Comparison

Doc Scan vs OCR Text Scanner

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

Head to head
About

Doc Scan

Easily scan documents, receipts, and more into high-quality PDFs or JPEGs. Features include automatic document recognition, editing tools, OCR text extraction, and secure iCloud syncing for access across all your Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Automatic document recognition
  • Crop and edit scans
  • Apply color schemes
  • Add custom signatures
  • OCR text recognition
  • Share as PDF or JPEG
  • iCloud sync for all devices
Features
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Turn any paper into a clean, searchable PDF or JPG in seconds — no bulky scanner needed, just your phone's camera. Point your camera at a document and Doc Scan automatically detects it and captures the shot. Crop your scan and choose from color, grayscale, black & white, or photo mode to get the cleanest result every time. Once your scan is ready, use built-in OCR to extract accurate text from receipts, bills, passports, contracts, and any other document. Add your own signature to sign documents on the spot — no printing required. Export and share your finished scans as PDFs or JPGs, completely free. Every document is automatically backed up to iCloud, so nothing is lost even if you delete the app, and everything syncs across all your Apple devices. Why people choose Doc Scan: • Scan receipts, bills, passports, contracts, and any paper document • Auto document detection with one-tap cropping • Color, grayscale, black & white, and photo filters • Accurate text recognition (OCR) • Add a signature to sign documents digitally • Export and share as PDF or JPG, free • Automatic iCloud backup and sync across all your devices • App lock to keep your documents private Stop carrying paper. Download Doc Scan and start scanning in seconds.

About

OCR Text Scanner

Easily convert text from images and your camera into digital format. Edit, copy, share, and save scanned text, with an option to export to PDF for premium users. Access a history of all your recognized texts.

Highlights
  • Scan text from camera
  • Convert local images to text
  • Copy and edit scanned text
  • Share recognized text
  • Convert to PDF (Premium)
  • History of scanned texts
Features
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OCR Text Scanner is an OCR reader (Optical Character Recognition) that allows you to scan text from the physical world with your device's camera, extract text, and convert it to digital format quickly and easily. Features: - Image to text: scan any text with the camera to extract text and get its digital representation - Photo to text: scan local images on your device to convert any picture to text - Copy, edit, and share all the texts you have scanned - Convert text scanned with the OCR reader to a PDF file - Review any text previously recognized with the OCR scanner in the History section > How does this application work? To start text scanning, all you have to do is open the application, which by default will open with the camera scanner ready to scan text. From there you just have to point at the text you want to scan and press the “Scan” button. The app will show you a preview of the captured image, at this point you can choose to scan only a fraction of the taken image if you don't want to scan it all. The application will then proceed to perform text recognition and show you the recognized characters, allowing you to go from image to text quickly and easily. > Can I convert an existing picture to text? Of course! To do a photo to text conversion, go to the image scanning section and press the button to choose an image. A selector will open where you can choose which pre-existing image from your device you want to scan. From this point the process is exactly the same as when scanning with the camera: you will be shown a preview of the image where you can choose to scan it all or just a fraction, then the text recognition will start and you will be shown the recognized characters. > What can I do with scanned texts? After using the text scanner function to recognize text, it will be displayed on the screen. Here you can edit the recognized text to make any corrections you deem appropriate. You can then copy that text to use it in any other application on your device, as well as share it with other people or applications through the sharing option. Additionally, users who have subscribed to the Premium membership can also automatically convert scanned text into a PDF file. > Is there any type of record of the scanned texts? Yes. All texts that have been scanned with the text reader function, regardless of whether they were scanned with your device's camera or by image file recognition, are stored in the History section. Go to this section to see all these texts and click on any of them to see their details, copy it, share it, or export it to a file in PDF format. Here you can also delete texts that you no longer want to keep. > Which characters are supported? The app supports text recognition for Latin, Chinese, Devanagari, Japanese, and Korean characters. Select the character detection mode that matches the text in your image before scanning, so the image scanner can recognise the right type of writing. In short, OCR Text Scanner is your trusted OCR scanner to extract text from any picture you capture with your camera or any image you already have. It lets you perform all the appropriate actions on your scans and gives you the power of digitisation within your mobile device. Download now to start digitising text!

Screenshots

Doc Scan4 screens
OCR Text Scanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: OCR Text Scanner at 100% against Doc Scan's 50%. Doc Scan's advantage is rating (4.2 vs 3.4) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Doc Scan sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per 7 days and OCR Text Scanner sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Doc Scan holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Doc Scan's written reviews are positive against 100% of OCR Text Scanner's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Doc Scan ships an update monthly, OCR Text Scanner every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Doc Scan versus OCR Text Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDoc ScanOCR Text Scanner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (21 ratings) — better3.4 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings21 — better5
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB87 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developer培 李David Serrano Canales

Customer experience

Doc Scan

All ratings21 ratings
Positive81.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative19.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

OCR Text Scanner

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Doc Scan

Subscriptions4
  • Weekly Subscription$1.497 Days
  • Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
  • Half-yearly Subscription$11.996 Months
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  • Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$34.99
10 purchases

OCR Text Scanner

Subscriptions7
  • Premium$2.991 Month
  • Premium$3.991 Month
  • Premium$5.991 Month
Show 4 more
  • Premium7 Days trial$8.991 Year
  • Premium7 Days trial$12.991 Year
  • Premium7 Days trial$17.991 Year
  • Premium14 Days trial$37.991 Year
One-time3
  • Premium$17.99
  • Premium Lifetime$24.99
  • Premium$34.99

Questions

Is Doc Scan free?
Doc Scan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OCR Text Scanner free?
OCR Text Scanner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Doc Scan or OCR Text Scanner?
Doc Scan is rated higher. Doc Scan averages 4.2 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while OCR Text Scanner averages 3.4 from 5 ratings.
Do Doc Scan or OCR Text Scanner have ads?
OCR Text Scanner shows ads; Doc Scan does not.
Which is updated more often, Doc Scan or OCR Text Scanner?
Doc Scan ships an update monthly, and OCR Text Scanner every 2 months. Most recently, Doc Scan was updated on November 3, 2026 and OCR Text Scanner on November 7, 2026.

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