Comparison

QR vs Image to Text

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

Head to head
About

QR

Features
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QR-Code Master is a powerful scanner and generator for QR codes, barcodes, and 2D codes. SCAN ANY CODE Point your camera at any QR code, barcode, or 2D code and get instant results. Supports QR Code, Aztec, Data Matrix, PDF-417, EAN-13, EAN-8, UPC-A, Code 128, Code 39, and Codabar. Pinch to zoom for small or distant codes. DEEP ANALYSIS See the full technical details of every code you scan: QR version, error correction level, mask pattern, encoding segments, and more. View color-coded visualizations that highlight finder patterns, alignment patterns, and timing patterns. GENERATE CODES Create QR codes, Aztec codes, Data Matrix, PDF-417, and all supported 1D barcode formats. Live preview updates as you type. Fine-tune QR parameters including error correction level, version, mask pattern, and encoding mode. BATCH SCANNING Switch to batch mode to scan multiple codes in rapid succession. All scanned items are saved together for easy review. SCANNER FILTERS Only scan the code types you need. Enable the scanner filter and select which formats to accept. HISTORY Every scan is saved with full details. Review, search, and re-open any previously scanned code. SHARE & SAVE Copy content to clipboard, share via any app, open URLs directly, or save generated codes as images.

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Image to Text

Features
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Copy all the text from a screenshot or photo without dragging to select it. Read many images at once, keep tables as rows and columns in CSV, and join lines broken by a book or handout into one paragraph. Photo selection: up to 100 images with Pro, up to your remaining daily reads for free, and up to 20 through sharing. TEXT YOU CAN USE RIGHT AWAY - Turn screenshots and photos into text straight from the share sheet - Read many images at once, combined or one result per image - Tables stay as rows and columns for CSV. Join broken lines into one paragraph - Shaky lines are highlighted. On supported iPhones, on-device AI suggests fixes you review before applying - Scan Live: just point the camera DOCUMENTS AND PDFS - Hold your iPhone over a document for automatic capture, with skew correction, saved as a searchable PDF - Read PDFs: text PDFs are extracted as is, scanned PDFs are read page by page (up to 50 pages at a time) YOUR LIBRARY - Add titles and sort results into groups - Full-text search, ignoring differences in width, case and line breaks - Find results from iPhone Search (Off, Title, or Title and Text) - Export the whole Library as text, a searchable PDF or a ZIP Processed and saved on device - Images and text are processed and stored on your device, without sending them to external servers. - Lock with Face ID. No account, ads or tracking. Free and OCR Copy Pro: - Free: read text 5 times a day. One photo with text, one page captured with the document camera, one copy from Scan Live, or one shared image counts as one read. Pages beyond your remaining reads for the day are not read. Each page of a scanned PDF counts as one read. Text PDFs, copying, the Library and exports never count, and the count starts over at midnight - If you used OCR Copy before version 1.5, reading stays unlimited - OCR Copy Pro removes the daily limit in the app, the share sheet and Shortcuts, and lets you create unlimited groups (3 on the free plan). Yearly (with a 1-week free trial) or monthly The annual plan’s free trial is available only to eligible users. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. The subscription renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Please use other people’s books and writing only as copyright law allows where you live. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://zec-inc.jp/privacy

Screenshots

QR3 screens
Image to Text4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: QR at none against Image to Text's 2. Image to Text's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months). On price, ads, device support 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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Image to Text sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. QR asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

QR ships an update every 3 months, Image to Text every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
QR versus Image to Text: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQRImage to Text
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size20 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKarpelès Lab Inc.ZEC Inc.

In-app purchases

None

QR

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Image to Text

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year

Questions

Is QR free?
QR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Image to Text free?
Image to Text is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do QR or Image to Text have ads?
Neither QR nor Image to Text shows ads.
Which is updated more often, QR or Image to Text?
QR ships an update every 3 months, and Image to Text every 2 days. Most recently, QR was updated on November 5, 2026 and Image to Text on November 13, 2026.

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