clean, organized PDFs with Easy Scan. Scan with your camera or import photos, then refine every page before you save or share it. BUILT FOR EVERYDAY DOCUMENTS • Scan receipts, forms, contracts, notes, letters and more • Import existing photos from your library • Create multi-page documents and reorder pages with drag and drop • Search, sort and organize documents in folders • Add visual statuses so important items are easy to spot EDIT YOUR SCANS • Crop pages without losing the original image • Rotate pages in precise steps • Improve readability with color, enhanced, grayscale and black-and-white filters • Fine-tune contrast and brightness OCR, SIGN & HIGHLIGHT • Extract text from scans with OCR • Edit and copy recognized text • Draw your own signature and save it for reuse • Move, resize and rotate signatures on the page • Highlight important passages with freehand markers EXPORT & SHARE Create polished PDFs from your pages and share them with the apps and people you choose. Easy Scan is designed to keep scanning simple: capture, improve, organize and share without a complicated workflow.

About

InStash

Features
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InStash = Instant + Stash The desktop sticky note experience you love, now with the sync you need. WHY INSTASH? macOS Stickies is great — notes float on your desktop, always visible, always reminding. But it has two fatal flaws: • No sync — Switch Mac or grab your phone, your notes are gone. • No middle ground — Notes are either on desktop or deleted, nothing in between. InStash fixes both. THE EDGE DECK Enough notes and the desktop gets crowded. The deck tucks them to the side of your screen as a slim strip of tabs: • Move the pointer close and it fans out — click once to edit right there, no need to drag a window back • Drag tabs to reorder them, pin the ones you reach for most • Every note switches between a floating window and the deck, and which form it is in syncs over iCloud • Put the deck on the left or the right, and tune tab size, style and labels to taste CORE PHILOSOPHY "Seeing equals reminding." Unlike Notion or Apple Notes that hide your thoughts in drawers, desktop sticky notes force you to see them. This spatial memory is irreplaceable. InStash preserves this magic while adding what's missing. InStash — Your ideas, instantly stashed, universally synced.

Screenshots

Easy Scan4 screens
InStash4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: InStash at none against Easy Scan's shown. InStash also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Easy Scan's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs monthly). On price, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Easy Scan ships an update every 11 days, InStash monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Easy Scan versus InStash: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEasy ScanInStash
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid Azancotyifan z

In-app purchases

None

Easy Scan

No in-app purchases

None

InStash

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Easy Scan free?
Easy Scan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is InStash free?
InStash is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Easy Scan or InStash have ads?
Easy Scan shows ads; InStash does not.
Which is updated more often, Easy Scan or InStash?
Easy Scan ships an update every 11 days, and InStash monthly. Most recently, Easy Scan was updated on October 25, 2026 and InStash on October 31, 2026.

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