Comparison

eM Client vs Scan 'Em Up

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

Head to head
About

eM Client

This app unifies email, calendar, tasks, contacts, and notes into a single, AI-enhanced platform. It offers advanced features typically found on desktop, including instant message translation and robust encryption, for seamless management of multiple accounts on your iPhone and iPad.

Highlights
  • AI-enhanced email drafting and replies
  • Unified inbox for email, calendar, tasks, contacts, and notes
  • Instant message translation
  • PGP and S/MIME encryption
  • Quick import from desktop app
  • Mail-tracking pixel detection
  • Snooze and Undo Send features
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These features include: • Super easy setup including quick import from the desktop app via QR code • AI Support for replies and email drafting • Emails, calendars, tasks, contacts and notes all in one place • Favorite, Global, and search folders to easily manage multiple accounts • Instant message translation • PGP and S/MIME encryption • Tags and Gmail labels support to sort and color-code your messages • Signatures you can choose from and assign to your accounts • QuickText: snippets of text you can quickly insert into your emails • Templates • Messages grouped into conversations • Advanced privacy options • Mail-Tracking pixel detection • Snooze • Watch for reply • Undo Send • Password protection • Online meetings integration • Cloud storage providers integration • Mobile device management (MDM) support and more

About

Scan 'Em Up

Features
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Scan Em Up turns your iPhone into a pocket scanner that produces clean, sharp PDFs in seconds. Built for people who scan real paperwork — receipts, contracts, medical forms, IDs — and want results that actually look scanned. KEY FEATURES • Smart edge detection Camera highlights the page in real time and snaps once it's framed. Perspective is automatically straightened, so even handheld shots come out aligned. • Multi-page in one go Capture as many pages as you need without leaving the camera. Continue, retake, or finish whenever you're done. • Document-grade enhancement Per-image white-point correction makes paper look truly white. High-contrast text stays crisp even at the strongest compression — no muddy gray scans. • On-demand PDF compression Four quality levels — Original, Light, Medium, Strong — let you trade size for fidelity. Strong typically reduces file size by 70% with no readable difference. • Edit any page Rotate, auto-upright (Vision-based), perspective crop, reorder, duplicate, copy/paste between documents. • Sign with your finger Draw signatures with finger or Apple Pencil, or import a saved one. Place anywhere on the page, resize freely, then bake into the PDF. • Privacy first Everything stays on device. No accounts, no uploads, no tracking. Raw scans live in app storage and are kept untouched even when you export. • One-time purchase The free plan keeps a single document. Unlock the full app once and scan unlimited documents forever — no subscriptions. WHO IT'S FOR — Sailors, drivers and freelancers who deal with paper contracts on the go — Students who need fast, legible PDFs of handouts and notes — Anyone tired of scanner apps that demand subscriptions for basic features

Screenshots

eM Client4 screens
Scan 'Em Up4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: eM Client at none against Scan 'Em Up's 1. eM Client also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price and ads 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. Scan 'Em Up sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. eM Client asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
eM Client versus Scan 'Em Up: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametereM ClientScan 'Em Up
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (48 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews48.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings48 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size178 MB2 MB
Age rating4+12+
DevelopereM ClientDmytro Mayevsky

Bugs and requests

eM Client

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Emails not sending immediately
  • Drafts not visible or editable
  • Inconsistent behavior when switching between folders
  • Trouble signing in to multiple Google accounts

Requested features

6 requests
  • Calendar integration
  • Improved background refresh and sync
  • Custom notification sounds
  • Ability to sort emails by sender
  • More customization options
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  • Actions from notifications (archive, mark as read, etc.)

Scan 'Em Up

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

eM Client

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Scan 'Em Up

One-time1
  • Unlock Full App$2.99

Questions

Is eM Client free?
eM Client is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scan 'Em Up free?
Scan 'Em Up is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do eM Client or Scan 'Em Up have ads?
Neither eM Client nor Scan 'Em Up shows ads.

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