Ente Auth vs OSS Document Scanner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ente Auth
This app generates and securely stores two-step verification (2FA) tokens. It offers end-to-end encrypted cloud backups and seamless multi-device synchronization, ensuring your tokens are accessible across all your devices. Access your tokens via a web interface or generate them offline.
- End-to-end encrypted cloud backups
- Multi-device synchronization
- Web access to tokens
- Offline token generation
- QR code scanning for import
- Manual secret entry
- Bulk import/export of tokens
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Ente's Authenticator app helps you generate and store 2 step verification (2FA) tokens on your mobile devices. FEATURES SECURE BACKUPS Auth provides end-to-end encrypted cloud backups so that you don't have to worry about losing your tokens. We use the same protocols Ente Photos uses to encrypt and preserve your data. MULTI DEVICE SYNC Auth will automatically sync the 2FA tokens you add to your account, across all your devices on mobile & desktop. Every new device you sign into will have access to these tokens. WEB ACCESS You can access your 2FA tokens on any device by using https://auth.ente.io. OFFLINE MODE Auth generates 2FA tokens offline, so your network connectivity will not get in the way of your workflow. IMPORT AND EXPORT You can add tokens to ente by one of the following methods: - Scanning a QR code - Manually entering (copy-pasting) a 2FA secret - Bulk importing from a file that contains a list of codes in the following format: otpauth://totp/provider.com:you@email.com?secret=YOUR_SECRET The codes maybe separated by new lines or commas. You can also export the codes you have added to ente, to an unencrypted text file, that adheres to the above format. TERMS https://ente.io/terms
OSS Document Scanner
Transform your mobile device into a powerful document scanner. Easily scan, enhance, organize, and export documents as PDFs or images. Features offline OCR and secure password protection for your files.
- Fast camera scanning with automatic edge detection
- Bulk scanning and import from images/PDFs
- Enhance PDF quality with filters and editing tools
- Organize documents with colored folders and sorting
- Export to PDF, JPEG, or PNG
- Offline OCR for searchable PDFs
- Password protection for generated PDFs
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OSS Document Scanner is a free and Open Source app to transform your mobile device into a powerful document scanner. SCAN * Scan your documents or receipts with a fast camera scan. * Enjoy the automatic edge detection feature allowing you to quickly scan many documents * Bulk scan documents or book pages * Import documents from images or even existing PDF * You can scan to PDF any kind of document: Receipts, IDs, notes, recipes, photos, business cards, whiteboards, books. You can then use and work with the generated PDFs on all your devices, phones, computers, tablets... ENHANCE * Improve PDFs quality by applying enhancing filters for color or black & white documents. * Edit crop * Reorder pages, merge documents * Rotate pages * Change brightness and contrast to create beautiful documents ORGANIZE * Create folders with colors for easy access * Sort documents * Name documents EXPORT * create PDF directly from your mobile device by converting photos, images, other documents, into beautiful and configurable PDFs. * export and share your documents to PDF or JPEG or PNG with your friends, family, colleagues SEARCH * OCR your documents using offline (to be downloaded first) and open source models in many languages. * Generate searchable PDFs by converting images to text using the powerful OCR models from the Tesseract project. SECURITY * Improve the security of your generated PDF by adding a password. SYNC * Synchronize your documents, PDFs, Images with your computers, other devices or local folder sync. * Sync to WebDAV, Google Drive or OneDrive PRIVACY * Use a free and Open Source document scanner to protect your privacy COMMUNITY * Provide feedback or even help translate the app. You are part of this project and you make help it grow so that everyone can enjoy the best free and open source document scanner
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ente Auth at none against OSS Document Scanner's 5. Ente Auth also leads on review sentiment (77% vs 57%) and ratings volume (284 vs 8). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. OSS Document Scanner sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Ente Auth asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Ente Auth against 4.5 for OSS Document Scanner. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ente Auth has 284 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of Ente Auth's written reviews are positive against 57% of OSS Document Scanner's.
Ente Auth ships an update every 4 weeks, OSS Document Scanner fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ente Auth | OSS Document Scanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (284 ratings) — better | 4.5 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.4% of reviews — better | 57.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 284 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ente Technologies, Inc. | Akylas |
Customer experience
Ente Auth
OSS Document Scanner
Bugs and requests
Ente Auth
Reported bugs
4 issues- Camera issues causing black screen
- Codes not working or showing as invalid
- Vault disappearing unexpectedly
- Login screen issues and freezes
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to choose custom icons for accounts
- Option to change font size
- Support for FIDO/Yubikey authentication
- In-app tip jar for donating to developers
OSS Document Scanner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ente Auth
No in-app purchases
OSS Document Scanner
- a coffee$0.99
- a big coffee$1.99
- a beer$3.99
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- a pint$8.99
- a very nice donation$17.99
Questions
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