PDF vs OSS Document Scanner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Easily scan documents and convert images into PDF files directly from your iPhone or iPad. Organize your scanned documents for later use and share them conveniently from anywhere.
- Scan documents on the go
- Convert images to PDF
- Build single or separate PDFs
- Save and share PDFs
- Store scanned files for later
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Just a simple app that can scan documents and convert images to PDF. Save and share it anywhere, anytime. You no longer need to find a scanner, now you can scan documents on the go just using your iPhone or iPad. You can build single PDF from all documents scanned or build PDFs separately. All scanned files will be stored on the Scanner page so you can continue work with them later.
OSS Document Scanner
Transform your mobile device into a powerful document scanner. Easily scan, enhance, organize, and export documents as PDFs or images. Features offline OCR and secure password protection for your files.
- Fast camera scanning with automatic edge detection
- Bulk scanning and import from images/PDFs
- Enhance PDF quality with filters and editing tools
- Organize documents with colored folders and sorting
- Export to PDF, JPEG, or PNG
- Offline OCR for searchable PDFs
- Password protection for generated PDFs
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OSS Document Scanner is a free and Open Source app to transform your mobile device into a powerful document scanner. SCAN * Scan your documents or receipts with a fast camera scan. * Enjoy the automatic edge detection feature allowing you to quickly scan many documents * Bulk scan documents or book pages * Import documents from images or even existing PDF * You can scan to PDF any kind of document: Receipts, IDs, notes, recipes, photos, business cards, whiteboards, books. You can then use and work with the generated PDFs on all your devices, phones, computers, tablets... ENHANCE * Improve PDFs quality by applying enhancing filters for color or black & white documents. * Edit crop * Reorder pages, merge documents * Rotate pages * Change brightness and contrast to create beautiful documents ORGANIZE * Create folders with colors for easy access * Sort documents * Name documents EXPORT * create PDF directly from your mobile device by converting photos, images, other documents, into beautiful and configurable PDFs. * export and share your documents to PDF or JPEG or PNG with your friends, family, colleagues SEARCH * OCR your documents using offline (to be downloaded first) and open source models in many languages. * Generate searchable PDFs by converting images to text using the powerful OCR models from the Tesseract project. SECURITY * Improve the security of your generated PDF by adding a password. SYNC * Synchronize your documents, PDFs, Images with your computers, other devices or local folder sync. * Sync to WebDAV, Google Drive or OneDrive PRIVACY * Use a free and Open Source document scanner to protect your privacy COMMUNITY * Provide feedback or even help translate the app. You are part of this project and you make help it grow so that everyone can enjoy the best free and open source document scanner
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PDF at 89% against OSS Document Scanner's 57%. PDF also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (116 vs 8). OSS Document Scanner's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). 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
Both are free to download. PDF sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and OSS Document Scanner sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PDF holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PDF has 116 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of PDF's written reviews are positive against 57% of OSS Document Scanner's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on August 20, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OSS Document Scanner | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (116 ratings) — better | 4.5 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.5% of reviews — better | 57.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 116 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nikita Khromov | Akylas |
Customer experience
OSS Document Scanner
In-app purchases
- 1 week$0.997 Days
- 1 month$1.491 Month
- 1 year$9.991 Year
OSS Document Scanner
- a coffee$0.99
- a big coffee$1.99
- a beer$3.99
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- a pint$8.99
- a very nice donation$17.99
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