Comparison

Adobe Connect vs Scanbot SDK

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

Head to head
About

Adobe Connect

Attend virtual meetings, webinars, and classrooms directly from your mobile device. Participate in live discussions, view shared content like presentations and videos, and collaborate with others through chat and polls.

Highlights
  • Attend meetings, webinars, and virtual classrooms
  • Participate in chat, polls, and Q&A
  • View shared presentations, videos, and screen sharing
  • Use VoIP or telephone conferencing for audio
  • Participate in breakout rooms
  • Download files and click links
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Attend meetings, webinars, and virtual classrooms with Adobe Connect. Adobe Connect for iOS brings critical meeting capabilities to your mobile device, enabling you to attend meetings directly from your iPhone or iPad. The Adobe Connect application delivers a modern user interface, supports high resolution camera broadcast, and supports both landscape and portrait viewing. Join any Standard View or Enhanced Audio/Video Experience enabled meetings. Use your built-in microphone and speakers, a connected headset, or a Bluetooth device such as Apple AirPods to join meeting audio. Or join a telephone conference if included with the meeting. Participate in video conferencing using your device’s cameras. View high quality PowerPoint® presentations, videos, PDF documents, images, GIF animations, or desktop computer screens being shared. Participate in chat, vote in polls, read notes, download files, click links, ask questions, raise your hand, agree/disagree, or let the host know you have stepped away. FEATURES: • Talk and listen using your microphone and speakers (VoIP) or another device • View cameras being shared and share your camera if allowed • View PowerPoint slides being shared • View screen sharing being shared • View whiteboards or annotations on content • View MP4 videos, JPG and PNG images, and animated GIFs being shared • View PDF documents being shared • Listen to MP3 audio being shared • View and participate with custom pods • Participate in chat, including selecting colors and private chats in chat pods and chat panel • Participate in polls, including multiple-choice, multiple-answer, and short answer • View notes including formatting and hyperlinks • Ask questions and see other questions and responses in Q&A • Download files directly to your device • Click on links to visit websites with your mobile browser • Change your status: including Raise Hand, Agree / Disagree, and Stepped Away • Participate in breakout rooms with audio, cameras, and chat • Support for Single Sign-On requiring two-factor authentication • As a host, login, accept guests, and promote others • Participant can access and participate in Quiz • Participant can see Closed Captions if enabled by host for the room. Support for additional meeting activities will be coming soon. This application does not yet support drawing on whiteboards, or note taking. These activities can be accessed by joining the meeting using a standard mobile browser. Note: This application is NOT for watching recordings. Adobe Connect recordings can be viewed using a standard mobile browser while online. Requirements: iOS 13.0 or higher. Devices supported: iPhone 6s or higher, iPad 5th generation or higher. Requires WiFi or a standard 4G/5G mobile connection.

About

Scanbot SDK

Transform your device into a high-quality document scanner in seconds. This app offers automatic capturing, cropping, and perspective correction for crisp images. It works offline for absolute data security and supports multiple export formats and image optimization filters.

Highlights
  • Automatic capturing and cropping
  • Perspective correction
  • Multiple export formats (PDF, JPG, PNG, TIFF)
  • Image optimization filters
  • Single and multi-page scanning
  • Offline functionality
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Turn any smartphone, tablet, or wearable device into an easy-to-use & reliable Document Scanner that creates high-quality images of documents in just 2 seconds with the Scanbot SDK: Document Scanning App. This App impresses with an easy-to-use and reliable scanning experience that enables users to create high-quality images of physical documents. Working completely offline on your device, the App is never connected to any third-party servers – providing you with absolute data security. Our cutting-edge machine learning- and computer vision-based Document Scanning technology offers all the features you need for a seamless scanning experience that allows anyone to easily capture sharp and crisp images of documents: SELF-EXPLAINING USER GUIDANCE We developed a self-explaining user guidance that enables even non-tech-savvy people to capture high-quality scans with their devices easily. AUTOMATIC CAPTURING & CROPPING With our automatic capturing and cropping functionalities, all you need to do is hold your device over a document to create the perfect scan. The Scanbot SDK: Document Scanning App does the rest - blurry and badly cropped images with disturbing backgrounds become a thing of the past. PERSPECTIVE CORRECTION We know that it can be difficult to position the camera perfectly above the document. This is why we developed an algorithm that automatically straightens every scan. It supports you with scans taken from a bad angle and facilitates further processing. MULTIPLE EXPORT FORMATS PDF, JPG, PNG, or TIFF – we offer all the export formats that you need. IMAGE OPTIMIZATION FILTERS We have learned that each user has unique image requirements. That's why we built Image Optimization Filters for various use cases (e.g., Binarization, Grayscale, Color Document, and more). SINGLE- AND MULTI-PAGE MODES With our App, you can scan single or multi-page documents without leaving the scan screen. If you have any questions, please contact us: https://scanbot.io/.

Screenshots

Adobe Connect4 screens
Scanbot SDK4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Scanbot SDK at 4.3 against Adobe Connect's 3.4. Scanbot SDK also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 25%). Adobe Connect's advantage is ratings volume (221 vs 16). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Scanbot SDK holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Adobe Connect has 221 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Adobe Connect's written reviews are positive against 67% of Scanbot SDK's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Adobe Connect versus Scanbot SDK: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAdobe ConnectScanbot SDK
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (221 ratings)4.3 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings221 — better16
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size187 MB90 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdobe Inc.Scanbot SDK, Inc

Customer experience

Adobe Connect

All ratings221 ratings
Positive56.1%
Neutral9.0%
Negative34.8%
Written reviews80 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral6.3%
Negative68.8%

Scanbot SDK

All ratings16 ratings
Positive81.3%
Neutral6.3%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Adobe Connect

Reported bugs

73 issues
  • App crashes all the time
  • Sound only works 10% of the time
  • Commute mode: sound has not worked
  • Cannot write messages in main tab on iPad
  • SSO not working
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  • Does not verify session links
  • Not working on iOS 26
  • Audio comes out like on phone
  • Cannot record session from phone
  • Audio impossible to make work on iPad
  • Cannot register, forgot password emails never arrive
  • Problems with image vs. audio
  • Cannot increase speed to watch videos
  • Audio stream not uninterrupted on mobile data
  • Doesn't join rooms anymore
  • Shared PDF image disappears or doesn't load
  • Kicks out constantly and doesn't allow re-entry
  • Sends to 'Join Room' with no way out
  • Choppy video and audio
  • Laggy on iPad Pro
  • Very glitchy
  • Connection errors
  • Too many bugs during sessions
  • Slides and videos not visible to participants
  • HTML pods presentation unpredictable
  • Customizable pods hit or miss
  • Chat box frozen
  • Users stuck with old version bugs
  • Screenshots rotated 90 degrees
  • No audio in meetings
  • Not compatible with screen readers
  • Constant network problems, users kicked out
  • Cannot see shared screen on iPad Pro
  • No sharing possible
  • Constant crashing, kicked out every 10 minutes
  • App does not work
  • Auto login process fails when redirecting from website
  • Force Touch link not available
  • App not developed for iPhone or iPad
  • Audio cut out often, app crashed every 10-15 minutes
  • Desktop version has significant video delay
  • Cannot connect app from Safari
  • Audio hacks sometimes, app needs restart
  • Chat window snags, miss current messages
  • PDFs not visible in class
  • Mute button kept disappearing
  • Lost visual and could not answer poll questions
  • Sound volume fluctuated, no handouts, app froze, could not view presentation
  • Cannot hear audio in live meetings
  • Cannot open webinar
  • Cannot see screen while attending meeting
  • Cannot access PDF files or view presented PDFs
  • Cannot see shared screen
  • Cannot connect from Safari
  • Audio hacks, app needs restart
  • PDF not supported
  • Infinite loading circle
  • Username/password not accepted by new app
  • Cannot see uploaded PDFs on tablet
  • Have to sacrifice screen to see chat
  • Only one option for screen share + camera
  • Everything on separate screens in pods, miss a lot
  • Cannot use half the features
  • Doesn't work, jumps from Chrome to app
  • Keeps giving 'enter a valid link' error
  • Cannot go to meeting when tapping open on browser
  • Stuck in a loop, tells to install app when already installed
  • Lost many classes because of this
  • Cannot leave/switch room if meeting hasn't started
  • App stays 'hanging'
  • Had to delete and reinstall app to enter correct room
  • Cannot open webinar
  • Cannot see screen during meeting

Requested features

12 requests
  • Bring back old app
  • Add recording session from mobile
  • Needs emoticons and hand gestures
  • Add Notes for app version
  • Support for PDF Files
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  • Make chat popup
  • Allow viewing screen share + camera simultaneously
  • Add Q&A support
  • Make it easier to connect or share link
  • Be able to exit chat box without restarting
  • Add dark mode
  • Advanced analytics dashboard

Scanbot SDK

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Adobe Connect

No in-app purchases

None

Scanbot SDK

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Adobe Connect free?
Adobe Connect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scanbot SDK free?
Scanbot SDK is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Adobe Connect or Scanbot SDK?
Scanbot SDK is rated higher. Adobe Connect averages 3.4 out of 5 from 221 ratings, while Scanbot SDK averages 4.3 from 16 ratings.
Do Adobe Connect or Scanbot SDK have ads?
Neither Adobe Connect nor Scanbot SDK shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Adobe Connect or Scanbot SDK?
Adobe Connect ships an update every 2 months, and Scanbot SDK every 2 months. Most recently, Adobe Connect was updated on September 23, 2026 and Scanbot SDK on September 14, 2026.

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