Comparison

Scanem vs Yell on Screen

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

Head to head
About

Scanem

Easily scan documents using your phone's camera and enhance their quality. This app allows you to customize, compress, sign, and secure your PDFs without watermarks or paywalls. Share your documents instantly in a private and efficient manner.

Highlights
  • Scan documents with camera
  • Enhance quality and readability
  • Compress PDF file size
  • Sign and markup PDFs
  • Lock PDFs with password
  • One-tap sharing
  • 100% private, on-device storage
Read full description

Scanem is a free PDF document scanner for iPhone. Use your camera to scan receipts, notes, and multi-page documents, then adjust the result before saving or sharing it. ■ FEATURES - Scan one or more pages: Capture paper documents with the built-in document camera, then crop or rotate pages as needed. - Adjust your scan: Choose color, grayscale, or black and white, apply enhancement, and set the PDF quality and dimensions. - Control file size: Use lower quality or smaller dimensions when you need a PDF that takes up less space and is easier to share. - Preview and rename: Review the complete PDF, check its file size, and change its name before exporting. - Mark up the document: Use the built-in PDF preview to add markup and make final edits before saving or sharing. - Save or share: Export the PDF to Files, Mail, and other apps. ■ HOW IT WORKS 1. Scan your document with the camera. 2. Review the pages and adjust the PDF. 3. Save it to Files or share it. ■ PRIVATE AND FREE - Your scanned documents are processed on your iPhone and are not uploaded by Scanem. - Every feature is free to use, with no subscriptions, paywalls, or watermarks. Scanem keeps document scanning simple, from the first page to the finished PDF. Terms of Use: - https://scannerapp.notion.site/scan-terms-of-use

About

Yell on Screen

Features
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Say it big. Say it clearly. Say it with Yell on Screeen Yell turns your phone into a bold full-screen message display, perfect for getting someone’s attention without shouting. Add multiple messages, swipe between them, and show clear text across the room, in a crowd, at an event, or whenever speaking out loud is not ideal. Whether you want to show a quick note, signal someone from a distance, display a funny message, or communicate in a noisy place, Yell makes your words impossible to miss. Big text. Easy swiping. Instant attention.

Screenshots

Scanem3 screens
Yell on Screen4 screens

Verdict

The call

Scanem and Yell on Screen are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Scanem versus Yell on Screen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScanemYell on Screen
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (31 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings31 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.0 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLabi, LLCOguz Karadeniz

In-app purchases

None

Scanem

No in-app purchases

None

Yell on Screen

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scanem free?
Scanem is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Yell on Screen free?
Yell on Screen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Scanem or Yell on Screen have ads?
Neither Scanem nor Yell on Screen shows ads.

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