Comparison

Scanner Mini vs Evernote Scannable

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

Head to head
About

Scanner Mini

Transform your mobile device into a powerful portable scanner. Easily capture documents, receipts, and photos, converting them into high-quality PDFs or JPEGs. Organize, annotate, and share your scans with advanced editing and OCR capabilities.

Highlights
  • Scan documents to PDF/JPEG
  • Advanced image processing
  • Organize scans into categories
  • Annotate and edit scans
  • AI-powered object removal
  • OCR for text extraction
  • Secure password protection
Features
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Scanner Mini is the best place for your important documents. It transforms your iPhone and iPad into portable scanners. Scan agreements, receipts, IDs, books, and more using your device and turn them into high-quality PDFs, so you can safely store and share them anywhere. "Scanner Mini turns your iPhone into a scanning boss" – The Next Web "Scanner Mini is very, very nice. It’s simple and fast." – Mark Gurman, 9to5Mac *** WITH SCANNER MINI YOU GET FREE ACCESS TO *** EASY SCANNING Sсan any kind of paper documents into multi-page PDFs or JPEGs. ADVANCED IMAGE PROCESSING Create great-looking documents with original pictures, color stamps and signatures. Scanner Mini will automatically detect borders in real time, correcting distortion and geometry. You can also adjust the crop area manually, by tapping on the screen. MAKE ORGANIZING EASY All your scans are automatically organized into useful categories: bills, receipts, books or magazines, IDs, forms, etc. ANNOTATE YOUR SCANS You can draw, write, and highlight text in your scans right in Scanner Mini without jumping to another app. MAGIC ERASER Get rid of staples, holes, or fingers that got into the scan while scanning. Scanner Mini’s AI-powered eraser makes unwanted objects disappear as if they were never there. iCLOUD SYNC ACROSS ALL YOUR DEVICES Access to all your scanned documents on your iPhone, iPad and Mac. Scan a document on your iPhone or iPad and it will be uploaded to iCloud Drive automatically. *** SCANNER MINI PLUS UNLOCKS THE ADVANCED FEATURES *** WORK WITH TEXT (OCR) Turn scans into text, so you can read, copy, and export it to other apps. Scanner Mini supports 25+ languages: Catalan, Croatian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish and Ukrainian. SHARE YOUR SCANS Send scanned documents via email, export to Photos or open in any 3rd party apps. Also, you can print your documents or even fax them to most countries and territories. FULL-TEXT SEARCH Search through the text of your scans or by category, not just by titles. Quickly find any scan no matter how it’s named. REMOVE WATERMARK Create clean and professional scans without watermarks. AUTO UPLOAD & WORKFLOWS Automate your flow and perform multiple actions in just one tap. First, choose your actions – rename documents, send an email, auto upload to Dropbox, save to the required folder and much more. Then, with just one tap Scanner Mini will complete all of these actions, while you solve more important problems. PROTECT YOUR PDFs Protect your document library with a secure password, Face ID, or Touch ID. Share password-protected scans to shield them from prying eyes. We give you 7-DAY FREE TRIAL to Scanner Mini Plus, so you can download it now and check it in action. Have any feedback or comments? We’d love to hear from you at http://readdle.com/contact Privacy Policy: https://readdle.com/scannermini/legal/privacy Terms of Service: https://readdle.com/scannermini/legal/terms

About

Evernote Scannable

Effortlessly digitize any paper document, from receipts to business cards, with your phone's camera. Automatically enhance scans for clarity and share them instantly via email, text, or save them to cloud storage.

Highlights
  • Automatic document capture
  • Image enhancement (rotate, crop, adjust)
  • Business card to contact conversion
  • Share via email/text
  • Export as PDF/JPG
  • Seamless integration with ScanSnap scanners
Features
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Scannable moves paper forward. Scan contracts, receipts, business cards, and any paper that comes your way. Save or share documents instantly and move on. Automatically capture high-quality scans anywhere - Scan fast: Point your camera at documents, expense receipts, or whiteboards. Scannable immediately captures them. - Save time: Scannable automatically rotates, crops, and adjusts images so your scans are clear and easy to read. - Share or save: Send documents to colleagues via email or text, or export them as PDF and JPG files to Evernote and other apps. Deal with paper professionally - Turn business cards into contacts: Pull information from business cards and save it all to your contacts list. - Go paperless: Scannable works seamlessly with the ScanSnap Evernote Edition Scanner to get multi-page documents where they need to go. - A scanner for everyone: With Scannable, your whole team can control a ScanSnap Evernote Edition Scanner from their own devices and send paper on its way. Scannable is free to download and use.

Screenshots

Scanner Mini4 screens
Evernote Scannable3 screens

Verdict

The call

Scanner Mini and Evernote Scannable both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 82% of Scanner Mini's written reviews are positive against 33% of Evernote Scannable's. Scanner Mini also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). Evernote Scannable's advantage is ratings volume (418K vs 21K) and chart position (#93 vs unranked). On price, rating, ads 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

Both are free to download. Scanner Mini sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Evernote Scannable sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. 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 Scanner Mini against 4.9 for Evernote Scannable. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Evernote Scannable has 418K ratings behind it against 21K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of Scanner Mini's written reviews are positive against 33% of Evernote Scannable's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scanner Mini ships an update every 2 weeks, Evernote Scannable every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Scanner Mini versus Evernote Scannable: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScanner MiniEvernote Scannable
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (21K ratings) — better4.9 (418K ratings)
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews — better33.2% of reviews
Number of ratings21K418K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#93 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size242 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperReaddle Technologies LimitedEvernote Corporation

Customer experience

Scanner Mini

All ratings21,258 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral1.4%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews1,684 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral4.2%
Negative14.0%

Evernote Scannable

All ratings417,996 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral1.5%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews644 reviews
Positive33.2%
Neutral3.3%
Negative63.5%

User reviews

Scanner Mini

From 21K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Convenient for on-the-go scanning
  • 💡 Helpful for organizing documents
  • 🚀 Efficient scanning and sharing
  • 👍 User-friendly interface

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or glitches
  • 🔒 Limitations on sharing/emailing without paid version
  • 🐛 Auto-capture feature not always reliable
  • 🐛 Edge detection and page size issues
  • 🐛 Overheating and unresponsive screen during scanning

Evernote Scannable

From 418K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast and efficient scanning
  • 👍 Automatic cropping and enhancement
  • 🚀 Quick scanning of multi-page documents
  • 👍 Seamless integration with Evernote
  • 🚀 Crisp and clear scans

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App crashes and resets settings
  • 🔒 Requires Evernote account to save scans
  • 👎 Limited save/share options beyond Evernote
  • 👎 Aggressive Evernote promotion
  • 👎 Scans disappear after updates

Bugs and requests

Scanner Mini

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Scans disappearing or not saving properly
  • Inability to send scans via email
  • Crashing issues after iOS 14 update
  • Rotation issues with multi-page documents
  • Excessive file sizes for scanned documents

Requested features

6 requests
  • Nested folders for better organization
  • Improved OCR capabilities
  • Ability to share scans without paid version
  • Compatibility with Apple AirDrop
  • Customizable scanning settings
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  • Improved auto-capture and edge detection

Evernote Scannable

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Cropping and edge detection issues
  • Scans sometimes fail to save or upload
  • App resets settings and tutorial on every launch

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow saving scans to local storage or other cloud services
  • Provide more customization options for scans
  • Improve stability and reduce crashes
  • Add ability to manually tag or name scans

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Scanner Mini

Subscriptions2
  • Expense Report7 Days trial2 variants$4.991 Month
  • Scanner Mini Plus7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time7
  • Fax Pack 1$0.99
  • Unlimited Email Upgrade$1.99
  • Secure$1.99
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  • Upload$1.99
  • Fax Pack 2$1.99
  • Full Pack$3.99
  • Print & Fax$7.99
4 purchases

Evernote Scannable

Subscriptions4
  • Weekly Plan with Free Trial7 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Weekly Plan$2.997 Days
  • Yearly with Free Trial7 Days trial$49.991 Year
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  • Yearly Subscription$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Scanner Mini free?
Scanner Mini is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Evernote Scannable free?
Evernote Scannable is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Scanner Mini or Evernote Scannable?
Scanner Mini is rated higher. Scanner Mini averages 4.9 out of 5 from 21K ratings, while Evernote Scannable averages 4.9 from 418K ratings.
Do Scanner Mini or Evernote Scannable have ads?
Neither Scanner Mini nor Evernote Scannable shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scanner Mini or Evernote Scannable?
Scanner Mini ships an update every 2 weeks, and Evernote Scannable every 2 months. Most recently, Scanner Mini was updated on November 6, 2026 and Evernote Scannable on November 6, 2026.

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