ScanWritr vs Documents Reader+files browser
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ScanWritr
This app transforms your device into a powerful scanner, editor, and converter. Easily scan, organize, edit, and share documents, with options to fax, email, and sync across devices. It supports a wide range of formats for both import and export.
- Scan documents with camera
- Convert various document formats
- Organize and store documents
- Edit, fill, and sign documents
- Improve document quality
- Print, fax, and email documents
- Sync across devices and cloud storage
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ScanWritr enables you to: ● Scan documents quickly using camera. ● Convert and open most used document formats easily. ● Organize and store documents into multiple local and cloud archives. ● Edit, fill, sign and annotate documents. ● Improve document quality and retouch. ● Print, fax and email documents to your partners and customers. ● Sync documents between phones, tablets and computers. ● Share notes, pages and tickets with your friends and colleagues. ● Export documents to the most popular apps and services. ScanWritr is perfect for business, educational and home use. It turns your Apple device with a camera into a all-in-one scanner, document editor and arhiving tool, suitable for scanning, organizing, editing, printing, faxing, emailing, syncing with cloud, sharing and exporting of various documents like contracts, articles, business cards, notes, receipts, warranty papers etc. Image capture is done with the help of Real-Time Edge Detection (auto crop). This scanner app also excels in import options. It imports variety of document formats, such as PDF, OpenOffice and LibreOffice documents (*.odt, *.ods, *.odp), Microsoft Office documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Hancom documents (*.hwp), JPEG and PNG images, CSV, and more. ScanWritr enables you to edit scanned and imported documents as an image. You can add signature, annotation, use eraser or pen, and fill out the blanks using writing tool. Convert the scanned document to PDF or JPG, save it to your phone's gallery, send it via e-mail, fax it, print it (with the help of Cloud Print) or synchronize and backup it to Dropbox or iCloud. Support for synchronization of documents with the Dropbox and iCloud cloud storage providers enables you to: ● Share documents with your family members or team members at your work. ● Remote-site backup of your documents. ● Two-way shared folder synchronization. ● Access, edit and convert your documents anytime, everywhere from any device including smartphones, tablets and PCs. ● Transfer documents between your devices (phones, tablets and PCs). Some services (i.e. faxing, converting) require a network connection, for which user's carrier fees may apply. Sending faxes from ScanWritr requires the purcahse of fax tokens. All limitations of this free version can be removed at any time by making an in-app purchase. DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? If you have any questions or require assistance don't hesitate to email us at support@vanaia.com
Documents Reader+files browser
This app allows you to download, manage, and edit various document and image file types directly on your iPhone or iPad. It includes a web browser for downloading, a file manager for organization, and advanced editors for PDFs, images, and office documents. Files can be easily shared across multiple cloud services and devices.
- Download DOC, PDF, XLS, TXT, IMG files
- Manage files: rename, move, Zip/UnZip
- Advanced PDF editor
- Advanced Image editor
- Edit office files (DOC, XLS, TXT)
- Share via WiFi, iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive
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Doc Reader – instant files downloader and reader for your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch: - Download files: DOC, XLS, PDF, TXT, IMG, PNG, JPEG and more - Manage files: rename, move, Zip / UnZip, delete - Advanced PDF editor - Advanced Image Editor - Edit office files: DOC, XLS, TXT - Share files: iTunes, WiFi, iCloud, DropBox, Google Drive, Evernote, Box Web Browser - browse and download all types of documents in a single tap - supported formats: DOC, XLS, PDF, TXT, IMG, PNG, JPEG and more - supported download features: pause, restart, cancel - download status: percentage, time File Manager - create folders - rename files and folders - move to folder feature - Zip / UnZip files - delete files or folders - documents slide menu Sharing - WiFi sharing - MultiCloud suport: iCloud, DropBox, Evernote, Box, Google Drive - Open In feature - iTunes sharing Editor - Advanced PDF editor: underline, draw, add text, delete text - Advanced Image editor: insert stickers and text, crop and change image orientation, tilt shift feature and more - DOC, TXT, RTF text editor - xls, doc, png, jpg, txt, rtf preview We are glad to hear ideas from you! Please use the feedback form in Settings menu for all your suggestions and issues.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ScanWritr at 4.3 against Documents Reader+files browser's 3.1. ScanWritr also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (62% vs 46%). Documents Reader+files browser's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. ScanWritr sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Documents Reader+files browser sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ScanWritr holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 28 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of ScanWritr's written reviews are positive against 46% of Documents Reader+files browser's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ScanWritr | Documents Reader+files browser |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (19 ratings) — better | 3.1 (28 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 61.9% of reviews — better | 46.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 19 | 28 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 111 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Vanaia LLC | Attribute |
Customer experience
ScanWritr
Documents Reader+files browser
In-app purchases
ScanWritr
- Single Fax Token$0.99
- Connectivity Pack S$1.99
- Upgrade to full version$2.99
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- Upgrade to full version$3.99
- Fax Package S$4.99
- Fax Package M$8.99
- Fax Package L$17.99
- Fax Package XL$44.99
- Fax Package XXL$89.99
Documents Reader+files browser
- Documents Reader Pro$4.99
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