Save Any Link vs DualTextScanner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Save Any Link
Save articles from any app with a single tap. This app offers AI-powered summaries for quick comprehension and prioritizes your privacy by storing all data locally on your device. An optional Pro plan unlocks premium themes and removes ads.
- One-tap saving from any app
- AI-powered article summaries
- Local device storage for privacy
- Customizable reading themes (Pro)
- No account or login required
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Save with one tap, summarize automatically with Apple Intelligence. A simple bookmarking app to save and manage articles you want to read later. No sign-up, no login. Everything stays on your device. ■ Key Features ・One-Tap Save Save instantly from Safari, X, news apps, and anywhere else through the standard Share menu. ・AI-Powered Summaries Powered by Apple Intelligence, your saved articles are summarized right on your device. Quickly grasp the key points when you come back to read. ・Privacy First Articles and summaries are all stored on your device. Nothing is uploaded to any server. Your personal reading list stays right where it belongs — with you. ■ Who It's For ・People who find more interesting articles on X or news apps than they can read in the moment ・Anyone who wants to catch up on saved articles during a commute or before bed ・Anyone looking for a simple "place to keep articles" without extra logins or sync setup ・Anyone who wants to unify bookmarks scattered across different apps into one place ■ Pro Plan (Subscription) All core features remain available for free. Upgrading to Pro unlocks: ・Premium themes to customize your reading view (Dark, Sepia, Paper White, and more) ・Removal of in-app ads ■ Requirements ・The AI summary feature requires an Apple Intelligence-compatible device (On unsupported devices, the app still works as a simple read-later article manager) ■ Terms of Use & Privacy Policy ・Terms of Use (EULA): https://hiyoko.app/en/apps/simple-read-later/terms ・Privacy Policy: https://hiyoko.app/en/apps/simple-read-later/privacy Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. You can cancel anytime via "Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions" on iOS. For feedback or bug reports, please reach out via "Settings > Contact Us" inside the app.
DualTextScanner
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DualText Scanner is a book scanner app for iPhone and iPad that lets you capture, enhance, read, search, and organize paper books and PDFs. Photograph book pages one by one and save them as easy-to-read digital data. Captured pages can be enhanced with distortion correction, shadow removal, whitening, contrast adjustment, and text enhancement. ■ Free Version and Pro Version This app is free to download. The free version lets you save up to two books and try scanning, image correction, OCR, and the built-in viewer. By upgrading to the Pro version through an in-app purchase, the book limit is removed. As long as your device has enough storage space, you can manage paper books and PDFs as your own searchable digital bookshelf. The Pro version is a one-time purchase upgrade, not a subscription. ■ Manage Scans by Book Scanned pages are managed by book. If you stop scanning partway through, you can check the next page number and resume later. You can gradually add pages and build your digital bookshelf over time. ■ Easy Capture and Page Correction When taking photos, the app displays a document detection overlay to help you check the page area. After capturing a page, you can manually adjust the four corners to correct open books or slightly curved pages. Perspective correction, shadow removal, whitening, and text enhancement help turn paper pages into clean, readable images. ■ Vertical and Horizontal OCR DualText Scanner supports OCR for both vertical and horizontal Japanese text. You can extract text from novels, practical books, reference materials, textbooks, and other book pages. You can also exclude top, bottom, left, and right areas from OCR. This helps avoid page numbers, chapter titles, margins, or repeated text, making it easier to focus on the main text. Extracted text can be edited while viewing the page image. On iPad or in landscape orientation, the image and text editor can be displayed side by side. ■ Export Searchable PDFs Captured pages can be exported as PDF files. By embedding OCR text into the PDF, you can create searchable PDFs for computers. ■ Export Text as CSV or Plain Text OCR text can be reviewed by book and exported as CSV or plain text. This is useful for study, research, note organization, checking text before quoting, and working with other apps. ■ E-Book Style Viewer Saved pages can be read in the built-in viewer. You can choose horizontal or vertical page turning, depending on the book and your preferred reading style. The viewer includes keyword search and search history, allowing you to quickly move to pages that contain the words you are looking for. ■ Clip Feature You can save favorite passages or sections as clips. Each clip can include the book title, author, page number, and text. Clips can be viewed across books and are useful for reading notes, study notes, and organizing references. Saved clips can also be copied or exported as CSV. ■ PDF Import You can import existing PDFs, convert each page into an image, and register them as book data. Imported PDFs can also be used with image correction, OCR, text editing, and viewer reading. ■ Backup and Restore You can back up book images, extracted text, clips, settings, and other data together. The backup destination can be selected by the user, such as iCloud Drive or the Files app. By restoring a backup file on another device, you can recreate the same book environment. ■ Privacy DualText Scanner does not send book images or extracted text to our company servers. Main processing such as image correction and OCR is performed on the device. When sharing PDFs, CSV files, extracted text, or other data with external apps or cloud services, please check the terms and privacy policy of the destination service and manage the data at your own discretion. DualText Scanner helps you create book data that you can read, search, and use later. Organize your important books as your own searchable digital bookshelf.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: DualTextScanner at none against Save Any Link's shown. DualTextScanner also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.6). Save Any Link's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). 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
Both are free to download. Save Any Link sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and DualTextScanner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Save Any Link ships an update weekly, DualTextScanner every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Save Any Link | DualTextScanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | hitoshi yokomizo | AIビジョンテクノロジー株式会社 |
In-app purchases
Save Any Link
- Monthly Plan$0.991 Month
- Yearly Plan$9.991 Year
DualTextScanner
- DualText Scanner Pro$2.99
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