Comparison

OSS Document Scanner vs My Links for Linkwarden

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

My Links for Linkwarden

Manage and organize all your links from your phone or tablet with a beautiful and simple interface. Create, edit, and upload files, while accessing preserved link formats and organizing them by category or tag. Your privacy is protected as no personal information is shared.

Highlights
  • Manage all links
  • Create and edit links
  • Upload PDF files and images
  • Pin links to dashboard
  • Access preserved link formats
  • Organize by category and tag
Features
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With My Links you can manage all your links stored in Linkwarden from the ease of your phone or tablet. My Links has been created to offer the user a beautiful and simple interface, following Apple's design guidelines, while offering the same functionalities as the Linkwarden web application. With My Links you can: - View all your links - Create new links and edit existing ones - Upload PDF files and images - Pin links to the dashboard - Access the preserved formats of each link (webpage, reader mode, PDF file and image) - View the links in each category - Create and edit categories - View links for each tag - Create new links from the share menu when sharing an URL - Supports servers that use mTLS (requires iOS 18 or greater) All this while preserving your privacy, because My Links does not share your personal information with anyone, nor does it share information you have stored in Linkwarden. My Links is also available for macOS, if you have a Mac, download it and enjoy it on your Mac too!

Screenshots

OSS Document Scanner4 screens
My Links for Linkwarden4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: My Links for Linkwarden at 4.7 against OSS Document Scanner's 4.2. My Links for Linkwarden also leads on ratings volume (31 vs 10). OSS Document Scanner's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. OSS Document Scanner sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and My Links for Linkwarden sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

My Links for Linkwarden holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 31 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of OSS Document Scanner's written reviews are positive against 64% of My Links for Linkwarden's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OSS Document Scanner ships an update fortnightly, My Links for Linkwarden monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
OSS Document Scanner versus My Links for Linkwarden: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOSS Document ScannerMy Links for Linkwarden
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (10 ratings)4.7 (31 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews64.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1031 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAkylasJuan Gilsanz Polo

Customer experience

OSS Document Scanner

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

My Links for Linkwarden

All ratings31 ratings
Positive90.3%
Neutral3.2%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive64.3%
Neutral7.1%
Negative28.6%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

OSS Document Scanner

One-time5
  • 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
5 purchases

My Links for Linkwarden

One-time5
  • Small tip$1.99
  • Medium tip$3.99
  • Big tip$7.99
Show 2 more
  • Very big tip$12.99
  • Glorious tip$19.99

Questions

Is OSS Document Scanner free?
OSS Document Scanner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is My Links for Linkwarden free?
My Links for Linkwarden is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, OSS Document Scanner or My Links for Linkwarden?
My Links for Linkwarden is rated higher. OSS Document Scanner averages 4.2 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while My Links for Linkwarden averages 4.7 from 31 ratings.
Do OSS Document Scanner or My Links for Linkwarden have ads?
Neither OSS Document Scanner nor My Links for Linkwarden shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OSS Document Scanner or My Links for Linkwarden?
OSS Document Scanner ships an update fortnightly, and My Links for Linkwarden monthly. Most recently, OSS Document Scanner was updated on October 27, 2026 and My Links for Linkwarden on October 25, 2026.

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