Comparison

Character Counter vs Documents & PDF Scanner

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

Head to head
About

Character Counter

Analyze your written text to discover character, word, sentence, and paragraph counts. It also identifies word types like nouns, verbs, and adjectives, updating in real-time as you type or paste.

Highlights
  • Character counting
  • Word counting
  • Sentence counting
  • Paragraph counting
  • Word type identification (Nouns, Verbs, etc.)
  • Live updates
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Character Counter — Count characters, words, and more as you type! Character Counter is the fast, beautiful way to count characters, words, sentences, and paragraphs in real time. Whether you're trimming a social post to fit a limit, hitting an essay word count, or polishing a caption, your totals update live as you write — no buttons, no waiting. Just start typing or paste your text, and everything is counted instantly in a clean, full-screen writing area designed to keep you focused. Know your writing inside out Go beyond the basics with live English part-of-speech counts — nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and pronouns — so you can understand the shape of your writing, not just its length. Never lose a draft Version History automatically snapshots your text as it changes, so you can always go back. Gone off track? Rewind. Save important drafts manually, then preview, restore, or delete any version whenever you like. Write your way Make it yours with customisable colour themes — Auto, Light, Dark, Mint, Sepia, Beige, Purple, Night, and Forest — plus adjustable font styles (Sans Serif, Serif, Mono) and font sizes. Optional text persistence keeps your work waiting for you next time you open the app. Built for how you work Share text on its own or with the full counter stats attached. Copy, paste, undo, and redo are built right in. Handoff lets you carry on editing across your Apple devices, and a responsive design with Liquid Glass controls adapts to look great on every screen. Perfect for writers, students, social media, notes, essays, captions, and quick text checks — Character Counter gives you the count you need and the tools to write better.

About

Documents & PDF Scanner

Scan, organize, and analyze your documents with AI. This app offers smart scanning, OCR text recognition, and an AI assistant to help you find information and take action on your files. Enjoy secure, encrypted storage and a 1-week free trial of premium features.

Highlights
  • Automatic document scanning
  • AI-powered OCR text recognition
  • Searchable PDF documents
  • AI assistant for summaries and questions
  • Secure iCloud sync
  • Auto-tagging and archiving
Features
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Fyle files your paperwork for you. Scan a letter, an invoice or a contract. Fyle reads the text, gives the document a title, writes a short summary and puts it in the right folder. Then just ask, for example: "When can I cancel?" AI FROM APPLE Fyle runs on Apple Intelligence. The model on your iPhone writes the title, summary and tags, picks the folder and answers your questions. The text stays on your device. If a document is too long for it, Fyle analyzes it with Apple's Private Cloud Compute, so it stays with Apple. Fyle uses an online model only when neither works. If you prefer, Fyle works offline only. Apple Intelligence needs a compatible device. On other devices Fyle analyzes documents online. HOW IT WORKS 1. Scan or share: with the camera and automatic edge detection, from Photos and Files, or with Share from any app. 2. Fyle sorts: title, summary, tags and folder are filled in for you. You can change anything, and your choice wins. 3. Find it again: full-text search in Fyle, in Spotlight and with Siri. FOLDERS All your folders are in one place, like Taxes, Insurance or Home. Create new folders, rename them and move several documents at once. ALL OVER YOUR IPHONE - Siri: "Scan with Fyle" - Shortcuts: open documents, search them and get their text - Spotlight: search the full text of your documents - Scan button in Control Center, on the Lock Screen and as a Home Screen widget - Fyle runs on iPhone, iPhone Duo and iPad YOUR DATA - You choose where your PDFs live: in iCloud Drive, in any folder in the Files app, or only on your device. - Protected Words: Fyle blacks out words like your name or your bank account number before any AI sees the text. The list syncs through iCloud. - Fyle needs no account. FYLE PRO Fyle Pro unlocks your library, unlimited scanning, AI chat and the Siri and Shortcuts actions. New subscribers get a free week to try it. I build Fyle on my own in Germany and read every message you send me from the app. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.manuelfessen.de/fyle/privacy

Screenshots

Character Counter4 screens
Documents & PDF Scanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Documents & PDF Scanner at Free against Character Counter's $2.99. Documents & PDF Scanner also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 11 months) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). Character Counter's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown).

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

Documents & PDF Scanner is free to download; Character Counter costs $2.99 up front. Documents & PDF Scanner sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Character Counter asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Character Counter ships an update every 11 months, Documents & PDF Scanner every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Character Counter versus Documents & PDF Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCharacter CounterDocuments & PDF Scanner
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating—4.6 (99 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings—99 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB76 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperThomas CoomerManuel Fessen

Customer experience

Character Counter

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Documents & PDF Scanner

All ratings96 ratings
Positive90.6%
Neutral3.1%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Character Counter

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Documents & PDF Scanner

Subscriptions6
  • Pro$0.997 Days
  • Pro7 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Pro$2.991 Month
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  • Pro7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Pro (Offer)$29.991 Year
  • Pro7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Character Counter free?
Character Counter costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Documents & PDF Scanner free?
Documents & PDF Scanner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Character Counter or Documents & PDF Scanner have ads?
Documents & PDF Scanner shows ads; Character Counter does not.
Which is updated more often, Character Counter or Documents & PDF Scanner?
Character Counter ships an update every 11 months, and Documents & PDF Scanner every 9 days. Most recently, Character Counter was updated on November 3, 2026 and Documents & PDF Scanner on November 4, 2026.

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