Comparison

Fast Scanner vs Scanner

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

Head to head
About

Fast Scanner

Transform your phone into a powerful multipage scanner for documents, receipts, and notes. Quickly scan, edit, and export your files as PDF or JPEG. Share via email, print, or save to your device for easy access.

Highlights
  • Scan documents
  • Export to PDF
  • Email or print scans
  • Multi-page editing
  • Fast performance
  • Save to device
Features
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- UNLIMITED ANY FEATURES. - UNLIMITED NUMBER OF SCAN DOCUMENTS. Fast Scanner turns your iPhone into a multipage scanner for documents, receipts, notes, invoices, whiteboards and other paper text. With Fast Scanner, you can quickly scan your documents, then print or email them as multipage PDF or JPEG files. Moreover you can save the PDF files in your iPhone or open them in other apps such as iBook, PDF Reader, etc. FEATURES: + Scan documents Fast Scanner scan any type of documents, ranging from a receipt to multipage book. + Export to PDF file All scanned documents are exported as industry-standard PDF file. You can add new pages or delete existed pages within the PDF file. + Email or print scanned documents Just scan any documents and tap "Send" button. If the document needs to be printed, send it to any printer nearby. + Extremely Fast Fast Scanner is optimized to run very fast. + Multi editing support scanned document Fast Scanner support a lot of image editing options so you can make the scanned images as easy to read as possible. SUPPORT: iOS version 7.0 and later.

About

Scanner

Transform your device into a powerful document scanner. Easily scan, save, and share documents in various formats, with advanced features like text recognition and electronic signatures. Go paperless and keep all your important files securely on your device.

Highlights
  • Document scanning
  • Electronic signature
  • Text recognition (OCR)
  • PDF and JPEG export
  • Handy document editor
  • Easy document sharing
Features
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This scanner app will convert your iOS device into a fast and reliable document scanner that recognizes text. You can download this scanner for free and scan, save or share documents in JPG,PDF or TXT. With this you will be able to go paperless, you can have all your documents in your phone! Our scanner is a must-have for students,lawyers,accountants... scan anything you need from your pocket instantly. You can scan any kind of work documents, from ID cards, books...to invoices or contracts. With this secure free scanner app, any scanned or exported documents are stored locally on your device, and neither we nor any third-party can access them. FEATURES: -DOCUMENT SCANNER Scan documents and share them from your pocket. -ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE E-sign documents and email them to save time. -TEXT RECOGNITION (OCR) You can turn an image to text with our highly accurate OCR scanner. -PDF SCANNER Scan documents into PDF or JPEG. -HANDY DOCUMENT EDITOR Sign contracts,bills, edit documents and fill all your needs from your pocket. -EASY DOCUMENT SHARING Share documents with just a few clicks from your phone. This app contains subscription : - You can subscribe for premium account with unlimited scans, premium features and no ads - Subscription is from $9.99 USD monthly* - Subscription automatically renews for the same price and duration period as the original "one week"/"one month"/"one year" package unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - 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, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable Privacy Policy: https://www.altrigit.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://www.altrigit.com/tos.html

Screenshots

Fast Scanner4 screens
Scanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

Fast Scanner and Scanner both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 91% of Fast Scanner's written reviews are positive against 49% of Scanner's. Scanner's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#152 vs unranked). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Fast Scanner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Scanner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per 3 months. 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 — 4.8 for Fast Scanner against 4.7 for Scanner. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6.1K and 11K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 91% of Fast Scanner's written reviews are positive against 49% of Scanner's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Fast Scanner versus Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFast ScannerScanner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (6.1K ratings) — better4.7 (11K ratings)
Positive reviews90.9% of reviews — better48.9% of reviews
Number of ratings6.1K11K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank—#152 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHang NguyenVip Academy Cambridge

Customer experience

Fast Scanner

All ratings6,118 ratings
Positive95.6%
Neutral1.2%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews540 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral2.0%
Negative7.0%

Scanner

All ratings10,698 ratings
Positive92.1%
Neutral4.1%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews186 reviews
Positive48.9%
Neutral4.8%
Negative46.2%

User reviews

Fast Scanner

From 6.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast and efficient
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 💡 Convenient for on-the-go scanning
  • 🔒 Reliable and consistent
  • 👍 Great quality scans

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional app crashes
  • 💰 Frequent ads in free version
  • 🔒 Difficulty transferring Pro version to new account
  • 🐛 Issues with emailing scanned documents

Scanner

From 11K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Quick and efficient scanning
  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 🚀 Precise and clear scans

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Difficult to cancel trial/subscription
  • 🔒 Concerns about unauthorized charges
  • 👎 Limited functionality, unable to export scans

Bugs and requests

Fast Scanner

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Scanned documents disappearing after app crashes
  • Inability to send emails from within the app

Requested features

3 requests
  • Allow editing of scanned documents after initial capture
  • Provide option to disable ads in free version
  • Improve integration with more email providers

Scanner

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Scans not received via email
  • Unable to scan after initial use
  • App crashes or freezes during use

Requested features

3 requests
  • Option to save/export scanned documents
  • Ability to cancel subscription easily
  • Color scanning option

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Fast Scanner

One-time1
  • Upgrade to Pro$4.99
3 purchases

Scanner

Subscriptions3
  • 3 Month3 Days trial$19.993 Months
  • Month3 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Year3 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Fast Scanner free?
Fast Scanner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scanner free?
Scanner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fast Scanner or Scanner?
Fast Scanner is rated higher. Fast Scanner averages 4.8 out of 5 from 6.1K ratings, while Scanner averages 4.7 from 11K ratings.
Do Fast Scanner or Scanner have ads?
Fast Scanner shows ads; Scanner does not.

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