Comparison

CamScanner + | OCR Scanner vs My Scans PRO, pdf scanner app

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

My Scans PRO, pdf scanner app

Easily scan, organize, and share documents from your mobile device. Convert photos into searchable PDFs, send faxes, print, and email your files. Cloud features allow for synchronization and collaboration across devices.

Highlights
  • Automatic document edge detection and crop
  • Create searchable PDF documents
  • Multi-page document creation
  • File and folder organization
  • Share documents as images or PDFs
  • Built-in fax functionality
  • Cloud synchronization and collaboration
Features
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My Scans is the best Document Scanner and Document organiser for iPhone and iPad! It is super simple to use. Just take a photo of a document, invoice, business card, bill, contract or memo and save it. My Scans will do the rest. It detects edges and converts photos to a (searchable **) PDF document. You can send documents by email or print them anytime you want **. With My Scans Cloud you can synchronise documents between your devices, access files on your computer via a Web browser, collaborate with others using shared folders and share or receive files through Download and Receive links *. From now on you will have all the documents you always need in your pocket! Main features: - Automatic document edge detection and crop - Create searchable PDF document ** - Multiple pages in a single document - Amazing file and folder organiser - Share your documents as Images / PDFs ** - Print documents from the device ** - Send documents via built in fax. - Search the document ** - Cloud collaboration (group documents) * - Cloud sharing (share only link to files and folders) * - Cloud backup * - Cloud access documents via browser (no app needed) * - Synced documents on multiple devices * Top App Cloud features: - Cloud collaboration (group projects) - Cloud sharing (share only link to files and folders) - Cloud backup - Cloud access projects via browser (no app needed) - Synced projects on multiple devices Top App Cloud Subscription: - $2.99/month or $19.99/year - Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews 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, and identify the cost of the renewal - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase - No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period - Privacy policy and Terms of service: http://www.topapp.si/privacy/ * Only available if Top App Cloud service is enabled. ** Only available when My Scans Free is upgraded to full version or in PRO version of My Scans

Screenshots

CamScanner + | OCR Scanner4 screens
My Scans PRO, pdf scanner app4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CamScanner + | OCR Scanner at $0.99 against My Scans PRO, pdf scanner app's $10.99. CamScanner + | OCR Scanner also leads on chart position (#25 vs unranked) and ratings volume (17K vs 3.2K). My Scans PRO, pdf scanner app's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On rating, review sentiment, update cadence 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

CamScanner + | OCR Scanner costs $0.99 and My Scans PRO, pdf scanner app $10.99 up front. CamScanner + | OCR Scanner sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and My Scans PRO, pdf scanner app sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. 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 4.8 for My Scans PRO, pdf scanner app. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CamScanner + | OCR Scanner has 17K ratings behind it against 3.2K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 83% and 84% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
CamScanner + | OCR Scanner versus My Scans PRO, pdf scanner app: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCamScanner + | OCR ScannerMy Scans PRO, pdf scanner app
Price$0.99 — better$10.99
Rating4.9 (17K ratings) — better4.8 (3.2K ratings)
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews83.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17K — better3.2K
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#25 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size228 MB114 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLinguan DataTOP APP d.o.o.

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%

My Scans PRO, pdf scanner app

All ratings3,139 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.5%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews870 reviews
Positive83.9%
Neutral2.8%
Negative13.3%

User reviews

CamScanner + | OCR Scanner

From 17K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Convenient scanning
  • 🚀 Efficient document management
  • 👍 Great for receipts and documents
  • 🚀 Reliable and stable

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Privacy concerns
  • 💰 Expensive subscription
  • 🐛 Bugs and crashes
  • 🔒 Forced account creation
  • 💰 Nickel-and-diming for features

My Scans PRO, pdf scanner app

From 3.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Excellent scanning quality
  • 👍 Easy to use and intuitive
  • 🚀 Fast and efficient
  • 📁 Great for organizing documents
  • 💼 Useful for business and personal use

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or freezes
  • 🔒 Difficulty restoring purchases on new devices
  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 📁 Issues with file management and organization

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

My Scans PRO, pdf scanner app

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Scans not being sent to email
  • App crashing after iOS updates
  • Inability to restore previous purchases

Requested features

4 requests
  • Improved file management and organization options
  • Ability to batch scan and import multiple documents
  • Integration with cloud storage services
  • More customization options for scan settings

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
7 purchases

My Scans PRO, pdf scanner app

Subscriptions2
  • Top App Cloud$2.991 Month
  • Top App Cloud$19.991 Year
One-time5
  • One-page Fax$0.99
  • Cloud - 1 month$2.99
  • Ten-page Fax$8.99
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  • Cloud - 12 months$19.99
  • Fifty Fax pages$39.99

Questions

Is CamScanner + | OCR Scanner free?
CamScanner + | OCR Scanner costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is My Scans PRO, pdf scanner app free?
My Scans PRO, pdf scanner app costs $10.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CamScanner + | OCR Scanner or My Scans PRO, pdf scanner app?
CamScanner + | OCR Scanner is rated higher. CamScanner + | OCR Scanner averages 4.9 out of 5 from 17K ratings, while My Scans PRO, pdf scanner app averages 4.8 from 3.2K ratings.
Do CamScanner + | OCR Scanner or My Scans PRO, pdf scanner app have ads?
CamScanner + | OCR Scanner shows ads; My Scans PRO, pdf scanner app does not.
Which is updated more often, CamScanner + | OCR Scanner or My Scans PRO, pdf scanner app?
CamScanner + | OCR Scanner ships an update every 3 months, and My Scans PRO, pdf scanner app every 3 months. Most recently, CamScanner + | OCR Scanner was updated on November 9, 2026 and My Scans PRO, pdf scanner app on November 6, 2026.

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