Scannable vs InsightsScan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scannable
This app allows you to scan documents and extract text using optical character recognition (OCR). Save textbooks, letters, and receipts as digital data. Supports English, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese.
- Document scanning
- Image to text conversion (OCR)
- Save digital data
- Supports English, Japanese, Chinese
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Scannable - Mobile Scanner App. Free Scanning App / Document Scan / OCR / Photo Scan Simple operation, image to text analysis! You can save textbooks, letters, and receipts as digital data. English and Japanese, Chinese-Simplified are supported.
InsightsScan
This utility app uses AI to extract and summarize text from photos of documents, receipts, and notes. It transforms images into organized, easy-to-read bullet points, providing quick access to key information.
- AI text scanning from photos
- Instant summarization of key info
- Organized bullet point output
- Scans documents, receipts, notes
- Offline scanning capability
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Turn any photo into clear, organized insights in seconds. InsightsScan uses advanced AI to scan text from photos, documents, receipts, menus, notes, and more — then instantly summarizes the key information in easy-to-read bullet points. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: InsightsScan at 100% against Scannable's 0%. InsightsScan also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.1). Scannable's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (513 vs 6). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. InsightsScan sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Scannable asks for nothing beyond the download.
InsightsScan holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scannable has 513 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Scannable's written reviews are positive against 100% of InsightsScan's.
Scannable ships an update every 11 days, InsightsScan fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and July 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scannable | InsightsScan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (513 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 513 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hiroya Hinomori | Chi Chen Lee |
Customer experience
Scannable
InsightsScan
In-app purchases
Scannable
No in-app purchases
InsightsScan
- Premium Monthly$2.99
- Premium Yearly$19.99
