Smart Printer & Scanner vs DocDrive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smart Printer & Scanner
Easily print photos, documents, PDFs, and webpages from your iPhone or iPad to any Wi-Fi printer. Features include cloud printing, email printing, contact printing, a powerful photo editor, and a smart document scanner with OCR. It also offers faxing capabilities and advanced print settings.
- Print photos, documents, PDFs, and webpages
- Cloud storage integration (iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox)
- Email and contact printing
- Photo editing and collage maker
- Smart document scanner with OCR
- Worldwide faxing
- Batch printing and print queue
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Smart Printer & Scanner is a mobile printing and document app that helps phone and tablet users print photos, documents and PDFs on a Wi-Fi printer, scan paper into PDF, make ID photos and send faxes, by combining a print queue, a camera scanner with OCR, an ID photo maker and label and template printing in one app. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Print photos, PDFs, Word, Excel and PowerPoint files, webpages, emails, contacts and clipboard content straight from your phone • Print from iCloud Drive, Google Drive and Dropbox without downloading the file first • Scan paper with the camera, let auto-scan capture each page, extract text with OCR and save a PDF • Make passport, visa and ID photos in 35×45 mm, 50×50 mm and 25×35 mm and print them as a ready A4 sheet • Print labels, invoices, receipts and templates • Fax documents to numbers worldwide with a country code selector • Retouch photos before printing with 15 filters, crop, rotate, brightness, blur and collage layouts • Print many items in one go with a print queue, page ranges, watermarks and 10 paper sizes from A3 to Envelope • Print from any app through the Share Sheet, or use the Home Screen widget BUILT FOR SECURE, RELIABLE PRINTING • Print jobs can use IPPS (IPP over TLS) for encrypted transfer • Low ink and toner alerts come from IPP supply levels • A step-by-step Wi-Fi setup guide covers WPS and laptop-assisted setup • The interface uses a modern glass design and supports foldable phones, including their inner and outer displays • 35 in-app languages QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS How do I print from my phone? Connect the phone and the printer to the same Wi-Fi network, open Smart Printer & Scanner, pick a file and tap Print. A test page confirms the connection. Can I scan a document to PDF? Yes. Scan with the camera, use auto-scan for multi-page documents, run OCR to extract the text and save the result as a PDF. Can I make a passport or ID photo? Yes. The ID photo maker offers 35×45 mm, 50×50 mm and 25×35 mm sizes and lays them out on an A4 sheet for printing. Can I send a fax from my phone? Yes. Choose a country code, enter the number and send. Fax is part of the Premium subscription. Can I print from cloud storage? Yes. iCloud Drive, Google Drive and Dropbox files print directly. Download Smart Printer & Scanner to turn your phone into a printing and scanning station. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION • Smart Printer & Scanner offers a Premium subscription for unlimited printing and full access to all features • Payment will be charged to your account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew 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 • You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase • Privacy Policy: https://printsmart.app/privacy.html • Terms of Use: https://printsmart.app/terms.html
DocDrive
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DocDrive is a secure document management platform built for businesses. It enables teams to store, organize, and share documents with precise, explicit control over who can access what—both within your company and with external partners. Access in DocDrive is strictly permission-based. A file or folder is available only to users, groups, or companies that have been explicitly granted access. The system uses a deterministic permission model with no hidden inheritance or implicit rules. Company owners have full visibility at all times into exactly who has access to every resource. All communication between clients and DocDrive is encrypted. Each company’s data is fully isolated from every other company on the platform. Platform operators and system administrators cannot bypass access controls. DocDrive processes operational data ephemerally during requests and does not retain it beyond what is strictly required to provide the service. Backups are performed daily, stored separately from the primary environment, retained only temporarily for emergency recovery, and then permanently deleted. The platform supports multiple roles—Owner, Admin, Editor, and Member—each with clearly defined capabilities. You can also organize users into groups (such as Accounting, Legal, or Sales) and assign permissions at the group level, making access management scalable and consistent. External sharing is explicit and controlled. To share data with another company, two steps are required: first, a connection must be established; second, specific folders must be shared with defined permissions. A connection alone grants no access. External companies can only see the exact files and folders you choose to share—they have no visibility into your users, groups, or internal structure. Privacy by default. All companies are private and invisible unless you choose otherwise. Without an explicit connection, no company can discover or access another. You can use DocDrive purely as an internal system, or selectively collaborate by sharing your Company ID and approving connection requests. Multi-company support. A single account can manage multiple companies. Each company remains fully isolated, with its own users, files, and permissions. Switching between companies is seamless, and you can optionally establish controlled connections between them.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DocDrive at none against Smart Printer & Scanner's 3. DocDrive also leads on update cadence (daily vs weekly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Smart Printer & Scanner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. DocDrive asks for nothing beyond the download.
Smart Printer & Scanner ships an update weekly, DocDrive daily. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart Printer & Scanner | DocDrive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 10.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | +17 | 4+ |
| Developer | MOBILE ALCHEMY LTD | GEM 3 GLOBAL D.O.O |
In-app purchases
Smart Printer & Scanner
- Weekly Subscription3 Days trial$9.997 Days
- Yearly Subscription$59.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$14.99
DocDrive
No in-app purchases
Questions
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