Comparison

Printer Pilot vs Book Scanner

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

Head to head
About

Printer Pilot

Features
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Printer Pilot is a printer app for wireless printers. Print from your iPhone to a Wi-Fi printer, scan paperwork to a clean PDF, edit and sign PDFs, send signature requests, and chat with any document. No sign-up, no login, no ads. PRINT FROM YOUR IPHONE • Finds the printers on your Wi-Fi, shows their status and ink levels, and prints directly with live progress • Choose pages, copies, color, two-sided printing, pages per sheet, paper size, quality and tray • Two-sided printing by hand on printers without a duplexer • Print several photos at once, or type or paste text and print it • Print history with Print again • Connects to a printer's own Wi-Fi Direct network when there is no Wi-Fi, or use the standard iOS print dialog SCAN TO PDF • Capture documents with automatic edge detection • Enhance gives white paper, true colour and crisp text; or choose Original, Grayscale or B & W • Text recognition runs on your device, including Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Hindi • Export as a searchable PDF, a .docx document or plain text OPEN FROM OTHER APPS • Open PDFs and photos in Printer Pilot from Files, Mail and other apps, then print or edit them EDIT AND SIGN PDF • Edit text, highlight, add shapes, images and form entries • Draw or type your signature and place it on any page • Send a document to someone else to sign with a link. They need no app and no account • Every signed copy gets a certificate page with a verification record • Add stamps for logos, seals and watermarks PDF TOOLS • Merge, split, compress to a target size, rearrange, rotate and delete pages, and turn photos into a PDF CHAT WITH PDF AND AI SUMMARY • Summaries in short, medium or detailed length • Ask a document what a clause actually says, with the page every answer came from • Pull the key fields out of invoices, receipts and contracts • AI features ask for your consent before their first use, and you can turn them off in Settings CONTRACT MAKER • NDA, service, freelance, lease, sales and general agreements from templates, with a signature block EXPLAIN A LETTER • Plain-language explanation, deadlines with reminders, and a warning when a letter looks like a scam WARRANTY TRACKER AND DOCUMENT VAULT • A vault for IDs, passports, insurance and warranties, with expiry reminders at 30 days, 7 days and the day • Receipt scanner for expenses, exported as CSV or PDF FOR STUDY • Flashcards and quizzes from notes, printed double-sided with an answer key • Clean a worksheet of pen and pencil answers so it can be reprinted PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No sign-up and no login • Scanning and text recognition happen on your device • Your documents are stored on your phone; cloud backup is optional • AI providers receive only the content being processed, never your name or email • No ads and no ad tracking FREE AND PREMIUM Printing, scanning, text recognition and search, your library and 50 AI credits a month are free, plus one premium action a day. Premium is an optional weekly, monthly or yearly subscription that adds 1,500 AI credits a month, document chat, PDF tools, e-signatures and signature requests, the contract maker and cloud backup. Free trial: 3 days on the weekly plan, 7 days on monthly and yearly, with 500 AI credits during the trial. One subscription works on up to 5 devices. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID account settings. Privacy: https://printerpilot.app/privacy Terms: https://printerpilot.app/terms Support: https://printerpilot.app/support

About

Book Scanner

Transform printed books into digital text with this app. It recognizes words on pages, organizes them into chapters, and allows for on-device reading with adjustable text and themes. Features include search, notes, and iCloud sync.

Highlights
  • On-device text recognition
  • Automatic header/footer removal
  • Adjustable reader themes and text size
  • Full book search functionality
  • Highlighting and note-taking
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • PDF export with highlights
Features
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Book Scanner turns the pages of a printed book into text you can read on your phone. Point the camera at a page: the words are recognized on the device and added to a book in your library. Pages flow together into chapters, so what you scanned reads like an e-book, not a stack of photos. SCAN THE WAY YOU READ • A guide frame shows what will be captured; text and image capture on the same screen • Recognition runs on the device; nothing is uploaded • Headers, footers and page numbers are removed; paragraphs that continue on the next page are joined • Choose the recognition language per book • Photograph the cover and the title is picked up from it • The screen stays on while you scan READ, DON'T SQUINT • Page-turn reader with adjustable text size, serif or sans-serif type, line spacing, and light, sepia and dark themes • Search the whole book: every match with its chapter and context, marked on the page • Text follows your Dynamic Type setting • Two-page spread on iPad • Your place in every book is remembered KEEP EVERYTHING TOGETHER • Library with list and grid views, search by title and author, sort by recently added or recently read • Reading progress on every book • iCloud sync between your iPhone and iPad (optional) • Highlight sentences and add notes; find them again in the book's index • See any book as a PDF, highlights included BOOK SCANNER PRO Pro unlocks unlimited OCR with no page limit, Auto Scan that adds pages as you turn them, PDF export with your highlights, and editing of recognized text. Available as a yearly or monthly subscription or a one-time Lifetime purchase; one purchase covers iPhone and iPad. PRIVACY Your scans stay on your device and, if you turn on sync, in your own iCloud. Book Scanner has no accounts, no ads and no tracking. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple Account; manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://layerz.app/bookscanner/privacy

Screenshots

Printer Pilot4 screens
Book Scanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Book Scanner at every 3 days against Printer Pilot's every 8 days. Printer Pilot's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. Printer Pilot sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Book Scanner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Printer Pilot ships an update every 8 days, Book Scanner every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 6 level
Printer Pilot versus Book Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrinter PilotBook Scanner
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size102 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSohaib AliLayerz Corp.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Printer Pilot

Subscriptions3
  • Printer Pilot Weekly Premium3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Printer Pilot Premium7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Printer Pilot Yearly Premium7 Days trial$55.991 Year
3 purchases

Book Scanner

Subscriptions2
  • Book Scanner Pro (Monthly)$3.991 Month
  • Book Scanner Pro (Yearly)$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Book Scanner Pro (Lifetime)$39.99

Questions

Is Printer Pilot free?
Printer Pilot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Book Scanner free?
Book Scanner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Printer Pilot or Book Scanner have ads?
Neither Printer Pilot nor Book Scanner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Printer Pilot or Book Scanner?
Printer Pilot ships an update every 8 days, and Book Scanner every 3 days. Most recently, Printer Pilot was updated on November 5, 2026 and Book Scanner on November 2, 2026.

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