Comparison

Papyr vs BatchOCR

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

Head to head
About

Papyr

Features
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Papyr is a document scanner built around one idea: your documents are yours. No accounts. No cloud uploads. No tracking. No ads. No subscriptions. Everything stays on your iPhone and iPad. Start free with up to 10 documents, 5 pages each, and OCR text preview. Upgrade once to Papyr Pro ($9.99 lifetime) for full text access, search, unlimited documents, and more. — SCAN ANYTHING — • Auto edge detection finds your document instantly • Manual crop with 4-corner precision adjustment • Multi-page documents with up to 20 pages per scan • Works with receipts, contracts, notes, IDs, whiteboards, and more — FIND TEXT IN ANY SCAN — • On-device OCR extracts text from every scan automatically • Preview extracted text on any scan — unlock full text with Pro • Search across all your documents by keyword (Pro) • Copy text directly from scanned pages (Pro) • Works in multiple languages — ORGANIZE YOUR WAY — • Name, rename, and reorder documents and pages • Grid or list view — your choice • Drag to rearrange pages within a document • Delete or re-scan individual pages • Color-coded folders to group your scans (Pro) — EXPORT & SHARE — • One-tap PDF export for any document • Share via AirDrop, Mail, Messages, or any app • Save to Files for full control • Password-protect PDFs before sharing (Pro) • No watermarks — ever — BUILT FOR PRIVACY — • Zero third-party SDKs or analytics • Zero network requests — works completely offline • All processing happens on your device • No account required — just open and scan • Apple's "Data Not Collected" privacy label — BUILT WITH CARE — • Native Swift/SwiftUI — fast, smooth, and feels like it belongs on your iPhone • Supports Light Mode, Dark Mode, and System • VoiceOver accessible • Works on iPhone and iPad — PAPYR PRO ($9.99 ONE-TIME) — • Full OCR text extraction + copy • Search across all documents by text • Unlimited documents and 20-page scans • Folders, batch scanning, photo import • Password-protected PDF export Other scanners charge $4.99/month. Papyr Pro is one payment — yours forever. Try Papyr free — scan your first documents and see how a scanner should work.

About

BatchOCR

Features
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BatchOCR is free to download and turns a sequence of photos into editable text on your iPhone. Select multiple images in the order you want to process them. Review each image, adjust the OCR area when needed, and run on-device OCR with Apple Vision. Then edit, copy, view, or share the combined result. Highlights • Select multiple photos in order • Adjust the area to recognize for each image • Recognize Japanese and English text on device • Process images one at a time and cancel when needed • Edit individual OCR results • Copy or share a combined text result BatchOCR is supported by a small Google AdMob banner on the Home and OCR Results screens for users who have not purchased Remove Ads. The optional Remove Ads purchase is a one-time, non-consumable purchase; it permanently removes the in-app banner on the Apple Account that made the purchase. There is no subscription. Your selected images and recognized text are processed on the device and are not uploaded to a developer-operated server. Google Mobile Ads and its consent-management component may process advertising, device, diagnostic, and consent information as described in the privacy policy. No account or login is required, and Firebase Analytics is not included. BatchOCR is designed for clear printed text. Accuracy depends on image quality, orientation, font, layout, and language. OCR results are not automatically saved after you reset or close the app.

Screenshots

Papyr4 screens
BatchOCR4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Papyr at none against BatchOCR's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Papyr sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and BatchOCR sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Papyr versus BatchOCR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPapyrBatchOCR
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMontrell CruseTomokazu Shinozaki

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Papyr

One-time1
  • Papyr Pro$9.99
1 purchases

BatchOCR

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is Papyr free?
Papyr is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BatchOCR free?
BatchOCR is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Papyr or BatchOCR have ads?
BatchOCR shows ads; Papyr does not.

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