Comparison

Pagelight vs ScanOnce

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

Head to head
About

Pagelight

Features
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Pagelight turns any phone photo into a clean digital document — and lets you sign it. A precise scanner for printed papers, a faithful OCR for handwritten notes, a straightforward tool to sign and fill the PDFs you have to send back. Photograph a letter, a notarized deed, a school notebook or a family journal. Pagelight straightens the edges, corrects perspective and produces either a clean PDF or editable text you can review, correct and export. Got a contract to sign or a form to fill? Import the PDF, draw your signature once, place it where it belongs, done. Built for documents that matter: family memories to preserve, archives to digitize, contracts and forms to return signed. No bloated interface, no gimmicks, no ads. FEATURES • Multi-page scanner with automatic edge detection • Clean black & white or full color PDF output • Faithful OCR transcription, including cursive handwriting • Choose your engine: Cloud (fast, high accuracy) or on-device (free, offline, nothing leaves your iPhone) • Sign and fill any PDF: handwritten signature, initials, text, date, checkmarks and crosses • Save signature profiles and reuse them in one tap • Export as PDF, TXT or DOCX • History of your scans, transcriptions and signed documents, kept in the app (Premium) • Direct share, clipboard copy, gallery save WHO IT'S FOR • Anyone preserving handwritten family records • Anyone who signs and returns contracts, leases or admin forms from their phone • Privacy-conscious professionals: notaries, archivists, HR • Anyone who needs a reliable pocket scanner without tracking PRIVACY The on-device engine processes your image entirely on your iPhone — no data leaves it. In Cloud mode, images are sent encrypted and deleted after processing. No ads, no tracking. Pagelight runs on credits: scans and Cloud transcriptions use credits, signing and filling use none. Buy packs or subscribe to Pro/Premium for unlimited use — Premium also unlocks History. Terms of Use (EULA): https://bloomwise.studio/en/apps/pagelight/terms Privacy Policy: https://bloomwise.studio/en/apps/pagelight/privacy

About

ScanOnce

This app scans documents directly on your device without using the cloud or requiring an account. It offers automatic edge detection, page straightening, and text recognition for easy searching. Export scans as PDFs or JPEGs, and secure your documents with Face ID.

Highlights
  • Automatic edge detection and page straightening
  • On-device text recognition for search
  • Export as PDF or JPEG
  • Multi-page document capture
  • Document organization with folders
  • Face ID security
Features
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Scan a page, sign it and send a clean PDF. Your documents stay on your device, never on a server. No account. No ads. Point the camera and ScanOnce does the rest. Available in English, Spanish, French, German, Arabic, Russian, Hindi, Ukrainian, Korean, Portuguese, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Japanese and Indonesian. WHAT IT DOES Sharp, automatic captures Point the camera at a page. Edges are detected, the page is straightened, and multi-page documents are captured in one go. Search inside every scan Text is recognized directly on your device, so you can search for a word you remember and land on the right page. Read, titled and filed for you ScanOnce reads each document on the device, gives it a clear title and files it with others of the same kind. Export the way you need Share as PDF, export pages as JPEG, or send straight to a printer. Tidy it up Switch between colour, greyscale, black and white and photo filters. Reorder pages, rename documents and keep them in folders. Business cards to Contacts Scan a card and save the details straight to Contacts. Locked if you want it locked Turn on Face ID and your documents stay sealed behind it. PRO The free library holds 3 documents. Pro adds: Sign and fill Draw your signature with your finger, place it on any page and write in dates and details by hand. It all goes into the PDF. Unlimited documents Keep every scan, however many there are. Receipts to a spreadsheet Turn your receipts and invoices into a CSV spreadsheet for expenses. Clean exports Free exports from 4.2 carry a small “Scanned with ScanOnce” line at the foot of each page. Pro removes it. If you had ScanOnce before 4.2, your exports stay clean and nothing changes for you. PRIVACY, PLAINLY Your documents, their text and your PDFs never leave this device unless you share them yourself. There is no account, no advertising and no tracking. ScanOnce goes online for two things only: purchases, which Apple handles, and, on installs from 4.2, sending anonymous usage counts such as “a scan was saved”. Those counts carry no identifier and nothing from your pages. If you delete the app, your documents go with it. PLANS AND TERMS Pro comes as an auto-renewing monthly or yearly subscription, each with a 7-day free trial, or as a one-time payment. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. A subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://legal.unreel.ae/privacy/scanonce.html

Screenshots

Pagelight4 screens
ScanOnce4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Pagelight at 15.1 against ScanOnce's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Pagelight sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and ScanOnce 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

Pagelight ships an update weekly, ScanOnce every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Pagelight versus ScanOnce: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPagelightScanOnce
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBloomwise SASAndrii Zakharov

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Pagelight

Subscriptions2
  • Pro$5.991 Month
  • Premium$11.991 Month
One-time3
  • 50 credits$1.99
  • 200 credits$5.99
  • 1000 credits$19.99
3 purchases

ScanOnce

Subscriptions2
  • ScanOnce Pro Monthly14 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • ScanOnce Pro Yearly14 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • ScanOnce Pro$49.99

Questions

Is Pagelight free?
Pagelight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ScanOnce free?
ScanOnce is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pagelight or ScanOnce have ads?
Neither Pagelight nor ScanOnce shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pagelight or ScanOnce?
Pagelight ships an update weekly, and ScanOnce every 5 days. Most recently, Pagelight was updated on October 28, 2026 and ScanOnce on October 24, 2026.

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