Comparison

PDFScan vs Metly

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

Head to head
About

PDFScan

Features
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Scan anything into a clean PDF — then actually work with it. PDFScan turns your camera into a document scanner: automatic edge detection, perspective correction, and sharp output in seconds. Everything happens on your device. No account, no sign-in, nothing uploaded. Perfect for receipts, invoices, contracts, ID copies, school notes and paperwork. SCAN • Automatic edge detection and perspective correction • Capture several pages in one pass • Import photos from your library • Low, medium and high quality presets, so files stay small enough to email EDIT PAGES • Reorder, rotate, duplicate or delete pages • Add pages by scanning or from your photos • Rename a document and rebuild the PDF • Undo while you work READ PDFs • Open any PDF, including ones sent from Files, Mail or the share sheet • Scroll and pinch to zoom • Import PDFs into your library to keep everything together EXTRACT TEXT • On-device text recognition pulls the words out of a scan • Copy the text, or share it as a .txt file • Works offline — no image ever leaves your device SHARE • Merge several documents into a single PDF • Export pages as JPEG or PNG • Send anywhere through the standard share sheet, including WhatsApp, Mail and Messages PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your documents stay in the app's own storage on your device. There is no account, no cloud sync, and nothing is uploaded for processing. FREE, WITH AN OPTIONAL UPGRADE Everything above is free. PDFScan Pro removes the ads and the small "Scanned with PDFScan" credit printed in the bottom margin of generated PDFs, available as a monthly subscription or a single one-time purchase. Prefer to stay free? Watch one optional short video, or share the app with a friend, to hide ads for an hour. Nothing is taken away if you stay on the free tier. PDFScan Pro is available as a $0.99 per month auto-renewing subscription, or as a $4.99 one-time purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it at any time in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.notion.so/elviskirui/Privacy-Policy-for-PDFScanner-362d665fdb86800e95f9d402e4e5d974

About

Metly

This app helps you remember the people you meet by storing contextual information beyond just their phone number. Easily recall who they are, when and where you met them, and add personal notes. It offers quick search and organization features, with privacy built-in as data stays on your device.

Highlights
  • Remember when and where you met contacts
  • Add personal notes for each contact
  • Organize contacts with tags
  • Quickly search your contacts
  • Start WhatsApp conversations easily
  • View recently added contacts
Features
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Metly helps you remember the people you meet and keep your contacts organized, not just save phone numbers. See your recent contacts, add useful context about the people in your life, and manage your address book with simple, privacy-focused tools. With Metly, you can: • See and search your contacts quickly • Start a WhatsApp conversation in one tap • Save where and when you met someone • Add personal notes and tags • Swipe left to quickly access Delete • Select and delete multiple contacts with confirmation • Create a portable vCard backup of your contacts • Choose specific contacts to include in a backup • Find possible duplicate contacts directly on your device • Review Strong and Possible duplicate matches • Compare duplicate contact information before making changes • Safely merge duplicate contacts into one complete contact • Review conflicting information before merging • Use Metly in English or Arabic • Enjoy full RTL support and Light or Dark Mode YOUR CONTACTS, YOUR CONTROL Metly is designed with privacy in mind. Duplicate scanning and contact organization are performed on your device. Metly does not upload your contact data to a Metly server. Contact backups are created locally as standard vCard files. You decide if and where you want to save or share them. Deleting or merging contacts only happens after your explicit action and confirmation. Metly turns your address book into a simple memory and contact-management layer, helping you remember people, clean up duplicates, protect your contacts, and keep the context behind every connection.

Screenshots

PDFScan4 screens
Metly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Metly at none against PDFScan's shown. PDFScan's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence and in-app purchases 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PDFScan ships an update every 3 weeks, Metly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PDFScan versus Metly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDFScanMetly
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.6 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—16 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnn ANN WAMBUI NJUGUNAMoataz AbdElkawy

In-app purchases

None

PDFScan

No in-app purchases

None

Metly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PDFScan free?
PDFScan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Metly free?
Metly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PDFScan or Metly have ads?
PDFScan shows ads; Metly does not.
Which is updated more often, PDFScan or Metly?
PDFScan ships an update every 3 weeks, and Metly monthly. Most recently, PDFScan was updated on October 25, 2026 and Metly on October 29, 2026.

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