Comparison

BatchScan vs Image to Text

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

Head to head
About

BatchScan

Features
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BatchScan is a fast batch scanner for barcodes, QR codes, NFC tags, and manual entry. Create a batch, collect codes, review the list, and export a clean file in CSV, TXT, or Excel XLSX format. It is built for quick scan-to-spreadsheet jobs, not a heavy inventory management system. Use BatchScan for: - Inventory counts and stock checks - Warehouse, receiving, and packing lists - Equipment and asset tag checks - NFC NDEF text and URL tags on supported iPhone devices - Books, samples, event badges, tickets, and collections Key features: - Continuous camera scanning for common 1D and 2D codes - QR, EAN, UPC, Code 39, Code 93, Code 128, PDF417, Aztec, Data Matrix, ITF, and more - Dedicated NFC scanner for supported NDEF text and URL tags - Manual Add mode - Duplicate handling: allow, ignore, or count as quantity - Undo last scan - Edit values, quantities, notes, and code types - Copy all codes or copy as TSV - Export CSV, TXT, and real XLSX files - Share through Mail, Files, AirDrop, Numbers, Excel, Google Drive, and other apps - Local storage with no account and no server Free batches include up to 30 scans. BatchScan Pro is a one-time in-app purchase that unlocks unlimited scans per batch. Privacy-first: BatchScan stores data locally on your device. No account, no server sync, no analytics SDK, no ads, and no tracking.

About

Image to Text

Features
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Copy all the text from a screenshot or photo without dragging to select it. Read many images at once, keep tables as rows and columns in CSV, and join lines broken by a book or handout into one paragraph. Photo selection: up to 100 images with Pro, up to your remaining daily reads for free, and up to 20 through sharing. TEXT YOU CAN USE RIGHT AWAY - Turn screenshots and photos into text straight from the share sheet - Read many images at once, combined or one result per image - Tables stay as rows and columns for CSV. Join broken lines into one paragraph - Shaky lines are highlighted. On supported iPhones, on-device AI suggests fixes you review before applying - Scan Live: just point the camera DOCUMENTS AND PDFS - Hold your iPhone over a document for automatic capture, with skew correction, saved as a searchable PDF - Read PDFs: text PDFs are extracted as is, scanned PDFs are read page by page (up to 50 pages at a time) YOUR LIBRARY - Add titles and sort results into groups - Full-text search, ignoring differences in width, case and line breaks - Find results from iPhone Search (Off, Title, or Title and Text) - Export the whole Library as text, a searchable PDF or a ZIP Processed and saved on device - Images and text are processed and stored on your device, without sending them to external servers. - Lock with Face ID. No account, ads or tracking. Free and OCR Copy Pro: - Free: read text 5 times a day. One photo with text, one page captured with the document camera, one copy from Scan Live, or one shared image counts as one read. Pages beyond your remaining reads for the day are not read. Each page of a scanned PDF counts as one read. Text PDFs, copying, the Library and exports never count, and the count starts over at midnight - If you used OCR Copy before version 1.5, reading stays unlimited - OCR Copy Pro removes the daily limit in the app, the share sheet and Shortcuts, and lets you create unlimited groups (3 on the free plan). Yearly (with a 1-week free trial) or monthly The annual plan’s free trial is available only to eligible users. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. The subscription renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Please use other people’s books and writing only as copyright law allows where you live. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://zec-inc.jp/privacy

Screenshots

BatchScan4 screens
Image to Text4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Image to Text at every 2 days against BatchScan's weekly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. BatchScan sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Image to Text sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BatchScan ships an update weekly, Image to Text every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
BatchScan versus Image to Text: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBatchScanImage to Text
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size2 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarko OreskovicZEC Inc.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

BatchScan

One-time1
  • BatchScan Pro$2.99
2 purchases

Image to Text

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year

Questions

Is BatchScan free?
BatchScan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Image to Text free?
Image to Text is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BatchScan or Image to Text have ads?
Neither BatchScan nor Image to Text shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BatchScan or Image to Text?
BatchScan ships an update weekly, and Image to Text every 2 days. Most recently, BatchScan was updated on November 5, 2026 and Image to Text on November 13, 2026.

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