SmartOCR vs WordByWord
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SmartOCR
Instantly convert printed text from images into editable digital format. Save time by digitizing documents, receipts, and study materials with high accuracy. Effortlessly capture and save important information for easy reference.
- Instant text conversion
- Accurate text recognition
- Save scanned text history
- Easy to use interface
- Digitize documents and receipts
- Extract text from study materials
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Tired of manually retyping text from images? Smart OCR instantly converts any printed text into digital format, saving you hours of tedious work! Never waste time retyping text again. Whether you're facing a stack of documents, important receipts, or pages of study materials, Smart OCR transforms them into editable text in seconds. WHY CHOOSE SMART OCR? • Save Hours of Time Turn any printed text into digital format instantly - no more manual retyping or transcribing • Capture Text Anywhere From dense documents to hard-to-read receipts, our powerful OCR technology handles it all with exceptional accuracy • Never Lose Important Information All your scanned text is automatically saved in your history, making it easy to find and reference later • Effortless to Use Just point your camera or select an image, and get accurate text recognition with a single tap PERFECT SOLUTION FOR: • Business Professionals - Quickly digitize business cards and contact information - Convert printed documents into editable text - Capture important information from contracts and forms • Students & Researchers - Extract text from textbooks and study materials - Digitize research papers and notes - Convert printed references into digital format • Personal Organization - Keep track of receipts and expenses - Save cooking recipes from books - Digitize printed instructions and manuals Smart OCR combines powerful text recognition with an intuitive interface, making it the perfect tool for anyone who needs to quickly convert printed text into digital format. Start saving time today - let Smart OCR handle your text conversion needs with speed and accuracy! Note: Smart OCR requires access to your photo library to scan images for text extraction.
WordByWord
This app helps you read faster by displaying text one word at a time in a fixed position. It supports various text formats like PDFs, EPUBs, and web articles, allowing you to adjust reading speed up to 1200 WPM. All processing is done locally on your device for privacy.
- Reads text one word at a time (RSVP)
- Supports PDFs, EPUBs, web articles, and copied text
- Adjustable reading speed from 100 to 1200 WPM
- Punctuation and sentence endings are respected
- Progress is saved for each document
- Includes three classic books
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Read faster without moving your eyes. WordByWord uses RSVP to display text one word at a time in a fixed position, helping you move through books, PDFs and articles at up to 1,200 WPM. Completely free. No subscriptions, purchases, ads, accounts, analytics or tracking. BRING YOUR OWN TEXT • PDF and EPUB from Files, chapters kept intact • A printed page, photographed and recognised on the device • Anything you have copied • An article from the web, by address • Share text, a link or a document into the app from anywhere in iOS • Send the page you are reading in Safari straight to your library READING • 100 to 1200 words per minute, in steps of 25 • Long words and sentence ends hold a little longer, so punctuation is still felt rather than flattened • Each start eases in over the first sixteen words instead of beginning at full speed • Your place is kept in every document • Chapter list, rewind, and pause at any moment Nothing leaves your iPhone. No analytics, no tracking, no server. The only network request the app ever makes is fetching an article from an address you typed yourself. Three books are included to begin with: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Frankenstein, and Moby-Dick.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: WordByWord at 5.0 against SmartOCR's 4.0. SmartOCR's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
WordByWord holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | SmartOCR | WordByWord |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ripon Soum | Tehran Hamidzada |
Customer experience
SmartOCR
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In-app purchases
SmartOCR
No in-app purchases
WordByWord
No in-app purchases









