Text Scanner AI vs LookOnce
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Text Scanner AI
This app transforms your device into an AI-powered scanner, digitizing documents, extracting text from images, and translating content. It offers features like multi-page scanning, perspective correction, and iCloud sync for seamless document management.
- AI-powered document scanning
- Text extraction from photos
- Multi-language translation
- PDF export
- Perspective correction
- iCloud sync
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AndyScan turns your iPhone into a powerful AI-powered document scanner and text extractor. Whether you're digitizing receipts, scanning contracts, or extracting text from photos, AndyScan gets it done in seconds. - SCAN DOCUMENTS - Capture multi-page documents with the built-in scanner. Correct perspective, crop pages, and apply color filters. Export a polished PDF ready to share or archive — in one tap. - EXTRACT TEXT FROM PHOTOS - Point your camera at any text and AndyScan recognizes it instantly. Works on printed documents, handwritten notes, signs, receipts, books, and more. - TRANSLATE IN 9 LANGUAGES - Get instant translations of your scanned content in Italian, English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Russian, Chinese, and Hindi. No internet connection required. - EDIT & REFINE - The page editor gives you full control: adjust brightness and contrast, correct perspective, crop precisely, remove imperfections with the clean-up brush, and format to your standard (A4, Letter, Legal, and more). - iCLOUD SYNC - Your documents sync automatically across all your Apple devices. Scan on iPhone, access on iPad. Always up to date, always safe. - FREE FEATURES - - Text scan from camera - Text scan from photo library - Document scanner up to 3 pages - PDF export - Automatic iCloud sync - Interface in 9 languages -ANDYSCAN PREMIUM - €4.99 ONCE, FOREVER - No subscription. No automatic renewal. One payment, lifetime access. - Unlimited scanner pages - Translation in all languages - Advanced single-page editor - Import documents & files Existing users who already saved documents are automatically upgraded to Premium at no cost.
LookOnce
This utility app helps you quickly confirm tasks in various daily situations without complex tracking. Data is stored locally for enhanced privacy. Create custom check scenes for different routines and easily manage, share, or export your completed confirmations.
- Local data storage for privacy
- Customizable check scenes
- Focused, simple check process
- Scene management with favorites
- Swipe-left deletion for scenes
- Sharing and export of results
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LookOnce is a quick check tool for different moments in daily life.Your data is stored locally, giving you more peace of mind about privacy. It is not a to-do list, and it is not a complicated tracking app. It is designed for moments when you simply want to confirm something once before moving on — leaving home, traveling, commuting, starting work, preparing for sleep, running errands, or any small routine that you do not want to keep worrying about. You can create separate check scenes for different situations. Open the scene you need, go through the items, and finish the check in a simple, focused way. LookOnce 1.2 improves scene management with favorites and swipe-left deletion. It also adds sharing and export for completed check results, making it easier to save or use your confirmation record when needed. Check once, then let it go.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Text Scanner AI at none against LookOnce's 1. LookOnce's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. LookOnce sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Text Scanner AI asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Text Scanner AI against 5.0 for LookOnce. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Text Scanner AI ships an update every 3 weeks, LookOnce every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Text Scanner AI | LookOnce |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andy Soft | 楷文 罗 |
Customer experience
Text Scanner AI
LookOnce
In-app purchases
Text Scanner AI
No in-app purchases
LookOnce
- LookOnce Pro$4.99








