CamScanner + | OCR Scanner vs Amerigo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Mobile scanner for documents
- Optimize scan quality
- Extract text with OCR
- Share PDF/JPEG files
- Print via AirPrint
- Fax documents
- Secure important docs
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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
Amerigo
This app is a comprehensive file manager that unifies local and cloud storage. It allows seamless integration with multiple cloud services and the iOS Files app, enabling easy downloads, uploads, and organization of files across different platforms. Features include virtual folders, Spotlight search, PDF annotation, and file compression.
- Manage local and cloud files
- Integrate multiple cloud services
- iOS Files app integration
- Virtual folders for organization
- Spotlight indexing for quick search
- PDF viewer with annotation
- File compression and decompression
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Amerigo is an enhanced file manager that allows you to manage and organize local and cloud-saved files. It's the only APP that allows to link multiple cloud (DropBox, Google Drive, OneDrive, iCloud Files) and offers iOS Files app integration to download and upload to any cloud from any app! For example if you receive an email, you can directly save the email attachments to one of the cloud linked in Amerigo, simply choosing "Save in files" in the action sheet. Virtual folders allows to group files that come from different sources (cloud/local): you can for example have a virtual folder with all the files that belongs to a project but are stored on different cloud storage providers. The Spotlight indexing of all local contents allows to immediately find and open the file you're looking for, without opening the app! You can also add more than one account for each clouds to increase your space! The integrated PDF viewer with enhanced annotation capabilities, automatically recognise common shapes and gestures, and allows to highlight paragraph by drawing a line over it. Main features: - iOS 11 Files app integration for ALL clouds linked to the app in read write mode. - Spotlight indexing of all content in the app. - Integration with the Dropbox, GDrive, OneDrive, iCloud services for remote file storage. - Search between all contents in the app and in the linked cloud storages thanks to the advanced search - Compression (zip) and decompression (zip & rar) of any files. - PDF editor with annotation, free-hand writing. - Support for all Microsoft Office files. - Simultaneous management of multiple Cloud accounts and management of folders shared with other users. - Enhanced bookmarks and history management. - URL autocomplete and search suggestions - Quick search bar, and enhanced search within all cloud and local files. - File archive with folders and subfolders capabilities. - PIN to hide selected folders. - Multi-tab fast internet browsing - Private browsing mode
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: CamScanner + | OCR Scanner at $0.99 against Amerigo's $29.99. CamScanner + | OCR Scanner also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.4) and review sentiment (83% vs 60%). Amerigo's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
CamScanner + | OCR Scanner costs $0.99 and Amerigo $29.99 up front. CamScanner + | OCR Scanner sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Amerigo asks for nothing beyond the download.
CamScanner + | OCR Scanner holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CamScanner + | OCR Scanner has 17K ratings behind it against 684, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of CamScanner + | OCR Scanner's written reviews are positive against 60% of Amerigo's.
CamScanner + | OCR Scanner ships an update every 3 months, Amerigo every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | CamScanner + | OCR Scanner | Amerigo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $29.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (17K ratings) — better | 4.4 (684 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 60.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17K — better | 684 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #24 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 228 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Linguan Data | IdeaSolutions S.r.l. |
Customer experience
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Amerigo
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
Amerigo
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CamScanner + | OCR Scanner
- CamScanner Premium$4.991 Month
- CamScanner Premium1 Year trial3 variants$49.991 Year
- CamScanner Premium3 Days trial$49.991 Year
- 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
Amerigo
No in-app purchases
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