Word Scan vs Picture 2 Text
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
Picture 2 Text
Extract text from images to edit, save, or listen to. This utility allows you to quickly grab text from photos for various uses.
- Extract text from images
- Edit extracted text
- Save extracted text
- Listen to extracted text
- Share extracted text
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Select a picture and get all the text from it, so you can edit it, save it, listen to it, share it ...
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Picture 2 Text at 2.3 against Word Scan's 1.0. Word Scan's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Picture 2 Text holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively.
Word Scan ships an update every 2 months, Picture 2 Text every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Word Scan | Picture 2 Text |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (5 ratings) | 2.3 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 15.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 114 MB | 104 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Noval Agung Prayogo | sebastian badea |
Customer experience
Word Scan
Picture 2 Text
In-app purchases
Word Scan
No in-app purchases
Picture 2 Text
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Word Scan free?
Is Picture 2 Text free?
Which has better reviews, Word Scan or Picture 2 Text?
Do Word Scan or Picture 2 Text have ads?
Which is updated more often, Word Scan or Picture 2 Text?
Other comparisons
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