Comparison

Vibe Scanner 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

Vibe Scanner

Features
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Vibe Scanner is a privacy-first document scanner. Everything happens on your iPhone โ€” no accounts, no cloud sync, no analytics, no ads. Ever. Scan receipts, contracts, IDs, whiteboards, and business cards in seconds with automatic edge detection and perspective correction. Vibe Scanner reads text in 8 languages, extracts receipt totals automatically, and encrypts sensitive documents with AES-256 โ€” all without sending a single byte off-device. โ€” FREE, ALWAYS โ€” - Unlimited scans. No watermarks, no daily caps. - English OCR powered by Apple's Vision framework - Smart auto-naming (Type_Entity_Date) from scanned text - Export to PDF, Word (.docx), JPEG, and PNG - Print and email directly from the app - QR code and barcode scanner with smart actions (URLs, contacts, Wi-Fi) - Business card โ†’ Contact (one tap to save) - Whiteboard mode preserves marker colors and lifts mid-tones - AES-256 encryption with Face ID / Touch ID / passcode unlock - App-wide PIN and biometric lock - Receipt extraction: total, vendor, currency, date โ€” auto-parsed - Expiry reminders for passports, IDs, contracts (3 free) - On-device AI summaries (3 free) on supported devices - Sign and annotate (3 free) - Home-screen widget for one-tap scanning - Siri Shortcuts: scan, search, export, recent โ€” PRO UNLOCKS โ€” - Multi-language OCR: Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Arabic - Apple Translate integration on every page (iOS 17.4+) - Unlimited AI summaries and document Q&A (Apple Intelligence) - Unlimited expiry reminders, signatures, and annotations - Searchable PDF export with text layer - Auto-receipt extraction on every scan - Business card batch export - Smart folders with auto-filing rules - End-to-end encrypted sharing - Document version history โ€” PRICING โ€” - Pro Monthly: $2.99 โ€” start with a 1-month free trial - Pro Yearly: $19.99 โ€” start with a 1-month free trial (save 44%) - Pro Lifetime: $29.99 โ€” one-time purchase, no subscription Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in iPhone Settings โ†’ Apple ID โ†’ Subscriptions. โ€” PRIVACY YOU CAN VERIFY โ€” We don't collect your data because we don't have a backend. There are no accounts to create, no email to enter, no telemetry SDKs, no crash reporters phoning home, no advertising IDs. Your scans, OCR text, AI summaries, and encryption keys all stay on your device. If a feature can't be built on-device, we either ship the on-device equivalent or skip the feature. โ€” BUILT FOR PEOPLE WHO CARE โ€” If you've ever scanned a passport, a tax document, a medical record, or a signed contract and wondered where it was being uploaded โ€” Vibe Scanner is for you. Designed for professionals, parents, freelancers, and anyone who wants their documents to stay where they belong: on their phone. Privacy Policy: https://vibelife.sg/scanner/privacy Terms of Use:https://vibelife.sg/scanner/terms Support: https://vibelife.sg/scanner

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

Vibe Scanner4 screens
Scanling3 screens

Verdict

The call

Vibe Scanner and Scanling are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Vibe Scanner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Scanling sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Vibe Scanner versus Scanling: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVibe ScannerScanling
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviewsโ€”100.0% of reviews
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetizationโ€”Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size3 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoseph Michael TeyEnoxys

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Vibe Scanner

Subscriptions2
  • Vibe Scanner Pro Monthly1 Month trial$2.991 Month
  • Vibe Scanner Pro Lifetime1 Month trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Vibe Scanner Pro Lifetime$29.99
1 purchases

Scanling

One-time1
  • Tip - coffee$2.99

Questions

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

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