Comparison

Cam Scan vs CamNote

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

Head to head
About

Cam Scan

This app transforms your device into a portable scanner, allowing you to capture documents, receipts, and IDs. It offers features like automatic edge detection, OCR for text extraction, and e-signature capabilities. Easily share your scanned files in PDF or JPEG format.

Highlights
  • Scan documents with camera
  • Automatic edge detection and cropping
  • Text recognition (OCR)
  • Smart e-signature
  • Measure area with camera (AR)
  • Share as PDF or JPEG
Features
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Cam Scan is a free scanner app that helps you to scan, edit and share it with your business utilities and sync content to your smartphones, iPad, tablet, and computers. PDF scanner app is easy to scan and share. The scanner can scan office document screenshots and good image doc. Quick HD resolution scan and photo editor available for making good-quality PDF documents. Free PDF Scanner Anytime and anywhere, use your camera to scan invoices, personal documents, ID proof, receipts, certificates, photo IDs, business documents, etc. Scan all types of documents with the fast scanner and enjoy your business. Auto detect edge croping Use camera for capture document by phone, remove extra space background, auto-detect the edge, generate high-resolution PDF File and JPEG. Smart E-signature Upload and Sign doc to use the E-signature pad on your phone and sign the contract to your business party. it is used for doing the sign-on contracts, government form fills up, and other business documents. Text Recognition (OCR) Extract editable text from images with powerful OCR technology. Perfect for scanning printed documents, notes, and business cards. Measure Area with Your Camera Quickly measure room size, floor area, and object dimensions using advanced AR technology. Scanner app scan document with auto color detection. image rotation, adjustment background removal, high-speed pdf scanner, multiple scanners, and smart scanning. Pdf converter scanning amazing solid text recognition, elegant of an image, and simple sharing options. Scanbot pro crop your busy background scans accurately while correcting PDF makeup features. Print out docs in a cam scan with a nearby printer via fax docs and air print instantly. Easy to share pdf documents in PDF or JPEG format with other social media, email attachment or send a doc link to you colleagues Scan Documents Anytime, Anywhere Use your device camera to scan: • Receipts • Contracts • Business documents • Notes and books • Certificates • ID cards and passports • Photos and images The app automatically detects document edges, crops the image, and enhances quality to create clear and professional PDF scans. • Scan document, photo Id, Id cards, and Qr code. • Auto edge cropping and optimization scan quality. • Automatica scan document by your camera • Recognization of the business card, name, photo, contact info, and add these to your OneNote. • Scan Qr Code and share a link • E-signature to sign a contract or other business documents and share. • Security of documents like passcodes and password protection are very important documents. • Sharing a document on iCloud, google drive, dropbox, etc. • receipt scanner, convert & Share. • id scanner scans ID cards and passports, and edit & share • Students: Scan notes, textbooks, and assignments • Business users: Sign contracts, scan receipts for expense reports • Freelancers: Create invoices, digitize documents • Everyone: Organize your paper life Why Choose Cam Scan? - Easy to use, lightning fast - Powerful features even in the free version - Trusted by thousands of users worldwide Subscription Information Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage subscriptions in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy https://hashcloudinfotech.com/privacy-policy/ Terms & Conditions https://hashcloudinfotech.com/term-and-condition/ Any Issue or Suggestion for an app, Welcome to mail to vijaykachhadiya4444@gmail.com If you have any other ideas for adding any other features to our app then please give your precious feedback to us and please rate us. Download Cam Scan – PDF Scanner & OCR today and turn your iPhone into a smart pocket document scanner. Thank you for downloading our app.

About

CamNote

Easily extract, edit, and act on text from your photos. Recognize key information like dates, phone numbers, and URLs, and sync your notes across devices with iCloud. Supports multiple languages and dark mode.

Highlights
  • Extract text from photos
  • Auto-recognize key information
  • Take actions on recognized text
  • iCloud data sync
  • Dark mode support
  • Folder management
Features
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CamNote aims to saving your time from managing photos that contain texts, you can easily edit, search and even take further actions on the texts appeared in your photos. Features: 1. Extract all the texts from one or multiple photos. 2. Auto-recognize key information like date, phone numebr, location, email address, URL and QR code. 3. Further actions can be taken on key information, by different types like create calendar event or open location in Map, etc. 4. Fully support iCloud to sync your data on all your devices. 5. Fully support dark mode. 6. Support both Camera and Document Camera. 7. Support searching for note title or note content. 8. Support folder management. CamNote currently support to recognize 8 languages: 1. English 2. French 3. Italian 4. German 5. Spanish 6. Portuguese 7. Simplified Chinese 8. Traditional Chinese Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Cam Scan4 screens
CamNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: CamNote at none against Cam Scan's shown. CamNote also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Cam Scan's advantage is ratings volume (2.1K vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Cam Scan sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and CamNote sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CamNote holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cam Scan has 2.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cam Scan ships an update every 5 weeks, CamNote every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Cam Scan versus CamNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCam ScanCamNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.1K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews30.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.1K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB2 MB
Age rating9+4+
Developervijay kachhadiya若宣 殷

Customer experience

Cam Scan

All ratings2,069 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral4.1%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive30.8%
Neutral7.7%
Negative61.5%

CamNote

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Cam Scan

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App crashes during scanning
  • Saved files not opening as expected

Requested features

2 requests
  • Ability to fix shadows in scanned documents
  • Improved color accuracy

CamNote

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Cam Scan

Subscriptions3
  • Week$2.997 Days
  • Month3 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Year3 Days trial$29.991 Year
2 purchases

CamNote

Subscriptions2
  • CamNote Premium Monthly$0.991 Month
  • CamNote Premium Yearly$5.991 Year

Questions

Is Cam Scan free?
Cam Scan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CamNote free?
CamNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cam Scan or CamNote?
CamNote is rated higher. Cam Scan averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2.1K ratings, while CamNote averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Cam Scan or CamNote have ads?
Cam Scan shows ads; CamNote does not.
Which is updated more often, Cam Scan or CamNote?
Cam Scan ships an update every 5 weeks, and CamNote every 2 days. Most recently, Cam Scan was updated on September 24, 2026 and CamNote on June 1, 2026.

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