Comparison

TurboScan™ Pro vs Nova Scanner

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

Head to head
About

TurboScan™ Pro

Transform your iPhone into a powerful document scanner. Quickly capture, organize, and share multipage documents, receipts, and more as high-quality PDFs or JPEGs. Advanced algorithms ensure accurate edge detection, perspective correction, and optimal contrast for clear scans.

Highlights
  • Automatic document detection
  • Perspective correction
  • High-quality PDF/JPEG output
  • Document naming and organization
  • Quick email sending
  • SureScan mode for sharp scans
  • Face/Touch ID security
Features
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TurboScan turns your iPhone into a full-featured and powerful scanner for documents, receipts, books, photos, whiteboards, and more. You can quickly and accurately scan your multipage documents in high quality PDFs or JPEGs, name, organize and send them anywhere. • Featured in The NY Times, CNN Money and The Telegraph. • “Absolutely the best... I've tried other scanner apps and this one is the only way to go. Never going back to the other apps… TurboScan sets the standard for scanning apps.” - User review. • “…Would recommend this flawless and incredibly useful and perfectly executed app” - User review. TurboScan uses advanced and fast algorithms to accurately detect document edges, straighten them (correct perspective), eliminate shadows and set a perfect contrast for black on white text. Color and photo modes are also available. TurboScan boasts a powerful yet easy to use interface. Our handy "Email to myself" feature lets you quickly send documents with one tap. TurboScan also offers SureScan, our proprietary scanning mode for sharper scans (especially useful in low-light conditions.) SureScan automatically takes three pictures of the same document, giving you a guaranteed perfect result every time. We do not collect any data from TurboScan and all scanning happens on your iPhone. The confidentiality of your data is never compromised. TURBOSCAN FEATURES: • Automatic document detection and capture with perspective correction • Features SureScan for the sharpest scans • Document naming, folder organization and smart search • “Email to myself” feature for quick, regular emails • Add and reorder pages at any time • Arrange multiple receipts or cards on a single PDF page for printing, easy viewing, etc. • Send faxes using our Turbo Fax app • Easily email & message documents or separate pages as PDF & JPEG • Save documents or pages to Photos • Face/Touch ID & passcode lock for increased security • Upload, auto-upload or backup documents to iCloud Drive • Open PDFs or JPEGs in Google Drive and other PDF cloud apps • Combine scans via Merge or copy & paste separate pages • Conveniently AirDrop documents to your Mac and other devices • Print documents via AirPrint • Ultra-fast scanning (under 3 seconds per page) • Features VoiceOver for visually impaired users • We do not collect any user data in TurboScan TIPS ON SCANNING • Make sure your document is flat. • Use flash in low light conditions, but avoid glare with glossy documents. We support Ukraine. We're constantly improving TurboScan, and we value our customers' opinions and feedback. Please email us at support@turboscanapp.com with any questions or suggestions. Thank you!

About

Nova Scanner

Transform your phone into a powerful mobile scanner. Easily capture, edit, and share documents as PDFs or JPEGs. Features include OCR for text extraction, faxing, and secure document management.

Highlights
  • Multipage scanning
  • OCR text extraction
  • Cheap fax service
  • Document signing
  • Cloud file integration
  • Export as PDF/JPEG/PNG
Features
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Want a scanner in your pocket? SOLUTION: Scanner Now - extracts all the features of a real scanner into your iPhone. With Scanner Now, all you need to do is just take photos of your pages, documents, receipts, whiteboard, anything page like, leave the rest to the app, and have a coffee! Scanner Now is a handy scanner app that will turn your iOS device into a powerful mobile scanner. Easily scan, save, and share any documents in PDF or JPEG. More than just a PDF scanner. Use Scanner Now to turn anything — receipts, notes, documents, photos, business cards, whiteboards — into PDF with text you can reuse from each PDF and photo scan. Designed and developed by polycents! APP FEATURES: Scanner document - Multipage scanning - 3 pre-set page effect, black & white(thresholding), grayscale, colored. - 3-page enhancements - color correction, noise removing, white balance - Page finding - auto-detect border of a page. - Page rotating. Fax document - Cheap fax service - Send fax quickly - Fax history can be queried OCR document - Easily turn an image to text with the OCR function. - Extract text from a scanned document and then edit it as you wish. - Text scanner recognizes all popular languages and can even detect multiple languages within one document. Sign document - Easily sign in any document - Save each of your signatures Documents Management - Docs are arranged by the timeline. - OCR - Grid and list view. - Edit, share, rename, merge, delete documents, and pages. - Pictures from the camera roll, album. - Files from iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Box, Evernote, One Note Documents Share - System based sharing menu. - Export as PDF, JPEG, PNG. - Fax, Email, Printer. Misc - Passcode when launching. - File transferring via Wi-Fi. # Subscription Details # - A free trial period is provided. - Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. - Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is disabled at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. - Automatic renewals will be charged at the same price you were originally charged for the subscription. - 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 The following subscription plans are available (price may vary depending on location): • 12-month subscription with 7-day trial version – US$ 11.99 • 1-month subscription – US$ 1.99 Privacy Policy: https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/55082894 Terms of use: https://polycents.com/terms-%26-conditions-3 Please don’t be hesitate to contact us using the built-in support page or directly email to scanner@bhi-technologies.com when you meet with any problem.

Screenshots

TurboScan™ Pro4 screens
Nova Scanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Nova Scanner at Free against TurboScan™ Pro's $12.99. TurboScan™ Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and ratings volume (297K vs 819). On update cadence, 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

Nova Scanner is free to download; TurboScan™ Pro costs $12.99 up front. Nova Scanner sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. TurboScan™ Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TurboScan™ Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TurboScan™ Pro has 297K ratings behind it against 819, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 96% of TurboScan™ Pro's written reviews are positive against 74% of Nova Scanner's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TurboScan™ Pro ships an update every 3 months, Nova Scanner every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
TurboScan™ Pro versus Nova Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTurboScan™ ProNova Scanner
Price$12.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (297K ratings) — better4.6 (819 ratings)
Positive reviews96.3% of reviews — better74.4% of reviews
Number of ratings297K — better819
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
Best chart rank#4 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB133 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPiksoft Inc.Beesoft Apps

Customer experience

TurboScan™ Pro

All ratings295,245 ratings
Positive98.9%
Neutral0.6%
Negative0.5%
Written reviews2,767 reviews
Positive96.3%
Neutral1.5%
Negative2.2%

Nova Scanner

All ratings817 ratings
Positive90.2%
Neutral2.8%
Negative7.0%
Written reviews82 reviews
Positive74.4%
Neutral4.9%
Negative20.7%

User reviews

TurboScan™ Pro

From 297K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast and easy to use
  • 👍 Intuitive interface
  • 💡 Versatile scanning capabilities
  • 🔒 Secure document handling
  • 🚀 Efficient workflow for receipts, documents, and more

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional issues with auto-framing and cropping
  • 🔒 Lack of password protection for scanned documents
  • 🔋 Concerns about performance on older devices

Nova Scanner

From 819 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Convenient
  • 💡 Great for on-the-go scanning
  • 👍 User-friendly
  • 👍 Excellent scanning quality

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Subscription issues (unable to use after paying)
  • 🐛 Crashes and glitches
  • 🔒 Security concerns (unable to bulk share documents)

Bugs and requests

TurboScan™ Pro

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Inconsistent behavior when scanning multi-page documents
  • Occasional crashes or freezes

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to organize scans into folders
  • Direct integration with cloud storage services like OneDrive
  • Auto-scan mode for hands-free operation
  • OCR capabilities for searchable text

Nova Scanner

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Subscription not working as expected
  • Repeated prompts to subscribe even with active subscription
  • Distorted or partial image capture

Requested features

3 requests
  • Bulk document sharing
  • Improved subscription management
  • Compatibility with more platforms (e.g., Canvas, Discord)

In-app purchases

None

TurboScan™ Pro

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

Nova Scanner

Subscriptions4
  • Scanner App Premium - 1 Month$1.991 Month
  • PDF Scanner, Fax and OCR7 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • PDF Scanner, Fax and OCR7 Days trial$10.991 Year
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  • Scanner App Premium - 1 Year7 Days trial$11.991 Year
One-time5
  • Scanner App - 50 Fax Credits$3.99
  • 250 Fax Credits$9.99
  • 600 Fax Credits$19.99
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  • Upgrade to Premium$19.99
  • 2000 Fax Credits$49.99

Questions

Is TurboScan™ Pro free?
TurboScan™ Pro costs $12.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nova Scanner free?
Nova Scanner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TurboScan™ Pro or Nova Scanner?
TurboScan™ Pro is rated higher. TurboScan™ Pro averages 4.9 out of 5 from 297K ratings, while Nova Scanner averages 4.6 from 819 ratings.
Do TurboScan™ Pro or Nova Scanner have ads?
Neither TurboScan™ Pro nor Nova Scanner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TurboScan™ Pro or Nova Scanner?
TurboScan™ Pro ships an update every 3 months, and Nova Scanner every 2 months. Most recently, TurboScan™ Pro was updated on October 28, 2026 and Nova Scanner on October 26, 2026.

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