Word Scan vs Witlingo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Word Scan
This utility app uses optical character recognition to extract text from images captured by your device's camera or from your photo library. It currently supports English, Arabic, and Japanese, with more languages planned for future updates. Designed for iPhone and iPod devices running iOS 8.0 or later.
- Mobile OCR
- Text recognition from images
- Supports camera and photo library
- Multiple language support
- Future language updates planned
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Word Scan is Mobile OCR that support multiple language. OCR (optical character recognition) is the recognition of printed or written text characters. The source is an image, it can be from camera or photo library. Currently supported language is : - English - Arabic - Japanese Others language soon will be supported in the next version. This application support all iPhone/iPod device with minimum version of iOS 8.0
Witlingo
This utility app allows community administrators to efficiently manage resident notifications, view responses, and update resident information. It provides quick access to essential administrative tasks for community management.
- Send notifications
- View notification responses
- Edit resident details
- Create notification shortcuts
- Community administration
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Witlingo helps community administrators and members stay informed, connected, and engaged. Community administrators can quickly send notifications, view member responses, access member information, create notification shortcuts, manage sign up sheets, and share important community information. Members can use the app to receive notifications, view bulletin board notices, track deadlines, find food banks and helpful organizations, watch videos, access community resources, and participate in beta feedback opportunities. Witlingo makes it easier for communities to share important information and give members one place to find what they need.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Witlingo at 5.0 against Word Scan's 1.0. Witlingo also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Word Scan's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Witlingo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively.
Word Scan ships an update every 2 months, Witlingo every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Word Scan | Witlingo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 15.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 114 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Noval Agung Prayogo | Witlingo, Inc. |
Customer experience
Word Scan
Witlingo
In-app purchases
Word Scan
No in-app purchases
Witlingo
No in-app purchases
