Comparison

Orbb vs PDF Scanfolio

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

Head to head
About

Orbb

This app helps you organize saved content like articles, videos, and recommendations. It automatically categorizes your saves and allows you to find them quickly with natural language search. You can also create curated collections and visual guides from your saved items.

Highlights
  • Save links, photos, voice notes, and thoughts
  • Automatic organization by title, summary, and tags
  • Natural language search for quick retrieval
  • Create shareable Guides from categorized saves
  • Build themed collections with Picks
  • Map view of saved items
  • Saving habit insights and recaps
Features
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STOP LOSING THE GOOD STUFF You saved it somewhere — a restaurant, an article, a video, a friend's recommendation. Now it's buried in screenshots, browser tabs, notes apps, and DMs. Gone. Orbb fixes this. Share a link, snap a photo, record a voice note, or type a thought. Orbb instantly organizes it — title, summary, category, tags, location, people, places, and topics. No folders. No manual sorting. Just save and forget. FIND ANYTHING IN SECONDS Ask Orbb like you'd ask a friend. "What was that pasta place from last month?" or "Show me the design tutorials I saved." It searches your entire collection and gives you real answers — not a list of links. GUIDES — YOUR SAVES, TURNED INTO SOMETHING USEFUL Save 3+ things in the same category and Orbb offers to turn them into a Guide — a travel itinerary, food guide, learning path, watch list, or date night plan. Share any Guide with a single link. PICKS — CURATE & SHARE Build themed collections from your saves. Add notes, seal them when they're perfect, and share with anyone. EXPLORE YOUR WORLD See your saves on a map. Rediscover forgotten bookmarks. Browse by people, topics, and categories across your entire collection. INSIGHTS Saving streaks, daily activity, top categories, most-mentioned people and places, and weekly recaps — your saving habits, visualized. BUILT FOR SPEED Share Extension — save from any app in 2 taps Terms of Use: https://orbb.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://orbb.app/privacy.html

About

PDF Scanfolio

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Turn paper into PDFs you can actually find again. Point, capture, done. Text recognition (OCR) reads the words inside every document, so "where did I put that?" stops being a question. Scanning, recognition and search all happen on this device. WHAT PEOPLE SCAN • Receipts, invoices and bills • Contracts, warranties and manuals • Business cards • School handouts, letters and forms • Handwritten notes, books and reference material FEATURES ■ Capture straight to PDF Edges are detected automatically. Capture several pages in one go and save them as a single PDF, or split them into separate documents. Photos, files on your device and PDFs shared from other apps go through the same pipeline. ■ Search inside your documents Full-text search across everything you have saved, showing the matching page and line so you land exactly where you need to be. Plain, whole-word and regular-expression modes, plus filters for type, folder, period and amount. ■ Vertical Japanese, read correctly Vertically written pages are read column by column, right to left. Recognized text can be corrected page by page, and corrections improve search immediately. ■ Filed by type, automatically Receipts, invoices, contracts, business cards, warranties, manuals, school notices and medical documents are recognized, and a destination folder is suggested. For a warranty, the reminder suggests a month before a one-year warranty ends. Folders can be nested, renamed, coloured and given their own icons. ■ Sign and annotate Add a signature to a contract or a handwritten note to any page, in the app. ■ Read the details off a receipt Counterparty, date and total, plus tax amount, tax rate and the qualified invoice registration number where one is printed. Every field is editable and searchable. ■ Never miss a due date Set a reminder and the document appears in the Due Dates list, overdue first, with a count on the Home screen. ■ Lock what matters Face ID or passcode can lock the whole app, a folder, or one document. Locked documents are blurred in every list and stay out of search results. ■ Backup Export your entire library as a password-encrypted archive and restore it on another device. ■ Widget and Siri Start a scan from the Home Screen widget or by asking Siri. The Due Dates widget shows how many documents are overdue or due within 7 days — counts only, never a name. Shortcuts can search your documents or open the due-date list. iPad is fully supported. PRIVACY Scanning, text recognition, classification and search all happen on this device. Your documents are never uploaded, and no account or sign-in is required. The free tier's ad SDK connects to deliver ads and never has access to your documents. Pro removes ads. Automatic backup writes only to the folder you pick. PDF SCANFOLIO PRO (SUBSCRIPTION) Pro unlocks: • Searchable PDF export (selectable, findable text) • Text export • Bulk PDF sharing and merging into one file • Expense CSV export (counterparty, tax, rate, registration number, totals per currency) • AI auto-naming and classification (iOS 26 on Apple Intelligence devices) • Weekly automatic backup, encrypted, into a folder you choose • Password-protected PDF export • Splitting several documents photographed together into one each • No ads Scanning, text recognition, full-text search, folders, signing, folder suggestions, locking, backup and reminders are all free. Monthly and yearly plans are available; the price is shown before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel in Settings > your Apple Account > Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://fukusefeb-dev.github.io/PDFScanfolio_legal/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://fukusefeb-dev.github.io/PDFScanfolio_legal/privacy.html

Screenshots

Orbb4 screens
PDF Scanfolio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Orbb at none against PDF Scanfolio's shown. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Orbb sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and PDF Scanfolio sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Orbb ships an update fortnightly, PDF Scanfolio every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Orbb versus PDF Scanfolio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrbbPDF Scanfolio
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB6 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperRaj DangiTSUBASA FUKUCHI

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Orbb

Subscriptions2
  • Orbb Pro3 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Orbb Pro Yearly3 Days trial$59.991 Year
2 purchases

PDF Scanfolio

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$11.991 Year

Questions

Is Orbb free?
Orbb is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PDF Scanfolio free?
PDF Scanfolio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Orbb or PDF Scanfolio have ads?
PDF Scanfolio shows ads; Orbb does not.
Which is updated more often, Orbb or PDF Scanfolio?
Orbb ships an update fortnightly, and PDF Scanfolio every 2 weeks. Most recently, Orbb was updated on October 31, 2026 and PDF Scanfolio on October 31, 2026.

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