Text Extractor (OCR) vs Image to Text
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Text Extractor (OCR)
Quickly convert images and handwritten notes into editable digital text. Supports over 80 languages for extraction and over 100 for translation. Share your extracted text easily across various platforms.
- Extract text from handwriting
- Scan text from images via file import or camera
- Auto-detect language from 80+ supported languages
- Translate text to 100+ languages
- Share extracted text across multiple apps
- Searchable scan history
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Convert any image file to text in no more than a second with using most advanced recognition technology. It allows you to extract text from an image at one click and convert HANDWRITTEN notes into digital text. Extracted text can be edited, translated, searched, shared, and stored on any device. Key Features: * Extract text from handwriting. * Scan/ extract text from image by reading file import or using phone's camera. * Auto detect language from image with 80+ supported languages such as English, Spanish, Chinese, Russian. Italian and more. * Translate to 100+ languages. * Share with others via text message, email, WhatsApp, Facebook, WeChat and all other apps. * Scanned text can be easily found by the scan history folder by typing the key words.
Image to Text
Accurately scan and extract text from images in over 100 languages, including handwriting. Edit, share, copy, or export extracted text as a Text or PDF file. Keep a history of your scans.
- High accuracy OCR
- Supports 100+ languages
- Handwritten text recognition
- Edit extracted text
- Share and copy text
- Export as Text or PDF
- Scan history
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Scan and extract text from images with incredible accuracy using ocrX. It supports extracting text from images in over 100 languages. Recognize text from any images using our powerful OCR (Optical Character Recognition) engine. Supports handwritten texts. You can share the extracted text from the app directly. ocrX also supports exporting the extracted text as a Text or PDF file. Features: - High accuracy OCR. - Supports 100+ languages. - History of scanned images. - Edit the extracted text to make changes if required. - Share the extracted text to your preferred app. - Copy the extracted text to the clipboard. - Export the extracted text as a Text or PDF file. How to use: 1. Open the app and tap on the New button. 2. Select the image from your Photo Library. 3. Crop the image if required. 4. Choose the language of text inside your image. 5. That's it. ocrX will scan and extract text from the image automatically. We would love to hear from you. Feel free to reach out to us at support@aculix.com for feedback or any queries. Your usage of this app is governed by the following policies: Privacy Policy: https://legal.ocrx.app/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://legal.ocrx.app/terms-of-service Everything else is governed by the terms presented under Apple's End User License Agreement. Apple's EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Cheers! :)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Image to Text at 91% against Text Extractor (OCR)'s 50%. Image to Text also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (48 vs 6). Text Extractor (OCR)'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Text Extractor (OCR) sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Image to Text sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Image to Text holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Image to Text has 48 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Text Extractor (OCR)'s written reviews are positive against 91% of Image to Text's.
Text Extractor (OCR) ships an update weekly, Image to Text every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Text Extractor (OCR) | Image to Text |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) | 4.8 (48 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 90.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 48 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | jiang chen | Aculix Technologies LLP |
Customer experience
Text Extractor (OCR)
Image to Text
Bugs and requests
Text Extractor (OCR)
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Image to Text
Reported bugs
1 issue- Charged for trial instead of receiving a trial
Requested features
3 requests- Include PDF support
- Add Kurdish language support
- Lower the application price
In-app purchases
Text Extractor (OCR)
- Pro$9.99
Image to Text
- ocrX Monthly$1.991 Month
- ocrX Annual$19.991 Year
- ocrX Premium - Lifetime$69.99
Questions
Is Text Extractor (OCR) free?
Is Image to Text free?
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Other comparisons
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