Comparison

ScanWritr vs SyncOnSet 5.0

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

About

SyncOnSet 5.0

This Emmy Award-winning tool streamlines TV and film production for creative departments. It digitally manages script breakdowns, continuity photos, inventory, and approvals from prep to wrap, optimizing workflows and communication.

Highlights
  • Digital script breakdowns
  • Continuity photo management
  • Inventory tracking
  • Approvals and notes
  • Department-specific workflows
  • Pre-production to wrap management
Features
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SyncOnSet is an Emmy Award-winning digital continuity and collaboration tool that helps streamline TV and Film production from prep to wrap. With SyncOnSet, your whole team can digitally manage script breakdowns, continuity photos, inventory, approvals, notes, and much more! Designed for Costume, Hair, Makeup, Props and Set Dec departments, SyncOnSet helps optimize workflows and secure communication throughout the life of a project. Creative departments use SyncOnSet production apps from pre-production (script breakdown and budgeting) to principal photography (continuity notes and photos), through wrap (wrap labels and reports).

Screenshots

ScanWritr4 screens
SyncOnSet 5.04 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ScanWritr at 60% against SyncOnSet 5.0's 3%. ScanWritr also leads on rating (4.3 vs 1.7). SyncOnSet 5.0's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. ScanWritr sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. SyncOnSet 5.0 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ScanWritr holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 61 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of ScanWritr's written reviews are positive against 3% of SyncOnSet 5.0's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ScanWritr ships an update every 5 months, SyncOnSet 5.0 monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
ScanWritr versus SyncOnSet 5.0: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScanWritrSyncOnSet 5.0
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (19 ratings) — better1.7 (61 ratings)
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews — better2.5% of reviews
Number of ratings1961 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVanaia LLCwymsee Inc.

Customer experience

ScanWritr

All ratings19 ratings
Positive78.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative21.1%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

SyncOnSet 5.0

All ratings61 ratings
Positive18.0%
Neutral3.3%
Negative78.7%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive2.5%
Neutral5.0%
Negative92.5%

In-app purchases

9 purchases

ScanWritr

One-time9
  • 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
None

SyncOnSet 5.0

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ScanWritr free?
ScanWritr is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SyncOnSet 5.0 free?
SyncOnSet 5.0 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ScanWritr or SyncOnSet 5.0?
ScanWritr is rated higher. ScanWritr averages 4.3 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while SyncOnSet 5.0 averages 1.7 from 61 ratings.
Do ScanWritr or SyncOnSet 5.0 have ads?
Neither ScanWritr nor SyncOnSet 5.0 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ScanWritr or SyncOnSet 5.0?
ScanWritr ships an update every 5 months, and SyncOnSet 5.0 monthly. Most recently, ScanWritr was updated on September 10, 2026 and SyncOnSet 5.0 on September 18, 2026.

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