Comparison

Scan&Send vs ScanBox

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

Head to head
About

Scan&Send

Digitize documents into high-quality PDFs with this minimalist scanner app. It offers essential features like torch, editing, and instant sharing without requiring sign-in or taking up much device space.

Highlights
  • Minimalist document scanning
  • High-quality PDF creation
  • No sign-in required
  • Lightweight and space-saving
  • Essential editing tools
  • Instant sharing options
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Experience the world's most minimalist document scanner. Made in India. Made by Indians. Scan&Send is the simplest and lightest scanner app available, which allows you to digitise your documents into premium quality PDF files seamlessly. With Scan&Send you can create scanned copies of your class notes, official documents, business cards, memos, forms, invitations, and much more. Why you should choose Scan&Send over everything else — No sign-in needed : It is really a waste of time to login to your account, or sign-in with your email address, just to scan a couple of documents. Scan&Send is a straightforward offline app to scan your documents at ease. Period. Lightweight : Scan&Send barely takes space in your device! Say good bye to "low memory" alerts! Minimalist UI : Scan&Send is THE best document scanning app, as far as minimalist designs go. Resourceful : With the most essential features right at your fingertips — Torch, Editing tools, Sharing options, etc — Scan&Send makes your UI experience an eventful one for sure. Quick conversions : With a click of a button, transform a snapshot into a high-quality PDF file, only on the Scan&Send app! Instant Sharing options : Scan&Send allows you to send and share files via email or any other social media platform. Ease your tasks with Scan&Send!

About

ScanBox

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Scan only the text you want, frame it with a resizable scan box, tap once, and copy it. No wall of text to clean up. Works on camera, photos and screenshots, entirely on your iPhone. ScanBox gives you a scan box you can drag and resize. Put it over a price, a serial number, a single paragraph or a QR code, tap once, and just that is ready to use. WHAT'S NEW IN 1.3 • QR codes and barcodes: ScanBox reads codes inside the scan box, from the camera and from photos. Each code gets a Copy button, and web links get a tap-to-Open button • Search your history, ignoring case and accents • Tap phone numbers, links, addresses and dates in your results to call, open, map or add them • Edit captured text before you copy it; your edits are saved to history • Read aloud with the on-device system voice • Share sheet: choose "ScanBox" from Photos, Files or Safari images to read the text and copy it all, without opening the app. Scans from the share sheet are not saved to history • Shortcuts: the "Extract Text from Image" action (iOS 16 or later) • A simpler 3-step first-run guide TWO WAYS TO SCAN Camera: point at a menu, label, receipt, book page, sign or QR code. Move and resize the scan box to frame exactly what you need. Pinch to zoom from 1x to 6x and switch on the torch in dim light. Photos: import any picture or screenshot from your library. The same scan box appears over the image (it starts on the whole image) so you can narrow it to one line before you capture. WHY SCANBOX • Scan box: drag, resize and capture only what is inside it • Image to text from Photos and screenshots • QR code and barcode reading • Live camera scanning with torch and pinch-to-zoom (1x to 6x) • 13 OCR languages: English (US/UK), French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Japanese, Korean, Russian and Ukrainian (these four need iOS 16 or later) • Optional auto-copy: turn it on in Settings to send text to your clipboard the moment it is read • Fast Mode for quick, everyday scans • Copy or share the result to Messages, Mail, Notes or any app • Local scan history with search, swipe to delete and Clear All • Haptics you can switch off • Tiny download - no bloat PRIVATE BY DESIGN ScanBox collects nothing. There is no account, no ads, no tracking, no analytics, no third-party SDKs and no network requests. Text is recognised on your device with Apple's Vision framework, and read aloud with the on-device system voice. Photos and camera frames are never saved or uploaded, and your history stays in the app's private storage on your iPhone. It works in airplane mode. GREAT FOR Receipts, menus, product labels, ingredient lists, serial numbers, price tags, business cards, street signs, whiteboards, book passages, neatly handwritten notes, QR codes, barcodes, and text inside screenshots - anything you would otherwise retype by hand. Free. No subscription. No sign-in.

Screenshots

Scan&Send4 screens
ScanBox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Scan&Send at 100% against ScanBox's 0%. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scan&Send ships an update every 2 months, ScanBox every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 7 level
Scan&Send versus ScanBox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScan&SendScanBox
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer200OK SolutionsNeha Rathore

Customer experience

Scan&Send

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ScanBox

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Scan&Send

No in-app purchases

None

ScanBox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scan&Send free?
Scan&Send is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ScanBox free?
ScanBox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Scan&Send or ScanBox have ads?
Neither Scan&Send nor ScanBox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scan&Send or ScanBox?
Scan&Send ships an update every 2 months, and ScanBox every 4 months. Most recently, Scan&Send was updated on October 24, 2026 and ScanBox on October 24, 2026.

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