Comparison

Scanner Pro vs Fast Scanner

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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Scanner Pro is a professional document scanner that turns your iPhone or iPad into a portable scan-to-PDF tool. Scan agreements, receipts, IDs, books, and more — Scanner Pro automatically detects borders, corrects perspective, and removes shadows to produce clean, ready-to-share PDFs in seconds. DOCUMENT SCANNER - Scan documents, receipts, pictures, IDs, books, and photos with automatic edge detection and perspective correction - Digitize and restore old photos in color, black & white, or grayscale - Highlight, write, and draw directly on your scanned documents CONVERT & EXPORT - Convert any scan into a searchable PDF in seconds - Export scans as PDF, Word, PowerPoint, or JPG - Merge multiple pages into a single PDF document - Add a password to protect sensitive PDFs, or remove one when no longer needed SIGN DOCUMENTS - Add your signature to any scanned document or PDF in seconds - Fill out forms and place text, checkmarks, and initials anywhere on a document - Send signed documents directly by email or to any app OCR & FULL-TEXT SEARCH - Turn scanned text into editable text with built-in OCR - Search across the text inside your scans instantly - Highlight important sections and copy text directly from your scans QR CODE SCANNER - Scan and decode QR codes instantly from the camera screen — point, capture, done SHARE & SYNC - Access every scan on all your devices with iCloud sync - Automatically export and upload scans to Dropbox, Evernote, Google Drive, Box, iCloud Drive, OneDrive, OneNote, or any WebDAV-enabled storage - Share unlimited scans by email or with any app, completely free - Translate scanned text into other languages You can also fax documents directly from your device. Scanner Pro supports 25+ languages, including English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish, Japanese, and Simplified and Traditional Chinese. Download Scanner Pro today for a fast, professional way to scan, organize, and share documents wherever you are. 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

Fast Scanner

Transform your phone into a powerful scanner for documents, receipts, and notes. Quickly capture multipage documents and export them as PDF or JPEG files. Easily print or email your scans, and save them directly to your device or other compatible apps.

Highlights
  • Scan documents and receipts
  • Export to PDF and JPEG
  • Email and print scans
  • Multi-page document scanning
  • Image editing options
  • Save to device or other apps
Features
Currently charting
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Fast Scanner turns your iPhone into a multipage scanner for documents, receipts, notes, invoices, whiteboards and other paper text. With Fast Scanner, you can quickly scan your documents, then print or email them as multipage PDF or JPEG files. Moreover you can save the PDF files in your iPhone or open them in other apps such as iBook, PDF Reader, etc. FEATURES: + Scan documents Fast Scanner scan any type of documents, ranging from a receipt to multipage book. + Export to PDF file All scanned documents are exported as industry-standard PDF file. You can add new pages or delete existed pages within the PDF file. + Email or print scanned documents Just scan any documents and tap "Send" button. If the document needs to be printed, send it to any printer nearby. + Extremely Fast Fast Scanner is optimized to run very fast. + Multi editing support scanned document Fast Scanner support a lot of image editing options so you can make the scanned images as easy to read as possible. We are committed to provide frequently updated versions to all of our users. You only buy once and get all FREE updated version later.

Screenshots

Scanner Pro4 screens
Fast Scanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Scanner Pro at Free against Fast Scanner's $4.99. Scanner Pro also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (336K vs 741). Fast Scanner's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 15) and review sentiment (89% vs 80%). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Scanner Pro is free to download; Fast Scanner costs $4.99 up front. Scanner Pro sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Fast Scanner asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Scanner Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scanner Pro has 336K ratings behind it against 741, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Scanner Pro's written reviews are positive against 89% of Fast Scanner'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, Fast Scanner every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Scanner Pro versus Fast Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScanner ProFast Scanner
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.9 (336K ratings) — better4.7 (741 ratings)
Positive reviews79.9% of reviews88.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings336K — better741
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#31 — better#146
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size271 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperReaddle Technologies LimitedHang Nguyen

Customer experience

Scanner Pro

All ratings335,952 ratings
Positive97.6%
Neutral1.1%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews1,422 reviews
Positive79.9%
Neutral4.2%
Negative15.9%

Fast Scanner

All ratings741 ratings
Positive92.0%
Neutral1.5%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews244 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral2.9%
Negative8.2%

User reviews

Scanner Pro

From 336K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Excellent scanning quality
  • 👍 Easy to use and intuitive
  • 💾 Seamless cloud integration
  • 🌟 Consistently great over the years
  • 🔍 Accurate edge detection and cropping

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
  • ⚠️ Unreliable cloud sync and file management
  • 🔍 Struggles with low-quality or angled documents
  • 💤 Slow performance with large documents
  • 🙅‍♀️ Intrusive advertising and upselling

Fast Scanner

From 741 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Convenient scanning
  • 🚀 Great quality scans
  • 🚀 Efficient workflow
  • 🚀 Reliable app

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional issues with emailing scans
  • 🐛 Difficulty changing document orientation after scanning

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

Fast Scanner

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Email functionality not working for some users
  • App crashing or freezing for a few users

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add ability to annotate/mark up scanned documents
  • Improve email integration and reliability
  • Add option to save scans directly to cloud storage

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
None

Fast Scanner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scanner Pro free?
Scanner Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fast Scanner free?
Fast Scanner costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Scanner Pro or Fast Scanner?
Scanner Pro is rated higher. Scanner Pro averages 4.9 out of 5 from 336K ratings, while Fast Scanner averages 4.7 from 741 ratings.
Do Scanner Pro or Fast Scanner have ads?
Neither Scanner Pro nor Fast Scanner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scanner Pro or Fast Scanner?
Scanner Pro ships an update fortnightly, and Fast Scanner every 5 months. Most recently, Scanner Pro was updated on September 30, 2026 and Fast Scanner on September 28, 2026.
Which is more popular, Scanner Pro or Fast Scanner?
Scanner Pro currently peaks at #31 in the App Store charts, and Fast Scanner at #146. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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