Scanner vs Smart iOCR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scanner
Transform your phone into a powerful scanner to digitize documents, receipts, and notes. Optimize scan quality with smart cropping and enhancement. Easily share your scanned files as PDFs or JPEGs.
- Digitize documents with phone camera
- Optimize scan quality
- Share PDF/JPEG files
- Convert images to PDF
- Smart cropping and auto enhancing
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Scanner is the best scanner app that will turn your phone into a scanner. Convert images to pdf in a simple tap. Download it for FREE! Scanner helps you scan, store. Features: *Quickly Digitize Document Just use your phone camera to scan and digitize all kinds of paper documents: receipts, notes, invoices, whiteboard discussions, business cards, certificates, etc. *Optimize Scan Quality Smart cropping and auto enhancing ensures the texts and graphics in scanned documents are clear and sharp with premium colors and resolutions. *Share PDF/JPEG Files Easily share documents in PDF or JPEG format with friends via various ways: post on social media, send attachment or document download link through email.
Smart iOCR
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Unlock the power of text recognition with our Smart iOCR. Scan, Convert, and Organise text from images with ease. Whether it's documents, receipts, or handwritten notes, our app transforms them into editable and searchable text. Take your productivity to the next level.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Smart iOCR at every 11 months against Scanner's every 54 months. Scanner's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Scanner ships an update every 54 months, Smart iOCR every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scanner | Smart iOCR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 54 months | Every 11 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Aarvy Technologies | Muhammad Umar Aibak |
In-app purchases
Scanner
No in-app purchases
Smart iOCR
No in-app purchases
