Comparison

ScanBox vs LanShare

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

Head to head
About

ScanBox

Digitize and manage documents, receipts, and cards with high-quality scans and OCR text recognition. Organize files with custom folders, protect sensitive data, and export in various formats including editable Excel for tables.

Highlights
  • High-quality scanning with smart cropping
  • OCR text recognition for searchable documents
  • Organized file management with privacy protection
  • Flexible export to PDF, JPEG, and editable Excel
  • Smart table recognition
  • Face ID protection for sensitive folders
Features
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ScanBox is a feature-rich mobile scanning app designed for efficient digitization and management of documents, receipts, and other paper materials. Whether it's study notes, contracts, invoices, or daily receipts and business cards, ScanBox helps you scan, organize, and back them up with ease. 【Key Features】 • High-Quality Scanning: One-tap scanning with smart cropping and shadow removal. Supports documents, receipts, notes, cards, and more. • OCR Text Recognition: Automatically extracts text from images. Enables full-text search — even image files become searchable like documents. • Organized File Management with Privacy Protection: Auto-categorization and custom folders. Sensitive directories can be protected with Face ID. • Flexible Export Options: Export as PDF or JPEG. Print directly with AirPrint in high resolution. • Smart Table Recognition: Automatically detects table structures from scanned images and exports editable Excel files. Ideal for expense reports, transcripts, and data summaries. Whether you're a student, office worker, or freelancer, ScanBox is your efficient digital office assistant. Download now to streamline your scanning and document management experience! Users of ScanBox (hereafter "Users") are deemed to have read, understood, and agreed to the full User Agreement before use. Your use of the app constitutes full acceptance of the terms and all published rules. We reserve the right to monitor, prompt, correct, and take necessary actions on all activities within the app. Full Terms of Use: https://scanbox.qqzhuti.net/termsen ScanBox offers an auto-renewing subscription service with monthly ($1.99 USD) and yearly ($7.99 USD) plans. A one-time lifetime membership option is also available. Subscriptions are renewed automatically via your Apple ID one day before expiration. To cancel, please manage your subscription in your Apple ID settings. For feedback or support, please contact: 354822@qq.com Terms of use: https://scanbox.qqzhuti.net/termsen Privacy Policy: https://scanbox.qqzhuti.net/privacyen End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

LanShare

Features
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LanShare sends files straight from one device to another over your own network. It never uses the internet. Open LanShare on both devices and they find each other in seconds. Pick photos, videos or any file, tap the other device, and it arrives at full quality, checked on arrival. Nothing is uploaded anywhere. • Works between iPhone, Android, Mac and Windows • No Wi-Fi? An Android phone can create a private network, and your iPhone joins it by scanning a code • No accounts, no cloud, no ads, no tracking • Encrypted between your devices, and nothing arrives until you tap Accept • Any file type and size; a transfer picks up where it left off if the connection drops • Received files are in the Files app LanShare connects only to devices on your local network, and refuses everything else. Keep LanShare open on your iPhone while a transfer runs.

Screenshots

ScanBox4 screens
LanShare4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LanShare at none against ScanBox's 3. LanShare also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 9 days) and device support (4 vs 2). ScanBox's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, rating, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ScanBox sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. LanShare asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ScanBox against 5.0 for LanShare. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ScanBox ships an update every 9 days, LanShare daily. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ScanBox versus LanShare: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScanBoxLanShare
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWEN WU LIAram Digital Solutions

In-app purchases

3 purchases

ScanBox

Subscriptions2
  • Scanbox VIP for one month$1.991 Month
  • Scanbox VIP for one year3 Days trial$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • Scanbox VIP for Lifetime$12.99
None

LanShare

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ScanBox free?
ScanBox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LanShare free?
LanShare is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ScanBox or LanShare?
ScanBox and LanShare are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do ScanBox or LanShare have ads?
Neither ScanBox nor LanShare shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ScanBox or LanShare?
ScanBox ships an update every 9 days, and LanShare daily. Most recently, ScanBox was updated on October 14, 2026 and LanShare on October 31, 2026.

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