Document Scanner vs Photo Scanner to Document
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Document Scanner
Easily capture, edit, and organize high-quality scans of documents, receipts, and more directly from your mobile device. Advanced image processing ensures clear, sharp results with smart cropping and auto-enhancement. Organize scans into folders and share them as PDFs or print directly.
- High-quality document scanning
- Advanced image processing
- Smart cropping and auto-enhancement
- Folder organization
- PDF sharing and direct printing
- Import images from gallery
- Offline scanning
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Transform your iPhone into a powerful, studio-grade document scanner. Digitizing receipts, contracts, tax documents, ID cards, and books has never been faster or cleaner. KEY FEATURES: • Ultra-HD Camera Scanning: Automatic edge detection, perspective correction, and studio color filters. • AI OCR & Searchable PDFs: Recognize text inside scans and search keywords with Apple Vision. • 2-Sided ID & Passport Scanner: Stitches front and back onto a single printable page. • Auto Expense Report Generator: Extract itemized receipts directly into CSV spreadsheets. • E-Sign & Annotate: Place your signature and date stamps anywhere on the document. • PDF Studio: Merge multiple files, split pages, compress file size up to 75%, and password-protect. • 100% Private On-Device: Your documents are processed locally on your device. Secure with Face ID.
Photo Scanner to Document
Transform your device's camera into a powerful document scanner. Easily create PDFs, add signatures, highlight, and annotate your scans. Share documents instantly via various platforms with searchable text.
- Scan documents with camera
- Create searchable PDFs
- Add signatures
- Edit and annotate documents
- Share via multiple platforms
- Selectable text
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Use your camera as a scanner to create PDF documents. After scanning your document you can easily add your signature, edit, hi-light or annotate your document. Share your document by Mail, Messenger, AirDrop, iCloud, etc. Your PDF will have selectable and searchable Text. We offer a very competitive price model. --- Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Photo Scanner to Document at 5.0 against Document Scanner's 4.5. Photo Scanner to Document also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 86%). Document Scanner's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (108 vs 29). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Document Scanner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Photo Scanner to Document sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Photo Scanner to Document holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 108 and 29 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Document Scanner's written reviews are positive against 100% of Photo Scanner to Document's.
Document Scanner ships an update every 10 days, Photo Scanner to Document every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Document Scanner | Photo Scanner to Document |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (108 ratings) | 5.0 (29 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 108 — better | 29 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sujal Adhia | Spicy Apps |
Customer experience
Document Scanner
Photo Scanner to Document
In-app purchases
Document Scanner
- WeeklySubscription$1.997 Days
- Annual Subscription3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Ads free version$19.99
Photo Scanner to Document
- Monthly3 Days trial$2.491 Month
- 6 month3 Days trial$7.496 Months
- Yearly3 Days trial$13.991 Year
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