OneScribe vs Flatbed
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OneScribe
This app transforms scanned documents like receipts and contracts into searchable, summarized, and exportable data. It offers AI-powered cover letter composition and on-device processing for enhanced privacy. Your scanned library syncs via iCloud without needing an account.
- Scan documents with camera or import from Files
- AI-powered cover letter composition
- On-device AI processing for privacy
- Searchable and summarized document library
- Data Cards for specific document types
- Export via Share Sheet
- iCloud sync
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Your documents have stories. Now you can hear them. OneScribe turns every receipt, contract, ID, and letter you scan into something you can actually use — read, understood, searched, and exported. All of it happens on your iPhone. NEW — TALK TO YOUR DOCUMENTS Ask a question out loud and hear the answer back. Voice conversation runs entirely on your device: on-device speech recognition, on-device AI, on-device speech synthesis. Ask "when does this warranty run out?" while you're still holding the box. WHAT IT ACTUALLY DOES Scan with the camera or import from Files. OneScribe reads the page, works out what it is, and builds a Data Card designed for that specific document. Receipt? Every line item, tax, tip, and total. Contract? Deadlines, renewal windows, and the clauses worth a second look. Prescription? Dosage, refills, and the prescriber. Boarding pass, W-2, wine label, lab result, lease, vehicle title — 83 Data Cards across 70+ document types. Not a wall of OCR text. Structured information you can search, sort, and act on. PRIVACY IS THE ARCHITECTURE, NOT A SETTING Every other scanner uploads your documents to understand them. Your tax returns, your medical records, your contracts — sitting on somebody else's hardware. OneScribe runs its AI on your iPhone through Apple Foundation Models. There's no account to create. We never see your documents. Your library syncs across your devices through your own iCloud — to you, never to us. BUILT FOR HOW YOU ACTUALLY WORK • Ask your whole library questions in plain English • Chat with any document in any of 7 personas, from Just the Facts to Deep Dive • A daily briefing that surfaces what needs attention before you go looking • Proactive alerts before warranties lapse, returns close, and documents expire • 19 smart export modes — Calendar, Contacts, PDF, CSV, tax package, expense report, property binder • 14 Siri shortcuts, so you can ask without opening the app • Natural-language search across everything you have ever scanned MADE FOR THIS iPHONE iOS 26 exclusive. Liquid Glass throughout. Scan something. Then ask it a question.
Flatbed
Transform your device into a rapid, private document scanner. Capture, enhance, organize, and export documents with on-device processing and OCR for secure, searchable files.
- Private on-device scanning
- Intelligent edge detection
- Auto-capture functionality
- Non-destructive image filters
- On-device OCR for text search
- Folder organization
- Searchable PDF export
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Flatbed is a private PDF scanner for iPhone. Scan documents, receipts, and notes into crisp PDFs with on-device OCR. No account needed, and your scans never leave your device unless you turn on iCloud sync. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Scanning and text recognition happen on your iPhone. Documents stay local unless you enable iCloud Sync. Flatbed never sends your scans to our servers and never tracks you across apps or websites. SCAN ANYTHING Point your camera at any document, receipt, invoice, whiteboard, or note. Edge detection finds the page, corrects perspective, and produces a clean scan. Turn on Auto-Capture and Flatbed captures the moment the page is steady. FIND ANY WORD On-device OCR reads the text in every scan, with no internet connection required. Search your whole library by keyword and copy text straight from a page. SEARCHABLE PDFS Export PDFs with selectable, searchable text, or share pages as images. Share via AirDrop, Files, Mail, or any app. ORGANIZE YOUR WAY Sort receipts, bills, contracts, and paperwork into folders and tags. Long-press to select several documents and move, export, or delete them together. ENHANCE EVERY PAGE Apply non-destructive filters per page: Original, Color Enhanced, Grayscale, Black & White, or High Contrast. Exports always match what you see. OPTIONAL ICLOUD SYNC Keep complete documents, including pages, titles, folders, tags, and OCR text, in sync across your devices through your private iCloud database. Flatbed has no access to that data. FLATBED PRO Flatbed is free to download and saves up to 3 documents. Within that limit, you can share a standard PDF for free. Pro adds searchable PDFs, image export, unlimited documents, full-text search, filters, batch actions, and App Lock. Flatbed Pro is available as a weekly or yearly auto-renewing subscription. The yearly plan includes a free trial for eligible new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase or when the trial ends. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Customers who previously bought Flatbed Pro keep full Pro access. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://commerce-infrastructure.github.io/flatbed/privacy-policy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Flatbed at 5.0 against OneScribe's 4.7. Flatbed also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 11 days) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). OneScribe's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. OneScribe sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Flatbed sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Flatbed holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
OneScribe ships an update every 11 days, Flatbed every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OneScribe | Flatbed |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jonathan Vargas | Commerce Infrastructure LLC |
Customer experience
OneScribe
Flatbed
In-app purchases
OneScribe
- OneScribe Pro - Monthly$0.991 Month
- OneScribe - Unlimited$9.99
Flatbed
- Flatbed Pro Weekly$4.997 Days
- Flatbed Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Flatbed Pro$9.99









