Comparison

Scan to PDF & Text OCR vs Control‎

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

Head to head
About

Scan to PDF & Text OCR

Transform your phone into a portable scanner to digitize documents, receipts, and notes. Extract text from images with OCR technology, add custom watermarks, and apply color filters. Supports multiple languages for a seamless global experience.

Highlights
  • Document scanning and PDF creation
  • Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for text extraction
  • Custom watermarks for documents
  • Color filters for scanned images
  • Multi-language support
Features
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Scan documents, pull the text out of them and work on your PDFs, all on your iPhone and iPad. xPDF needs no account, and your files stay on your device. SCAN TO PDF • Scan with the camera: page edges are found automatically • Scan several pages into one PDF, then rotate, reorder, filter or retake a page • Turn photos from your library into a PDF • Unfinished scans are kept as a draft TEXT RECOGNITION (OCR) • Copy the text from scans, photos and PDFs • Choose the language, tap a block of text on the page to select it • Share the text or save it as a text file or PDF • Make a scanned PDF searchable, so its text can be selected and found in any PDF reader (Premium) • Voice to Text: speak, and get text you can edit, copy and save READ AND SEARCH • A fast PDF reader with zoom, a page overview and find-in-document • Search your library by name, and by the text inside your documents (Premium) • Favourites, recently opened files, list and grid views • Open PDFs and images from Files, Mail and other apps in xPDF PDF TOOLS • Merge and split PDFs and delete pages • Rotate, reorder and duplicate pages (Premium) • Add page numbers • Sign and mark up PDFs • Compress PDFs to share them more easily • Convert photos, text and Word or Excel files to PDF, and PDF to JPG, PNG or text • Edit PDFs, add a watermark and hide private details (Premium) • Protect a PDF with a password, or remove a password you know (Premium) KEEP FILES PRIVATE • Move files to a Private area that opens only with Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode (Premium) • Private files leave every list and search until you unlock SHARE AND EXPORT • Share to any app, save to Files or Photos, or send by e-mail • Import from Files, iCloud Drive and other storage apps MORE TOOLS • Scan and create QR codes and barcodes • Edit photos, compress and convert images, remove a photo's background • Lay out photos as a photobook PDF (Premium) ASK AI (ON-DEVICE) • Summarize, rewrite, shorten, simplify and check the grammar of your text, or start from a document's text • Step-by-step help with logic, math, physics and chemistry problems • Runs privately on your device with Apple Intelligence. Requires a device and iOS version that support Apple Intelligence. AI can make mistakes, so check important answers. MADE FOR EVERYONE • 18 languages, Dark Mode and full iPad support • Adjustable text size and VoiceOver support • A built-in user guide • Optional daily tips about features you haven't tried yet PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account and no ads • Scanning, text recognition, search and Ask AI run on your device • Voice to Text runs on your device for supported languages; other languages use Apple's speech service, and the app tells you FREE AND PREMIUM xPDF is free to download and use, with limits on some features (for example, 30 saved scans a month, and 3 text recognitions, merges or conversions a day). Premium removes those limits, unlocks every Premium tool (PDF editing, page organising, password protection, searchable PDFs, private files and search inside documents), and exports without the xPDF watermark. Premium is an auto-renewing subscription, available weekly, monthly or yearly; a free trial may be offered. The price is shown in the app before you buy and charged to your Apple Account when you confirm. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel the subscription in your Apple Account settings. Any unused part of a free trial ends when you buy a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://pixelz-lab.com/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://pixelz-lab.com/terms-of-use.html Support: admin@pixelz-lab.com iPhone, iPad, Face ID, Touch ID and Apple Intelligence are trademarks of Apple Inc.

About

Control‎

Easily manage media playback and system volume on your Mac from your iPhone or iPad. It supports popular apps like Spotify, VLC, and Apple Music without requiring subscriptions or companion app installations.

Highlights
  • System-level volume control
  • Basic media playback controls
  • Supports TV.app, Music.app, VLC, Spotify
  • No subscription or companion app needed
  • Connects via built-in permissions
  • Requires same network connection
Features
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The simplest and fastest way to control media playback, volume, and more on your Mac. Control connects directly over your local network, so you never have to install or run a companion app. 【NEW】Control any app, video, or website with Keyboard controls. Re-arrange your keypad and add the commands (and shortcuts!) that are useful to you. Additionally, Control always supports system-level volume controls and *direct* playback controls for the following apps: • TV.app • Music.app • QuickTime Player • VLC • IINA • mpv • Spotify • Safari (experimental) No subscriptions, no payments, no ads, no tracking. Control is privacy-first and doesn't collect any data. It connects directly across your local network, so your information never even touches the internet. Need more Control? Send a request anytime. I'd love to make the app as useful as possible. Note: Control’s connection to your Mac is managed via built-in macOS permissions. Once accepted, Control will work forever with no additional setup. It requires being on the same network and enabling Remote Access. Some VPN clients may interfere, depending on settings. Powered by AppleScript.

Screenshots

Scan to PDF & Text OCR4 screens
Control‎4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Control‎ at 100% against Scan to PDF & Text OCR's 0%. Control‎ also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

Control‎ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Scan to PDF & Text OCR's written reviews are positive against 100% of Control‎'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scan to PDF & Text OCR ships an update every 10 days, Control‎ every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Scan to PDF & Text OCR versus Control‎: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScan to PDF & Text OCRControl‎
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings35 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB10 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperVU LE THANHRyan Whitney

Customer experience

Scan to PDF & Text OCR

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Control‎

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Scan to PDF & Text OCR

No in-app purchases

None

Control‎

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scan to PDF & Text OCR free?
Scan to PDF & Text OCR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Control‎ free?
Control‎ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Scan to PDF & Text OCR or Control‎?
Control‎ is rated higher. Scan to PDF & Text OCR averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Control‎ averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Scan to PDF & Text OCR or Control‎ have ads?
Neither Scan to PDF & Text OCR nor Control‎ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scan to PDF & Text OCR or Control‎?
Scan to PDF & Text OCR ships an update every 10 days, and Control‎ every 9 days. Most recently, Scan to PDF & Text OCR was updated on October 21, 2026 and Control‎ on October 5, 2026.

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