Comparison

KeyCmd 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
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KeyCmd

Features
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KeyCmd turns your device into a versatile wireless keyboard, touchpad, gamepad, macro pad and remote control. When paired with Openterface KeyMod, you can control PCs, servers, Raspberry Pi, embedded systems and other USB devices directly from your device. Use your device as a wireless keyboard for typing and sending special keys. Use the touchscreen as a touchpad for moving the pointer, clicking and scrolling. Create custom controls and macros for frequently used actions. KeyCmd also supports terminal control, making it useful for developers, system administrators and makers who need to interact with computers and embedded systems remotely. KeyCmd and KeyMod are designed for makers, developers, IT professionals, system administrators and hardware enthusiasts. No special software or drivers are required on the target device. KeyMod works as a standard USB HID keyboard and mouse.

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Image to Text

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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

KeyCmd4 screens
Image to Text4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: KeyCmd at none against Image to Text's 2. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Image to Text sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. KeyCmd asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
KeyCmd versus Image to Text: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKeyCmdImage to Text
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad β€” better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size30 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGuangzhou Billio Technology Co., Ltd.ZEC Inc.

In-app purchases

None

KeyCmd

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Image to Text

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

Questions

Is KeyCmd free?
KeyCmd is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Image to Text free?
Image to Text is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do KeyCmd or Image to Text have ads?
Neither KeyCmd nor Image to Text shows ads.

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