Comparison

ScanText vs 筑星云看图

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

筑星云看图

Features
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【CAD 看图大师】——专业在线 CAD 看图工具 告别 AutoCAD、重型 CAD 软件安装繁琐难题,依托云端架构实现浏览器直接打开图纸,全终端适配 iPhone、iPad、Mac,手机、平板、电脑图纸浏览体验统一,是建筑、施工、造价、机电、市政工程从业者必备看图协作工具。 核心功能: ●图纸极速预览:深度适配工程行业主流 DWG、DXF 图纸格式,针对施工图专项优化渲染引擎,大体积施工图纸流畅加载稳定显示。 ●专业 CAD 看图工具箱:内置图层开关、布局切换、长度与面积测量、云线圈阅、文字批注、图面标记、局部框选等实用功能。 ●项目云盘深度打通:无缝对接筑星云项目云盘,图纸云端集中存储,自动同步图纸最新修订版本,告别多版本图纸混乱错用;全量图纸修改记录存档,历史版本随时回溯调取,图纸变更全程可追溯。 ●安全高效团队协作:支持生成专属图纸分享链接,自定义查看、下载、批注等分级权限,对内项目协同、对外甲方 / 分包商对接安全可控,杜绝图纸外泄风险。 ●BIM 产品矩阵互联:打通筑星云 BIM 产品生态,CAD 图纸可联动 BIM 模型查阅,实现二维施工图与三维模型数据互通,满足从设计、施工到竣工全流程数字化管理需求。 适用于建筑施工、工程造价、室内精装、市政路桥、机电安装、园林景观等全工程领域人员,随时随地在线审图、看图、协同办公。

Screenshots

ScanText4 screens
筑星云看图2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: 筑星云看图 at Free against ScanText's $0.99. 筑星云看图 also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). ScanText's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 6 weeks). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

筑星云看图 is free to download; ScanText costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ScanText ships an update every 8 days, 筑星云看图 every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ScanText versus 筑星云看图: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScanText筑星云看图
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB27 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperVirtual GSShanghai Zhuxing Cloud Computing Technology Co. Ltd.

In-app purchases

None

ScanText

No in-app purchases

None

筑星云看图

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ScanText free?
ScanText costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is 筑星云看图 free?
筑星云看图 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ScanText or 筑星云看图 have ads?
Neither ScanText nor 筑星云看图 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ScanText or 筑星云看图?
ScanText ships an update every 8 days, and 筑星云看图 every 6 weeks. Most recently, ScanText was updated on September 23, 2026 and 筑星云看图 on September 10, 2026.

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