Comparison

Image2text vs Sandbook

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

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About

Image2text

Effortlessly extract text from images using advanced OCR technology. Convert photos to editable text, translate languages, and listen to content on the go. Streamline your workflow with this user-friendly scanner.

Highlights
  • Advanced OCR text extraction
  • Edit extracted text
  • Translate text to multiple languages
  • Read text aloud
  • Share scanned text
  • Copy text to clipboard
  • No login required
Features
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Welcome to Image2Text – Your Ultimate All-in-One Text Scanner App! Experience the future of text digitization with Image2Text, your go-to app for effortlessly extracting text from images using cutting-edge OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology. Whether you’re a student, professional, or someone who values efficiency, Image2Text simplifies the process of converting images to text, making your life easier. Key Features: Advanced OCR Technology: Effortlessly extract text from images captured via your Camera or selected from your Gallery. Image2Text ensures accurate and reliable text extraction every time, turning photos into editable text in seconds. Share: Instantly share your scanned text with friends, family, or colleagues via email, messaging apps, or social media platforms. Image2Text makes sharing information a breeze. Edit: Make modifications to the extracted text directly within the app. Correct errors or adjust formatting with ease, ensuring your text is perfect before saving or sharing. Read: Convert extracted text into speech and listen to it on the go. This hands-free reading feature is ideal for commuting, exercising, or multitasking. Translate: Seamlessly translate extracted text into multiple languages. Break down language barriers and communicate effectively across borders with our built-in translation feature. Copy: Copy the extracted text to your clipboard for easy pasting into other apps, documents, or notes. Enhance your productivity with simple and quick text copying. No More Logins Required: Enjoy a hassle-free experience with no sign-ups or passwords required. Simply launch the app and start scanning text immediately – convenience at your fingertips! Why Choose Image2Text? High Accuracy: Our advanced OCR technology ensures precise text extraction, minimizing errors and saving you time on corrections. User-Friendly Interface: Image2Text is designed with a clean, intuitive interface, making it easy for anyone to use. Versatile Applications: Perfect for digitizing printed materials, capturing notes from presentations, extracting information from business cards, and more. Enhanced Productivity: Streamline your workflow by quickly converting physical text to digital format, ready for editing, sharing, or archiving. Privacy and Security: Your data is safe with us. Image2Text does not require logins, ensuring your scanned texts remain private and secure. Who Can Benefit from Image2Text? Students: Easily digitize handwritten notes, textbooks, and research materials for better organization and study efficiency. Professionals: Extract information from business cards, documents, and reports to streamline your workflow. Travelers: Translate signs, menus, and documents in foreign languages effortlessly. Everyone: Anyone looking to save time and effort by converting physical text into digital format. Download Image2Text now and unlock the power of text scanning at your fingertips! Discover how Image2Text can revolutionize the way you handle text. Join thousands of satisfied users and make text extraction, editing, sharing, and translating a seamless part of your daily routine. With Image2Text, the future of text scanning is here.

About

Sandbook

This app converts text into natural-sounding speech using an on-device model. Read ePub, PDF, and TXT files, type or paste text, or even read webpages aloud. Export audio files for offline listening with complete privacy.

Highlights
  • On-device text-to-speech
  • Reads ePub, PDF, TXT files
  • Type or paste text
  • Read webpages aloud
  • Export audio files
  • Privacy protection
Features
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Sandbook reads books, documents and articles aloud in natural voices, entirely on your iPhone or iPad. Nothing you read is uploaded, and there is no account, no subscription and no ads. NATURAL VOICES, OFFLINE - 41 voices in American and British English, Spanish, French, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese and Hindi - A book in Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese or Hindi opens with a voice in its language - Powered by the open-source Kokoro model, running locally; no internet connection needed - Follow along as each spoken word is highlighted - Speed from 0.5x to 2.5x; each book remembers its voice and speed READ ALMOST ANYTHING - Import EPUB, PDF, Word (.docx), TXT, RTF, Markdown and HTML files - Add a web page by pasting a link, or share it from Safari - Scan printed pages with the camera, or pick a photo, and listen - Send files or selected text from any app with the share sheet, or type and paste your own - Open a document straight from the Files app with Open With, or set Sandbook as its default app LISTEN THE WAY YOU READ - Opens at the paragraph where you stopped - Keep listening when you leave the book, with a mini player at the bottom of the screen - Bookmarks, and search inside a book - Sleep timer: stop after a set time or at the end of the chapter - Passages you've already heard play back instantly - In a PDF, the sentence being read is highlighted on the page; tap any sentence to read from there - Reading options: light, sepia and dark themes, fonts, text size and line spacing - Appearance: light, dark or matching your system - See each book's length, listening time and the time left in the chapter - Prepare a chapter's audio ahead of time, then keep listening with the screen locked; prepared chapters replay instantly - Continue Reading with Siri or the Shortcuts app - Export any text as an M4A audio file ACCESSIBILITY - VoiceOver, Voice Control, Switch Control, larger text and contrast improvements - The app is available in English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil) and Hindi PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your books, text and voices stay on your device. Sandbook never sends what you read to a server. GOOD TO KNOW - Voices require iPhone 12 or later, or an iPad with an A14 or M1 chip or later. Sandbook also needs iOS 18.2 or later. - Real-time reading pauses when the screen locks. To listen with the screen off, prepare the chapter first. Questions or ideas: support@sandbook.app

Screenshots

Image2text4 screens
Sandbook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Image2text at 5.0 against Sandbook's 4.6. Sandbook's advantage is ratings volume (92 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Image2text holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sandbook has 92 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Image2text ships an update every 8 days, Sandbook weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Image2text versus Sandbook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterImage2textSandbook
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.6 (92 ratings)
Positive reviews—77.8% of reviews
Number of ratings192 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.4 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB270 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShivang MishraSmashMelon LLC

Customer experience

Image2text

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Sandbook

All ratings92 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral8.7%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral14.8%
Negative7.4%

In-app purchases

None

Image2text

No in-app purchases

None

Sandbook

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Image2text free?
Image2text is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sandbook free?
Sandbook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Image2text or Sandbook?
Image2text is rated higher. Image2text averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Sandbook averages 4.6 from 92 ratings.
Do Image2text or Sandbook have ads?
Neither Image2text nor Sandbook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Image2text or Sandbook?
Image2text ships an update every 8 days, and Sandbook weekly. Most recently, Image2text was updated on October 18, 2026 and Sandbook on October 16, 2026.

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