PDF OCR vs ThinQspace
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PDF OCR
This app transforms your iPhone or iPad into a powerful PDF tool. Scan documents, recognize and edit text, convert files, and sign PDFs all on your device. It offers advanced features for annotation, measurement, and protection.
- Document scanning and text recognition (OCR)
- Edit text and images directly on the page
- Convert between PDF, Word, and Office formats
- Annotate with pens, highlighters, and shapes
- Fill and sign PDF forms
- Measure drawings to scale
- Password protection and redaction
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PDF OCR is the all-in-one PDF app for iPhone and iPad. Scan paper into searchable PDFs, read and mark up any document, edit text right on the page, measure drawings to scale, and convert between PDF, Word and Office files. Everything runs on your device, with no account and no uploads. SCAN & RECOGNIZE TEXT (OCR) • Document scanner: edges are found and pages are straightened for you • Text recognition: scans become searchable, selectable PDFs • Recognize text in scanned PDFs you already have • Scan many pages at once, then reorder, rotate or remove them • Read QR codes • Put two pages on one, like both sides of an ID card • Smart file names suggested from what was scanned (Pro) READ IN COMFORT • Fast viewer with search, contents and bookmarks • Continuous scroll, single page or two-page spread • Reading View: the text reflowed to fit your screen, in your size, font and theme • Night mode and read aloud • Opens where you left off; recent documents appear in Spotlight ANNOTATE & MARK UP • Pen and highlighter, smooth with Apple Pencil • Highlight, underline and strike through text • Notes, shapes, arrows, polygons and stamps • Select anything you added to move or resize it, with undo EDIT PDF LIKE A DOCUMENT (PRO) • Edit text right where it is, in the document's own fonts • Move, delete and add text and images • Redaction removes sensitive text and images for good MEASURE DRAWINGS (PRO) • Distance, perimeter, area and count on plans and drawings • Drawing scales such as 1:100, or calibrate to a length you know • Snaps to corners; totals and CSV export FILL & SIGN • Fill in PDF forms • Draw your signature once and place it on any document • Sign contracts, invoices and applications without a printer CONVERT • PDF to Word (Pro), images, text and RTF • Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Pages and Keynote files to PDF • Photos and web pages to PDF ORGANIZE & OPTIMIZE • Merge PDFs and images; split by selected pages, ranges or every N pages • Reorder, rotate, insert, crop and delete pages • Compress PDFs to make them smaller • Flatten annotations and forms, and print PROTECT • Protect PDFs with a password • Change permissions or remove security (Pro) • Watermarks and page numbers (Pro) • Lock the app with Face ID (Pro) SMART TOOLS, ON YOUR DEVICE • Summaries with Apple Intelligence (Pro; iOS 26 on supported devices) • Page translation (Pro) • Shortcuts actions for OCR, compression and merging (Pro) PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your documents never leave your device. Scanning, text recognition, editing, conversion and summaries all happen on the device. No account, and no watermark on your files. PDF OCR PRO Reading, markup, signatures, scanning and most tools are free, and OCR is free for up to 30 pages per document. Pro adds OCR without page limits, editing text and images, PDF to Word, measuring, advanced split, redaction, watermarks and page numbers, Face ID lock, smart file names, summaries and translation, and Shortcuts actions. Choose monthly, yearly with a 7-day free trial, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed in Settings › Apple Account › Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://layerz.app/pdfocr/privacy
ThinQspace
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ThinQspace turns your handwritten notes into an interactive AI tutor. Write or draw with Apple Pencil, ask a question, and get clear, step-by-step explanations — powered by AI, built for students. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Ask ThinQ anything about your notes — instant, step-by-step explanations • Select any part of a page to ask about just that — math, diagrams, or text • Ask questions by voice — no typing needed • Get visual answers — graphs, interactive 3D models, and labeled diagrams generated automatically when they help • Turn any topic into flashcards or a quiz in one tap • Record lectures linked to the exact notes you took, and revisit them anytime • Import PDFs to annotate, and search across every notebook instantly BUILT FOR REAL STUDYING ThinQspace isn't a generic chatbot — it's a tutor built directly into the page you're already writing on, with handwriting that understands math and diagrams, not just flat text. Terms of Use: https://vigneshakcero.github.io/canvastutor-privacy/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://vigneshakcero.github.io/canvastutor-privacy/index.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ThinQspace at none against PDF OCR's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. PDF OCR sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. ThinQspace asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | PDF OCR | ThinQspace |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Layerz Corp. | Akash Chawhan |
In-app purchases
PDF OCR
- PDF OCR Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
- PDF OCR Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- PDF OCR Pro Lifetime$49.99
ThinQspace
No in-app purchases









