Comparison

Bots vs Scanner

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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Bots is your AI chatbot and assistant for every day. Ask anything, edit your photos with AI, turn a photo into a video, and create art, songs and essays, all in one chat. WHAT PEOPLE USE BOTS FOR - Clear answers to any question, in your language - Photo edits: anime, comic, oil painting, studio headshots and more - Videos from a photo or a few words - Pictures and art from one sentence - Essays, emails and posts in your tone - Songs with lyrics and music - Presentations from a topic or your notes - Voice chat in real time AI CHATBOT AND ASSISTANT - Ask anything and get clear, friendly answers. - Web search for fresh news, prices and facts, with sources. - Add a photo, a PDF or a file and ask about it. - Study a document with a summary, flashcards or a quiz. - Deep research reads many sources and writes you a full report. AI PHOTO EDITOR - Restyle any photo with a template: anime, comic, chibi sticker, oil painting, sketch, studio headshot and more. - Or say what to change, and Bots edits the photo for you. AI VIDEO GENERATOR - Bring a photo to life with ready-made video effects. - Or describe a short clip and watch it appear. AI IMAGE AND ART GENERATOR - Describe a picture and see it in seconds. AI WRITER - Essays, emails, cover letters, posts, summaries and rewrites, in your own tone. SONGS AND PRESENTATIONS - Turn a few words into a song with lyrics and music, and play it right in the chat. - Pick a design and a topic, and get a ready deck to share as a PDF or a PowerPoint file. VOICE - Talk with Bots out loud in real time, with natural voices. - Dictate instead of typing, and have any answer read aloud. MEET BOTS - Give Bots a name, a color and a personality, or describe one in your own words. - Bots remembers what matters to you, and you can see, add or delete any memory. - New ideas in every new chat, fresh twice a day. MADE FOR iPHONE, iPAD AND iPHONE DUO - On iPhone Duo, Bots fits the cover and the big screen, folded or open, upright or sideways. - Siri and Shortcuts, widgets on the Home Screen and Lock Screen, and controls in Control Center. - The iOS 27 design, in light and dark. - Works with VoiceOver and Voice Control, in 15 languages, right-to-left included. FREE AND PRO - Free every day: chat, web search, pictures and photo edits. - Bots Pro adds songs, presentations, deep research, study tools, voice chat, read aloud, dictation and the Pro templates, with room to create all day. - Videos use coins, and coins never expire. 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

Scanner

Features
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Scanner turns your iPhone into a powerful, pocket-sized scanner. Capture documents, ID cards, receipts, whiteboards, and photos in seconds — then save them as clean, high-quality PDFs or images you can share anywhere. Whether you're going paperless, filing an expense report, or digitizing important paperwork, Scanner makes it effortless. WHY YOU'LL LOVE SCANNER Fast, automatic scanning Point your camera and Scanner instantly detects the edges of your document, straightens the perspective, and captures a crisp, glare-free result. No tripod, no fuss. Professional-quality PDFs Every scan is enhanced for sharp, readable output. Combine multiple pages into a single PDF, reorder them, and export in the exact format you need. Smart OCR text recognition Extract text from any scan with built-in OCR. Copy, search, and reuse the words on your documents — turn a photo of a page into editable text in one tap. Scan more than documents ID cards, receipts, business cards, handwritten notes, book pages, and photos — if you can see it, you can scan it. Stay organized Sort your scans into folders, rename them, and find any file fast with search. Your scans are always neatly arranged and ready when you need them. Share in one tap Send scans by email or message, save to Files, or export to your favorite cloud storage. Sharing a polished PDF has never been easier. KEY FEATURES - Automatic edge detection and perspective correction - High-quality PDF and JPG export - Multi-page document scanning - Smart OCR text extraction - Scan IDs, receipts, cards, photos, and more - Color, grayscale, and black-and-white filters - Folders, renaming, and fast search - One-tap sharing to Mail, Messages, Files, and cloud services Download Scanner today and keep everything important with you — organized, digital, and always a tap away.

Screenshots

Bots4 screens
Scanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Scanner at none against Bots's 10. Scanner also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. Scanner asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Bots versus Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBotsScanner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.3K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.3K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size110 MB3 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperTalgat KussainovRoman Degtyarev

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

Scanner

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
None

Scanner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bots free?
Bots is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scanner free?
Scanner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bots or Scanner have ads?
Neither Bots nor Scanner shows ads.

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