bunkoOCR vs Photo Text Scanner OCR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
bunkoOCR
This app uses deep learning for on-device optical character recognition. It excels at recognizing horizontal and vertical text, particularly in Japanese and English, with a focus on pocket edition books.
- On-device deep learning OCR
- Recognizes horizontal and vertical text
- Optimized for Japanese and English
- Works with pocket edition books
- No data sent externally
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This is an Optical Character Recognition(OCR) software with deeplearing model. All computation run on the device, no data is sent outside. This app can recognize horizontal and vertical text with ruby in facing page on Bunko(pocket edition) book. This app has best performance with Japanese and English text.
Photo Text Scanner OCR
Extract text from documents using your camera or photo library. Supports multiple languages for accurate recognition and includes a history function for easy document management. Ideal for business, study, and travel.
- Camera text capture
- Photo library text recognition
- Multilingual character recognition
- Document history management
- Digitize documents
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This application dramatically streamlines document management in daily life and business. Camera capture function: Text information can be extracted from documents captured with a camera. Selection from photo library: If you have already taken photos or scanned documents, you can select them directly from your photo library for text recognition. This allows you to digitize the documents you need anytime, anywhere. Multilingual character recognition: Multiple languages are supported, including English, Japanese, Chinese, and French, allowing you to select the language of the document to be used for more accurate character recognition. It is ideal for use in global business situations, study abroad, and travel. Document management with history function: Recognized documents are saved as history in the app, making it easy to view and reuse previously scanned documents. You can keep important information close at hand at all times.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: bunkoOCR at none against Photo Text Scanner OCR's shown. bunkoOCR also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs monthly) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and iOS requirement 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. bunkoOCR sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Photo Text Scanner OCR sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
bunkoOCR ships an update every 6 days, Photo Text Scanner OCR monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | bunkoOCR | Photo Text Scanner OCR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 818 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ichiro NAKAHARA | Haruki Sugaya |
Customer experience
bunkoOCR
Photo Text Scanner OCR
In-app purchases
bunkoOCR
- Orange juice$3.99
- Dinner$17.99
- A day of GPU rent$99.99
Photo Text Scanner OCR
- Remove Ads$2.99
Questions
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