Comparison

PDF Manager vs ScanGo

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

Head to head
About

PDF Manager

Transform your device into a mobile scanner and PDF editor. Easily scan documents with automatic border detection, edit, sign, and share them in high-quality PDF or JPEG formats. Organize your files with folders and protect them with passwords.

Highlights
  • Automatic document border detection
  • Export to PDF or JPEG
  • Digital signature and watermarks
  • Organize documents in folders
  • Password protection for documents
  • Cloud and local storage options
Features
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PDF Manager is a handy app that turns your device into a powerful mobile scanner and pdf document editor. Simple in use, scan documents with high accuracy, edit and share. - Scan any document you need, detects borders automatically - Export to PDF or JPEG in high quality - Sign documents just in a few taps and multiple signatures - Share via social media, messengers, email and more PDF Manager App is an easy-to-use, portable and powerful mobile scanner. Scan documents where you are, at home or on the go. Manage all your documents and keep them in hand. Just place the necessary document in front of a camera: app automatically detects borders, crops it and saves as a document. Scan a lot of pages quickly or add pages to existing documents. Further you can edit, sign, share it or store important docs on your device. Possibility: - Scan as many documents as you need and sort them in folders - Scan things, you need to keep records: to-do lists, mindmaps, receipts, notes - Turn handwritten notes into digital copies - Add signatures - Add Watermarks to your documents - Export documents in necessary format - Share documents to email, messengers - Save documents locally on device or cloud - Print document via Wi-Fi printers Plus Add features like backing document to iCloud and password protect your documents. Privacy Policy http://apps-machine.com/privacypolicy Terms of Use http://apps-machine.com/termsofuse

About

ScanGo

Easily scan documents, certificates, credit cards, and receipts into high-quality PDFs or images. Extract text using OCR, organize with folders, and share via various cloud services or directly. Protect your scans with a passcode.

Highlights
  • Scan documents and photos to PDF
  • OCR text extraction
  • Edit and enhance scans
  • Organize with folders
  • Share via cloud services
  • Passcode protection
Features
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WHAT IS ScanGo? ScanGo is a little, simple, flexible, easy-to-use app with kinds of features satisfying different situations in your iPhone. It allows you to scan documents, certificates, credit cards, invoices, receipts, tickets and any paper with high quality image & PDF output. Also, you can extract text by OCR function from any scans just by one tap. It is also a camera scanner with concise, efficient user interface whose main tone is black & white with teal & chrome yellow embellished throughout the app. HOW TO SCAN DOCS? - Scan everything by one click, of course you can choose to scan from Photos or Camera. - Edit docs after scanning immediately, including add, rotate, adjust, reorder and delete pages. - Rotate, Crop and Adjust filter to get high quality scans. - Provided five filter modes to enhance your scans - Original, B&W 1, B&W 2, Color, Grayscale. What’s more, each filter can be adjusted for its own Brightness, Contrast, Saturation and Sharpness. HOW TO MANAGE DOCS? - The Recents module on home page shows your recently added docs, which helps to find them faster. - Add folders and sub-folders to manage scanned docs. - Rename folders and documents to make them more distinguishable. - Important and urgent documents can be Starred for faster access. - Search function helps to find the doc you need from a dizzying array. - Every folder, doc and page can be shared with email, Dropbox, Google Drive, Evernote etc. or Wifi directly. - Save scans as JPEG to Photos. - Move/Copy/Delete docs and pages. - Print scans directly within app once you connect to a Printer. - Fax scans directly if you have Fax Pro app installed. AFRAID OF DATA LOSS? ScanGo supports syncing data with iCloud. MAKE THE APP MORE EFFICIENT CONVENIENT - Turn on the camera immediately whenever you open the app. HANDY - Save scans to Photos automatically. EASY - Auto edge detection and enhancement. SIMPLE - Share docs and folders in default PDF size. SECURE - Protect your documents with passcode. MORE QUESTIONS? If you have any problems with ScanGo, please email us at scango@beesoft.io, we’ll help to figure it out asap.

Screenshots

PDF Manager4 screens
ScanGo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ScanGo at none against PDF Manager's 2. ScanGo also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 67%). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. PDF Manager sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per 7 days. ScanGo asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for PDF Manager against 4.8 for ScanGo. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 78 and 172 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of PDF Manager's written reviews are positive against 88% of ScanGo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PDF Manager ships an update every 6 weeks, ScanGo every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PDF Manager versus ScanGo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDF ManagerScanGo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (78 ratings) — better4.8 (172 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings78172 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMULTI MOBILE LtdBeesoft Apps

Customer experience

PDF Manager

All ratings78 ratings
Positive93.6%
Neutral5.1%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative22.2%

ScanGo

All ratings168 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral1.8%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews88 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral2.3%
Negative10.2%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

PDF Manager

Subscriptions2
  • PDF Pro App Plus Weekly$1.497 Days
  • PDF Pro Plus$3.491 Month
None

ScanGo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PDF Manager free?
PDF Manager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ScanGo free?
ScanGo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PDF Manager or ScanGo?
PDF Manager is rated higher. PDF Manager averages 4.8 out of 5 from 78 ratings, while ScanGo averages 4.8 from 172 ratings.
Do PDF Manager or ScanGo have ads?
Neither PDF Manager nor ScanGo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PDF Manager or ScanGo?
PDF Manager ships an update every 6 weeks, and ScanGo every 5 weeks. Most recently, PDF Manager was updated on November 3, 2026 and ScanGo on November 8, 2026.

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