Comparison

Proactor vs MagicScan AI

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

Head to head
About

Proactor

This AI-powered tool acts as a proactive assistant for your conversations, capturing, organizing, and summarizing discussions in real-time. It provides smart suggestions, converts audio to tasks, and offers a global memory for past interactions, enhancing productivity.

Highlights
  • Real-time smart suggestions
  • AI meeting notes with speaker/topic organization
  • Instant audio-to-task conversion
  • Voice memo transcription
  • Effortless audio-to-text transcription
  • Global memory and cross-session context
  • Automatic summaries and action items
Features
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Proactor is more than a typical AI note taker app or a passive transcription tool. It’s the world’s first proactive AI teammate in your conversations. Proactor acts as your personal AI note taker — capturing, organizing, and summarizing everything you say. Whether you’re in a business meeting, brainstorming session, class lecture, or just recording your thoughts, Proactor works silently in the background, perceiving your needs, recalling past details, and delivering real-time insights — all in real time, right as you speak. Meet the future of productivity. ◆ Real-time Smart Suggestions Proactor listens, understands, and anticipates your needs — just like a super-smart human assistant. It offers timely info, background facts, and next steps without you needing to ask — the very definition of a proactive AI assistant. ◆ Crystal-Clear AI Meeting Notes Tired of typing during meetings? Let Proactor do the work. It captures high-quality AI-powered meeting notes and organizes them by speaker, topic, and key takeaways. Your meetings, made actionable. ◆ Instant Audio-to-Task Conversion Forget follow-up chaos. Proactor automatically turns your conversation into tasks with assigned team members and due dates — a powerful AI note taker free that ensures nothing slips through the cracks. ◆ Voice Memos, Reinvented Use Proactor as your primary voice note taker or AI voice recorder — it's perfect for journaling, ideas, or quick memos. You can also record with our AI recorder and enjoy real-time transcription that makes your voice memos smarter and more organized. ◆ Effortless Transcription Need to transcribe audio to text or transcribe speech to text? Proactor does both instantly with high accuracy. It also works as a smart audio to text converter — just hit record. ◆ All-in-One Note Intelligence From automatic summaries to clear action items, Proactor turns unstructured talk into structured outcomes. Experience next-level AI meeting note taker and AI recording power that makes every discussion more productive and easier to follow. ◆ Global Memory & Cross-Session Context Unlike basic AI note tools, Proactor remembers your past conversations and connects ideas over time. Just ask your own memory assistant to get answers based on previous conversations, like having an always-on second brain. ◆ Flexible, Private & Free to Start Proactor is an ai note taker free to use — no credit card needed to get started. Your recordings stay secure and only accessible by you. Why choose Proactor? Most tools wait for your command. Proactor acts before you even think to ask. While others take notes, Proactor understands — providing a dynamic blend of ai notes, real-time reminders, and task suggestions. It doesn’t just record — it helps you decide. Applicable to various scenarios: Business Meetings: Significantly improves meeting efficiency, provides real-time background information, and ensures every action item is tracked and implemented. Learning Lectures: Functions as your lecture note taker, captures entire lectures, provides summaries, and explains complex topics on the fly. Helps you deep-research expanded knowledge and easily generate after-class review or exercises. Sales Calls: Analyzes interactions from your calls, suggesting impactful questions and personalized talking points live. Easily generates follow-up tasks or drafts emails after each conversation. Whether you're a founder, student, manager, or lifelong learner, Proactor is your edge in conversations. Use it as your AI notes taker, your note recorder, or your go-to voice notes ai solution. If you’ve searched for “voice to text free” tools or wished you could have smarter ai transcribe features, your answer is here. Privacy Policy: https://proactor.ai/proactor-privacy.html Terms of Service: https://proactor.ai/proactor-terms-of-service.html Standard EULA:https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

MagicScan AI

Extract text from photos and images using your device's camera or library. Easily edit, copy, and save recognized text with a history feature. Supports multiple languages and prioritizes on-device processing for privacy.

Highlights
  • Camera OCR for real-time capture
  • Import images for text recognition
  • Edit and copy extracted text
  • Automatic recognition history
  • Multilingual text support
  • On-device text processing
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Image&Text is a lightweight OCR app that helps you extract text from photos, screenshots, and images with a simple and efficient workflow. With Image&Text, you can take a photo or import an existing image from your library, recognize the text on your device, copy the result, and keep a history for later use. Key Features: • Camera OCR: Capture text from documents, books, posters, and screens • Photo Import: Recognize text from existing images in your library • Edit & Copy: Copy recognized text instantly and refine it as needed • History: Automatically save recognition results for quick access later • Multilingual Support: Designed for common multilingual text recognition scenarios Use Cases: • Study notes and textbook excerpts • Office documents, cards, and printed materials • Travel signs, menus, and public notices • Screenshots and saved images In-App Purchases: Image&Text includes optional in-app purchases for additional character credits and permanent unlock. Free credits may be available for basic use, and paid options are handled securely through Apple In-App Purchase. Privacy: Image&Text values your privacy. Text recognition is performed on device using Apple Vision. Your images are not uploaded to a server for OCR. Recognition history is stored locally on your device unless you choose to delete it. Privacy Policy: https://imagetext.yisenhjm.workers.dev/privacy Terms of Service: https://imagetext.yisenhjm.workers.dev/terms Standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Proactor4 screens
MagicScan AI3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: MagicScan AI at 5.0 against Proactor's 4.5. MagicScan AI also leads on ads (none vs shown). Proactor's advantage is ratings volume (214 vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Proactor sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month and MagicScan AI sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MagicScan AI holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Proactor has 214 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Proactor ships an update every 2 weeks, MagicScan AI every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Proactor versus MagicScan AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProactorMagicScan AI
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (214 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings214 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB21 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developerproactor家民 韩

Customer experience

Proactor

All ratings189 ratings
Positive86.8%
Neutral2.1%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative55.0%

MagicScan AI

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Proactor

Subscriptions8
  • Pro Subscription Month7 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Pro Subscription Month3 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Pro Subscription Month2 variants$19.991 Month
Show 5 more
  • Pro Subscription Month7 Days trial4 variants$19.991 Month
  • Pro Subscription Month1 Month trial$19.991 Month
  • Pro Subscription Year7 Days trial3 variants$99.991 Year
  • Pro Subscription Year7 Days trial3 variants$191.991 Year
  • Pro Subscription Year$191.991 Year
One-time3
  • 540 minutes pack$9.99
  • 4050 minutes pack$59.99
  • 7200 minutes pack$99.99
4 purchases

MagicScan AI

One-time4
  • 100,000 Characters$0.29
  • 1,000,000 Characters$1.00
  • 3,000,000 Characters$2.00
Show 1 more
  • Permanent Unlock$4.00

Questions

Is Proactor free?
Proactor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MagicScan AI free?
MagicScan AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Proactor or MagicScan AI?
MagicScan AI is rated higher. Proactor averages 4.5 out of 5 from 214 ratings, while MagicScan AI averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Proactor or MagicScan AI have ads?
Proactor shows ads; MagicScan AI does not.
Which is updated more often, Proactor or MagicScan AI?
Proactor ships an update every 2 weeks, and MagicScan AI every 5 weeks. Most recently, Proactor was updated on October 28, 2026 and MagicScan AI on October 6, 2026.

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