Swoop vs PDFSmart Mobile Scanner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Swoop
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Lightweight app designed for fast file transfers between local devices. With an intuitive interface and lightning-fast speeds, sharing files has never been easier or more efficient. Best of all, Swoop prioritises your privacy, ensuring that no data is collected whatsoever. Experience seamless and secure file sharing with Swoop.
PDFSmart Mobile Scanner
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With PDFSmart Mobile Scanner, turn paper documents into PDF files in seconds. Scan contracts, receipts, notes, forms, or any other document using your device camera, then save, share or process your PDF right away. Scan documents quickly - Capture pages with your iPhone or iPad camera. - Edge detection and cropping keep every page straight and readable. - Preview and reorder captured pages before saving them. Create and share PDFs - Convert scanned pages into a PDF document. - Keep your documents in the app library, available offline. - Save your PDF to Files. - Share it by email, message, or with your favorite apps using the iOS share sheet. Work on your documents - Compress a PDF to make it lighter. - Convert it to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, JPG or PNG. - Run OCR to make a scan searchable. - Sign a document, protect it with a password, or remove its metadata. These tools are performed on pdfsmart.com, which opens in your browser with the document already loaded. Simple, fast, and practical PDFSmart Mobile Scanner is designed to help you digitize everyday documents without a complex setup. Scanning, saving and sharing are free, with no account required. PDFSmart Mobile Scanner is free to download and use.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Swoop at 13.0 against PDFSmart Mobile Scanner's 16.4. On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Swoop ships an update every 6 weeks, PDFSmart Mobile Scanner every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Swoop | PDFSmart Mobile Scanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Axcurate Labs Pvt Ltd | Softflakes LLC |
In-app purchases
Swoop
No in-app purchases
PDFSmart Mobile Scanner
No in-app purchases
Questions
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Is PDFSmart Mobile Scanner free?
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