Simple Scan vs Foldline
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Scan
Easily convert paper documents into searchable PDFs or images in seconds. This app offers a streamlined scanning experience without cluttering your existing notes, with options to share directly via email, messages, or other applications. Enjoy private, on-device processing with no ads.
- Scan documents to PDF or JPEG
- Searchable PDFs with OCR
- Share scans via email, messages, or system share sheet
- Custom file destinations
- File naming suggestions (Apple Intelligence required)
- On-device processing
- No ads
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Simple Scan is the quick, easy way to scan paper documents to optimized, searchable PDF documents (or images) and send them almost anywhere. ## FEATURES ## * Same great scanning functionality as Notes, but no need to clutter your notes data with one-off scans * Create high-resolution multi-page PDFs from your paper documents * PDFs are searchable thanks to automatic Optical Character Recognition (OCR) * Built for simplicity. Just scan and send – no document library * Send scans via email or messages. Save to a file, or "Share" use to send to other apps via the system share sheet * Set up message destinations with pre-filled recipients for easy "Email to Myself" and other common uses * Custom file destinations save scans directly to a pre-selected folder without extra taps * File naming suggestions, such as names, dates, pulled from the scanned document (requires Apple Intelligence) * Save scans directly to Photos * Option to output as images (JPEG) instead of PDF * Quality option to control file size * Never any ads. Ever. * Private and on-device. All scan processing is done locally on your device. ## SIMPLE SCAN PRO ## Simple Scan is free to download and try! To continue using Simple Scan, unlock Simple Scan Pro--available as a low-cost, annual subscription or a one-time lifetime unlock purchase. ## SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS ## * Payment will be charged to your Apple account at confirmation of purchase * Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is disabled at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period * Automatic renewals will be charged at the same price you were initially charged for the subscription * Subscriptions can be managed or canceled by going to Account Settings on the App Store after purchase Have questions? Email support@agiletortoise.com. Terms: https://agiletortoise.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://agiletortoise.com/privacy-policy
Foldline
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Paper in. Searchable PDF out. Foldline is a PDF editor and scanner for iPhone and iPad. Scan paper into PDFs, change the text on a page, fill in and sign forms, mark up pages, and merge, split, compress, redact or convert files. Everything happens on your device: no account, no uploads, no internet connection needed. FREE, AND PRO FOR LIFE • Free: scan to PDF, images to PDF, fill and sign forms, highlight and mark up, reorder and rotate pages, and search and share your PDFs. • Foldline Pro, a one-time purchase, unlocks the rest: editing a page’s text, text recognition (OCR), merge, split and extract, compression, redaction, password protection, watermarks, and PDF to images or text. • Try every Pro tool except Merge on one PDF for free before you buy. • No subscription: buy once, use it on all your devices with your Apple Account. SCAN PAPER TO PDF • Scan receipts, letters, contracts and forms. The camera finds each page’s edges and straightens it. • Capture many pages into one PDF, then crop, rotate, reorder or retake any of them. EDIT THE TEXT ON THE PAGE (PRO) • Double-tap a paragraph or a table cell and type. Fix a date, a name or a price in seconds. • Choose the font, size, bold, italic, underline, alignment and color. • The old words are removed from the page, not hidden, so they can’t be found or copied later. • On a scanned page the words are part of the picture, so they’re covered with the page’s color instead. FIND ANY WORD, EVEN IN SCANS (PRO) • Text recognition (OCR) makes scanned pages searchable, here and in other apps, so you can find, select and copy their words. • Reads English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and more. FILL & SIGN • Type into PDF form fields, check boxes and choose options. • On scanned or flat forms, add text and check marks wherever you need them. • Draw your signature once and reuse it, with the date beside it if you like. HIGHLIGHT & MARK UP • Highlight, underline and strike through text. • Draw with a pen or marker, and erase strokes you don’t want. • Add text, sticky notes, links, and shapes such as arrows, stars and check marks. • Your original stays untouched until you tap Save. ORGANIZE PAGES • Reorder, rotate, duplicate and delete pages in a thumbnail grid. • Pro: merge PDFs into one, in the order you choose. • Pro: split a PDF by page ranges, or extract chosen pages into a new file. COMPRESS & CONVERT • Pro: compress a PDF so it’s easy to email or upload. Only photos and scans shrink; text, links and form fields stay as they are. • Images to PDF: combine JPEG, PNG and HEIC images into one document. • Pro: PDF to images, as PNG or JPEG at screen, standard or high resolution. • Pro: PDF to text, as a .txt file. Scanned pages are recognized first. REDACT & PROTECT (PRO) • Redact names, account numbers and signatures: find every match, select text, draw a box or mark a whole page. • What’s under the boxes is removed from the new PDF, not just covered, so it can’t be searched, copied or uncovered. • Password-protect a PDF, and limit printing, copying and changes. • Stamp a text or image watermark, such as CONFIDENTIAL or your logo, on the pages you choose. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Your documents stay on your device. Nothing is uploaded, not even for text recognition. • No account, no ads, no tracking, no subscription. • A file leaves the app only when you share or export it. THE DETAILS • Open PDFs from Mail, Files and other apps with the Share button. • If the app closes mid-edit, your unsaved changes are kept. • Supports Dark Mode and larger text sizes. GOOD TO KNOW • Your signature is a handwritten mark on the page, not a certificate-based digital signature. • Edited text is set in one of six common fonts, matched as closely as possible to the original. • If a drawing runs under a redaction box, that page is saved as a picture of the page, without selectable text. Questions or ideas? Email rustiandrei@outlook.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Foldline at daily against Simple Scan's monthly. On price, ads, 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. Simple Scan sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year and Foldline sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Simple Scan ships an update monthly, Foldline daily. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Scan | Foldline |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (670 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 670 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Agile Tortoise | ANDREI RUSTI |
Bugs and requests
Simple Scan
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes on multi-page scans for some users
- Issues with importing files from other apps
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to tag scans
- Favorite file/app destination options
- More image adjustment tools
Foldline
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Simple Scan
- Pro - Annual$9.991 Year
- Pro - Lifetime$39.99
Foldline
- Foldline Pro$4.99









