Comparison

CamScanner + | OCR Scanner vs Scanner

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

Head to head
About

CamScanner + | OCR Scanner

Transform your phone into a powerful scanner for documents, receipts, and notes. Optimize scan quality, extract text with OCR, and share files easily via email, cloud, or fax. Secure your documents with passcodes and sync them across all your devices.

Highlights
  • Mobile scanner for documents
  • Optimize scan quality
  • Extract text with OCR
  • Share PDF/JPEG files
  • Print via AirPrint
  • Fax documents
  • Secure important docs
Features
Currently charting
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Scan docs into clear & sharp image/PDF, to email, fax, print or save to cloud. * Over 200,000 new registrations per day * App Store Best of 2014 * CamScanner, 50 Best iPhone Apps, 2013 Edition – TIME ----Paid App Features---- * All features that the free version has * Recognize and extract texts from a single page * Larger cloud space of 400M (200M for free version) * Export PDFs without watermark "Scanned by CamScanner" * Ad-free Features: *Mobile Scanner Use your phone camera to scan receipts, notes, invoices, whiteboard discussions, business cards, certificates, etc. *Optimize Scan Quality Smart cropping and auto enhancing make the texts and graphics look clear and sharp. *Extract Texts from Image OCR (optical character recognition) feature extracts texts from single page for further editing or sharing. (Paid app only) *Share PDF/JPEG Files Easily share documents in PDF or JPEG format with others via social media, email attachment or sending the doc link. *AirPrint & Fax Documents Instantly print out docs in CamScanner with nearby printer via AirPrint; directly fax docs to over 30 countries from the app. *Collaboration Invite friends or colleagues to view and comment on your scans in a group. (Registrants only) *Advanced Editing Making annotations or adding customized watermark on docs are made available for you. *Secure Important Docs Set passcode for viewing important docs; meanwhile, when sending doc link, you can set password to protect it. *Sync across Platforms Sign up to sync documents on the go. Just sign in to any smartphone, tablet or computer (visit CamScanner website) you own and you can view, edit and share any document. Premium Subscription Service: 1. Edit OCR results and notes of the doc, exporting as .txt file 2. Create Doc Collage for multiple pages 3. + 10G cloud space 4. + 40 extra collaborators 5. Send doc link with password protection and expiration date 6. Auto upload docs to Box, Google Drive, Dropbox, Evernote, One Drive and etc. 7. Batch download PDF files through web application of CS 8. Import PDF to Camscanner for editing 9. Scan academic questions to make practice tests for study 10. High Standard ID Scan and More... Payment models for Premium subscription: • Monthly Subscription: $4.99 per month, • Yearly Subscription: $35.99 for 1st year and $49.99/year starting from the next year, • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current subscription period. • 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 a free trial period will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication. For Terms of Use, please visit https://www.camscanner.com/app/service?language=en-us For Privacy Policy, please visit https://www.camscanner.com/app/privacy?language=en-us CamScanner users scan and manage * Bill, Invoice, Contract, Tax Roll, Business Card… * Whiteboard, Memo, Script, Letter… * Blackboard, Note, PPT, Book, Article… * Credential, Certificate, Identity Documents… 3rd Party Cloud Storage Services Supported: -Box, Google Drive, Evernote, Dropbox, OneDrive We’d love to hear your feedback: isupport@intsig.com Follow us on Twitter: @CamScanner Like us on Facebook: CamScanner Follow us on Google+: CamScanner Check out other INTSIG’s products: CamCard - Business Card Reader CamDictionary - Snap Translator

About

Scanner

Easily digitize paper documents into PDFs using your phone's camera. Features include automatic edge detection, rotation, color enhancement, and OCR to extract text. Secure your files with password protection and share them via cloud services.

Highlights
  • Automatic document edge detection and cropping
  • Rotate scans in 90-degree increments
  • 6 color enhancement options
  • OCR for text extraction in 14 languages
  • Convert PDF, JPG, PNG to TXT
  • Cloud storage integration for sharing
  • Add personalized signatures to PDFs
  • Password protect files and folders
Features
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Transform paper document into digital PDF with your iPhone. The Scanner app allows you to scan documents, sign, save and print them, or send them via email and file-sharing services. Scanner app is more than a clean PDF scanner, you can digitize and manage all your documents, receipts, forms, books, business cards, passports and photos on the go with it. ~ KEY FEATURES ~ Crop: Detect edges of document and automatically crop your scan Rotate: Rotate scan in 90-degree increments Color: 6 color enhancement options including Black & White and Color OCR: Perform OCR in 14 languages; recognize, extract, copy, edit and share text Convert: Convert PDF, JPG and PNG format to editable TXT document Share: Dropbox, Box, Google Drive, OneDrive, iCloud Drive and other cloud storage services Sign: Add a personalized signature to your PDF Manage: Rename, move, share and delete folders and files Protect: Password protect your files and folders ~ HOW TO USE ~ -Scan single document Position the paper document on a flat surface, like a desk or table. Hover the phone directly above it until it’s automatically recognized by the camera. There’s also a manual button in case it doesn’t grab your document right away. Drag the corners to adjust the scan to fit the page, if needed, or to scan only part of the page you want. Tap the save button and edit your scan. Fine-tune the scan for Color, Black & White, and Grayscale. You can set up your default scan quality and filter in settings. -Scan multiple documents in sequence Switch to batch mode. Arrange your documents in a stack to scan them in order, one after the other. After the camera shoots the first page, remove it so the app can capture the second page. Repeat until you finish all scanning. Next, tap the share icon to send the scanned document using your apps, print it out, or create a PDF. ~ UNLIMITED ACCESS MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTION ~ -You can subscribe to get unlimited access to all app features -Subscriptions are billed weekly, monthly, or annually at the rate based on the subscription plan Weekly Subscription - USD 2.99 Monthly Subscription - USD 9.99 Yearly Subscription - USD 19.99 -Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase -Subscription renews automatically 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 For Terms of Use, please visit https://d3ddozgk1n793i.cloudfront.net/uPic/KI9iM3.html For Privacy Policy, please visit https://d3ddozgk1n793i.cloudfront.net/uPic/RXcwtb.html For any questions about scanner app, feel free to contact us at instanton73@gmail.com

Screenshots

CamScanner + | OCR Scanner4 screens
Scanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Scanner at Free against CamScanner + | OCR Scanner's $0.99. CamScanner + | OCR Scanner's advantage is ratings volume (17K vs 8) and chart position (#15 vs unranked). On rating, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 is free to download; CamScanner + | OCR Scanner costs $0.99 up front. CamScanner + | OCR Scanner sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Scanner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for CamScanner + | OCR Scanner against 5.0 for Scanner. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CamScanner + | OCR Scanner has 17K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CamScanner + | OCR Scanner ships an update every 3 months, Scanner every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
CamScanner + | OCR Scanner versus Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCamScanner + | OCR ScannerScanner
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (17K ratings)5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings17K — better8
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#15 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size228 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLinguan DataArkadiy Hamulin

Customer experience

CamScanner + | OCR Scanner

All ratings17,235 ratings
Positive97.2%
Neutral1.2%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews1,801 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral2.8%
Negative13.9%

Scanner

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

CamScanner + | OCR Scanner

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Frequent crashes and freezes
  • Sync issues leading to lost documents
  • Unreliable faxing and emailing
  • Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions
  • Inconsistent scanning quality

Requested features

5 requests
  • Improved cloud storage integration
  • Easier document organization
  • Better OCR and text recognition
  • Ability to edit/annotate scanned documents
  • Automatic backup and restore functionality

Scanner

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

CamScanner + | OCR Scanner

Subscriptions3
  • CamScanner Premium$4.991 Month
  • CamScanner Premium1 Year trial3 variants$49.991 Year
  • CamScanner Premium3 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time4
  • One-page Fax$0.99
  • 600 cp + One chance to Draw$0.99
  • 3000 C-Points$4.99
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  • Ten-page Fax$8.99
3 purchases

Scanner

Subscriptions3
  • Scanner App Weekly Premium3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Scanner App Monthly Premium3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Scanner App Yearly Premium3 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is CamScanner + | OCR Scanner free?
CamScanner + | OCR Scanner costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Scanner free?
Scanner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CamScanner + | OCR Scanner or Scanner?
Scanner is rated higher. CamScanner + | OCR Scanner averages 4.9 out of 5 from 17K ratings, while Scanner averages 5.0 from 8 ratings.
Do CamScanner + | OCR Scanner or Scanner have ads?
Both CamScanner + | OCR Scanner and Scanner show ads.
Which is updated more often, CamScanner + | OCR Scanner or Scanner?
CamScanner + | OCR Scanner ships an update every 3 months, and Scanner every 2 months. Most recently, CamScanner + | OCR Scanner was updated on October 2, 2026 and Scanner on September 15, 2026.

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