Comparison

WPS Scanner vs PaperGuard

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

Head to head
About

WPS Scanner

Features
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WPS Scanner turns your iPhone into a powerful mobile document scanner. Scan paper documents, receipts, notes, contracts and forms in seconds, convert them into high-quality PDFs, extract text with OCR, and translate image content instantly. SCAN TO PDF IN SECONDS β€’ Smart Document Scanning: Use your camera to scan documents, receipts, notes, invoices, forms and contracts. β€’ Auto Edge Detection: Automatically detect document borders and crop scans with precision. β€’ PDF Export: Turn paper documents into clear, shareable PDF files in seconds. CONVERT TO WORD OR EXCEL β€’ Editable Documents: Convert scanned documents into Word files for easy editing. β€’ Table Recognition: Turn scanned tables, receipts or reports into Excel files. β€’ Work Smarter: Continue editing and processing your scans instead of saving them as images only. OCR TEXT RECOGNITION β€’ Extract Text Instantly: Recognize text from images, scanned documents and paper notes. β€’ Copy and Share: Copy extracted text for study, work, email or messaging. β€’ Useful for Everyday Documents: Works well with receipts, manuals, forms, printed notes and more. IMAGE TRANSLATION β€’ Translate from Images: Translate text from photos, documents, menus, signs and forms. β€’ Travel and Study Friendly: Quickly understand foreign-language content when you need it. β€’ Simple Workflow: Scan, recognize and translate in just a few taps. SHARPER SCANS, LESS EFFORT β€’ Image Enhancement: Improve clarity, brightness and contrast automatically. β€’ Perspective Correction: Fix angled photos and make documents look cleaner. β€’ Shadow Reduction: Create clearer scans even from everyday photos. ORGANIZE AND SHARE β€’ Save Scanned Files: Keep your documents organized on your device. β€’ Share Anywhere: Export and share PDFs, images or recognized text. β€’ Built for Work, Study and Travel: Ideal for students, office workers, freelancers and travelers. 【Auto-renew Subscription Notification】 Auto-renew Subscription Cycle: Subscription options may include different renewal periods such as 1 month, 3 months or 1 year. Please choose the subscription cycle you need and confirm before payment. Payment: Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at purchase confirmation. Cancellation of Subscription: You can turn off auto-renewal at any time from your App Store account settings. To avoid being billed for the next cycle, cancellation must be made at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. Renewal: Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period. User Agreement(EULA): https://www.wps.com/members/ Privacy Policy: https://www.wps.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of Auto-Renew Subscription Service: https://www.wps.com/auto-renewal-terms/

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PaperGuard

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Most scanner apps upload your ID, your lease and your payslips to someone else's server. PaperGuard has no server to upload them to β€” scanning, OCR and document intelligence all run on your iPhone. Free forever for unlimited scans, with no watermark and no ads. TURN PAPER INTO CLEAN PDFs Point the camera and PaperGuard finds the page edges, straightens the perspective and cleans up the result. Scan a single page, a whole contract, or use Batch Scan to shoot page after page without stopping. Reorder, crop and retake before you save, then export a sharp multi-page PDF. IT READS WHAT IT SCANS On-device text recognition turns every scan into searchable text. PaperGuard also recognizes what kind of document it is looking at β€” invoice, receipt, contract, ID β€” and pulls out the amounts and dates that matter. Ask a plain question about a document and get the answer straight from the page. No cloud AI is involved at any point. SIGN WITHOUT PRINTING Draw your signature once, then place it on any document with a tap. Annotate, highlight and fill in what you need, then send a finished PDF. The printer stays in the closet. LOCKED BEHIND FACE ID Turn on the Vault and PaperGuard asks for Face ID before showing anything β€” after a restart, after switching apps, every time. Content blurs the moment you leave the app. Face ID is handled by iOS itself; if it fails, your device passcode gets you in. FINDS THINGS AGAIN Folders, tags and full-text search across everything you have scanned, right inside the app. Documents show up in iPhone search by their title as well, and you can optionally have their text appear as a preview in the result. Identity cards and passports never leave the title, whatever you choose. PRIVACY THAT IS ARCHITECTURE, NOT A PROMISE There is no account, no login and no server. Your documents, images, recognized text and settings never leave your device, because there is nowhere for them to go. No analytics, no advertising, no tracking SDKs. Put your iPhone in airplane mode and every feature above still works β€” that is the test we would like you to run. FREE Unlimited scanning, no watermark, no ads. PDF export, one folder, one saved signature, three tags and a preview of recognized text. PAPERGUARD PRO Full recognized text and search inside your scans, Document Intelligence, Quick Answers, unlimited folders, signatures and tags, and batch export. Yearly at USD 14.99 with a 7-day free trial, or monthly at USD 2.99. Prices in your local currency are shown in the app. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. A subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends; manage or cancel it in iOS Settings, Apple Account, Subscriptions. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when a subscription is purchased. Privacy Policy: https://bytechimera.com/apps/paperguard/privacy Support: https://bytechimera.com/apps/paperguard/support

Screenshots

WPS Scanner4 screens
PaperGuard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: WPS Scanner at 3 against PaperGuard's 1. WPS Scanner 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 Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

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

Both are free to download. WPS Scanner sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and PaperGuard sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
WPS Scanner versus PaperGuard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWPS ScannerPaperGuard
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Every 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size229 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKINGSOFT OFFICE SOFTWARE CORPORATION LIMITEDPrzemyslaw Bocer

In-app purchases

4 purchases

WPS Scanner

Subscriptions4
  • WPS Pro+ VIP Monthly$6.991 Month
  • WPS Scanner Premium VIP Monthly$21.991 Month
  • WPS Pro+ VIP Yearly$69.991 Year
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  • WPS Premium VIP Yearly$139.991 Year
2 purchases

PaperGuard

Subscriptions2
  • PaperGuard Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • PaperGuard Pro Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year

Questions

Is WPS Scanner free?
WPS Scanner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PaperGuard free?
PaperGuard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do WPS Scanner or PaperGuard have ads?
Neither WPS Scanner nor PaperGuard shows ads.

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