Comparison

ScannerDPI vs PDF Scanner

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

Head to head
About

ScannerDPI

Features
Read full description

ScannerDPI is a fast and precise document scanner for iPhone and iPad. Capture documents with your camera, optimize image quality, and export high-quality PDFs with adjustable DPI settings. Features: • Scan documents using the camera • Adjust DPI, format, and compression • Export high-quality PDFs • OCR text recognition • Clean and intuitive interface Designed for professionals and everyday use.

About

PDF Scanner

Transform your mobile device into a powerful document scanner and PDF editor. Digitize receipts, contracts, and IDs, then easily edit, organize, and share them. All your documents are stored securely on your device for complete privacy.

Highlights
  • Multi-page document scanning
  • Create PDFs from photos, text, and webpages
  • Edit PDFs with signatures, text, and watermarks
  • Merge, split, and export PDF pages
  • On-device OCR for text extraction
  • Organize and search all your PDFs
Features
Read full description

PDF Scanner turns your iPhone or iPad into a document scanner and PDF toolkit. Scan receipts, contracts, notes, and ID cards, then edit, organize, and share — stored on your device. SCAN TO PDF • Scan multi-page documents with your camera • Manual or automatic capture • Scan ID cards and passports (two cards per page) • Filters: Color, Enhanced, Grayscale, or Black & White • Review and remove pages before saving CREATE PDFs • Photos to PDF — combine images into one file • Text to PDF — type or paste notes with formatting • Web to PDF — save a webpage as a PDF • Import PDFs and images from the Files app EDIT & ORGANIZE • Reorder, rotate, and delete pages • Add signatures, text, watermarks, and page numbers • Erase marks and white-out regions • Enhance contrast and compress file size • Merge PDFs or split by page range • Export pages as JPG images • Extract text with on-device OCR, export as RTF YOUR LIBRARY • Search, sort, and browse saved PDFs • Rename, share, and print • Thumbnail previews and storage insights PRIVATE BY DESIGN Documents stay on your device. No cloud upload and no account required. Designed for iPhone and iPad.

Screenshots

ScannerDPI4 screens
PDF Scanner3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: ScannerDPI at none against PDF Scanner's shown. PDF Scanner's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
ScannerDPI versus PDF Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScannerDPIPDF Scanner
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Ad-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAxel RoehkenAli Nawaz

In-app purchases

None

ScannerDPI

No in-app purchases

None

PDF Scanner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ScannerDPI free?
ScannerDPI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PDF Scanner free?
PDF Scanner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ScannerDPI or PDF Scanner have ads?
PDF Scanner shows ads; ScannerDPI does not.

Other comparisons