Comparison

ScanMate vs Papershot Scanner

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

Head to head
About

ScanMate

Features
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ScanMate turns your iPhone into a fast, private document scanner — without the ads, watermarks, and subscription traps you're tired of. FREE, AND STAYING FREE • Unlimited scans — no daily limits • No watermark on any export • No ads, anywhere • Automatic edge detection, manual crop with a magnifier • Multi-page and batch scanning • Enhancement filters: Auto, Grayscale, B&W, Color • Sign pages, reuse saved signatures, drop in a date stamp • Expiry reminders for passports, IDs, insurance, and contracts • Export to PDF, JPG, or PNG; share or save to Files • Folders, tags, search, favorites, and Trash • Face ID app lock • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Control Center button, Siri and Shortcuts • Find any scan straight from Spotlight SCANMATE PRO • Offline OCR in more than 15 languages • Search inside your documents • AI naming and document classification • Receipt, invoice, and business-card extraction — save cards to Contacts • Receipt ledger with monthly totals and CSV export • Smart cleanup and background removal • PDF tools: merge, split, reorder, compress • Export to Google Drive, Dropbox, and OneDrive • Unlimited private folders PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything runs on your iPhone. Scans and text recognition never touch our servers. Documents sync through your own iCloud account — we never see them. Locked documents and private folders never appear in widgets or Spotlight. HONEST PRICING A genuinely useful free tier that stays free. One fair yearly plan, or buy Pro once with Lifetime. No fake countdowns, no surprise trial charges, no dark patterns. Cancel anytime in Settings. Built for students, small businesses, freelancers, accountants, lawyers, real estate agents, teachers, and parents. Scan a receipt, a contract, a whiteboard, or a stack of notes — and get a clean, professional PDF in seconds. — Questions? support@scanmate.app — a real person answers. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://jigsawlab.com/scanmate/privacy.html

About

Papershot Scanner

Features
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Papershot is the document scanner that gets out of your way. Open the app and it's already scanning: point at any paper — invoice, receipt, contract, whiteboard, ID — and Papershot detects the edges in real time, waits for a steady frame, and captures automatically. Prefer full control? Switch to Manual mode and shoot with the shutter. WHY PAPERSHOT • No account. No cloud. No watermark. No subscription. • 100% on-device: your documents never leave your iPhone. • Instant camera-first design — zero taps between opening the app and scanning. SCAN • Real-time edge detection with a glowing frame • Auto-capture when the shot is steady (or Manual mode, your choice) • Multi-page batching: keep shooting, pages stack up • Import existing photos from your library PERFECT • Automatic perspective correction — skewed shots become flat scans • Manual corner adjustment with a magnifier loupe • Four looks: Original, Enhanced, Grayscale, and crisp black & white • Rotate, reorder, and delete pages ORGANIZE & FIND • Local library with instant full-text search • On-device OCR reads your documents' text in the language you scanned • Rename and manage scans easily LANGUAGES • Interface in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish • Text recognition follows your device's language preferences SHARE • Export multi-page searchable PDFs — text you can select, copy, and search in any PDF reader • Export pages as images • Share anywhere: AirDrop, Mail, Files, Messages, social apps • Save to Files or Photos Your paperwork, one shot away.

Screenshots

ScanMate4 screens
Papershot Scanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Papershot Scanner at none against ScanMate's 3. ScanMate's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. ScanMate sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Papershot Scanner asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ScanMate ships an update every 2 weeks, Papershot Scanner monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
ScanMate versus Papershot Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScanMatePapershot Scanner
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiCometAymane BAMHAMED

In-app purchases

3 purchases

ScanMate

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Scan Mate Membership$4.991 Month
  • Yearly Scan Mate Membership$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Membership Scan Mate$59.99
None

Papershot Scanner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ScanMate free?
ScanMate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Papershot Scanner free?
Papershot Scanner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ScanMate or Papershot Scanner have ads?
Neither ScanMate nor Papershot Scanner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ScanMate or Papershot Scanner?
ScanMate ships an update every 2 weeks, and Papershot Scanner monthly. Most recently, ScanMate was updated on October 11, 2026 and Papershot Scanner on October 6, 2026.

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