Scanner Pro vs Simple Scan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Simple Scan
Transform your device into a powerful mobile scanner. Digitize documents, receipts, and IDs. Convert images and handwritten notes to text with OCR. Sign and mark up PDFs with a custom editor.
- Document scanning
- OCR text recognition
- PDF signing
- Document markup
- Batch scanning
- Automatic border detection
- Document organization
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SimpleScan is the incredibly easy-to-use document scanner you've been looking for. Download now so you can scan ANYTHING you want, faster than ANYWHERE else, and so DEAD SIMPLE you could almost do it with your eyes closed. And it's a LOT more than fast and easy... Turn your iOS device into a powerful mobile scanner than does all the work for you, digitizing printed documents, important receipts, IDs & Passports... and even converting images and handwritten notes into text with the OCR function! It gets better... Because we're out to be the most indispensable tool in your day to day life, you can even save more time by signing and marking up your PDFs with our custom document editor. No set-up fees or long-term commitment required – SimpleScan is here to take all the confusion and hassle out of scanning, storing, and sharing your documents (and as you know, life is FULL of documents)... We're called SimpleScan for a reason: this is as easy as it gets. :) Here are just a few more reasons why SimpleScan has quickly become the top PDF scanning, text recognition, and document signing app available: • Scan, store, and save contracts, receipts, documents of any kind, paper notes, schedules, timetables, whatever! • Save multiple signatures to quickly add the one you need, fast. • With the Markup feature, you can highlight text, draw, and scribble on your docs however you want. • Our scanner automatically detects document borders, corrects angles, enhances important imagery while removing shadows, cleans up text and color, and more. Basically, you really can't mess up with this scanner if you tried. • The custom "batch scanning" feature allows you to scan as many pages as you'd like, all in one neat document. • Quickly create documents by selecting images from your Camera Roll, or uploading from anywhere else on your device. • Securely store your documents in your built-in 'document library' for sending later. • Create folders to keep all your docs neatly organized... like they should be. • The export function lets you directly share with friends, email to colleagues, or add to any other app in just a couple taps. • And plenty more! Download SimpleScan for FREE now, and LET US PROVE TO YOU that we're the last document scanning, signature adding, file storage app you'll ever need! Upgrade To SimpleScan Pro: The SimpleScan app is free to download and use forever. If you would like to upgrade to SimpleScan Pro and get unlimited access to all features within the app, we offer a 3-day free trial to make sure it's the right decision for you. Information about the auto-renewal of subscription: – You can subscribe for unlimited access to all features within the app – Subscriptions are billed weekly, monthly, quarterly or annually at the rate selected depending on the subscription plan – 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. The cost depends on the selected plan – 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 the free trial will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription By using the SimleFax App, you are agreeing to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use: http://www.danecoltd.com/simple-fax-privacy-policy/ http://www.danecoltd.com/simple-fax-terms-of-use/ We appreciate your SimpleScan reviews and feedback. Please email us at support@danecoltd.com. We have a full-time support team that is here to ensure your success with using this simple, yet powerful, scanning app. Download SimpleScan to scan from your iPhone & iPad today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Scanner Pro at 80% against Simple Scan's 22%. Scanner Pro also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.4) and ads (none vs shown). Simple Scan's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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. Scanner Pro sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Simple Scan sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Scanner Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scanner Pro has 335K ratings behind it against 245, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Scanner Pro's written reviews are positive against 22% of Simple Scan's.
Scanner Pro ships an update fortnightly, Simple Scan every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scanner Pro | Simple Scan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (335K ratings) — better | 4.4 (245 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.1% of reviews — better | 22.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 335K — better | 245 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #21 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 271 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Readdle Technologies Limited | Daneco Ltd. |
Customer experience
Scanner Pro
Simple Scan
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
Simple Scan
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Scanner Pro
- 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
- Fax Pack 1$0.99
- Fax Pack 2$1.99
Simple Scan
- 3-Day Trial On Weekly Plan3 Days trial$9.997 Days
- 3-Day Trial On Monthly Plan3 Days trial$14.991 Month
- 3-Day Trial On Yearly Plan3 Days trial$49.991 Year
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- SimpleScan Pro Yearly Plan$49.991 Year








