Comparison

ScanGo vs Printer App・Smart Print

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

Head to head
About

ScanGo

Easily scan documents, certificates, credit cards, and receipts into high-quality PDFs or images. Extract text using OCR, organize with folders, and share via various cloud services or directly. Protect your scans with a passcode.

Highlights
  • Scan documents and photos to PDF
  • OCR text extraction
  • Edit and enhance scans
  • Organize with folders
  • Share via cloud services
  • Passcode protection
Features
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WHAT IS ScanGo? ScanGo is a little, simple, flexible, easy-to-use app with kinds of features satisfying different situations in your iPhone. It allows you to scan documents, certificates, credit cards, invoices, receipts, tickets and any paper with high quality image & PDF output. Also, you can extract text by OCR function from any scans just by one tap. It is also a camera scanner with concise, efficient user interface whose main tone is black & white with teal & chrome yellow embellished throughout the app. HOW TO SCAN DOCS? - Scan everything by one click, of course you can choose to scan from Photos or Camera. - Edit docs after scanning immediately, including add, rotate, adjust, reorder and delete pages. - Rotate, Crop and Adjust filter to get high quality scans. - Provided five filter modes to enhance your scans - Original, B&W 1, B&W 2, Color, Grayscale. What’s more, each filter can be adjusted for its own Brightness, Contrast, Saturation and Sharpness. HOW TO MANAGE DOCS? - The Recents module on home page shows your recently added docs, which helps to find them faster. - Add folders and sub-folders to manage scanned docs. - Rename folders and documents to make them more distinguishable. - Important and urgent documents can be Starred for faster access. - Search function helps to find the doc you need from a dizzying array. - Every folder, doc and page can be shared with email, Dropbox, Google Drive, Evernote etc. or Wifi directly. - Save scans as JPEG to Photos. - Move/Copy/Delete docs and pages. - Print scans directly within app once you connect to a Printer. - Fax scans directly if you have Fax Pro app installed. AFRAID OF DATA LOSS? ScanGo supports syncing data with iCloud. MAKE THE APP MORE EFFICIENT CONVENIENT - Turn on the camera immediately whenever you open the app. HANDY - Save scans to Photos automatically. EASY - Auto edge detection and enhancement. SIMPLE - Share docs and folders in default PDF size. SECURE - Protect your documents with passcode. MORE QUESTIONS? If you have any problems with ScanGo, please email us at scango@beesoft.io, we’ll help to figure it out asap.

About

Printer App・Smart Print

Easily print documents, photos, and PDFs wirelessly from your device. This app offers advanced printing options, built-in scanning, and the ability to import files from cloud storage. You can also edit documents before printing, adding text, images, or signatures.

Highlights
  • Wireless printing
  • Built-in scanner
  • Import from cloud storage
  • Edit documents before printing
  • Advanced print options
Features
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Printing has become incredibly convenient and efficient. Whether it's photos, data sheets, or web pages, you can now print them effortlessly using wireless technology. Isn't that thrilling? CONNECT & PRINT: Connect your device to any wireless printer and print at any time with a simple connection. ADVANCED PRINTING OPTIONS Print sizes, page counts, and orientations may all be changed with ease. SCAN & PRINT To print photos, data, or documents, utilize the built-in scanner. IMPORT & PRINT You can now efficiently and conveniently import documents from Files, Images, iCloud. EDIT & PRINT Want to fill out a checklist or a form? Prior to printing a document, you may now edit it by inserting text, images, and signatures. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/firebolt/printer/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://sites.google.com/view/firebolt/printer/terms-of-use

Screenshots

ScanGo4 screens
Printer App・Smart Print4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ScanGo at none against Printer App・Smart Print's 4. ScanGo also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and review sentiment (88% vs 65%). Printer App・Smart Print's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Printer App・Smart Print sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. ScanGo asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ScanGo holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 168 and 48 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of ScanGo's written reviews are positive against 65% of Printer App・Smart Print's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ScanGo ships an update every 5 weeks, Printer App・Smart Print every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
ScanGo versus Printer App・Smart Print: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScanGoPrinter App・Smart Print
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (168 ratings) — better4.4 (48 ratings)
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews — better65.0% of reviews
Number of ratings168 — better48
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeesoft AppsSamuel Mac

Customer experience

ScanGo

All ratings168 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral1.8%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews88 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral2.3%
Negative10.2%

Printer App・Smart Print

All ratings48 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral2.1%
Negative10.4%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive65.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative35.0%

In-app purchases

None

ScanGo

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Printer App・Smart Print

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Yearly$28.901 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime$28.90
  • Lifetime$58.99

Questions

Is ScanGo free?
ScanGo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Printer App・Smart Print free?
Printer App・Smart Print is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ScanGo or Printer App・Smart Print?
ScanGo is rated higher. ScanGo averages 4.8 out of 5 from 168 ratings, while Printer App・Smart Print averages 4.4 from 48 ratings.
Do ScanGo or Printer App・Smart Print have ads?
Neither ScanGo nor Printer App・Smart Print shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ScanGo or Printer App・Smart Print?
ScanGo ships an update every 5 weeks, and Printer App・Smart Print every 10 days. Most recently, ScanGo was updated on September 23, 2026 and Printer App・Smart Print on September 21, 2026.

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