Comparison

Text Reader & PDF export vs Scriba

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

Head to head
About

Text Reader & PDF export

This AI-powered application reads various documents, including printed and handwritten text, in real-time or from photos. It offers adjustable reading speeds and supports numerous languages, making it accessible for blind and low-vision users with VoiceOver compatibility.

Highlights
  • AI-powered text reading
  • Real-time and photo-based reading
  • Adjustable reading speeds
  • VoiceOver compatibility
  • Supports 35 languages
  • PDF export
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Welcome to text reader, this app works with Artificial Intelligence to read different types of documents, books, sheet of papers and can export in PDF. - You can take and select a photo or read in real-time. - It has 3 reading speeds. - It's compatible with VoiceOver for blind and low vision people. - It supports up to 35 languages. - For the best experience, we suggest to use an iPhone 8 or newer.

About

Scriba

Features
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Transcribe a lecture, a meeting or a voice message on your iPhone, then read it, search it and export it. Nothing is uploaded. Free up to 5 minutes per recording; Pro for longer. FREE UP TO 5 MINUTES, THEN A FLAT PRICE Every recording is transcribed in full on your iPhone. Up to 5 minutes is completely free: full transcript, summary, concept map, study cards and action items. For a longer recording you read the first 5 minutes free, and Scriba Pro unlocks the rest instantly, with no re-processing. No per-minute fees, no credits to buy, no weekly plan. NOTHING LEAVES YOUR IPHONE Your recordings and transcripts are never uploaded to a server. No account, no sign-in, no tracking. After a one-time language download, Scriba works in airplane mode, in a basement lecture hall and on the metro, at the same speed. BRING ANYTHING IN • Record with a live transcript as you speak • Import audio files: MP3, M4A, WAV, AIFF • Import a video and Scriba pulls out the audio track • Tap a marker while recording to flag a moment you want to find again • Choose the language, or let Scriba detect it from the ones on your iPhone READ IT PROPERLY • Tap any line to jump the audio there • The line playing now is highlighted as you listen • Playback speed from 0.75x to 2x • Automatic chapters from the speaker's own pauses • Search inside every transcript, and find your notes from iPhone search TURN IT INTO SOMETHING USEFUL • A summary and the key points • A concept map of how the ideas connect • Question-and-answer study cards and a glossary of the terms used • Action items, with who owns them where a name was said All generated on the device from what was actually said. BUILT FOR STUDY AND WORK Students recording lectures. Journalists with interviews. Teams that need the decisions from a meeting. Anyone who gets long voice messages and would rather read them. EXPORT AND SEND Plain text is free. Markdown, PDF, Word-compatible RTF and SRT subtitles come with Scriba Pro. LANGUAGES Scriba transcribes on the device in the languages your iPhone supports, among them English, Italian, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. Settings shows the full list. Requires iOS 26 and an iPhone or iPad that supports on-device speech recognition. SCRIBA PRO (OPTIONAL) • Yearly: USD 39.99 per year, with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers • Monthly: USD 6.99 per month • Lifetime: USD 59.99, one payment, no subscription Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Prices are for the United States; in other countries the price is shown in the app and on the App Store before you confirm. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://edgemarket.app/scriba/privacy Questions or problems: info@edgemarket.app

Screenshots

Text Reader & PDF export4 screens
Scriba4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Scriba at Free against Text Reader & PDF export's $2.99. Scriba also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). Text Reader & PDF export's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On 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

Scriba is free to download; Text Reader & PDF export costs $2.99 up front. Scriba sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Text Reader & PDF export asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Text Reader & PDF export ships an update every 3 months, Scriba every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Text Reader & PDF export versus Scriba: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterText Reader & PDF exportScriba
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCarlos ObandoDanjel Durmo

In-app purchases

None

Text Reader & PDF export

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Scriba

Subscriptions3
  • Scriba Pro — Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Pro — Weekly$6.997 Days
  • Scriba Pro — Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Scriba Pro — Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is Text Reader & PDF export free?
Text Reader & PDF export costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scriba free?
Scriba is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Text Reader & PDF export or Scriba have ads?
Neither Text Reader & PDF export nor Scriba shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Text Reader & PDF export or Scriba?
Text Reader & PDF export ships an update every 3 months, and Scriba every 3 weeks. Most recently, Text Reader & PDF export was updated on October 22, 2026 and Scriba on October 25, 2026.

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