OCRScanner vs Text Scanner AI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OCRScanner
This utility app uses advanced machine learning for high-quality text recognition from images. It allows unlimited free text extraction, image cropping, and smart formatting of scanned text. It also supports photos from your album and offline translation.
- Unlimited free text recognition
- Extract text from images
- Crop image before OCR
- Smart text formatting
- Support album photos
- Offline translation
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OCRScanner use machine learning text recognition technology to recognize text on pictures with high quality! Main features: • Recognize text unlimited times for free • Extract any Text/Words on Image. • Crop image before OCR. • Smart formatting of scanned text • Support photos of your album • Support offline translation
Text Scanner AI
Transform your phone into a powerful text scanner. Extract text from images, photos, and pictures quickly and accurately using advanced AI-powered OCR technology. Supports auto-detection and scanning of over 100 languages.
- Scan text from images
- Extract text from photos
- AI-powered OCR
- Fast and accurate scanning
- Auto-detect languages
- 100+ languages supported
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Turn your phone into a Text Scanner - Scan/extract text from images/photos/pictures by using phone's camera. - Scanning is fast & accurate. - Most advanced OCR technology. - Auto detect languages of the text. - 100+ languages supported. Upgrade to Premium version to completely remove the ads. You can upgrade to Premium version with onetime payment or buying subscription options: - a yearly subscription (which comes with a 3-day free trial). - a monthly subscription – Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. – Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. – Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. – Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase. – Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Privacy: https://evolly.app/privacy-policy/ Terms: https://evolly.app/terms-of-service/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OCRScanner at none against Text Scanner AI's 3. OCRScanner also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 months). Text Scanner AI's advantage is ratings volume (579 vs 3). On price and device support 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 Scanner AI sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. OCRScanner asks for nothing beyond the download.
OCRScanner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Text Scanner AI has 579 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of OCRScanner's written reviews are positive against 82% of Text Scanner AI's.
OCRScanner ships an update every 2 days, Text Scanner AI every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OCRScanner | Text Scanner AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.7 (579 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 82.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 579 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HIROMOTO TSUJI | EVOLLY HK LIMITED |
Customer experience
OCRScanner
Text Scanner AI
Bugs and requests
OCRScanner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Text Scanner AI
Reported bugs
9 issues- Inconsistent handwriting recognition accuracy
- Spacing insertion/exclusion errors
- Asterisk (*) symbol recognition failure
- Word omission in OCR conversion
- Confusion between similar letters (t's and l's)
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- Comma and period confusion
- Capitalization errors
- Inability to recognize struck-through words
- Inconsistent recognition of identical words
Requested features
6 requests- Black and white conversion before OCR processing
- Spell-check and word suggestions in editing mode
- Spell-checker integration for misspelled words
- Image sharing support from Safari long-press
- Text and music addition to photos
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- Commonly appearing word comparison for corrections
In-app purchases
OCRScanner
No in-app purchases
Text Scanner AI
- Monthly Premium Subscription$3.991 Month
- Yearly Premium Subscription3 Days trial$16.491 Year
- Premium Lifetime$34.99
Questions
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