Comparison

Scanner Pro vs SwiftDocs

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

Head to head
About

Scanner Pro

Transform your device into a powerful scanner for documents, receipts, and IDs. Convert images to PDFs, organize your files with smart features, and share them easily. Includes OCR and QR code scanning for enhanced productivity.

Highlights
  • High-quality document scanning
  • Convert to PDF
  • OCR and full-text search
  • QR code scanning
  • Automatic border detection and image correction
  • Cloud storage integration
  • Edit and annotate scans
Features
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Effortlessly scan, organize, and share documents on the go to have everything you need at your fingertips. Scanner Pro brings you high-quality document scan technology in a convenient and simple mobile app. Scan agreements, receipts, IDs, books, and more using your device to convert them into PDFs in seconds. Safely store and share your documents with anyone in just a few taps with Scanner Pro. Experience the simplicity of on-the-go document scanning. Scan travel expenses, convert sketches into PDFs, and even fax important files all from your smartphone. Scanner Pro brings professional scanner capabilities, like OCR and full-text searches to your device. With advanced image processing, Scanner Pro will automatically detect borders, correct perspective and distortions, remove shadows, and more. Introducing QR Code Mode! Effortlessly scan and decode QR codes directly from your Camera screen. Simply point your device at the code, capture it, and let Scanner Pro do the rest—no extra steps required! It's that easy. Share, email, and upload your scans anywhere with cloud compatibility. With Scanner Pro you can share as many scans as you want completely free. Simply send an email, upload to your photos, or use any third-party application to conveniently deliver scanned documents. What people have to say: "I will confess to some serious love for Scanner Pro." – Rick Broida, CNET "Scanner Pro is an excellent app for those who’d like to digitize and organize their paper worlds." – Marc Saltzman, USA Today "There really isn’t a better scanner app for iPhone than Scanner Pro." – Matthew Panzarino, TNW Enjoy professional scans and convenient document sharing completely free of charge with Scanner Pro. Download today for a quick and easy mobile scanner that does it all. SCANNER PRO FEATURES SCANNING FEATURES - Scan documents, pictures, and more wherever you are - Unlike other apps, Scanner Pro saves the original document that you scanned - Conveniently edit your scans by highlighting, writing, and drawing on your documents SMART DOCUMENT ORGANIZER - Automate your workflow when you rename, send, and upload scans in just one tap - Effortlessly create folders to find any important document in seconds FULL-TEXT SEARCH - OCR and full-text search let you highlight important sections of your scans with ease - Turn your scans into text, so you can read, copy, and export it to other apps SHARE SCANS - Scan a document on your iPhone or iPad and access it on all your other devices with iCloud sync - Automatically export and upload scans to Dropbox, Evernote, Google Drive, Box, iCloud Drive, OneDrive, OneNote, or any other WebDAV-enabled storage - Share unlimited files with your contacts for free Scanner Pro supports 25+ languages: Catalan, Croatian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish and Ukrainian. Download Scanner Pro today for a quick and compact way to professionally scan, organize, and share documents wherever you are, whenever you want. Share your feedback and comments at http://readdle.com/contact Privacy Policy: https://readdle.com/scannerpro/legal/privacy Terms of Service: https://readdle.com/scannerpro/legal/terms

About

SwiftDocs

Scan, sign, and markup documents with ease. This app allows you to convert files to PDF, add text overlays, and manage your documents on the go. Its signature system smooths out e-signatures for a professional look.

Highlights
  • Scan documents
  • Sign and markup PDFs
  • Convert to PDF
  • Professional e-signatures
  • Add text overlays
  • Manage documents on the go
Features
Currently charting
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Sign, markup, scan, and convert documents to PDF with SwiftDocs. Our PureSign™ system smooths out signatures to recreate the appearance of ink on the page. SwiftDocs brings the power of a desktop document editor to your fingertips, while enabling you to markup documents more swiftly than you would on your computer. Sign documents in a few seconds with PureSign, our system that removes shaky lines from your eSignatures. Overlay text onto PDFs to fill out forms, using presets to save you from having to type out commonly asked questions. Scan, import, and export PDFs to manage all of your documents. Never let being away from a computer, printer, or scanner slow you down again. Sign documents professionally: Quickly import a doc into the app, sign it, and send it. SwiftDocs allows you to create and store as many signatures as you want, perfect for if you need to initial or if you want to change the color of your signature. Esignatures usually have a tell-tale shakiness, but PureSign™ stabilizes your signature so it emulates the inking of a handwritten signature (it may look better than your actual signature). Save yourself a trip to the printer and the time involved. Add text to docs: Markup your documents with text. SwiftDocs allows you to open up a text view in a single tap, making it quicker to edit on the app than on your desktop. You can also add preset values for your name, address, or other common pieces of information. Manage documents swiftly: SwiftDocs simplifies your whole work flow for document management. It is the little things that matter, like having a document open to the markup area when you first import it, or adding a text view with the current date in a single tap. This convenience is exemplified by our Swift Markup feature, which saves you time when just need to create and markup a one page document. The app gets out of your way so you can just scan and sign your name on the dotted line, and then have it ready for your records and to send it to where it needs to go. SwiftDocs go anywhere you want them to: SwiftDocs is the starting point for managing all of your documents on the go. From SwiftDocs you can print, email, airdrop, and even store your docs to your iCloud Drive. Is it a longer document you want to read? Save your doc to iBooks in just a tap. Anything you could possibly want to do with a document you can do from the app. Make your mark(up): Bring an elegant and powerful document editor to the palm of your hands by downloading SwiftDocs. Upgrade to a premium document management experience that meets the needs of your busy day. Make your mark(up) with SwiftDocs. Features: •Sign documents and save your signatures to have on hand in a moments notice •The PureSign™ signature system smoothes out the edges of your signature to give you a professional and clean looking esignature •Markup documents with text and use presets to save precious time filling out your name, address, or other standard form questions •Import PDF documents into SwiftDocs from your email. It'll automatically bring you to the markup page so you can have an important form signed in seconds •Scan documents and create PDFs that you can print, email, airdrop, or store on iCloud •SwiftMarkup: One page document scanning for when you immediately want to markup a document and send it •Complete functionality without creating an account: one less password to remember (and may we mention one less app storing your personal data?) Terms of Use and Privacy Agreement: https://thebasicsoftwarecompany.com/swiftdocs-privacy-policy

Screenshots

Scanner Pro4 screens
SwiftDocs4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Scanner Pro at Free against SwiftDocs's $0.99. Scanner Pro also leads on ratings volume (335K vs 48) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). SwiftDocs's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Scanner Pro is free to download; SwiftDocs costs $0.99 up front. Scanner Pro sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and SwiftDocs sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Scanner Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scanner Pro has 335K ratings behind it against 48, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Scanner Pro's written reviews are positive against 85% of SwiftDocs's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scanner Pro ships an update fortnightly, SwiftDocs every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Scanner Pro versus SwiftDocs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScanner ProSwiftDocs
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.9 (335K ratings) — better4.6 (48 ratings)
Positive reviews80.1% of reviews84.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings335K — better48
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#25 — better#123
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size271 MB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperReaddle Technologies LimitedThe Basic Software Company

Customer experience

Scanner Pro

All ratings335,221 ratings
Positive97.6%
Neutral1.1%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews1,410 reviews
Positive80.1%
Neutral4.2%
Negative15.7%

SwiftDocs

All ratings48 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive84.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.4%

Bugs and requests

Scanner Pro

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Sudden loss of scanned documents
  • Inconsistent iCloud sync and storage
  • Cropping and alignment issues after updates

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to create subfolders
  • Improved OCR accuracy, especially for receipts
  • Direct import of emailed documents
  • Customizable naming and organization options
  • Faster cloud sync and better offline access

SwiftDocs

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Scanner Pro

Subscriptions9
  • Scanner Pro Plus7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Expense Report7 Days trial2 variants$4.991 Month
  • Scanner Pro Plus7 Days trial$6.991 Month
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  • Scanner Pro Plus3 Days trial$7.997 Days
  • Scanner Pro Plus7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Scanner Pro Plus7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Scanner Pro Plus$29.991 Year
  • Scanner Pro Plus3 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Scanner Pro Plus$59.991 Year
One-time2
  • Fax Pack 1$0.99
  • Fax Pack 2$1.99
1 purchases

SwiftDocs

Subscriptions1
  • SwiftDocs Pro$7.991 Month

Questions

Is Scanner Pro free?
Scanner Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SwiftDocs free?
SwiftDocs costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Scanner Pro or SwiftDocs?
Scanner Pro is rated higher. Scanner Pro averages 4.9 out of 5 from 335K ratings, while SwiftDocs averages 4.6 from 48 ratings.
Do Scanner Pro or SwiftDocs have ads?
Neither Scanner Pro nor SwiftDocs shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scanner Pro or SwiftDocs?
Scanner Pro ships an update fortnightly, and SwiftDocs every 2 months. Most recently, Scanner Pro was updated on September 25, 2026 and SwiftDocs on September 23, 2026.
Which is more popular, Scanner Pro or SwiftDocs?
Scanner Pro currently peaks at #25 in the App Store charts, and SwiftDocs at #123. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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