Comparison

Bots vs Scan AI

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

Head to head
About

Bots

This AI assistant answers questions, generates art and music, writes essays, and creates presentations. It offers voice interaction and integrates with your devices for seamless use. Enjoy daily creative prompts and enhanced productivity features.

Highlights
  • AI-powered chat and web search
  • Generate art and edit photos
  • Create songs with lyrics and music
  • Write essays, emails, and summaries
  • Voice chat and dictation
  • PDF and file analysis
  • Daily creative prompts
Features
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Ask anything, create anything. Bots answers your questions, turns ideas into art, writes with you and talks with you out loud. CHAT WITH AI - Clear answers to any question, in 15 languages. - Web search for fresh news, prices and facts, with sources. - Add a PDF or a file and ask about it. - Deep research that reads many sources and writes you a report. - Bots remembers what matters to you, so every chat starts closer to the answer. AI ART AND PHOTO EDITS - Describe a picture and see it in seconds. - Change your photos with a sentence, or start from ready-made styles. SONGS AND SLIDES - Make a song from a few words, with lyrics and music, and play it right in the chat. - Turn a topic into a ready presentation you can share. ESSAYS AND WRITING - Essays, emails, posts, summaries and rewrites in your own tone. VOICE - Talk with Bots in real time, with natural voices. - Dictate instead of typing, and have any answer read aloud. NEW EVERY DAY - New ideas in every new chat, fresh twice a day: good news, quick games and things to create. MADE FOR iPHONE AND iPAD - The iOS 27 design, in light and dark, with your own accent color. - Siri and Shortcuts: ask Bots, start a voice chat or take a photo for Bots. - Widgets on the Home Screen and Lock Screen, and controls in Control Center. - Side by side on iPad. - Works with VoiceOver, Dynamic Type and right-to-left languages. FREE AND PRO - Free every day: chat, web search, pictures and photo edits. - Bots Pro adds voice chat, songs, slides, read aloud and dictation, with room to create all day. Use Bots without an account, or sign in with Apple or Google to keep your chats on all your devices. Terms of Use: https://42pixels.co/p/bots/terms Privacy Policy: https://42pixels.co/p/bots/privacy

About

Scan AI

This app revolutionizes document management with AI-powered PDF scanning, editing, signing, and sharing. It also features QR code generation and scanning, plus an innovative "Ask PDF" function for interactive document analysis and AI summarization.

Highlights
  • AI-powered PDF scanning and editing
  • QR code generation and scanning
  • Interactive PDF chat ('Ask PDF')
  • AI summarization of documents
  • Document signing and sharing
  • Unlimited features via premium subscription
Features
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Scan AI: Your Ultimate AI-Powered PDF Editor & QR Generator Elevate your document management experience with Scan AI, the all-in-one app that seamlessly combines the prowess of AI with advanced PDF tools. Discover a new level of efficiency as Scan AI empowers you to revolutionize tasks like scanning, editing, signing, and sharing documents. >Master Your PDF Documents with AI Precision: Experience the future of document management with AI at your side. Scan AI is your hub for scanning, editing, signing, and sharing PDFs, all seamlessly integrated into one powerful tool. >Explore the World of QR Codes: Discover the potential of QR codes with Scan AI. Seamlessly scan and generate QR codes for websites, contact details, Wi-Fi access, and more. Bridge the gap between physical and digital with AI-driven QR capabilities. >Interactive Document Experience: Chat with your PDFs Engage with your PDFs on a whole new level using the unique "Ask PDF" feature. Import PDFs and have interactive conversations with their content. Extract information, seek clarifications, and gain insights, all through intuitive AI-powered interactions. >AI Summarize for Swift Understanding: Effortlessly distill lengthy PDFs into their core essence with Scan AI's summarization tool. Access concise summaries that allow you to swiftly absorb crucial information, optimizing your productivity without compromising on depth. Download Scan AI and join us in shaping the future of document management through AI innovation! For any questions or inquiries, contact us at help.scanai@gmail.com About Subscriptions and Terms of Use: - For Unlimited Features of Scan AI, some Premium subscriptions are needed. - Payment will be made from your iTunes account after you confirm the purchase. - Subscriptions will auto-renew at the end of each term if it is not canceled 24 hours before the end of the purchasing term. - The user can manage subscriptions. Auto-renew can be turned off from iTunes account settings. - You can cancel your subscriptions by entering:http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039 - Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/scanai/privacy-policy - Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/scanai/terms-of-use

Screenshots

Bots4 screens
Scan AI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Scan AI at 98% against Bots's 43%. Scan AI also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 26.0). Bots's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (1.3K vs 24). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Bots sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days and Scan AI sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Scan AI holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bots has 1.3K ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Bots's written reviews are positive against 98% of Scan AI's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bots ships an update every 5 days, Scan AI every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Bots versus Scan AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBotsScan AI
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.3K ratings)4.9 (24 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews97.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.3K — better24
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Vision ProiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS26.012.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size110 MB44 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperTalgat KussainovMobile Ocean

Customer experience

Bots

All ratings1,338 ratings
Positive91.0%
Neutral2.6%
Negative6.4%
Written reviews49 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral4.1%
Negative53.1%

Scan AI

All ratings24 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive97.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.5%

Bugs and requests

Bots

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Removed user's work history without warning
  • Crashing issues
  • Unresponsive app after special feature mode

Requested features

2 requests
  • Improve speaking AI assistant
  • Add dark mode option

Scan AI

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Bots

Subscriptions9
  • Premium3 Days trial$6.997 Days
  • Premium7 Days trial$7.997 Days
  • Premium3 Days trial$7.997 Days
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  • Premium$9.997 Days
  • Premium$19.991 Year
  • Premium$20.001 Month
  • Premium$24.991 Year
  • Premium$49.991 Year
  • Premium3 Days trial$99.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium$4.99
4 purchases

Scan AI

Subscriptions3
  • Scan AI PDF Scanner Pro Weekly$6.997 Days
  • Scan AI PDF Scanner YearlyPro$49.991 Year
  • Scan AI PDF Scanner Pro Yearly$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Scan AI PDF Editor$69.99

Questions

Is Bots free?
Bots is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scan AI free?
Scan AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bots or Scan AI?
Scan AI is rated higher. Bots averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, while Scan AI averages 4.9 from 24 ratings.
Do Bots or Scan AI have ads?
Scan AI shows ads; Bots does not.
Which is updated more often, Bots or Scan AI?
Bots ships an update every 5 days, and Scan AI every 3 weeks. Most recently, Bots was updated on November 7, 2026 and Scan AI on November 7, 2026.

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