Comparison

PaperScan vs Paper Scanner

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

About

Paper Scanner

Features
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Paper scanner is a simple to use and easy replacement of scanner. It is free to use. New features: - Scan your document. - Share pdf/jpeg files. - Optimize your pdf contras and color. - Here user can delete multiple file. - user can filter file. - provide security password protected. - sort by file size, name, created date and modified date. Merge PDF • Merge and rearrange files or pages within files. Combine PDFs in the order you want with the easiest PDF merger available. PDF Quality : Here user can make image quality set. - Low (20%) - Medium (60%) - Hight (75%) - Original (100%) Edit PDF • Add text or freehand annotations to your PDF. Edit PDF by adding text, shapes, comments and highlights. Your secure and simple tool to edit PDF. Rotate PDF • Rotate your PDFs the way you need them. You can even rotate multiple PDFs at once! Unlock PDF • Remove PDF password security, giving you the freedom to use your PDFs as you want. Add Page Number • Add page numbers into PDFs with ease. Choose your positions, dimensions and typography. Free Download the best free mobile scanner to convert photos and documents into PDF.

Screenshots

PaperScan4 screens
Paper Scanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Paper Scanner at 11.0 against PaperScan's 15.0. On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
PaperScan versus Paper Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaperScanPaper Scanner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (747 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews70.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings747 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDocuWare GmbHMayur Godhani

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

Paper Scanner

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PaperScan

No in-app purchases

None

Paper Scanner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PaperScan free?
PaperScan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Paper Scanner free?
Paper Scanner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PaperScan or Paper Scanner have ads?
Neither PaperScan nor Paper Scanner shows ads.

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