PDFly vs Scanbeam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PDFly
Transform photos and documents into professional PDFs with powerful OCR and editing tools. Manage your files securely and efficiently, online or offline. This app simplifies your document workflow for any use.
- Scan documents to PDF
- Convert images to PDF
- OCR text recognition
- Edit PDF text and add annotations
- Secure file management with passwords
- Online and offline functionality
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PDFly - PDF Editor & Scanner is a smart, secure, and easy-to-use tool that turns your photos and documents into professional PDF files. With powerful OCR recognition and built-in editing tools, PDFly makes managing your documents simple and efficient — anytime, anywhere. Main Features: Scan to PDF: Capture documents, receipts, or notes with your camera and convert them into clear, high-quality PDFs. Image to PDF Converter: Select multiple images from your gallery and instantly create a single, well-organized PDF file. OCR Text Recognition: Extract editable text from images or scanned pages with accurate AI-powered OCR. PDF Editor: Edit text, add annotations, highlight, underline, or insert shapes directly within your PDF files. Secure File Management: Protect your sensitive files with password encryption and manage all PDFs in one place. Online & Offline Use: Edit and view your documents anywhere, even without internet access. Lightweight & Fast: Enjoy smooth performance with a clean, user-friendly interface. Why PDFly? PDFly offers everything you need to create, scan, and edit PDF files in one simple app. Whether for school, office, or personal use, it’s your reliable digital document assistant. Simplify your document workflow with PDFly — smart, stable, and secure.
Scanbeam
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Scan Pro turns your iPhone into a professional, fully offline PDF scanner and editor. Capture any document with crisp, auto-enhanced quality, then OCR, sign, merge and protect it — all without an account and without your data ever leaving your device. WHY SCAN PRO • 100% offline — your documents never touch a server • No account, no sign-up, no ads • Private by design: on-device OCR, signing and encryption SCAN ANYTHING • Auto edge detection and perspective correction • Multi-page scanning in one tap • Magic Color, Black & White, Grayscale and Whiteboard filters • Import photos from your gallery and turn them into a single PDF POWERFUL OCR (ON-DEVICE) • Extract editable text from scans and images • Latin, Cyrillic (Russian), Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Devanagari (Hindi) • Smart modes for receipts, IDs and business cards • Offline translation of recognized text EDIT & ORGANIZE PDFS • Merge several PDFs into one • Split a PDF by page ranges • Compress to reduce file size • Add watermarks • Reorder, rotate and delete pages • Convert plain text to PDF SIGN DOCUMENTS • Draw your signature once, reuse it on any PDF • Place and resize your signature exactly where you need it PROTECT WHAT MATTERS • AES-256 password protection for any PDF • Encrypted private vault with PIN and Face ID • Set expiry reminders for important documents QR & BARCODES • Real-time QR and barcode scanner OPEN ANYWHERE • Open PDFs and images from other apps right inside Scan Pro • Share your finished PDFs anywhere 22 LANGUAGES Fully localized — including English, Russian, Uzbek, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Arabic, Turkish and more. PRO Unlock OCR, e-signatures, merge & split, password protection, the encrypted vault, watermarks and unlimited pages with a Pro subscription (monthly, yearly or one-time Lifetime). Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://alisherhakimov.github.io/scanpro-legal/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://alisherhakimov.github.io/scanpro-legal/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Scanbeam at none against PDFly's shown. PDFly's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, 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.
| Parameter | PDFly | Scanbeam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 223 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 野 徐 | Alisher Khakimov |
In-app purchases
PDFly
No in-app purchases
Scanbeam
No in-app purchases









