Comparison

CamScanner + | OCR Scanner vs Yes Session

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

Yes Session

This app provides a supportive environment for brainstorming by offering random phrases of encouragement during your idea generation sessions. It records your audio ideas and allows you to share them via email. You can also customize the encouraging phrases to personalize your experience.

Highlights
  • Positive feedback simulation
  • Audio recording of ideas
  • Email audio file sharing
  • Customizable encouraging phrases
  • Supports iPhone and iPad
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Did you ever have a meeting where your ideas get shot down? Did you ever have a meeting WITH YOURSELF where ideas get shot down? "Yes Session" is a positive feedback app to encourage you to brainstorm ideas. It simulates having a meeting with an interested party. When you pause to let the idea sink in, "Yes Session" speaks up with random phrases of encouragement! Yes Session records your ideas while you do this, and you can mail the resulting audio file to yourself or an interested party! You can customize it by adding your own encouraging phrases using the iTunes document interface. Yes Session : encouraging you since 2011!

Screenshots

CamScanner + | OCR Scanner4 screens
Yes Session1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Yes Session at none against CamScanner + | OCR Scanner's 10. Yes Session also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 12.0). CamScanner + | OCR Scanner's advantage is review sentiment (83% vs 50%) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 36 months). On price, rating 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

CamScanner + | OCR Scanner costs $0.99 and Yes Session $0.99 up front. CamScanner + | OCR Scanner sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Yes Session asks for nothing beyond the download.

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 Yes Session. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CamScanner + | OCR Scanner has 17K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of CamScanner + | OCR Scanner's written reviews are positive against 50% of Yes Session's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CamScanner + | OCR Scanner ships an update every 3 months, Yes Session every 36 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
CamScanner + | OCR Scanner versus Yes Session: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCamScanner + | OCR ScannerYes Session
Price$0.99$0.99
Rating4.9 (17K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings17K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 36 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#14 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.09.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size228 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLinguan DataHenry Lowengard

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%

Yes Session

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

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

Yes Session

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
None

Yes Session

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CamScanner + | OCR Scanner free?
CamScanner + | OCR Scanner costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Yes Session free?
Yes Session costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CamScanner + | OCR Scanner or Yes Session?
Yes Session is rated higher. CamScanner + | OCR Scanner averages 4.9 out of 5 from 17K ratings, while Yes Session averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do CamScanner + | OCR Scanner or Yes Session have ads?
CamScanner + | OCR Scanner shows ads; Yes Session does not.
Which is updated more often, CamScanner + | OCR Scanner or Yes Session?
CamScanner + | OCR Scanner ships an update every 3 months, and Yes Session every 36 months. Most recently, CamScanner + | OCR Scanner was updated on October 2, 2026 and Yes Session on September 27, 2026.

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