PaperScan vs Scanner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PaperScan
Easily digitize various paper documents like invoices, receipts, and recipes. Automatically crop, straighten, and enhance scans for outstanding quality. Upload to cloud storage or share via email and print.
- Automatic document recognition and capture
- Automatic cropping and straightening
- Scans various document types
- High scan quality in any lighting
- Creates PDF files
- Batch upload to cloud storage
- Share via email, print, and AirDrop
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Scan invoices, business cards, tickets, cookbook recipes and all other kinds of paper documents with PaperScan. Upload them to Dropbox, GoogleDrive or DocuWare and share with others. PaperScan helps you to overcome your daily paper flood. And the best thing is - the app is both free and ad-free. Features: - Automatically recognizes documents and triggers image capture - Automatically crops and straightens the captured document - Scans all kinds of documents: big ones, small ones, invoices, receipts, tickets - you name it - Outstanding scan quality in any lighting conditions - Creates PDF - Upload to Dropbox, GoogleDrive and DocuWare in batch mode - Email, print and AirDrop for single documents - Simple and intuitive
Scanner
Transform your device into a portable scanner for high-quality document digitization. Automatically detect document edges, crop as needed, and enhance scans for clear text and graphics. Easily share your digitized documents as JPEG files.
- Automatic document edge detection
- Perspective correction
- High-quality scanning
- Flexible editing
- Smart cropping and auto-enhancing
- Share JPEG files
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Now convert your device into a mini pocket Scanner enjoy the high quality image in your device within just one touch with the best ever scanning app SCANNER : Scanner app lets you scan your documents in high quality which makes it easy for the person to read the texts present. The app automatically detects the corner of the file that you want to scan for better quality along with you can also crop the part of the document that you want to scan. APP FEATURES Automatic document edge detection and perspective correction Extremely Fast Processing Professional quality results with colour or black & white Flexible editing Tiny app size. * Quickly Digitise Document Just use your phone camera to scan and digitise all kinds of documents *Optimise Scan Quality Smart cropping and auto enhancing ensures the texts and graphics in scanned documents are clear and sharp *Share JPEG Files Easily share documents in JPEG format with friends via various ways , send attachment through email , whats app etc Key Features: Terms of Use : https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=137089944519862&id=111527317076125&__tn__=-R Privacy policy : https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=136748917887298&id=111527317076125&__tn__=-R For any questions or inquiries please contact at funwizzards@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: PaperScan at none against Scanner's shown. PaperScan also leads on ratings volume (747 vs 17) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Scanner's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (88% vs 71%). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Scanner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PaperScan has 747 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of PaperScan's written reviews are positive against 88% of Scanner's.
PaperScan ships an update every 4 months, Scanner weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and August 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PaperScan | Scanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (747 ratings) | 5.0 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.9% of reviews | 88.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 747 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DocuWare GmbH | Jenifer M |
Customer experience
PaperScan
Scanner
Bugs and requests
PaperScan
Reported bugs
6 issues- Image disappears after scanning instead of displaying
- App freezes and requires multiple restarts to show scans
- Edge detection fails 50% of the time
- DocuWare integration not transferring documents properly
- Autoscan unreliable and inconsistent
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- Boundary re-registration issues after outline detection
Requested features
5 requests- Direct save to Photos app instead of Files only
- Improved edge detection algorithm
- Better autoscan reliability and speed
- Manual brightness control options
- UI/design improvements
Scanner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PaperScan
No in-app purchases
Scanner
No in-app purchases
