bunkoOCR vs Tripod Scan
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.
Tripod Scan
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Tripod Scanは、三脚に置いたiPhoneを自動ブックスキャナーに変えるアプリです。 使い方はシンプル。本を開いて、ページをめくるだけ。めくりを検知して自動でシャッターが切れ、見開きは左右のページに分割、傾きも補正されます。スキャンが終わったらPDFに書き出すだけ。日本語OCRを内蔵しているので、できあがったPDFは本文をそのまま検索できます。 ■ 主な機能 ・めくり検知の自動シャッター — ボタンを押す必要はありません ・音シャッター — 指を鳴らす、机を叩く音でも撮影できます ・見開きの自動分割と傾き補正 ・同じページを二重に撮っても自動で整理 ・日本語対応OCRで「検索できるPDF」を作成 ・綴じ方向(縦書き/横書き)に合わせたページ順 ■ プライバシー すべての処理は端末内で完結します。画像も文字データも外部に送信されません。アカウント登録も不要です。 ■ ご用意いただくもの iPhoneを固定できる三脚またはスタンド。真上から本を見下ろせる形が最適です。 ※書籍のスキャンは、著作権法で認められた私的使用の範囲で行ってください。
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: bunkoOCR at 3 against Tripod Scan's 1. On price, update cadence, 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. bunkoOCR sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Tripod Scan 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, Tripod Scan weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | bunkoOCR | Tripod Scan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | 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 | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ichiro NAKAHARA | ID INC. |
In-app purchases
bunkoOCR
- Orange juice$3.99
- Dinner$17.99
- A day of GPU rent$99.99
Tripod Scan
- すべての機能を解除$5.99









