Comparison

FineReader vs ScanAny

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

Head to head
About

FineReader

Transform your mobile device into a powerful scanner for documents and books. Extract text from images with advanced OCR technology, create editable digital copies, and share them easily. Organize and annotate your scanned files with intelligent features.

Highlights
  • Scan documents and books
  • Offline and online OCR
  • Extract text to TXT
  • Save as PDF and JPEG
  • Share to cloud storage
  • Annotate PDFs
  • Automatic document classification
Features
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ABBYY FineReader PDF - the first smart AI-powered scanner that turns your mobile device into an all-purpose tool to quickly capture docs and books, create electronic copies in PDF and JPEG, and extract texts from scans for further editing and sharing. FineReader PDF - the top mobile scanner for iPhone or iPad from ABBYY, a Digital Intelligence company. *** Ranked #1 Business application in 98 countries *** *** Winner of SUPERSTAR Award in the "Document Capture" category in the Mobile Star Awards *** Use FineReader PDF to scan paper documents, books, agreements, receipts, magazine articles, notes, recipes, charts, tables, slides, whiteboards, or even billboards on the street and get perfect digital copies. KEY FEATURES • PDF & JPEG. Scan any text and save scans to JPEG images or cross-platform PDF documents. • OFFLINE OCR. Quickly extract text from scans into TXT format on your device without an internet connection. • ONLINE OCR. Recognize text (OCR) on scans in 183 languages (including Latin, Cyrillic, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean alphabets) and choose from among 4 output formats. • SHARE & EXPORT. Send results by email, to FineReader PDF for Windows, save in cloud storages - iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Google Drive, Yandex.Disk, Evernote, OneDrive for Business, and more. • LIVE TEXT. Make phone calls, send emails, follow the links, and more from scanned docs. • ABBYY NEURAL NETWORK. The smart gallery will automatically classify documents into 7 types: A4, books, business cards, handwritten, IDs, other docs, and receipts. • SEARCH TEXT ON PHOTOS. Type the text from a photo into a Search field in the gallery. FineReader PDF will find photos that have this text. • AR RULER. Define doc size in AR. It will be useful for non-standard documents and further printing them out in proper proportions. • SIRI SHORTCUTS. Open scans with Siri and set the flow of actions with scans using Shortcuts app. • ANNOTATE SCANS. Discover a set of easy-to-use tools to modify your PDFs: add your signature or a text box, use a highlighter, write with a pen, or conceal content with the redaction tool. • 3D TOUCH & SPOTLIGHT SEARCH SUPPORT. • PASSWORD ON PDF. Add a password for the image-only PDF files while exporting and sending via email. • MULTIPAGE DOCS. Create, edit, and enhance separate images or large multi-page documents without any additional selection on the viewfinder. • AUTO-CAPTURE AND FILTERS. Excellent visual quality with auto-capture of page boundaries and advanced image filters, which process scans in color, greyscale, or black-and-white versions. • BUILT-IN FILE STORAGE. Save scans inside the app with tags and search capabilities. • Transfer docs to your Mac or PC using Home Sharing. • AIRPRINT. Print out scans directly from your iPhone or iPad. Read us: abbyy.com/blog/mobile Facebook.com/ABBYYsoft Twitter @ABBYY_Software YouTube.com/ABBYYvideos Do you like FineReader PDF? Please leave a review!

About

ScanAny

Transform your phone into a powerful scanner for documents, receipts, and IDs. Easily convert images to editable text, sign documents, and share them via cloud services or email. Store scans securely on your device.

Highlights
  • Scan documents, receipts, and IDs
  • Convert images to editable text (OCR)
  • Save scans as PDF, JPEG, or DOC
  • Digitally sign documents
  • Share via cloud services or email
  • Local document storage
Features
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ScanAny is a mobile scanner app that will turn your iPhone into a powerful mobile scanner. Simple use, accurate scans, easy editing and sharing. You can scan anything you need: contracts, books, to-do lists, paper notes, fax papers, receipts, ID cards and store your scans as high quality PDF or JPEG files. All scanned documents are stored locally on your device and inaccessible to us and to any third-party. SCAN. Using only your iPhone camera you can easily scan, save and print any document including: - Contracts, Invoices, Bills, Tax Rolls, Business Cards, Letters - To-do lists, Paper Notes, Whiteboards, Mindmaps, Receipts - Book Pages, Articles - ID cards, Credentials, Certificates - Texts and documents that don't offer a digital copy; CONVERT. Easily turn an image to editable text format with the OCR function. Extract text from a scanned document and then edit it as you wish. Languages supported for text recognition: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Turkish, Russian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, Hindi, Korean, Hebrew. SAVE. You can save documents in high quality as PDF, JPEG or DOC. SIGN. E-sign any docs by simply adding your signature to electronic documents with just a few taps. SHARE. Easily share documents with others via social media, messengers or email attachment. Upload scans to cloud services like Dropbox or Google Drive or simply print it via any WI-FI printer. Information about the auto-renewal of unlimited access subscription: – You can subscribe for unlimited access to all features within the app - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current 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. - Please note: any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription. - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. - An account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. The cost depends on the selected plan. Automatic renewal VIP service statement - Your iTunes account will be charged and the subscription will automatically renew at confirmation of purchase unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current subscription. Your account will be charged for renewal within the last 24-hours prior to the end of the current subscription, and renewal expenses will be confirmed. - If you want to cancel the subscription, please manually open the "Settings" of your iPhone - -> enter "iTunes Store and App Store" - -> click "Apple ID", select "View Apple ID", enter the "Account Settings" page, click "Subscribe", select ScanAny to cancel the subscription. User Agreement: https://fufei.pdf000.cn/agreement/scanios/en Privacy Policy: https://fufei.pdf000.cn/policy/scanios/en Automatic renewal agreement: https://fufei.pdf000.cn/vipinfo/scanios/en

Screenshots

FineReader4 screens
ScanAny4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: FineReader at none against ScanAny's shown. FineReader also leads on ratings volume (19K vs 2) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). ScanAny's advantage is review sentiment (97% vs 71%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. FineReader sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and ScanAny sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FineReader holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FineReader has 19K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of FineReader's written reviews are positive against 97% of ScanAny's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FineReader ships an update monthly, ScanAny every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
FineReader versus ScanAny: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFineReaderScanAny
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (19K ratings) — better4.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews71.3% of reviews96.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19K — better2
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size130 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperABBYY USA Software House IncShanghai Mengge E - Commerce Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

FineReader

All ratings19,332 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral2.9%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews442 reviews
Positive71.3%
Neutral5.7%
Negative23.1%

ScanAny

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive96.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.1%

Bugs and requests

FineReader

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Frequent crashes when switching between apps
  • Unreliable auto-capture feature
  • Issues with sending scans via email

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to edit scanned documents
  • Support for multi-page PDF scanning
  • Improved edge detection for curved documents
  • Offline OCR processing option

ScanAny

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

FineReader

Subscriptions9
  • [ARCHIVE]Entry Premium monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Scan PDF and documents7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • [ARCHIVE]Basic Premium monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
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  • ARCHIVE-Advanced Premium month7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • PDF Scanner + OCR7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • FineScanner Premium monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • PDF Scanner$9.991 Year
  • Photo Scanning app14 Days trial$20.991 Year
  • FineScanner Premium yearly$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • [ARCHIVE] No Ads$5.99
5 purchases

ScanAny

Subscriptions5
  • Weekly subscription$4.997 Days
  • Weekly subscription3 Days trial$7.997 Days
  • Monthly subscription3 Days trial$9.991 Month
Show 2 more
  • 年度订阅3 Days trial$14.491 Year
  • Consecutive Year7 Days trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is FineReader free?
FineReader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ScanAny free?
ScanAny is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, FineReader or ScanAny?
FineReader is rated higher. FineReader averages 4.7 out of 5 from 19K ratings, while ScanAny averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do FineReader or ScanAny have ads?
ScanAny shows ads; FineReader does not.
Which is updated more often, FineReader or ScanAny?
FineReader ships an update monthly, and ScanAny every 3 weeks. Most recently, FineReader was updated on September 24, 2026 and ScanAny on September 22, 2026.

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