Scanmarker Reader vs Bookshare Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scanmarker Reader
This app digitizes printed text scanned by a pen-shaped device, aiding individuals with reading difficulties. It offers customizable reading experiences, including live reading, speed adjustment, and word highlighting, to enhance fluency and comprehension.
- Scan printed text to digital format
- Live reading while scanning
- Adjustable reading speed
- Highlighting words as they are read
- Read aloud with voice adjustment
- Integrated dictionary for vocabulary building
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Use your Scanmarker Reader to scan any printed text, and it will appear automatically in the Scanmarker Reader app on your screen. Scanmarker Reader is a pen-shaped assistive tool for those with reading difficulties or learning disabilities. Scanmarker Reader facilitates the learning process, with emphasis placed on learning features that can be adapted according to individual preference, such as reading live while scanning or only reading selected words and parts of the text, adjusting the speed of reading and highlighting the words as it reads aloud. Get ready to become a fluent reader for life! What skills can I improve with Scanmarker Reader? - Enhance oral language skills with the read live feature. - Build up your word recognition by viewing the highlighted words as it is reading. - Improve decoding and phonological processing by reading selected words. - Develop automaticity and fluency skills with the speed read feature. - Improve reading comprehension with the read aloud and voice adjusting option. - Boost your vocabulary knowledge with the integrated Dictionary.
Bookshare Reader
Access a vast library of ebooks designed for individuals with reading barriers. Enjoy high-quality audio narration and customize your reading experience with adjustable fonts, colors, and speeds. Continue reading seamlessly from where you left off.
- Access millions of ebooks
- High-quality audio narration
- Customizable reading experience
- Adjustable font size and colors
- Follow along with highlighted text
- Offline reading
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Get the official Bookshare Reader app. Access millions of ebooks from Bookshare, the world's largest library of ebooks for people with reading barriers like dyslexia, blindness, low vision, and physical disabilities. Listen to books in high quality audio and customize your reading experience in ways that work for you. Read bestsellers, new releases, textbooks and educational books, children’s books, young adult, mysteries, biographies, and more. Read your way with these customizable features: • Listen to books in high quality audio • Adjust reading speed, font size, and colors • Follow along with highlighted text • Navigate by page and chapter • Stop reading and pick up from your last spot • Download books and read offline To use Bookshare Reader, you must have a Bookshare membership. Learn more by visiting the Bookshare website.
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Verdict
Scanmarker Reader and Bookshare Reader both sit at 3.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 35% of Bookshare Reader's written reviews are positive against 0% of Scanmarker Reader's. Bookshare Reader also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (67 vs 3). Scanmarker Reader's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.3 for Scanmarker Reader against 3.3 for Bookshare Reader. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bookshare Reader has 67 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of Scanmarker Reader's written reviews are positive against 35% of Bookshare Reader's.
Scanmarker Reader ships an update every 5 months, Bookshare Reader every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and August 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scanmarker Reader | Bookshare Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) — better | 3.3 (67 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 34.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 67 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Topscan ltd. | Benetech |
Customer experience
Scanmarker Reader
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In-app purchases
Scanmarker Reader
No in-app purchases
Bookshare Reader
No in-app purchases
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