ScanText vs Blackout Mode
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.
Blackout Mode
Instantly dim your screen, silence all audio, and disable your camera flash with a single tap. Perfect for dark environments like concerts or cinemas, ensuring you don't disturb others.
- Screen blackout
- Volume zero
- Flash locked off
- Single-tap activation
- In-app camera with disabled flash
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You know that person. Phone blazing in a dark cinema. Ringtone cutting through a piano concerto. Flash firing at a concert. Don't be that person. Blackout is a single-tap utility that does three things the moment you activate it: Dims down your screen brightness, silences your volume to zero, and locks your camera flash permanently off within the in-app camera. No settings to dig through. No toggles to remember. Just tap, and disappear into the dark. What Blackout does: Screen blackout. No blinding brightness in the dark, no light pollution for the people around you. Volume zero. Drops to silent instantly. No surprise notifications, no accidental sounds, no embarrassing ringtones mid-performance. Flash locked off. Built-in camera keeps flash disabled permanently. Shoot the moment freely without blinding anyone around you. Made for: Concerts, live music, classical performances, theatres, cinemas, comedy shows, sports events, opera, ballet, lectures, religious services, anywhere you need to be invisible. One tap. That's it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Blackout Mode at Free against ScanText's $0.99. Blackout Mode also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 8 days) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). ScanText's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads 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
Blackout Mode is free to download; ScanText costs $0.99 up front. Blackout Mode sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ScanText asks for nothing beyond the download.
Blackout Mode holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
ScanText ships an update every 8 days, Blackout Mode daily. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ScanText | Blackout Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Virtual GS | Alp Avanoglu |
Customer experience
ScanText
Blackout Mode
In-app purchases
ScanText
No in-app purchases
Blackout Mode
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