NS Document Scanner vs Glean
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NS Document Scanner
Easily scan documents with this straightforward application. Convert paper to digital files quickly and efficiently. Ideal for capturing notes, receipts, and other important papers on the go.
- Document scanning
- Digital file conversion
- Simple interface
- Mobile document capture
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A dead-simple document scanner.
Glean
Transform your iPhone into a rapid, private document scanner. Capture, enhance, and create searchable PDFs locally. Optionally sync with Google Drive for cloud backups, ensuring your documents remain secure and accessible.
- Multi-page scanning with auto edge detection
- One-tap document cleanup
- On-device OCR for searchable PDFs
- Offline functionality
- Optional Google Drive integration
- Organize and manage scanned documents
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Glean turns your iPhone into a fast, private document scanner. Capture any document, clean it up, and get a crisp, searchable PDF — kept right on your device. Connect Google Drive only if you want a cloud copy. Glean has no servers of its own, so your documents stay yours. SCAN • Multi-page scanning with automatic edge detection and perspective correction • One-tap "Clean up" removes shadows and glare, whitens the page, and sharpens text • Crop, rotate, filters, and brightness / contrast / saturation controls SEARCHABLE PDFs • On-device text recognition (OCR) turns every scan into a searchable PDF • Find and copy the text inside your documents — no internet required YOUR STORAGE, YOUR CHOICE • Every scan is saved on your device, and is even accessible in the Files app • Optionally connect Google Drive to save PDFs into a folder you choose • Works fully offline — Google Drive is never required ORGANIZE • Combine several scans into one PDF, or split a multi-page scan into separate files • Rename, search, and manage everything in one place • Import existing PDFs from your Drive folder PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Scanning and text recognition happen on your device • No analytics, no tracking, and no servers that ever see your documents • Sign in with Apple or Google — and delete your account and data anytime Glean developed and designed by Zahid Hussain at TechFoundry · © 2026
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Glean at every 2 weeks against NS Document Scanner's every 4 months. Glean also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). NS Document Scanner's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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
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 — 5.0 for NS Document Scanner against 5.0 for Glean. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
NS Document Scanner ships an update every 4 months, Glean every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NS Document Scanner | Glean |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 97 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nitin Seshadri | TechFoundry, Inc. |
Customer experience
NS Document Scanner
Glean
In-app purchases
NS Document Scanner
No in-app purchases
Glean
No in-app purchases
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