Comparison

Scan It All vs Simple Scan

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

Head to head
About

Scan It All

Transform your device into a powerful multipage scanner. Easily capture documents, receipts, and notes, then process them with automatic edge detection and contrast enhancement. Sign, store, and share your scanned documents as PDFs via email or cloud services.

Highlights
  • Multipage document scanning
  • Automatic edge detection and perspective correction
  • Digital signature creation and placement
  • PDF export and cloud uploads (Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive)
  • Document signing and editing
  • Password protection for PDFs
  • iCloud backup and restore
Features
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**Scan It All** turns your iOS device into a multipage document scanner for documents, receipts, notes, and other text. ***NEW*** Sign document pages from within the app. Create and store unlimited number of signatures. place signature on any page. resize move, and if needed delete signatures previously added. Quickly scan, store, sign and email your documents as multipage PDF files. Upload to Dropbox, Google Drive and OneDrive and others. **Scan It All** auto-detects document edges, straightens the documents, eliminates shadows and sets a perfect contrast. Very easy and intuitive interface. All image processing happens on your iOS device, keeping your documents secure and confidential. **Scan It All** has DropBox, Google Drive and OneDrive support, upload your PDF to cloud service from within the app. FEATURES: • On touch Email, Print and Upload options on scanned documents. • Automatic perspective correction and edge detection, manual options to override it for Black & white and color.
 • Sign document pages*. • Quick processing.
 • Multipage editing: reorder (drag drop), delete (drag out) and add multiple pages*
 • Email document as PDF. • Email PDF to pre-configured email addresses. • Email JPEGs as attachment.* 
• Printing via AirPrint. • Compact attachments. • Open PDF in other applications like (Dropbox, Evernote, iBooks etc)* • Export scanned Images to Photo Library* • Upload PDF to Dropbox, Google Drive and oneDrive directly* • Copy Image. • Paste Image* • Export PDFs from other apps to Scan It All and add/edit pages. • Set PDF Password. • Import encrypted PDFs. • Use Touch ID to secure documents. • Backup/Restore*/Sync documents to/form iCloud • Scan from Photo Gallery • Merge Documents * (requires one time upgrade to un-limited version) TIPS ON SCANNING 
• Make sure your document is flat and well lit. 
• Use flash in low light conditions, but avoid glare with glossy documents (magazines, etc.) We're constantly improving Scan It All, If you want to send us your feedback or have a problem with our software, please use the Email Support button in the app. If you find an issue with our software please email support@bitsabound.com or use "Email Support" option under settings menu, and we'll promptly reply.

About

Simple Scan

Transform your device into a powerful mobile scanner. Digitize documents, receipts, and IDs. Convert images and handwritten notes to text with OCR. Sign and mark up PDFs with a custom editor.

Highlights
  • Document scanning
  • OCR text recognition
  • PDF signing
  • Document markup
  • Batch scanning
  • Automatic border detection
  • Document organization
Features
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SimpleScan is the incredibly easy-to-use document scanner you've been looking for. Download now so you can scan ANYTHING you want, faster than ANYWHERE else, and so DEAD SIMPLE you could almost do it with your eyes closed. And it's a LOT more than fast and easy... Turn your iOS device into a powerful mobile scanner than does all the work for you, digitizing printed documents, important receipts, IDs & Passports... and even converting images and handwritten notes into text with the OCR function! It gets better... Because we're out to be the most indispensable tool in your day to day life, you can even save more time by signing and marking up your PDFs with our custom document editor. No set-up fees or long-term commitment required – SimpleScan is here to take all the confusion and hassle out of scanning, storing, and sharing your documents (and as you know, life is FULL of documents)... We're called SimpleScan for a reason: this is as easy as it gets. :) Here are just a few more reasons why SimpleScan has quickly become the top PDF scanning, text recognition, and document signing app available: • Scan, store, and save contracts, receipts, documents of any kind, paper notes, schedules, timetables, whatever! • Save multiple signatures to quickly add the one you need, fast. • With the Markup feature, you can highlight text, draw, and scribble on your docs however you want. • Our scanner automatically detects document borders, corrects angles, enhances important imagery while removing shadows, cleans up text and color, and more. Basically, you really can't mess up with this scanner if you tried. • The custom "batch scanning" feature allows you to scan as many pages as you'd like, all in one neat document. • Quickly create documents by selecting images from your Camera Roll, or uploading from anywhere else on your device. • Securely store your documents in your built-in 'document library' for sending later. • Create folders to keep all your docs neatly organized... like they should be. • The export function lets you directly share with friends, email to colleagues, or add to any other app in just a couple taps. • And plenty more! Download SimpleScan for FREE now, and LET US PROVE TO YOU that we're the last document scanning, signature adding, file storage app you'll ever need! Upgrade To SimpleScan Pro: The SimpleScan app is free to download and use forever. If you would like to upgrade to SimpleScan Pro and get unlimited access to all features within the app, we offer a 3-day free trial to make sure it's the right decision for you. Information about the auto-renewal of subscription: – You can subscribe for unlimited access to all features within the app – Subscriptions are billed weekly, monthly, quarterly or annually at the rate selected depending on the subscription plan – Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase – Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period – Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. The cost depends on the selected plan – Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase – Any unused portion of the free trial will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription By using the SimleFax App, you are agreeing to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use: http://www.danecoltd.com/simple-fax-privacy-policy/ http://www.danecoltd.com/simple-fax-terms-of-use/ We appreciate your SimpleScan reviews and feedback. Please email us at support@danecoltd.com. We have a full-time support team that is here to ensure your success with using this simple, yet powerful, scanning app. Download SimpleScan to scan from your iPhone & iPad today!

Screenshots

Scan It All4 screens
Simple Scan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Scan It All at 70% against Simple Scan's 22%. Scan It All also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). Simple Scan's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.2). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Scan It All sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Simple Scan sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Simple Scan holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 318 and 245 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 70% of Scan It All's written reviews are positive against 22% of Simple Scan's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scan It All ships an update every 3 weeks, Simple Scan every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 7, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Scan It All versus Simple Scan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScan It AllSimple Scan
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (318 ratings)4.4 (245 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.5% of reviews — better22.2% of reviews
Number of ratings318 — better245
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB82 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBitsAbound IncDaneco Ltd.

Customer experience

Scan It All

All ratings318 ratings
Positive79.2%
Neutral7.9%
Negative12.9%
Written reviews128 reviews
Positive69.5%
Neutral8.6%
Negative21.9%

Simple Scan

All ratings245 ratings
Positive84.1%
Neutral2.9%
Negative13.1%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive22.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative77.8%

Bugs and requests

Scan It All

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when trying to email PDF
  • Incompatible with iOS 15
  • Free version unable to save/send PDF or JPG

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add date/time stamp for scanned documents
  • Improve email functionality
  • Enhance Google Drive integration

Simple Scan

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Scan It All

One-time1
  • Scan It All Unlimited$0.99
4 purchases

Simple Scan

Subscriptions4
  • 3-Day Trial On Weekly Plan3 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • 3-Day Trial On Monthly Plan3 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • 3-Day Trial On Yearly Plan3 Days trial$49.991 Year
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  • SimpleScan Pro Yearly Plan$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Scan It All free?
Scan It All is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple Scan free?
Simple Scan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Scan It All or Simple Scan?
Simple Scan is rated higher. Scan It All averages 4.2 out of 5 from 318 ratings, while Simple Scan averages 4.4 from 245 ratings.
Do Scan It All or Simple Scan have ads?
Simple Scan shows ads; Scan It All does not.
Which is updated more often, Scan It All or Simple Scan?
Scan It All ships an update every 3 weeks, and Simple Scan every 3 months. Most recently, Scan It All was updated on October 7, 2026 and Simple Scan on October 7, 2026.

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