Comparison

Scan & Sign vs When

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

Head to head
About

Scan & Sign

Easily scan documents with your phone's camera, add your signature, and share them as PDFs. This app offers OCR, translation, and editing tools, all while keeping your data private on your device. Start signing immediately with no account required.

Highlights
  • Scan documents with camera
  • Add digital signatures
  • Extract text via OCR
  • Translate scanned text
  • Edit and reorder pages
  • Password protect PDFs
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Scan paper with your camera, sign it and send it back as a PDF. No account, no sign-up. Your documents stay on your device. Scanner, signature, text recognition and translation in one app. Scan & Sign is a document scanner and a signing tool in one. Point the camera at a page, or open a PDF or a photo, put your signature exactly where it belongs and share the finished file. SCAN WITH YOUR CAMERA - Auto-capture: hold the page steady and it is captured for you - Edges are found automatically — drag the corners to adjust them - Clean filters: Auto, Grayscale, B&W or Original - Scan page after page into one PDF, up to 100 pages - Give a single page its own filter EDIT PAGES - Reorder, rotate, crop or delete pages after a document is saved - Change a page’s filter, or add pages from the camera, Photos or Files SIGN YOUR WAY - Draw your signature with your finger, like a pen on paper - Type your name and pick a handwriting-style font - Photograph your signature on paper — the background is removed automatically - Keep signatures in your library and reuse them on every document - Photograph your company stamp or seal — the paper disappears, the ink colour stays - Rename, search and delete documents in your library - Signing keeps your original — the signed copy is saved next to it DATE, TEXT, INITIALS, CHECKMARKS - Add the date, text, your initials and checkmarks next to your signature - Drag anything into place and pinch to resize it - Put your initials or the date on every page in one tap EXTRACT TEXT - Turn a scan or a PDF into text you can copy or share - Text recognition runs on your device TRANSLATE - Translate the extracted text into another language - The language pack downloads once; after that, translation works offline SHARE FROM ANY APP - In Mail, Files, Safari or Photos, tap Share and choose “Sign with Scan & Sign” - The PDF or image opens in the app, ready to sign - Export a clean PDF and send it with Mail, Messages, AirDrop or any other app EXPORT YOUR WAY - Share the signed PDF with any app - Send a smaller file when you’re messaging - Print straight from the app - Save pages to Photos - Protect a PDF with a password - Export selected pages as a new PDF NO ACCOUNT - Start the moment you open the app — nothing to sign up for - Scanning, signing and text recognition happen on your device - Lock the app with Face ID - Scan or sign straight from Control Center and Shortcuts FREE AND PREMIUM Scanning, page editing and text extraction are free. Your first 3 signed documents are free. Premium unlocks unlimited signing, translation and password protection. Premium is $4.99 per week or $39.99 per year, both with a 3-day free trial. Prices may vary by region. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://scansign.web.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://scansign.web.app/terms

About

When

Features
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Never miss a birthday. Count down to what you're living for. Celebrate every milestone. When? keeps track of every important date — all in one place. BIRTHDAYS Add birthdays with a name and date. When? reminds you on the day — so you never forget the people who matter. Set up a gift reminder 7 days in advance and always show up prepared. COUNT DOWN Summer vacation in 47 days. Travel to Cancún in 49 days. School starts in 84 days. Whatever you're looking forward to, When? counts down so you don't have to. COUNT UP Quit smoking 1 year, 3 months and 12 days ago. Married for 5 years and 47 days. Every milestone deserves to be counted — and celebrated. DATE TOOLS What date is it in X days? How many days until a specific date? How many days — and working days — between two dates? Simple, powerful tools always at hand. PREMIUM — ONE-TIME PURCHASE Upgrade once. Keep it forever. No subscription. Ingen prenumeration, betala en gång och använd obegränsat. PRIVACY All your data stays on your device. Always. We see nothing. Available in English and Swedish

Screenshots

Scan & Sign4 screens
When4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: When at none against Scan & Sign's shown. When also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 10 days). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Scan & Sign sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per 7 days and When sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scan & Sign ships an update every 10 days, When every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Scan & Sign versus When: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScan & SignWhen
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniil KabachukNicklas Trank

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Scan & Sign

Subscriptions3
  • Sign Documents Pro$2.497 Days
  • Premium Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Premium Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year
1 purchases

When

One-time1
  • When? Premium$4.99

Questions

Is Scan & Sign free?
Scan & Sign is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is When free?
When is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Scan & Sign or When have ads?
Scan & Sign shows ads; When does not.
Which is updated more often, Scan & Sign or When?
Scan & Sign ships an update every 10 days, and When every 3 days. Most recently, Scan & Sign was updated on November 5, 2026 and When on November 5, 2026.

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