Text Extractor OCR vs PDF Extractor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Text Extractor OCR
This app uses optical character recognition to extract text from images and documents, including handwritten content. It offers high accuracy and supports multiple languages, with features like sharing and cropping extracted text.
- Extract text from images and PDFs
- Supports handwritten text
- High accuracy (99%)
- Share extracted text
- Crop text from images
- Supports dark mode
- Multi-language support
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Text Extractor (OCR) will help to extract text of any language from document or an image. It supports handwritten images/documents as well. √ Extract text from image, PDF √ Ability to share the extracted the text √ 99% Accuracy level √ Easy to extract from a hardcopy document using camera √ Ability to extract from multi page document √ Easy to crop text content from an Image √ Supports Darkmode √ Support most of the languages
PDF Extractor
Easily extract text and high-resolution images from PDF files. Compress extracted content into zip files for convenient sharing. Supports copying text to the clipboard and extracting unlimited rich text.
- Extract high-resolution images
- Extract unlimited images
- Compress content to zip files
- Copy text to clipboard
- Extract unlimited rich text
- Select specific text ranges
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Extract text, images, and editable documents from PDFs on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. PDF Extractor helps you reuse the content inside your PDFs. Extract plain text, save embedded images, or convert PDF pages into Word, Markdown, HTML, and RTF. Preview your results before exporting, with PDF processing performed locally on your device. EXTRACT TEXT FROM PDF • Extract plain text from PDF documents • Copy extracted text to the clipboard for use in other apps • Export text as a TXT file • Choose a specific page range to extract CONVERT PDF TO EDITABLE DOCUMENTS • Export Word (.docx), Markdown, HTML, and RTF • Reflow text and images into editable content • Recognize text in scanned pages using on-device OCR • Preview formatted documents and view HTML or Markdown source before exporting EXTRACT IMAGES FROM PDF • Extract supported embedded images from PDF documents • Select individual images or multiple images • Preview images before exporting • Save extracted pictures to Photos or export them as files PREVIEW, EXPORT, AND SHARE • Preview extracted content before saving or sharing • Package multiple extracted images into a ZIP file • Share exported files with other apps • Use resizable preview windows on Mac TRY BEFORE YOU UPGRADE • Preview and export up to 3,000 characters of plain text • Convert and export the first 3 PDF pages • Export up to 20 supported embedded images • Unlock full-document conversion, unlimited supported image extraction, page-range selection, and clipboard copying with a one-time purchase. No subscription. Whether you need text from a report, images for a presentation, or an editable version of a PDF, PDF Extractor helps you prepare the content for your next task.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PDF Extractor at 100% against Text Extractor OCR's 50%. PDF Extractor also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). Text Extractor OCR's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Text Extractor OCR sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and PDF Extractor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Text Extractor OCR holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Text Extractor OCR's written reviews are positive against 100% of PDF Extractor's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Text Extractor OCR ships an update every 17 months, PDF Extractor every 23 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Text Extractor OCR | PDF Extractor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months — better | Every 23 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bhuvaneswari Sekar | 培强 郝 |
Customer experience
Text Extractor OCR
PDF Extractor
In-app purchases
Text Extractor OCR
- One Month Premium$0.991 Month
- One Year Premium$7.991 Year
PDF Extractor
- Get Full Access$2.99
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