Comparison

ScanText vs Blackout Mode

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Photo to text conversion
  • PDF to text extraction
  • Text editing
  • Text translation
  • Read text aloud
  • Offline functionality
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

Screenshots

ScanText4 screens
Blackout Mode4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ScanText ships an update every 8 days, Blackout Mode daily. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ScanText versus Blackout Mode: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScanTextBlackout Mode
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (6 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings67 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVirtual GSAlp Avanoglu

Customer experience

ScanText

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Blackout Mode

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ScanText

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Blackout Mode

One-time1
  • Unlock Blackout Mode$4.99

Questions

Is ScanText free?
ScanText costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Blackout Mode free?
Blackout Mode is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ScanText or Blackout Mode?
Blackout Mode is rated higher. ScanText averages 4.7 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Blackout Mode averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do ScanText or Blackout Mode have ads?
Neither ScanText nor Blackout Mode shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ScanText or Blackout Mode?
ScanText ships an update every 8 days, and Blackout Mode daily. Most recently, ScanText was updated on September 23, 2026 and Blackout Mode on October 5, 2026.

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