Comparison

Scandock vs OneStep Reader Multi

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

Head to head
About

Scandock

Transform your iPhone into a powerful document scanner with one-touch simplicity. Achieve excellent, true-color output automatically with minimal effort. Scan multiple items in a single shot and save as JPEG or PDF.

Highlights
  • One-touch scanning
  • True Color output
  • Multi-Doc mode (up to 10 objects)
  • Auto-detection and cropping
  • JPEG or PDF export
  • Advanced black and white conversion
Features
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Turns your iPhone into the best document scanner with Scandock. The only app with one-touch scan. With fewest clicks, you get excellent output auto-magically. Scandock produces the best output compared with other mobile scanning apps. - The only app that creates True Color output. Your scans will look so good just like the originals.* - Scan up to 10 objects in a single shot with the awesome Multi-Doc mode! Available exclusively in Scandock. - Everything is auto-magic. You get excellent output with fewest clicks possible. - Truly free. No annoying ads. No subscription. Comes with all the essential features: - Scan documents, business cards, receipts, bills, invoices. - Scan as JPEG or PDF - Email the output as JPEG or multi-page PDF - Auto-detect document edge, auto-crop, auto-correct perspective - Most advanced black and white conversion technique to create sharp and high-contrast images. - Enhance and optimize image quality - Convert to greyscale or black and white - The original image is always saved. You can always undo the change and revert to the original document. - Print with AirPrint - And a lot more! * True Color output is only available when used with the Scandock hardware sold separately on www.scandock.com

About

OneStep Reader Multi

This app provides instant access to print for individuals with reading differences. It uses text-to-speech, text-to-Braille, and synchronized highlighting to assist users with visual impairments, dyslexia, and other reading challenges. Capture any text with your device's camera for immediate reading or export.

Highlights
  • Text-to-speech functionality
  • Text-to-Braille output
  • Synchronized text highlighting
  • Image-based PDF and EPub support
  • Export to HTML or TXT
  • Cloud storage integration
Features
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To activate and use OneStep Reader Multi you need a license with a valid username and password. If you do not yet have these, please contact your OneStep Reader Multi distributor or site administrator. OneStep Reader gives you instant access to print anytime and anywhere. OneStep Reader 3.0 is a rapid and efficient text recognition app. Its text-to-speech, text-to-Braille, and text highlighting tools make it valuable for blind, low-vision, dyslexic, and others with reading differences. Use it to import or take a photo of anything containing text. Take a photo and the app reads text out loud or displays it on a connected refreshable Braille display. Read with more ease thanks to the simultaneous highlighting of the sentence and word that is being read on the picture or in the plain text document. The app helps you get a good photo with special alignment tools, including spoken and vibration guidance. Snap multiple pages, such as a book, for later reading. Winner of the 2014, 2015, and 2016 AppleVis Golden Apple Award for Best Assistive Technology App. • Reads image-based PDF and JPEG files, and now tagged PDF and EPub files too! • Exports OneStep Reader files as HTML or TXT files. • Navigates by line, sentence, word, or character. • Crop, rotate, and edit the pictures you take before performing text recognition. • View documents in PDF presentation mode with double highlighting while reading. • View reading order and language-tagged PDF documents. • Add and remove bookmarks in PDF documents. • Switch between PDF view and reflowable text view. • Read documents in the increasingly popular EPub format. The app also has synchronized text highlighting to help you read along with the spoken text, a benefit for people with dyslexia and other reading difficulties. Need nutritional information from your breakfast cereal? OneStep Reader can read labels. Out shopping and need a price? OneStep Reader can read price tags. Want to know what came in the mail? OneStep Reader captures it all. OneStep Reader captures print from your computer or tablet screen. Photograph the screen and know exactly what that error message says. Little details abound. We got rid of the fifty-page limit for batch recognition. Everything gets turned on its side with landscape support. Add subfolders to the local folder structure. Use Microsoft OneDrive, Dropbox, or Google Drive to store and retrieve your documents. You can now make calls, send emails, and open hyperlinks directly from documents; call or email your new contacts directly from the text of their business cards! Fully localized versions (user interface, recognition, and speech) are available in: English, German, Italian, French, Spanish, Norwegian (Bokmål), Swedish, Portuguese, Dutch, Turkish, Danish, Polish, Russian, Japanese, and Czech. Other languages available for speech and recognition only: Afrikaans, Albanian, Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Estonian, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Romanian, Serbian (Cyrillic), Serbian (Latin), Slovak, and Ukrainian.

Screenshots

Scandock4 screens
OneStep Reader Multi1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Scandock at 5.0 against OneStep Reader Multi's 3.4. Scandock also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months) and review sentiment (50% vs 25%). OneStep Reader Multi's advantage is ratings volume (14 vs 1). On price, ads, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Scandock holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OneStep Reader Multi has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Scandock's written reviews are positive against 25% of OneStep Reader Multi's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scandock ships an update monthly, OneStep Reader Multi every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Scandock versus OneStep Reader Multi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScandockOneStep Reader Multi
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.4 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings114 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS7.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB171 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAtiz InnovationSensotec nv

Customer experience

Scandock

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

OneStep Reader Multi

All ratings14 ratings
Positive42.9%
Neutral28.6%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

In-app purchases

None

Scandock

No in-app purchases

None

OneStep Reader Multi

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scandock free?
Scandock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OneStep Reader Multi free?
OneStep Reader Multi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Scandock or OneStep Reader Multi?
Scandock is rated higher. Scandock averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while OneStep Reader Multi averages 3.4 from 14 ratings.
Do Scandock or OneStep Reader Multi have ads?
Neither Scandock nor OneStep Reader Multi shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scandock or OneStep Reader Multi?
Scandock ships an update monthly, and OneStep Reader Multi every 6 months. Most recently, Scandock was updated on October 11, 2026 and OneStep Reader Multi on October 21, 2026.

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