OCR Book Scanner vs AI Voice Note Taker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OCR Book Scanner
Easily scan printed and handwritten text from your device's camera or photos. Leverage advanced AI to proofread extracted content, minimizing errors. Organize, edit, and share your scanned text seamlessly.
- Scan text from camera
- Scan text from photos
- Recognize handwritten text
- AI-powered text proofreading
- Organize scans into text files/folders
- iCloud syncing
- Edit, save, and share text
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Book Scanner makes scanning printed and handwritten text a breeze. Let ChatGPT with GPT-5.6 proofread scanned text to minimize errors. It supports most Latin and Cyrillic-based languages, Japanese, Chinese, Hindi, and many others. Scan a page with a single tap. Scan as many pages as you need while ChatGPT fixes scan errors in the background. Book Scanner does not place annoying ads over your scans to distract you from your work. Features: • Extract texts from Camera • Extract texts from photos • Recognise handwritten text • Proofread the extracted text by ChatGPT (GPT-5.6) • Organise your scans into text files and folders either on the device or in iCloud • Edit / save / share the scanned text • iCloud syncing across your devices Privacy Policy: https://www.gigafluent.com/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://www.gigafluent.com/terms
AI Voice Note Taker
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AvaNotes is the voice memory that finishes the work. Talk; Ava transcribes, summarizes, and finds every todo, meeting, and follow-up hiding inside what you said — ready for Reminders, Calendar, or a draft email in one tap. HOW IT WORKS Press a button. Talk. That's it. Ava listens, transcribes in 100+ languages, writes the note for you, and pulls the actions out of every recording automatically. No meeting bots. No screen recording. No surveillance. AVA HEARD (NEW) On every note, Ava shows you what's actionable — todos, meetings, follow-ups, open questions — at the top of the screen: • Tap [Add to Reminders] — writes the todo to Apple Reminders with the right due date. • Tap [Calendar] — drops the meeting in your calendar. • Tap [Draft email] — opens Mail with a subject and the relevant excerpt prefilled, ready to review and send. • Tap [Done] — close the loop without leaving the app. TODAY, FROM YOUR NOTES (NEW) Open the app in the morning. Home leads with your day, drawn entirely from what you recorded: today's todos, the meeting at 3pm, the follow-up you owe Sarah, the people you've been talking about all week. An optional 8 AM local notification ("3 things to do today — including Call Jen") so the morning starts before you open the app. Time and on/off in Settings → Daily Briefing. THE KNOWLEDGE GRAPH Every note threads into a living graph of the people, projects, and decisions you've ever mentioned. Tap any name to see every conversation about them. Ask "what was I thinking last week about X" and Ava answers from the right window. ASK AVA — YOUR AI MEMORY Search every note with one question: • "What are my open items?" • "Summarize my last three coaching calls." • "What decisions did I make this month?" Semantic search across your library — not keyword grep. Ava finds the moment, plays the audio, pulls the exact quote. SUMMARIES IN YOUR STYLE Pick how Ava writes: • Bullets — quick scannable list • Journal entry — first-person reflection • Action items — tasks ready to do • Meeting notes — agenda, decisions, follow-ups Switch styles anytime. Ava re-writes from the same recording. STUDIO VOICE (Pro, NEW) Hear Ava in a warmer, more natural voice — streaming through Apple's premium cloud model. Settings → Ava's Voice. Free users keep the on-device Apple voice (also free, also great). YOUR DATA, YOUR TERMS No surveillance, no ads, no selling your data — and Ava asks before any audio is processed. Your trial's first note can transcribe right on your iPhone; cloud features (Ask Ava, summaries, recall) send your audio to OpenAI for processing, with your in-app consent first. • No meeting bots joining calls on your behalf • In-app consent before any audio leaves your device for AI processing • Ava never reads your existing reminders, calendar, or contacts — she only writes what you accept • Never sold, never used for ads • Delete any note (and its audio) in two taps • Full account deletion in Settings AVANOTES PRO Start with a 7-day free trial. Unlock unlimited AI summaries, the agentic features (AVA HEARD, daily briefing, Studio Voice), the full knowledge graph, time-aware Ask Ava, and the weekly digest. Monthly: $14.99 / month Yearly: $39.99 / year (save 78% vs monthly) New subscribers start with a 7-day free trial — nothing is charged until the trial ends, and you can cancel anytime before then. Subscription auto-renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period at the price shown. Subscriptions may be managed in your Apple ID settings. Privacy: https://avanotes.aiappnation.com/privacy Terms: https://avanotes.aiappnation.com/terms Support: support@aiappnation.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: AI Voice Note Taker at none against OCR Book Scanner's shown. AI Voice Note Taker also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). OCR Book Scanner's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.4). On price, in-app purchases 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. OCR Book Scanner sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and AI Voice Note Taker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
OCR Book Scanner ships an update monthly, AI Voice Note Taker every 4 days. Both last shipped on September 10, 2026.
| Parameter | OCR Book Scanner | AI Voice Note Taker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (10 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 26.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gigafluent Ltd | PLAYRIOT LLC |
In-app purchases
OCR Book Scanner
- Unlimited words (1 Week)$4.997 Days
- Unlimited words (1 Month)$7.991 Month
- Unlimited words (1 Month)$14.991 Month
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- Unlimited words (1 Year)$49.991 Year
- Unlimited words (1 Year)$119.991 Year
- 2K Words Pack$1.99
- 3,000 Words Pack$1.99
- 20K Words Pack$9.99
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- 30,000 Words Pack$9.99
AI Voice Note Taker
- AvaNotes Pro Monthly7 Days trial$14.991 Month
- AvaNotes Pro Yearly7 Days trial$99.991 Year
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