Comparison

DocScanner vs Recto Notes

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

Head to head
About

DocScanner

Features
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DocScanner is the all-in-one document scanner that works completely offline. No account needed. No subscription. Just scan, sign, and share. SCAN DOCUMENTS Turn your camera into a portable scanner. Auto edge detection captures documents perfectly every time. Save as PDF instantly. SIGN DOCUMENTS Draw or type your signature, then place it anywhere on your PDF. Sign contracts, forms, and agreements right from your phone. No printer needed. OCR TEXT EXTRACTION Extract text from any scanned document using on-device recognition. Copy text, share it, or save it β€” all processed locally on your device. COMBINE & SPLIT PDFs Merge multiple documents into one PDF. Split a long document into smaller files. Reorder pages with drag and drop. CONVERT & SHARE Export PDF pages as images (JPG/PNG). Bundle multiple documents into a ZIP file. Email documents directly from the app. PRIVACY FIRST Everything happens on your device. No cloud uploads. No account required. No data collection. Your documents stay yours. ONE-TIME PURCHASE No subscription. Pay once, unlock everything forever. Free users get 5 scans per day with basic sharing. PRO FEATURES - Unlimited scanning - OCR text extraction - PDF signing - Combine & split PDFs - ZIP export - Password-protected PDFs - No ads Terms of Use: https://www.cong-le.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://www.cong-le.com/privacy.html

About

Recto Notes

Features
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For years I kept separate apps: one for writing, one for reminders and to-do's. They never talked to each other. The idea lived in the notes app, the deadline in the to-do app, and I lived somewhere in between. So I built Recto. All on the same page. You just write a note and if you give a task a date with '@', that task automatically becomes part of your neatly organised Task Center. You work inside a note, focused on a single project. As ideas turn into things that need doing, you capture them right there and give them a date, without breaking your train of thought. The plan grows out of the writing instead of living apart from it. Recto - Inline tasks with dates, captured without leaving the note - Task Center: overdue, today, tomorrow, this week, next week - Native iOS, fast and quiet Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internetservices/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

DocScanner4 screens
Recto Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Recto Notes at 3 against DocScanner's 1. DocScanner's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 27.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
DocScanner versus Recto Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDocScannerRecto Notes
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Every 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Mac, Apple Watch β€” better
Requires iOS18.0 β€” better27.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size2 MB5 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperCong LeThijs Kremers

In-app purchases

None

DocScanner

No in-app purchases

None

Recto Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DocScanner free?
DocScanner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Recto Notes free?
Recto Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DocScanner or Recto Notes have ads?
Neither DocScanner nor Recto Notes shows ads.

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