Comparison

DataSentryX vs Ray Scan

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

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About

DataSentryX

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See who's tracking you. Block what you don't want. Your phone can communicate with trackers while you browse, shop, read, play games, and use everyday apps. DataSentryX helps you take back control. It monitors tracking activity on your iPhone and, with an upgraded plan, blocks unwanted trackers and ads across apps, games, and browsers. KNOW YOUR PRIVACY Privacy Health Score — See your overall privacy status at a glance. Privacy Risk Report — Understand what tracking activity was found. Tracker Details — See the companies, domains, and types of tracking activity behind the connections. Permission Manager — Review which apps have access to sensitive device permissions. BLOCK TRACKERS AND ADS Turn on Block Trackers and Ads to block trackers and unwanted tracking activity across your iPhone. DataSentryX is designed to block trackers—not break the websites and apps you use. Blocking runs on your device. No account is required to use the core privacy features. An account is required only for Pro and other upgraded plans, and when you use the app on additional devices. START FREE Start with privacy monitoring and see what tracking activity is happening on your device. Free Plan — Monitor See tracking activity and understand your privacy status. Blocking is not included. Upgraded Plans — Block Get system-wide tracker and ad blocking across apps, games, and browsers. Upgrade to Pro, Family, Business, or Lifetime when you want system-wide blocking and additional protection. Your phone is yours. Your data should be, too. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Pro, Family and Business are offered as monthly or yearly auto-renewable subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel a subscription in your App Store account settings. Lifetime Access is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://datasentryx.com/privacy Service Terms: https://datasentryx.com/terms Support: https://datasentryx.com/contact

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Ray Scan

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Ray Scan turns your iPhone into a fast, sharp document scanner. Scan, sign, edit, convert and translate your documents in one app, with a clean new design. SCAN THAT READS LIKE THE ORIGINAL - Edge detection and auto capture find the page and take the shot for you - Enhanced, Paper Crisp and Reduce Shadow make pages crisp and white while keeping faint print, punctuation and small marks - Scan types for documents, receipts, ID cards, passports, business cards, whiteboards, book pages and photos - Searchable PDFs: find any word across your library with on-device text recognition (OCR) SIGN, FILL AND EDIT - Fill & Sign: fill a PDF's own form fields, add your signature, checkmarks and crosses - Signatures you can draw, type or import from a photo - Redact: black out text and save a copy with no hidden text left - Add page numbers and watermarks, merge, split and compress - Lock a document with a password, and remove the password from a PDF you import CONVERT - Word, Excel, PowerPoint and text files to PDF - iPhone HEIC photos to JPG - Scan to Excel: turn a table on paper into an .xlsx or .csv you can edit AI THAT DOES THE BUSYWORK - Ask questions about a document and get answers drawn from its pages - Translate any page into 12 languages, on the image or as text - Automatic file names and folders, summaries, and receipt and invoice details read for you - Expense report: pick a date range, see totals by category, and export a PDF with your receipts ORGANIZE AND SHARE - Folders with their own colours and icons, tags and search - Save to Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, OneDrive, SharePoint, Notion or the Files app - Cloud sync across your devices with 5 GB of storage (Pro) - Each account sees only its own documents - Sign in with Apple, Google, a passkey or an emailed code MORE TOOLS - Count objects: point the camera at boxes, pipes or pills and get a count you can correct - QR codes: scan one, or make one from text or a link RAY SCAN PRO Free to download, with a monthly scan allowance. Ray Scan Pro unlocks unlimited scans and cloud sync, as a monthly or annual subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. The AI features above come with the monthly and annual plans. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://rayscan.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://rayscan.app/privacy

Screenshots

DataSentryX4 screens
Ray Scan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: DataSentryX at weekly against Ray Scan's fortnightly. Ray Scan's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. DataSentryX sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Ray Scan sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DataSentryX ships an update weekly, Ray Scan fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
DataSentryX versus Ray Scan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDataSentryXRay Scan
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDataSentryX LLCArth Labs Inc.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

DataSentryX

Subscriptions6
  • Pro Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Family Monthly$14.991 Month
  • Business Monthly$24.991 Month
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  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Family Yearly$119.991 Year
  • Business Yearly$199.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$149.99
3 purchases

Ray Scan

Subscriptions2
  • Ray Scan Pro - Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Ray Scan Pro - Annual$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Ray Scan Pro - Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is DataSentryX free?
DataSentryX is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ray Scan free?
Ray Scan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do DataSentryX or Ray Scan have ads?
Neither DataSentryX nor Ray Scan shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DataSentryX or Ray Scan?
DataSentryX ships an update weekly, and Ray Scan fortnightly. Most recently, DataSentryX was updated on October 24, 2026 and Ray Scan on October 24, 2026.

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