ScanText vs Smart iOCR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ScanText
Capture text from photos or PDF files and convert it into editable text. Edit, translate, share, or have the text read aloud. This utility works offline for convenient text extraction.
- Photo to text conversion
- PDF to text extraction
- Text editing
- Text translation
- Read text aloud
- Offline functionality
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Take a photo of any articles, and it will be converted to text. Scan any photos or PDF file to extract text. Continue to scan, edit, translate, share or read it out! It is that easy! No Internet connection needed.
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 price: Smart iOCR at Free against ScanText's $0.99. Smart iOCR also leads on iOS requirement (15.5 vs 18.0). ScanText's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 11 months). On 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
Smart iOCR is free to download; ScanText costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ScanText ships an update every 8 days, Smart iOCR every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ScanText | Smart iOCR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Virtual GS | Muhammad Umar Aibak |
In-app purchases
ScanText
No in-app purchases
Smart iOCR
No in-app purchases
