Comparison

Document Lens vs Scanling

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

Head to head
About

Document Lens

Features
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This App turns your iPhone into a powerful document scanner โ€” fast, simple, and without an annoying subscription model. THREE SCAN MODES - Black & White: High-contrast scans perfect for text documents, contracts, and forms. Crisp, clean results every time. - Color: Full-color document scans for receipts, photos, certificates, and anything that needs to look exactly like the original. - Camera: Quick photo capture for whiteboards, notes, or anything you need to save on the go. SMART TEXT RECOGNITION (OCR) Every scan includes automatic text recognition powered by Apple's on-device AI. That means: โ€” Select and copy text directly from your scanned PDFs โ€” Search through your documents โ€” No internet connection required โ€” everything stays on your device SMALL FILES, SHARP QUALITY Choose between three quality levels: โ€” Small: Perfect for email and messaging (150 DPI) โ€” Standard: Ideal balance of quality and size (300 DPI) โ€” Original: Maximum detail when you need it The file size is always displayed before you share, so you know exactly what you're sending. SHARE YOUR WAY Use the native iOS share sheet to instantly: โ€” Save to Files โ€” Send via AirDrop โ€” Attach to Mail or Messages โ€” Upload to any cloud service PRIVACY FIRST This Scanner processes everything on your device. No accounts, no cloud uploads, no tracking. Your documents stay yours. Download and start scanning in seconds.

About

Scanling

Transform your iPhone into a powerful document scanner. Capture, enhance, and organize your files with automatic edge detection and on-device OCR. Enjoy unlimited features without subscriptions or watermarks.

Highlights
  • Automatic edge detection
  • On-device OCR
  • Multi-page document support
  • Export as JPEG or PDF
  • Folder organization
  • Face ID app lock
Features
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Scanling turns your iPhone into an honest document scanner: point, scan, get a clean and searchable PDF. That's it. No paywall hiding the export button, no watermark on your files, no account to create, no subscription โ€” ever. WHY SCANLING IS DIFFERENT Most scanner apps charge โ‚ฌ5โ€“8/month for features your iPhone already provides for free. Scanling gives you everything, unlimited, from the first launch. EVERYTHING INCLUDED, UNLIMITED โ€ข Scan with automatic edge detection and perspective correction โ€ข Import photos from your library โ€ข Manual 4-corner crop with magnifier, and rotation โ€ข Enhancement modes with live preview: color, grayscale, black & white โ€ข Multi-page documents: reorder, delete, add pages anytime โ€ข On-device OCR (English + French): your PDFs are searchable and their text can be copied โ€ข Smart name suggestions based on the document's content โ€ข Organize with folders, search, sort, grid or list view โ€ข Share, print, export as JPEG, or protect a PDF with a password โ€ข Lock the app with Face ID โ€ข Scan straight from Siri or Spotlight PRIVATE BY DESIGN Scanling makes no network connections. Your documents are stored on your device only, visible in the Files app, and OCR runs locally with Apple's Vision framework. No analytics, no tracker, no third-party SDK. The App Store privacy label says "Data Not Collected" because there is nothing to collect.

Screenshots

Document Lens3 screens
Scanling3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Document Lens at 3 against Scanling's 1. Document Lens also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Document Lens sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Scanling sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 6 level
Document Lens versus Scanling: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDocument LensScanling
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviewsโ€”100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetizationโ€”Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size1 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMoacir SchierscherEnoxys

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Document Lens

One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$0.99
1 purchases

Scanling

One-time1
  • Tip - coffee$2.99

Questions

Is Document Lens free?
Document Lens is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scanling free?
Scanling is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Document Lens or Scanling have ads?
Neither Document Lens nor Scanling shows ads.

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