CamScanner + | OCR Scanner vs Stedi
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
Stedi
Manage business prospects, create content boards, and set reminders to stay organized. Collaborate with teams, schedule calls, and message colleagues. Offers tiered subscription plans for enhanced features.
- Prospect management system
- Content boards with permissions
- Customizable reminders
- Scheduled calls with notifications
- Team creation and management
- In-app messaging and group chat
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Grow your business exponentially with the Stedi App! Subscription Levels: Free Tier - $0 per month Business Manager - $5.99 per month Team Manager - $12.99 per month **Features** Prospect Management System: Our app is here to make managing your prospects a breeze! From the first reach out to the final conversion—and beyond—you can easily keep track of everything. Add notes and set reminders right within the app to stay organized and on top of your game. You can create up to 5 prospects for free before hitting the free tier limit. Then, you must become a subscriber to the Basic Tier in order to continue adding prospects. Content Boards (Paid): With our boards feature, you can easily create, view, and share content with your organization. Post photos, videos, links, language boards, and checklists for everyone on your team to see. You can also control who can edit the boards by setting permissions to 'Everyone on my team,' 'Only admins,' or 'Only me. Users must subscribe to join teams and access business resources created by their team members. Reminders (Paid): Quickly jot down a note and set a date and time for a reminder. You can link reminders directly to specific prospects or keep them generic—whatever works best for you! You must subscribe to the Basic Tier in order to create reminders. Scheduled Calls (Paid): Keep all your business calls organized in one place so nothing slips through the cracks! Our app will send you a push notification an hour before each call starts so you’re always ready and prepared. You must subscribe to the Basic Tier in order to schedule calls with prospects. Join a team (Paid): Join a team to access business resources created by that team, view/post events to the team, and to collaborate through group chat, direct messages and group messages. Manage your own team (Paid): Create your own team and customize it with your own set of categories, statuses, products, actions, goals and resources. You get your own team dashboard page to broadcast relevant content to your team members. You also get your own Resources page where you, the team leader, and other members of your team can contribute to team resources. You must be a Pro Tier subscriber to create your own team. Messaging (Paid): Chat with your team, create group messages and send boards via our messaging service. You must be subscribed to the Basic Tier to unlock this functionality. Here is a link to Apple's Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/. Here is a link to our privacy policy: https://itsgrowtime.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Stedi at Free against CamScanner + | OCR Scanner's $0.99. Stedi also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months). CamScanner + | OCR Scanner's advantage is review sentiment (83% vs 50%) and ratings volume (17K vs 9). On in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Stedi 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 Stedi sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CamScanner + | OCR Scanner holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CamScanner + | OCR Scanner has 17K ratings behind it against 9, 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 50% of Stedi's.
CamScanner + | OCR Scanner ships an update every 3 months, Stedi every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CamScanner + | OCR Scanner | Stedi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (17K ratings) — better | 4.6 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17K — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | #11 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 228 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Linguan Data | Connor Boothe |
Customer experience
CamScanner + | OCR Scanner
Stedi
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
Stedi
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
Stedi
- Business Manager$5.991 Month
- Team Manager$12.991 Month
Questions
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