Scan Asst vs Private Scan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Scan Asst
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γScan AsstγScan Assistant delivers professional-grade document scanning directly on your device. The app processes all data locally, ensuring your documents remain private and secure without any cloud synchronization. High-Precision Scanning Advanced image processing technology captures documents with clarity and accuracy, producing clean, readable scans suitable for professional use. Local OCR Processing Optical character recognition runs entirely on your device, converting scanned documents into editable text without transmitting data to external servers. ID Card Scanning Dedicated mode for processing identification documents, extracting information efficiently while maintaining data security throughout the workflow. Secure Document Management Organize and protect your scanned documents with built-in security features. All files are stored locally with optional protection mechanisms for sensitive materials. Zero Cloud Synchronization The app operates completely offline, eliminating network-based data transfer risks and giving you full control over your document storage. Premium Account Pricing and Terms $ 4.99/week* $ 39.99/year* *Prices shown are in U.S. dollars; actual charges may be converted to your local currency. Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period, and the renewal cost will be provided. Subscriptions can be managed by the user. Turning off auto-renewal may be done by going to your account settings after purchase. Cancellation of the current subscription is not allowed during the active subscription period. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://bamboodawn.xyz/saomiaozhushou/privacy.html
Private Scan
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Scan anything into a clean, searchable PDF without an account, a subscription, or your documents leaving your device. Everything runs on your iPhone and iPad: edge detection, filters, text recognition, even smart naming. Your documents go only where you send them, and the only report the app makes is an anonymous usage and crash report with nothing from them in it, which you can turn off in Settings. THE PRIVATE ONE PrivateScan never sends your documents to a server for processing. Scanning, filters, text recognition, and even smart naming all run on your device, using Apple frameworks and an optional downloadable model. The app keeps your documents, their names, and their text on your device unless you send them. It does send anonymous usage and crash reports so we can fix crashes and improve it; they never include your documents, their names, their text or their images, and you can turn them off in Settings > Privacy. SCAN ANYTHING Point the camera at a page and PrivateScan finds the edges, straightens the result, and cleans it up. Scan books as open spreads and split them into facing pages, capture whiteboards without glare, compose ID cards and passports onto a single page for free, and import photos or PDFs. Keep everything organized in folders with color labels. SIGN AND EDIT Draw a signature once and place it on any page. Reorder, split, and combine documents. Rescue bad lighting with enhance, black & white, grayscale, and whiteboard filters. FIND ANY DOCUMENT Search is free for everyone and reads every scanned word, so a receipt, a contract, or a letter is one search away, even offline. Premium unlocks the extracted text itself: view it, copy it, export it, and embed it in your PDFs so they are searchable in any reader. Premium also adds smart naming, which titles each scan for you, so receipts stop being called "Scan 47". On an iPhone or iPad with enough memory, a small model that runs on your device names receipts and invoices once its 1.8 GB download is in place. Apple's text recognition names every other scan, and every scan on other devices. Translate extracted text without it leaving your device. EXPORT ANY WAY YOU WORK PDF, JPG, PNG, Word, Excel, TXT, and RTF, with file size presets, your own watermark, and password protected PDFs. Word and Excel exports build real .docx and .xlsx files entirely on your device, so even your editable documents never touch a server. Excel export finds the tables in a scan and turns them into rows and columns you can edit. Excel export requires iOS 26. LOCK IT DOWN Turn on the app lock and PrivateScan asks for Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode when it opens. Files are protected with iOS data protection so they stay encrypted while your device is locked. A privacy shield hides your documents in the app switcher. YOUR DEVICES, YOUR CLOUD iCloud sync is off by default. Turn it on and your documents sync through your own private iCloud, protected by your Apple Account. We run no servers and could not read your documents if we wanted to. ONE PRICE, FOREVER Scanning is free. A single purchase unlocks premium: text extraction, smart naming, Word and Excel export, password protected PDFs, exports without watermarks, and no limits on pages or exports. No subscription. Buy it once, own it forever, share it with your family through Family Sharing. Your documents stay on your device. The privacy policy says exactly what the anonymous reports carry and how to turn them off: https://freedom-terminal.com/privatescan/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Private Scan at every 3 days against Scan Asst's monthly. Private Scan also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Scan Asst sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Private Scan sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Scan Asst ships an update monthly, Private Scan every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scan Asst | Private Scan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 days β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac β better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 β better | 17.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HK JIAHAO INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY LIMITED | Vishut Dhar |
In-app purchases
Scan Asst
- Weekly Plus3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Yearly Plus$39.991 Year
Private Scan
- PrivateScan Premium$9.99
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