Proselens vs PaperDrawer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Proselens
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House Style lets you define preferred terms and review every match in context. Apply a replacement deliberately, with the original draft retained in revision history before the edited document saves. HOW TO USE THE UPGRADE 1. Open House Style from the editor toolbar. Manage rules, add a literal term and an optional preferred replacement, and save the guide. 2. Review the current draft. Inspect each match and its context, then choose individual replacements. 3. Revisit revision history when needed. Export a guide as JSON or import one with confirmation; guide files do not include the draft. The editor, local prose analysis, document library, word echoes and revision tools remain available. Echo detection no longer depends on optional part-of-speech model availability. WHAT TO KNOW Up to 50 literal rules and a 200 KB draft for House Style. More than 499 matches blocks the whole review instead of presenting partial results. Matching can respect word boundaries and case; it does not understand meaning, verify facts or establish a legal style standard. Replacements require an unchanged draft and a successful document save. Existing revision-history limits apply. iPhone and iPad. No account required.
PaperDrawer
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PaperDrawer turns paper into a private, searchable archive on iPhone and iPad. One purchase. No subscription. No PaperDrawer account. Scan receipts, statements, forms, letters, and notes with Apple's native document camera. PaperDrawer recognizes the text on your device, creates useful document details, and makes every saved page easy to find again. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Document scanning, OCR, organization, and search happen on your device. PaperDrawer has no account, advertising, analytics, tracking, or developer-operated document server. Search stays inside PaperDrawer; the app does not submit library records to system search. Copies you keep in Files or iCloud Drive may be indexed by Apple according to your settings. SEARCH THE PAGE, NOT JUST THE TITLE Find documents using words that appear anywhere in the recognized text, as well as titles, categories, summaries, and keywords. KNOW WHERE EVERY COPY LIVES PaperDrawer clearly shows when a document is searchable and when its Files copy has been created. Each export includes the scanned page images, recognized text, and useful document information. BUILT FOR APPLE DEVICES PaperDrawer uses native Apple frameworks for document capture, on-device text recognition, storage, and optional private iCloud sync. No third-party runtime SDKs are included. Optional iCloud features are controlled by your Apple Account settings and handled by Apple. OCR results can contain mistakes, so compare important information with the original document.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PaperDrawer at Free against Proselens's $3.99. Proselens's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.5). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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PaperDrawer is free to download; Proselens costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Proselens | PaperDrawer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free โ better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | โ |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 โ better | 26.5 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Robert Corbin | Tim Moreton |
In-app purchases
Proselens
No in-app purchases
PaperDrawer
No in-app purchases









