Our Scanner vs Photo to PDF
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Our Scanner
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Our Scanner Our Scanner is a fast, private document scanner for iPhone and iPad. Capture high-quality scans, enhance them with smart filters, extract text with OCR, and export share-ready PDFs — without sending your documents to the cloud. Powerful scanning Scan pages with an intelligent camera experience, auto capture when aligned, and fine-tune corners for a perfect crop. Add more pages anytime from your camera, photo library, or files. Better-looking documents Improve scans with filters like Scanner, Auto, B&W, Color, and text-focused modes. Rotate, recrop, and review every page before saving. Text you can use Run OCR on scanned pages and copy the extracted text in seconds — ideal for notes, forms, and study materials. Stay organized Create a personal document archive with titles, tags, favorites, and search. Switch between list and grid views, and manage multi-page documents with ease. Annotate and share Mark up pages with pen, highlighter, eraser, signatures, and text. Export to PDF and share when you’re ready. Made for real users • Supports English, Turkish, Arabic, and Kurdish • Light and dark themes • Clean, focused interface • Built for everyday scanning workflows Privacy by design Scanned documents are stored locally on your device. OCR and AI tag suggestions are processed on-device. Your content stays yours. Turn paper into polished digital documents with Our Scanner.
Photo to PDF
Easily manage PDF files on your iPhone or iPad with tools for merging, splitting, compressing, and protecting documents. All operations are performed offline and privately, with no account required. Offers free functionality with optional Pro upgrades for higher limits.
- Convert images to PDF
- Merge multiple PDFs
- Split PDFs into ranges or single pages
- Organize, rotate, and delete pages
- Compress PDF file size
- Add password protection
- Unlock password-protected PDFs
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Everyday PDF work, finished on your iPhone or iPad. Once your files are on your device, work offline without uploading them or creating an account. Your original files stay unchanged. MAKE AND MANAGE PDFS • Scan to PDF — launch the document scanner from the app's home screen, or from inside Images to PDF. Edges are detected and straightened on your device. • Images to PDF — pick images from Files and Photos, or take new photos with the camera. Crop each image by hand, auto-trim its blank outer border, and place 1, 2, or 4 images per page on A4 or Letter. • Merge PDF — combine several PDFs into one and reorder them before saving. • Split PDF — export a page range, selected pages, or single pages as separate files. • Organize Pages — reorder, rotate, and delete pages, then save once when you are done. • Select Pages — pick pages from two or more PDFs and combine them into one new PDF. Reorder, rotate, or duplicate any page; your source files stay unchanged. • Compress PDF — try to reduce the size of image-heavy PDFs before emailing or sharing. • Protect PDF — add an open password. • Unlock PDF — enter the password once and save a copy that no longer needs it. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Once your files are available on this device, all tools work without an internet connection. File names, page thumbnails, document text, and passwords are never sent anywhere. There are no ads and no analytics SDKs. Long jobs show progress and can be cancelled. FREE AND PRO Every tool has a free path that finishes a real task. No tool is locked, and nothing is watermarked. Free includes up to 10 input images or scanned pages per PDF — the same count whether a page holds 1, 2, or 4 images — merging 3 files and 50 pages, splitting into 5 outputs at a time, organizing up to 50 pages, and creating a new PDF from up to 10 selected output pages. Pro offers higher limits. All Compress presets are free. Protect and Unlock are free without limits. Pro is a one-time purchase for your Apple Account, not a subscription. Buying or restoring Pro goes through the App Store and may require an internet connection. MADE FOR APPLE DEVICES • Files, Photos, and the camera are supported; only the items you select or scan are read. • On iPad, a two-column layout appears at regular widths. • Dynamic Type, VoiceOver labels on page thumbnails, Reduce Motion, and Dark Mode are included. • Every drag-to-reorder action also has a button or menu alternative. PDF Tools is a focused toolkit, not a full editor: it does not run OCR, edit text inside a PDF, or fill in forms.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Our Scanner at none against Photo to PDF's 1. Our Scanner also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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. Photo to PDF sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Our Scanner asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Our Scanner | Photo to PDF |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | sena izala | VeloTract |
In-app purchases
Our Scanner
No in-app purchases
Photo to PDF
- PDF Tools Pro$9.99
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