Comparison

PlanRe vs PDF OCR

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

Head to head
About

PlanRe

Organize your day with a minimalist planner that combines task management with personalized motivation. Set priorities, track deadlines, and receive timely reminders. Customize your workspace with personal wallpapers for a more inspiring routine.

Highlights
  • Priority task organization
  • Comprehensive personal and work management
  • Customizable time formats
  • 10-minute task reminders
  • Customizable wallpapers
  • Local data storage for maximum security
Features
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Your plans. Your phone. Your privacy. No clouds. No tracking. No guilt. Just a calm, simple daily planner where everything stays offline and completely private. Why PlanRe? - Complete privacy — all data stored only on your phone - Works 100% offline — no internet required, ever - Zero distractions — just planning, nothing more - No guilt, no pressure — gentle reminders, no toxic streaks - Beautiful customization — themes, colors, order your days What you get: - Simple task planning with time, repetitions, daily tasks - Gentle local notifications (not pushy) - Calm analytics and insights (including chronotype detection) - Widgets for quick planning on your home screen - The "thread of the day" philosophy — steady progress, not perfection Built for: Professional planners, freelancers, entrepreneurs, and anyone tired of Todoist, Notion, TickTick complexity, apps that collect your data, cloud subscriptions and paywalls, and guilt-driven streak systems. Pro Features (Optional Subscription): Advanced analytics, custom background, monthly vibes mail One simple truth: Your plan is yours. Everything else is noise. Download PlanRe and take back control. Subscriptions PlanRe Pro offers auto-renewable subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://teur.work/planre/terms Privacy Policy: https://teur.work/planre/privacy

About

PDF OCR

This app offers a comprehensive suite of tools for managing PDF files. It allows you to extract text using OCR, convert PDFs to images, secure documents with passwords, and merge or split files. It also enables creating PDFs from images and converting webpages into PDF format, all while ensuring your data remains private through offline processing.

Highlights
  • Extract text with OCR
  • Convert PDF to images
  • Secure PDFs with passwords
  • Merge or split PDFs
  • Create PDFs from images
  • Convert webpages to PDF
  • Compress file size
Features
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PDF OCR turns your iPhone and iPad into a complete PDF workspace: scan paper into searchable PDFs, read and mark up any PDF, and fix files with a full set of tools. Everything runs on your device. SCAN TO PDF • Point the camera at a page; edges are found and the page is straightened for you • Scan many pages in one go, then reorder, rotate or remove them • Text is recognized automatically, so scans are searchable and selectable • Reads QR codes and puts both sides of an ID card on one page READ AND MARK UP • Pen, highlighter, text highlight, underline and strikethrough • Notes, shapes, arrows, stamps and your saved signature • Select anything you added to move or resize it • Reorder, rotate, insert and delete pages • Search, contents and bookmarks, night mode and read aloud ALL YOUR PDF TOOLS • Recognize text (OCR) in scanned PDFs • Make files smaller • Merge PDFs and images, split by pages, ranges or every N pages • Convert PDF to images, text and RTF, and web pages to PDF • Add or remove passwords and permissions PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your documents never leave your device. Scanning, text recognition and summaries run on the device, with no account. PDF OCR PRO Pro adds OCR without page limits, advanced split, redaction that removes content for good, watermarks and page numbers, Face ID lock, smart file names for scans, on-device summaries and translation, and Shortcuts actions. Choose monthly, yearly (with a 7-day free trial) or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed in Settings › Apple Account › Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://layerz.app/pdfocr/privacy

Screenshots

PlanRe4 screens
PDF OCR4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: PDF OCR at 7 against PlanRe's 2. PlanRe's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. PlanRe sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and PDF OCR sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for PlanRe against 4.4 for PDF OCR. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PlanRe ships an update monthly, PDF OCR every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
PlanRe versus PDF OCR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlanRePDF OCR
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better4.4 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings27 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB7 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperIvan ShauchenkaLayerz Corp.

Customer experience

PlanRe

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

PDF OCR

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

PlanRe

Subscriptions4
  • 1 Month$2.991 Month
  • 1 Month$4.991 Month
  • 1 Year$19.991 Year
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  • 1 Year$34.991 Year
3 purchases

PDF OCR

Subscriptions2
  • PDF OCR Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • PDF OCR Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • PDF OCR Pro Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is PlanRe free?
PlanRe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PDF OCR free?
PDF OCR is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PlanRe or PDF OCR?
PlanRe is rated higher. PlanRe averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while PDF OCR averages 4.4 from 7 ratings.
Do PlanRe or PDF OCR have ads?
Neither PlanRe nor PDF OCR shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PlanRe or PDF OCR?
PlanRe ships an update monthly, and PDF OCR every 3 weeks. Most recently, PlanRe was updated on October 20, 2026 and PDF OCR on October 25, 2026.

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