Zoho Scanner vs Planscope
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Zoho Scanner
Transform your mobile device into a powerful document scanner. Capture paper documents, receipts, and business cards with high precision. Convert scanned text to editable formats, translate content, and securely share your files.
- Document scanning
- OCR text extraction
- E-signature integration
- Cloud storage sync
- Document annotation
- Multi-language translation
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Zoho Scanner is a document scanner that helps students, freelancers, and small business teams turn paper into searchable PDFs and images, using text recognition and e-signatures. WHO IT'S FOR Built for people who deal with paper they need to keep: students scanning notes and exam papers, small business owners filing receipts and invoices, admin teams capturing business cards and contracts, and anyone who needs a clean copy of an ID or official document. A good fit if you already keep documents in a cloud drive. WHAT PEOPLE USE IT FOR • Scan ID cards, passports, and official documents to keep a clear copy on hand • Scan receipts, bills, and invoices so expenses get filed as they happen, not at month end • Pull editable text out of printed pages and notes, and translate it into 17 languages • Sign contracts and forms and email them back without printing anything • Scan business cards so contact details are saved instead of lost HOW IT WORKS Scan — Point your iPhone or iPad camera at a page and Zoho Scanner finds the document's edges, so you get a straight, cropped scan instead of a photo of a page. Handles multi-page documents and imports from your photo library. Crop, edit, rotate, reorder pages, filter and annotate, then share as a PDF or an image. Extract text — Text Recognition pulls the words out of a scan so you can edit them, find a document by what's inside it, and share the text as a file. Translate — Turn a scanned document into any of 17 languages, including French, German, Spanish, Chinese, and Japanese, then send it as a file or paste it in a message. E-sign — Add your signature, initials, name, and the date to a scan, powered by Zoho Sign, so you don't need a printer and a scanner to return a form. Organize — Use folders, reminders, and tags to keep documents findable. Zoho Scanner suggests tags from a document's content, and Zia Lens sorts scans into documents, receipts, and business cards, then alerts you when new documents appear in your photos. Share and automate — Send scans by email or iMessage, or upload to Zoho WorkDrive, Zoho Expense, Zoho Notebook, Photos, or your own cloud drive. Build a workflow once and its actions run in the order you set, so filing a receipt is one tap instead of five. COMMON QUESTIONS Can I search inside my scans? Yes. Text Recognition reads every scan, so you can find a document by a word inside it. Can I edit the text after scanning? Yes. Extract the text, edit it, and share it as a file by email or message. Can I sign a document and send it back? Yes. Add your signature and date with Zoho Sign, then email it without printing. Can I translate a scanned document? Yes, into 17 languages, and you can send the result as a file or paste it in a message. Can I file receipts automatically? Yes. Build a workflow that sends a scan to Zoho Expense or your cloud drive, then run it in a tap. ONLY ON iPHONE AND iPAD • Sync across Apple devices, back up and restore with iCloud Drive • Lock your documents with Face ID or Touch ID • Scan and share from iMessage; Siri Shortcuts to scan, search, and read docs • Find documents in Spotlight, recent ones in the Today widget, workflows on Apple Watch • Multiple windows on iPad, plus Voice Control, Dynamic Text, and Dark Mode PRIVACY AND TRUST Zoho Scanner is built by Zoho Corporation, certified to ISO/IEC 27001, ISO 27017, and ISO 27018 and SOC 2 Type II compliant. Zoho does not sell user data and shows no ads. The app is available in 22 languages. PREMIUM Some features require a Zoho Scanner Premium subscription. • Premium Monthly — 1.99 USD • Premium Yearly — 19.99 USD (save 50%) Payment is charged to your iTunes account on confirmation. Subscriptions renew within 24 hours of the period ending unless auto-renewal is turned off in Account Settings. Any unused portion of a trial is forfeited on purchase. Privacy — zoho.com/privacy.html Terms — zoho.com/terms.html Questions? support@zohoscanner.com
Planscope
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When everything feels like it needs doing, Planscope helps you decide what fits. Capture what is on your mind, turn it into a short plan, and get one clear place to start. Your available time, energy and focus help shape the plan, and you can change its priorities whenever you need to. CAPTURE IT FIRST Save a thought, idea or task in seconds, without stopping to make a plan. It stays in Captured until you are ready to bring it into a brain dump. HOW A WEEK GOES 1. Put everything on your mind into one brain dump, in any order. 2. Get a short plan back, with the reason behind each choice. 3. Open the first task and make the first move smaller when you need to. 4. Work in Focus with one task, a timer and the next step ready. 5. Close the week by choosing Done, Parked or Removed for each task. WHAT FREE INCLUDES • Capture thoughts, ideas and tasks for later • One clear first task and the reason it was chosen • Make the first task smaller with connected steps • Focus with one task, a timer and the next step ready • Ask for another task from your plan whenever the current one does not fit • Done, Parked and Removed recorded with each plan • Up to 3 new plans each month, with 24 hours between each one WITH PRO • Keep one weekly plan and one Today plan open at the same time • Adjust a live week when your time, energy or focus changes, and review the suggested changes before accepting them • Make any task smaller, and divide a difficult step again when you need to • Return to your full Archive and older Journey city districts • Copy your last plan when you want to begin from it again • Make up to 15 plans each month HOW YOUR PLAN IS MADE Planscope uses a language model to turn what you enter into a short plan. It shows why tasks were chosen, and the priorities remain yours to change. PRICE Free costs nothing and needs no card. Pro is a monthly or yearly subscription at the price shown in the app before you buy. It renews until cancelled. You can manage or cancel Pro in your Apple ID settings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Zoho Scanner at fortnightly against Planscope's every 3 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Zoho Scanner sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Planscope sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Zoho Scanner ships an update fortnightly, Planscope every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zoho Scanner | Planscope |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (89 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 78.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 89 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zoho Corporation | Everyday Arc |
Bugs and requests
Zoho Scanner
Reported bugs
11 issues- Search function not working since July 2026 update
- Account deletion process does not work
- App crashes immediately on launch
- Scanning settings default to zoomed-in camera with no adjustment
- Cloud backup not visible in account
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- App freezes when scanning multiple documents and uploading to WorkDrive
- Minor error in detecting paper edges
- OCR is wildly inaccurate for Mac
- App crashes and cannot access documents, even for premium users
- Cannot save to Zoho WorkDrive Team folders
- Backup is going but cannot be found in cloud account
Requested features
11 requests- Improve search functionality with OCR
- Allow file import without mandatory account creation
- Enhance editing options, add erase tool
- Improve file management to be more user-friendly
- Adjust zoom/scan settings for different document sizes
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- Add more features for business card scanning (database, CSV export)
- Improve OCR accuracy
- Add a dark mode option
- Allow applying filters to all pages automatically
- Integrate signing feature for paid subscribers
- Translate app into French
Planscope
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Zoho Scanner
- Doc Scanner Premium Monthly$0.991 Month
- Zoho Scanner Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
- Doc Scanner Basic Monthly$2.991 Month
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- Doc Scanner Standard Monthly$4.991 Month
- Doc Scanner Premium Monthly$6.991 Month
- Doc Scanner Premium Yearly$11.991 Year
- Zoho Scanner Premium Yearly$19.991 Year
- Doc Scanner Basic Yearly$29.991 Year
- Doc Scanner Standard Yearly$49.991 Year
- Doc Scanner Premium Yearly$69.991 Year
Planscope
- Pro$7.991 Month
- Pro Plus$14.991 Month
- Planscope Pro Annual$79.991 Year
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- Pro Plus - Annual$149.001 Year
Questions
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