Comparison

Text Scanner AI vs Live Barcode & Text Scanner

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

Head to head
About

Text Scanner AI

Transform your phone into a powerful text scanner. Extract text from images, photos, and pictures quickly and accurately using advanced AI-powered OCR technology. Supports auto-detection and scanning of over 100 languages.

Highlights
  • Scan text from images
  • Extract text from photos
  • AI-powered OCR
  • Fast and accurate scanning
  • Auto-detect languages
  • 100+ languages supported
Features
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Turn your phone into a Text Scanner - Scan/extract text from images/photos/pictures by using phone's camera. - Scanning is fast & accurate. - Most advanced OCR technology. - Auto detect languages of the text. - 100+ languages supported. Upgrade to Premium version to completely remove the ads. You can upgrade to Premium version with onetime payment or buying subscription options: - a yearly subscription (which comes with a 3-day free trial). - a monthly subscription – Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. – Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. – Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. – Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase. – Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Privacy: https://evolly.app/privacy-policy/ Terms: https://evolly.app/terms-of-service/

About

Live Barcode & Text Scanner

Instantly scan barcodes, QR codes, and text directly from your camera. It can identify and segregate various content types like URLs, phone numbers, and addresses, allowing for multiple scans simultaneously and in-app editing.

Highlights
  • Live barcode and QR code scanning
  • Live text detection
  • Content segregation (URLs, phone, email, etc.)
  • Scan multiple items simultaneously
  • Display and edit scanned content
Features
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Features - Live scans of Barcode, QR Code, Aztec, etc - Live text with ability to segregate various content type (all, url, phone, address, email) - Can scan multiple items at the same time - Display ,detect and edit content

Screenshots

Text Scanner AI4 screens
Live Barcode & Text Scanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Live Barcode & Text Scanner at none against Text Scanner AI's shown. Live Barcode & Text Scanner also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Text Scanner AI's advantage is ratings volume (579 vs 1) 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Text Scanner AI sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Live Barcode & Text Scanner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Live Barcode & Text Scanner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Text Scanner AI has 579 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Text Scanner AI versus Live Barcode & Text Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterText Scanner AILive Barcode & Text Scanner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (579 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings579 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.5 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size106 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEVOLLY HK LIMITEDThach Nguyen Trong

Customer experience

Text Scanner AI

All ratings579 ratings
Positive90.8%
Neutral3.6%
Negative5.5%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive82.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative17.6%

Live Barcode & Text Scanner

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Text Scanner AI

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Inconsistent handwriting recognition accuracy
  • Spacing insertion/exclusion errors
  • Asterisk (*) symbol recognition failure
  • Word omission in OCR conversion
  • Confusion between similar letters (t's and l's)
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  • Comma and period confusion
  • Capitalization errors
  • Inability to recognize struck-through words
  • Inconsistent recognition of identical words

Requested features

6 requests
  • Black and white conversion before OCR processing
  • Spell-check and word suggestions in editing mode
  • Spell-checker integration for misspelled words
  • Image sharing support from Safari long-press
  • Text and music addition to photos
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  • Commonly appearing word comparison for corrections

Live Barcode & Text Scanner

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Text Scanner AI

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium Subscription$3.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium Subscription3 Days trial$16.491 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$34.99
1 purchases

Live Barcode & Text Scanner

One-time1
  • Premium Version$2.99

Questions

Is Text Scanner AI free?
Text Scanner AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Live Barcode & Text Scanner free?
Live Barcode & Text Scanner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Text Scanner AI or Live Barcode & Text Scanner?
Live Barcode & Text Scanner is rated higher. Text Scanner AI averages 4.7 out of 5 from 579 ratings, while Live Barcode & Text Scanner averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Text Scanner AI or Live Barcode & Text Scanner have ads?
Text Scanner AI shows ads; Live Barcode & Text Scanner does not.

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