Comparison

Pixnap vs iScan

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

Head to head
About

Pixnap

Features
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Pixnap turns your iPhone into a powerful document scanner. Capture any document, receipt, or note with automatic edge detection that precisely identifies document boundaries — even on complex backgrounds. Features: - Smart Edge Detection — automatically detects document edges with high accuracy - Manual Crop Adjustment — fine-tune corners with draggable control points - Image Filters — Original, Vivid, Warm, Cool, B&W, Sepia and more - Rotate & Adjust — perfect your scan orientation and brightness - Export to PNG or PDF — save to your photo library or share anywhere - Pick from Album — scan existing photos from your gallery - Multi-language Support — available in English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, and more Whether you're digitizing receipts, archiving notes, or scanning contracts, Pixnap makes it fast and simple.

About

iScan

Features
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iScan-D is a document scanner for anything from receipts and contracts to posters — no fixed page size. Capture, de-skew, OCR, search, and export all happen on your device. There's no sign-in, and your images and recognized text are never sent to a server. ā–  Two scan modes • Normal scan: capture receipts, business cards, postcards, and everyday documents one sheet at a time. • Long scan: move the camera slowly downward to stitch a very long receipt into a single tall image. ā–  Import from your photo library Already have a photo? Select one or several and bring them in as pages — no need to reshoot. ā–  Precise cropping and de-skewing • The document's four corners are detected automatically. Fine-tune them by hand, with a magnifier so your finger never hides the corner. • A perspective transform straightens the page so a photo taken at an angle looks like it was shot head-on. • Corner cropping and a final rectangular crop are separate steps. ā–  Finishing touches • Rotate, rectangular crop, brightness, contrast, saturation, sharpness, grayscale. • One-tap "Enhance" removes shadows and uneven lighting, whitens the background, and makes text crisp. • Brightness, contrast, and saturation preview in real time and can each be reset individually. ā–  OCR in 9 languages Japanese, English, Italian, Spanish, French, German, Korean, and Chinese (Simplified / Traditional). OCR runs on device using Apple's technology, and the language follows your app language automatically. Recognized text is fully editable, and pages that fail recognition can be typed in by hand. ā–  Find it, share it • Full-text search across titles, notes, and OCR text, with a snippet of the matching text. • PDF export embeds an invisible text layer so you can search inside the exported PDF. • Export as PDF, JPEG, or PNG, with paper sizes (A4, A5, B5, Letter, custom) and image sizes (original, large, medium, small, custom). • Combine multiple pages into one PDF in order and share it. ā–  Organize and manage • Give each document a title and a note; the title is generated from the capture date. • The original image is always kept, so you can redo corner adjustment, perspective, editing, and OCR even after saving. • Deleted documents go to Trash. They can be restored for 10 days, then are permanently deleted automatically. You can also delete permanently right away. ā–  Privacy • Images, OCR results, and document information are never sent off device. • All key processing, including OCR, works on device and offline. • No account or sign-in. • No cloud sync or built-in backup. ā–  Requirements Supports the latest iOS and the two previous major versions. Works on iPhone and iPad. Note: This app shows a banner ad (Google AdMob) at the bottom of the document list.

Screenshots

Pixnap3 screens
iScan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Pixnap at 15.1 against iScan's 18.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pixnap ships an update every 5 days, iScan every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Pixnap versus iScan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixnapiScan
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 6 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOrigin Innovation Lab Inckenta isomi

In-app purchases

None

Pixnap

No in-app purchases

None

iScan

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pixnap free?
Pixnap is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is iScan free?
iScan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pixnap or iScan have ads?
Both Pixnap and iScan show ads.
Which is updated more often, Pixnap or iScan?
Pixnap ships an update every 5 days, and iScan every 6 days. Most recently, Pixnap was updated on October 10, 2026 and iScan on October 1, 2026.

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