Comparison

ScanWritr vs View on Wall

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

View on Wall

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Before bringing out tapes or nails, use VOW to visualize where you want your posters to be placed on your wall. Accurate real world measurements and intuitive cutout help you with creative tasks that require precision. Use your imagination and make your wall a unique canvas for infinite ideas. --- Good to know: * THIS APP IS BUILT FOR PRO MODELS OF iOS DEVICES, ON DEVICES WITHOUT HARDWARE LiDAR IT OFFERS 'BEST EFFORT' EXPERIENCE, IN THIS CASE THE PLACEMENTS AND MEASUREMENTS MIGHT NOT BE ACCURATE. * Use the app in a safe, indoor environment. * Similar to camera apps, the app might use more power depending on how it's used. --- VOW offers subscription "6-month Complete Access" with 7-day free trial. * To keep using the app beyond the free trial period, an auto-renewable subscription is required. * The subscription grants complete access to the app for 6 months and auto-renews at the end of each cycle. * Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. * Subscription can be managed by the user and auto-renewal can be turned off from the device's account subscriptions page. --- Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://whliang.zip/projects/vow/privacy

Screenshots

ScanWritr4 screens
View on Wall2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: View on Wall at every 3 days against ScanWritr's every 4 months. ScanWritr's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.6). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ScanWritr sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and View on Wall sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.29 per 6 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ScanWritr ships an update every 4 months, View on Wall every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 6, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ScanWritr versus View on Wall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScanWritrView on Wall
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (19 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews61.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings19 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVanaia LLCWeihao Liang167793416291

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
1 purchases

View on Wall

Subscriptions1
  • Complete Access7 Days trial$3.296 Months

Questions

Is ScanWritr free?
ScanWritr is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is View on Wall free?
View on Wall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ScanWritr or View on Wall have ads?
Neither ScanWritr nor View on Wall shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ScanWritr or View on Wall?
ScanWritr ships an update every 4 months, and View on Wall every 3 days. Most recently, ScanWritr was updated on October 6, 2026 and View on Wall on October 6, 2026.

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