Comparison

Scanner vs FormatFox

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

Head to head
About

Scanner

Turn your iPhone into a powerful scanner for documents and photos. Extract text, create PDFs, and share your scans securely, with all processing done on your device for complete privacy.

Highlights
  • Smart document and photo scanning
  • Automatic edge detection and perspective correction
  • Advanced OCR text extraction
  • Multi-page PDF creation
  • On-device processing for complete privacy
  • Export as PDF, image, or text
Features
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Transform your iPhone into a professional scanner for documents and photos. Extract text, get AI-powered insights, and share anywhere — all on-device with complete privacy. Key Features Smart Scanning • Document & Photo modes with automatic enhancement • ID card scanning: captures front & back, auto-cropped to fit • Perfect edge detection and perspective correction Smart Actions • Summarize any document in seconds • Translate to another language instantly • On-device AI — nothing leaves your phone Professional Editing • Crop, rotate, and enhance with precision tools • Great image optimization Text Recognition • Advanced OCR extracts text from any document or photo • Multi-language support • Copy text directly to clipboard Save & Share • Create multi-page PDFs instantly • Export as images, PDFs, or text • Share via AirDrop, Messages, Files, email Complete Privacy • All processing — including AI — happens on your device • No cloud uploads or internet required • Your documents stay private and secure Perfect For Students digitizing notes, professionals managing documents, anyone converting physical papers to digital format. Download Scanner - the privacy-first solution for all your document and photo scanning needs. Terms of Use: https://pixelwaveapp.com/apps/scanner/terms Privacy Policy: https://pixelwaveapp.com/apps/scanner/privacy

About

FormatFox

Features
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FormatFox is a free iPhone app that converts images, PDFs, and audio entirely on your device — no subscription, no uploads, and no account. It converts HEIC, JPG, and PNG, resizes images, and combines multiple photos into a single PDF, all offline. A one-time Pro unlock adds batch conversion and audio transcoding to M4A, WAV, AIFF, and CAF. Most converters meter you to one file, hide a weekly subscription behind the Save button, or quietly upload your private files to a server. FormatFox does none of that. Every conversion runs 100% on your device. Your files are not uploaded. It even works in Airplane Mode. FREE, forever: • Convert HEIC, JPG and PNG • Resize images • Combine photos into a single PDF • See the exact before → after size of every file PRO — one simple, one-time unlock (no subscription): • Batch-convert many files at once • Transcode audio: M4A, WAV, AIFF, CAF • Quality & compression control • Keep EXIF metadata • "Convert with FormatFox" share action from any app • Remove ads No account. No login. No tracking of your files. Just convert and get on with your day. Recommendations for our other apps load online. Their views and taps are counted as daily totals, without personal profiles or user/device identifiers. See our privacy policy.

Screenshots

Scanner4 screens
FormatFox4 screens

Verdict

The call

Scanner and FormatFox are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Scanner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and FormatFox sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scanner ships an update monthly, FormatFox every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Scanner versus FormatFox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScannerFormatFox
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPixelWave LLCLevin David Schwab

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Scanner

Subscriptions3
  • Premium Weekly$0.997 Days
  • Premium Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$17.991 Year
1 purchases

FormatFox

One-time1
  • FormatFox Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Scanner free?
Scanner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FormatFox free?
FormatFox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Scanner or FormatFox have ads?
Both Scanner and FormatFox show ads.
Which is updated more often, Scanner or FormatFox?
Scanner ships an update monthly, and FormatFox every 5 weeks. Most recently, Scanner was updated on October 30, 2026 and FormatFox on November 5, 2026.

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