Comparison

iScanVault vs TextDeck

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

Head to head
About

iScanVault

Features
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iScanVault is a powerful document scanner and private vault designed to help you digitize, organize and manage your documents in seconds. Scan receipts, contracts, notes, IDs and important papers using your device camera. Advanced scanning technology automatically detects edges, corrects perspective and enhances image quality to produce clean and readable PDFs. Built-in OCR technology extracts text from scanned documents, allowing you to search inside files and quickly find what you need. Your documents are stored in a secure local archive where you can organize them with categories, tags and custom titles. Search by title or text content to locate documents instantly. iScanVault also includes advanced PDF tools that allow you to edit, merge, split, compress and export files in multiple formats. Add annotations, highlights or signatures directly inside your PDFs. For sensitive files, iScanVault provides secure sharing with PIN protection and expiration links. You can also protect documents with passwords or remove existing protection when needed. The built-in document assistant can summarize long documents and allow you to interact with them through a simple chat interface. iScanVault also includes a powerful barcode and QR scanner. Scan books, food products and beauty items to instantly retrieve product information using trusted public databases. Save scanned products inside your personal vault and build your own history of scanned items. In addition to document management, iScanVault offers tools for scanning QR codes and barcodes, managing personal expenses with a simple finance dashboard and exporting expense data when needed. Optional cloud vault features allow you to sync and back up your documents across devices and restore them at any time. iScanVault also integrates with iOS widgets for quick scanning and offers Apple Watch support for fast scan triggers. Key features include document scanning, OCR text recognition, PDF editing tools, secure sharing, document vault, smart search, AI document summaries, QR and barcode scanning, product scanning for books food and cosmetics, expense tracking and multi-device backup. iScanVault helps you keep your documents organized, searchable and secure wherever you go. Subscription automatically renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

TextDeck

Streamline your typing with reusable text templates and AI-powered prompt enhancement. Create custom snippets with fill-in blanks that paste directly into any app. All processing happens on-device for maximum privacy and offline functionality.

Highlights
  • Reusable text snippets with fill-in blanks
  • On-device AI for prompt improvement and placeholder suggestions
  • Global hotkey for instant access
  • Frecency sorting for frequently used templates
  • Community prompt library with offline access
  • iCloud sync across Apple devices
  • 100% local processing and privacy
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The text you retype, one shortcut away. TextDeck keeps your snippets, replies and AI prompts as reusable templates with fill-in blanks — hit the shortcut, fill the blanks, and it pastes straight into the app you came from. HOW IT WORKS Create a snippet like: "Write a {{Tone}} email to {{Recipient}} about {{Topic}}" — then just fill in the blanks each time. One tap copies or pastes the finished text. Done. ON-DEVICE AI - Improve any prompt with one tap — Apple Intelligence rewrites, shortens, or sharpens it - Paste raw text and let AI suggest reusable {{placeholders}} — you choose which to keep - Runs entirely on your device. Nothing is sent to any server. No account, no API key - Requires a device with Apple Intelligence (iOS 26 / macOS 26 or later) INSTANT ACCESS - Global hotkey opens TextDeck instantly from any app - Frecency sorting puts your most-used templates at the top - Search across all templates and categories in seconds GLOBAL PROMPT LIBRARY - Browse and install free community prompt packs - Works offline and updates automatically - Open source — anyone can contribute on GitHub - Organize everything into your own categories and collections ALWAYS FREE - No subscription, no in-app purchases, no ads — ever - Free, and it stays free SYNC & PRIVACY - iCloud sync keeps your templates on all your Apple devices - 100% local — no accounts, no tracking, no analytics - AI runs on-device — no third-party AI services - Your data never leaves your device unless you enable iCloud Works on Mac, iPad and iPhone. Build your text library once, use it everywhere you type. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

iScanVault4 screens
TextDeck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TextDeck at none against iScanVault's 3. iScanVault's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 days) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. iScanVault sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. TextDeck asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iScanVault ships an update every 3 days, TextDeck every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
iScanVault versus TextDeck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriScanVaultTextDeck
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.5 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size125 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGiulio FontanaJonas Hoettler

In-app purchases

3 purchases

iScanVault

Subscriptions2
  • PRO Monthly Plan$2.991 Month
  • PRO Annual Plan$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • iScanVault Lifetime PRO Access$3.99
None

TextDeck

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iScanVault free?
iScanVault is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TextDeck free?
TextDeck is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do iScanVault or TextDeck have ads?
Neither iScanVault nor TextDeck shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iScanVault or TextDeck?
iScanVault ships an update every 3 days, and TextDeck every 9 days. Most recently, iScanVault was updated on October 10, 2026 and TextDeck on October 13, 2026.

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