Beyond Scan vs Bulk Image Editor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Beyond Scan
Transform your phone into a powerful scanner. Capture documents, receipts, photos, and books, converting them into clear PDFs and JPEGs. Utilize OCR to extract text and edit scanned images for professional-quality results.
- Scan documents, receipts, photos, and books
- Convert images to text with OCR
- Automatic border detection and cropping
- Advanced image processing filters
- Batch scanning
- Share and print documents
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Turn paper documents, photos, and PDFs into organized digital files. Beyond Scan makes it easy to capture, enhance, organize, recognize, and share documents from your iPhone or iPad. SCAN AND IMPORT • Scan multi-page documents with your camera • Import images from Photos and documents from Files • Import existing PDFs and continue working with their pages • Use automatic edge detection and cropping to clean up each scan EDIT EVERY PAGE • Rotate and resize pages • Adjust contrast and apply filters for clearer results • Add signatures when a document needs approval • Choose the page size that fits your document or export ORGANIZE YOUR DOCUMENTS • Keep your work organized with folders, documents, and pages • Reorder and manage pages within each document • Recover content from Recently Deleted when needed EXTRACT TEXT ON YOUR DEVICE • Use Apple Vision on-device OCR to recognize text • Extract text from the current page or all pages • Keep OCR processing on your device EXPORT, SHARE, AND PRINT • Export as PDF, JPG, TXT, or ZIP • Batch export multiple files • Share documents with other apps • Print directly from the system print sheet OPTIONAL ICLOUD SYNC Turn on iCloud Sync, powered by Apple CloudKit, to keep supported documents up to date across your devices. BEYOND SCAN PRO Beyond Scan includes free tools, with optional auto-renewing subscriptions that unlock: • iCloud Sync • Unlimited exports • Unlimited folders and documents • Apply edits to all pages • Extract text from all pages Available subscription plans, trial eligibility, trial duration, billing period, and localized pricing are displayed before purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://zzsoftservice.github.io/beyondscan/static/privacy_policy.html Subscription Terms: https://zzsoftservice.github.io/beyondscan/static/SubscriptionTerms_AppStore.html
Bulk Image Editor
Edit multiple photos simultaneously by applying a series of effects in one operation. Import images, add desired modifications like rotation, resizing, and renaming, then export them in various formats. Preview changes before applying them to your entire batch.
- Apply multiple effects to batches of images
- Rotate, flip, and resize images
- Rename files with prefixes and suffixes
- Change file format (JPG, PNG, HEIC, PDF)
- Compress image file size
- Preview effects before export
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Bulk Image Editor allows you to apply multiple effects to a group of images in a single operation. Import images from your Photo Library or from the Files app. Add a list of effects to modify your images including rotate, flip, resize, corner radius, rename, file format, compress and more. With a single click of the Export button, the list of effects will be applied to all of the images that you have imported, ready to save to Photos, Files, iCloud Drive or share via AirDrop, Mail, Messages and more. You can tap on any of the images in the image viewer grid to show a preview of the effect before exporting. You can also apply the list of effects and export a single image from the image preview. Bulk editing tools include, rotate clockwise, rotate anti-clockwise, flip vertical, flip horizontal, corner radius, resize, rename file, file name prefix and file name suffix. Rotate: Clockwise & anti-clockwise. Flip: Flip the images horizontally or vertically. Corner Radius: Accurately add & adjust the radius of the image corners with specific pixel values. Resize: Resize your images to make them all the same size and aspect ratio, without squashing the images. Aspect Ratio Crop: Enter your desired aspect ratio and the app will automatically calculate the new file dimensions and adjust the image position to maintain the highest resolution possible for each image. Auto-Enhance: Applies the auto enhance filter to each of the imported images. File Format: Export images in JPG, PNG, HEIC or PDF format. Compress: Reduce the file size of the exported images. (File size will vary based on effects applied and format of exported images) Rename: Enter a new file name for your images. Images will automatically be saved with a sequential number for each image you export. Prefix: Enter a file name prefix to add to the start of the file name for each exported image. Suffix: Enter a file name suffix to add to the end of the file name for each exported image. - Subscription Details - Bulk Image Editor requires a monthly subscription after your 14 day free trial. Your subscription can be cancelled at any time. No long term commitment required. Subscriptions will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription will automatically renew unless automatic renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage your subscriptions and automatic renewal status in Account Settings after purchase. Price may vary by location. Privacy Policy: https://smudge.app/privacy Terms and Conditions: https://smudge.app/app-terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Beyond Scan at 87% against Bulk Image Editor's 17%. Beyond Scan also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.2) and monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription). Bulk Image Editor's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and device support (5 vs 3). On price, in-app purchases 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. Beyond Scan sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Bulk Image Editor sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Beyond Scan holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Beyond Scan has 458 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Beyond Scan's written reviews are positive against 17% of Bulk Image Editor's.
Beyond Scan ships an update every 3 weeks, Bulk Image Editor every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beyond Scan | Bulk Image Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (458 ratings) — better | 3.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.3% of reviews — better | 16.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 458 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 丽佩 章 | Thomas Coomer |
Customer experience
Beyond Scan
Bulk Image Editor
Bugs and requests
Beyond Scan
Reported bugs
6 issues- Horizontal aspect scans not displaying fully
- OCR feature disappeared or moved after update
- Scans becoming blank after phone updates
- PDF formatting with incorrect line breaks
- OCR bug with unresponsive support
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- Missing scans in app despite file existence
Requested features
8 requests- Cloud sync support across devices
- Google Drive and Dropbox integration
- Persian language support
- Word document export option
- Unlimited page scanning
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- OCR text embedding in PDF files
- Landscape mode support for iPad
- Better OCR feature visibility/accessibility
Bulk Image Editor
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Beyond Scan
- Beyond Scan Premium3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Beyond Scan Premium$1.991 Month
- Beyond Scan Premium$9.991 Year
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- Beyond Scan Premium7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Beyond Scan Premium1 Month trial$14.991 Year
Bulk Image Editor
- Bulk Image Editor Monthly14 Days trial$2.491 Month
Questions
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