Comparison

Simple OCR App vs ScanLingua Photo Translator

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

Head to head
About

Simple OCR App

Features
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Simple Picture-to-Text OCR App Turn any image into editable text in seconds. This lightweight and easy-to-use app helps you extract text from photos, screenshots, or documents with just a few taps. How to Use - Tap Upload Image to select a photo from your device. - Choose your preferred OCR Model for recognition. - Press Extract Text to process the image. - View, copy, and share the recognized text instantly. Perfect For - Digitizing printed documents - Extracting text from screenshots - Converting handwritten notes to digital text - Quickly capturing text from any photo Why Youโ€™ll Love It - Fast and accurate OCR models - Works offline (depending on model) - Simple, clean interface - Secure โ€” your data stays on your device

About

ScanLingua Photo Translator

Features
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Scan paper documents, extract editable OCR text, translate on device, and export clean TXT or PDF files without an account or watermark. Documents are kept in the app's local storage and are not used for server-side processing by ScanLingua. ScanLingua is built for travelers, students, language learners, and anyone who needs a private document scanner with OCR translation. Capture receipts, notices, menus, study notes, manuals, screenshots, or printed pages with the document camera, then turn images into editable text and bilingual reading material on your iPhone. Key features: - Scan single-page or multi-page documents. - Import photos and screenshots for image-to-text OCR. - Recognize text on device with local OCR. - Edit OCR text before translation. - Download offline language pairs for local translation. - Read original text and translation side by side. - Copy original text, translation, or bilingual segments. - Save useful sentences for local search and study. - Export bilingual TXT, bilingual PDF, and image PDF files. - Share exports through the iOS share sheet. - Keep documents local by default. Why ScanLingua: Many scanner apps focus on cloud storage or subscriptions. ScanLingua focuses on a free local workflow: scan, OCR, translate, edit, export, and share without requiring an account. Your documents stay in the app container unless you choose to share an export with another app. Privacy: Scanned images, OCR text, translations, saved sentences, and exports stay on your device for the core workflow. ScanLingua does not use document content for server-side processing.

Screenshots

Simple OCR App3 screens
ScanLingua Photo Translator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Simple OCR App at 3 against ScanLingua Photo Translator's 1. Simple OCR App also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Simple OCR App versus ScanLingua Photo Translator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple OCR AppScanLingua Photo Translator
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size18 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHanpeng Yang่พ‰ๅ…จ ้’Ÿ

In-app purchases

None

Simple OCR App

No in-app purchases

None

ScanLingua Photo Translator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Simple OCR App free?
Simple OCR App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ScanLingua Photo Translator free?
ScanLingua Photo Translator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Simple OCR App or ScanLingua Photo Translator have ads?
Neither Simple OCR App nor ScanLingua Photo Translator shows ads.

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