Scanner vs Paperless Scan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scanner
This app offers fast document scanning and accurate OCR text recognition. It supports converting various important documents into PDF or JPG formats and allows adding watermarks for security.
- Fast document scanning
- Accurate OCR text recognition
- Convert to PDF or JPG
- Scan ID cards and bank cards
- Add watermarks to documents
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Fast scanning, all-around recognition! 1. Unlimited functions, free to use, no ads 2. Accurate algorithm, fast OCR text recognition! 3. Support the scanning of important documents such as ID cards, bank cards, real estate certificates, contracts, and support the generation of PDF or JPG 4. Add a watermark to the contract to prevent abuse
Paperless Scan
Easily scan documents and convert them into PDF files. Merge multiple documents into a single PDF and share them directly from the app. View file details and manage your scanned documents efficiently.
- Scan documents to PDF
- Merge multiple PDFs
- Batch processing
- Share scanned files
- View PDF details
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Tap "Scan" button to scan the document and automatically convert and save as PDF file. To merge and batch processing PDF files, tap "Merge" button and choose all the files in order to combine them. Tap each cell to view the detail of the PDF file and you can choose "Share" option to share and save the files.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Scanner at 4.9 against Paperless Scan's 4.0. Scanner also leads on update cadence (every 8 months vs every 25 months). Paperless Scan's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. Scanner sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Paperless Scan asks for nothing beyond the download.
Scanner holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 13 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 96% of Scanner's written reviews are positive against 100% of Paperless Scan's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Scanner ships an update every 8 months, Paperless Scan every 25 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Scanner | Paperless Scan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (13 ratings) — better | 4.0 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 95.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months — better | Every 25 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 传胜 贾 | Appulet, Inc |
Customer experience
Scanner
Paperless Scan
In-app purchases
Scanner
- 20 Processing counts$0.99
- 5 Processing counts$0.99
- Permanent VIP$3.99
Paperless Scan
No in-app purchases
