PaperScan vs Pedant AI 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
Pedant AI Scanner
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Pedant AI Scanner ist der einfachste Weg, Liefernachweise unterwegs hochzuladen! Scannen und hochladen – alles in einer App. Ihre Dokumente werden nahtlos über unser leistungsstarkes Pedant Web-Anwendungssystem verarbeitet und validiert. Sie sind vor Ort, machen schnell ein Foto des Liefernachweises – und schon wird es sofort zur Verarbeitung hochgeladen. Sie scannen, wir validieren – und am Ende werden Ihre Rechnungen garantiert schneller gebucht!
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Verdict
PaperScan and Pedant AI Scanner are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
PaperScan ships an update every 4 months, Pedant AI Scanner every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PaperScan | Pedant AI Scanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (747 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 70.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 747 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DocuWare GmbH | AlphaApps FZ LLC |
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
Pedant AI Scanner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PaperScan
No in-app purchases
Pedant AI Scanner
No in-app purchases
