Perfect OCR vs Handy Ruler
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Perfect OCR
Scan and convert documents into editable text with high accuracy. This app offers advanced image processing for clear scans, supports multiple languages for OCR, and allows easy sharing of documents as PDFs or text files. All processing is done offline for enhanced privacy.
- High-accuracy OCR for documents
- Advanced image processing for clear scans
- Email documents as PDF with text or image
- Offline processing for data privacy
- Multi-language OCR support
- Automatic document edge detection
- SureScan mode for jitter-free images
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Perfect OCR gives you both a general purpose OCR app and a document scanner. Now you can scan and OCR your letter-size or A4 documents with an accuracy of 90% or more, edit, copy and store the recognized text, and e-mail your documents as PDF files with text, SINGLE page image, or both together! NOTE: To ensure the advertised results it is important that you follow the OCR TIPS below (or in the app's help). Perfect OCR scans your documents using advanced image-processing algorithms to eliminate uneven lighting and shadows and improve contrast. The result is the clearest and most readable scans possible from the iPhone's camera. Perfect OCR also offers SureScan, our proprietary scanning mode that delivers sharper images with less jitter or smear. Our unique "Email to myself" feature lets you send documents to a predefined address, or even upload them to an online storage service like Evernote or Box.net, with a single tap. Uploading documents to online services via email is fast, secure, and can be done even if you're temporarily off line. Refer to app help for details. All processing happens on your iPhone, and the confidentiality of your data is never compromised. There is also no subscription fee, and no Internet access is needed to scan documents or run OCR. PERFECT OCR FEATURES: • Letter-size or A4 page OCR with accuracy of 95% for model 3GS, 98% for iPhone 4, and up to 90% for 3G • OCR languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Russian, Polish, Hungarian, Czech and Ukrainian. • Email multipage PDFs with text, SINGLE page image, or both • Automatic document edge detection and perspective correction • Multipage text recognition with accuracy indicator • Text editing and copy-to-clipboard operations • Built-in OCR text archive with file sharing via iTunes • "Email to myself" feature • Email text and image files (.TXT + .JPG), or save image to library • Searchable PDFs with document images (single page) • Preserves simple text formatting • Option to auto-remove line breaks • SureScan mode for jitter-free scans • Simple yet powerful user interface • Instant brightness, rotation, and color controls • Compact attachments with adjustable size IMPORTANT TIPS FOR OCR: • Make sure your document is flat and well lit. Hold your iPhone still while shooting. • Always scan documents using "SureScan 3x" mode. • Glossy paper may not work well (avoid glare). • When scanning books keep the pages as flat as possible and your iPhone parallel to the surface. • Perfect OCR cannot recognize handwritten, very large text or spreadsheets correctly. • Make sure to select the right language for OCR in app settings. We're constantly improving Perfect OCR, and we value our customers' opinions and feedback. Please contact us at support@turboscanapp.com. If you have a problem with our software, please contact us before submitting a comment to the app store. We can solve most of the problems, but we cannot respond to comments.
Handy Ruler
This tool uses your device's camera to measure the distance between two points on screen. Simply tap to set start and end points, and get instant results in inches and millimeters.
- Camera-based measurement
- Measure distance between two points
- Instant results
- Displays in inches and millimeters
- Simple tap interface
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Handy Ruler is a simple and efficient measurement tool for measuring the distance between two points. Get instant results by selecting the start and end points on the screen. How to Use: 1. Point the camera at the object you want to measure. 2. Wait for the camera to stabilize, and small yellow dots will appear. 3. Select the start point by touching the screen. A green point will mark the start. 4. Select the end point by touching the screen. Another green point will mark the end. 5. The measurement result will display at the top of the screen in both inches and millimeters. We value your feedback and are committed to improving the app. Enjoy measuring with Handy Ruler!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Handy Ruler at Free against Perfect OCR's $0.99. Handy Ruler also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 65%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Perfect OCR's advantage is ratings volume (118 vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Handy Ruler is free to download; Perfect OCR costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Handy Ruler holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Perfect OCR has 118 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Perfect OCR's written reviews are positive against 100% of Handy Ruler's.
Perfect OCR ships an update every 2 months, Handy Ruler every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Perfect OCR | Handy Ruler |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (118 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 118 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16 | 13.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Piksoft Inc. | STRENGCON LLC |
Customer experience
Perfect OCR
Handy Ruler
Bugs and requests
Perfect OCR
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on iOS 4 devices
- Issues with image capture and orientation
- Inconsistent OCR performance
Requested features
5 requests- Support for more languages
- Improved OCR accuracy
- Ability to process multiple pages at once
- Integration with cloud storage and productivity apps
- Spell check and editing tools
Handy Ruler
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Perfect OCR
No in-app purchases
Handy Ruler
No in-app purchases
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