ScanLens vs Do Scan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ScanLens
This app functions as a mobile document scanner and PDF editor. It allows users to scan physical documents, convert images into PDFs, add digital signatures and stamps, and perform various PDF editing tasks. Features include OCR for text extraction, file compression, and secure password protection.
- Document scanning with edge detection
- Convert photos to PDF
- Digital signatures and custom stamps
- PDF annotation and editing tools
- Text recognition (OCR)
- PDF compression and password protection
- QR code scanning
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ScanLens is a document scanner and PDF editor for iPhone and iPad. Scan documents, convert photos to PDF, add signatures and compress files before sharing. • Document scanner. Scan contracts, receipts, invoices, passports, driver's licenses and business cards. ScanLens automatically detects page edges and corrects perspective. • Photos to PDF. Import photos and combine them into one PDF, or add pages to an existing document. • Sign PDFs. Draw your signature on the screen with your finger, save it and reuse it in other documents. Import an existing signature from a photo or scan it from paper. • Custom stamps. Import a personal or company stamp from a photo, or scan it from paper. Save it and reuse it in other documents. • Annotate PDFs. Highlight text, draw freehand and add arrows, lines, circles or rectangles. Choose colors and line widths. • PDF tools. Merge and split PDFs, reorder pages and add text. • Compress PDFs. Reduce file size by adjusting export quality before sharing. • Text recognition (OCR). Extract text from scans, then copy or edit it. Create searchable PDFs. • Clean up scans. Use Magic Eraser to remove small stains and shadows, or a finger or paper clip at the edge of a page. • QR scanner. Scan QR codes in a dedicated camera mode. Export documents as PDF, JPG, PNG or TXT. Password-protect PDFs and back up documents to iCloud. Scanning and importing documents are free and unlimited. The free version gives you access to the first three pages of each document and adds ScanLens branding to exported files. Premium includes signatures and stamps, PDF merging and splitting, advanced editing, Magic Eraser, searchable PDFs and exports without ScanLens branding. It also includes backups to Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive, smart folders and scan workflows. Privacy Policy: https://scanlens.io/privacy Terms of Use: https://scanlens.io/terms EULA: https://scanlens.io/eula
Do Scan
Transform paper documents into searchable PDFs with advanced OCR. Sign, edit, merge, and convert files directly on your device. Offers robust privacy with no account or subscription required.
- Automatic edge detection and perspective correction
- OCR and searchable PDFs
- Signature and markup tools
- PDF merging and conversion
- Siri and Spotlight integration
- Private by design, no account needed
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Turn paper into crisp, searchable PDFs in seconds, then sign, fill, redact, merge and convert them, all on your iPhone or iPad. No account. No subscription. No tracking. Point your camera at a contract, a receipt, a form or a page from your favorite book. Do Scan finds the edges, straightens the page and reads the text, so you can find any document later by a word inside it. Something private on the page? Redact it, and it's really gone. SCAN • Automatic edge detection and perspective correction • Scan a whole stack of pages in one go • Color, Grayscale and Black & White filters you can change anytime • Smart titles suggested from the first page OCR AND SEARCH • Text recognition on every page, with automatic language detection • Searchable PDFs: select, copy and find text • Search your whole library by the words inside your documents SIRI, SPOTLIGHT AND SHORTCUTS • Ask Siri to open or search your documents • Find documents in Spotlight by name, or by the text inside them • Use Do Scan actions in Shortcuts • Off until you turn it on, and you choose what's indexed. Locked PDFs are never indexed SIGN AND MARK UP • Save your signature and place it on any page, then move, resize and rotate it with your fingers • Sign in black, blue, red or white • Highlight, draw and write with Apple Pencil or your finger • Add typed text boxes • Fill in PDF forms REDACT FOR REAL • Black out account numbers, addresses, names, anything you'd rather not share • Drag a box over it and it's removed from the PDF, not just hidden under a black bar • Nothing left to copy, search or uncover: the text and image underneath are deleted • Pages keep their size and layout, and everything else stays sharp and searchable PDF TOOLS • Merge documents into one PDF • Reorder, rotate, crop and delete pages • Reduce file size for email • Lock PDFs with a password • Convert to PDF/A for archiving • Export pages as JPEG or PNG CONVERT TO PDF • Word (.doc, .docx) • PowerPoint (.ppt, .pptx) • Photos: pick several, then merge them or keep them separate • RTF, TXT and HTML STAY ORGANIZED • One + button in your library to scan, add photos or open files • Collections, like photo albums: one document can be in several • Favorites for what you use most • Recently Deleted keeps documents for 30 days • Built for iPad, with a sidebar and Apple Pencil support • Ready for iPhone Duo, closed or unfolded • Light and Dark Mode, adjustable interface size PRIVATE BY DESIGN No login, no analytics and no tracking. Do Scan has no server of its own. If you turn on Siri & Spotlight, iOS can use your indexed documents to answer Siri, and Siri may use Apple's Private Cloud Compute. Built entirely on Apple's frameworks, with no third-party code. Available in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Russian, Chinese, Arabic and Japanese.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ScanLens at Free against Do Scan's $14.99. Do Scan's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On rating, ratings volume, ads 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
ScanLens is free to download; Do Scan costs $14.99 up front. ScanLens sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Do Scan asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ScanLens against 5.0 for Do Scan. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
ScanLens ships an update every 3 weeks, Do Scan weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ScanLens | Do Scan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $14.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BitForge Pte. Ltd. | Ammar Ahmad |
In-app purchases
ScanLens
- Premium Weekly$4.997 Days
- Premium Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Premium Yearly14 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Premium Lifetime$59.99
Do Scan
No in-app purchases









