Comparison

ScanMate vs NoviPDF

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

NoviPDF

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NoviPDF is a versatile PDF scanner and document manager for iPhone. Scan paper documents, edit pages, merge PDFs, sign documents, and turn images into clean PDF files. Automatic edge detection and on-device text recognition help you create clear, searchable documents. Get suggestions for file names from recognized text and edit them before saving. Features: • Scan documents with the iPhone camera • Automatic document and edge detection • On-device OCR for searchable PDFs • Editable file-name and keyword suggestions • Rotate, delete, and reorder PDF pages • Merge multiple PDF files • Sign PDFs directly • Convert images to PDF with flexible page layouts • Share documents as PDF, JPG, or PNG • Sync categories and settings with iCloud NoviPDF processes scans and text recognition locally on your device. Documents are saved in the app’s local library. You can optionally export them to a folder you choose, such as iCloud Drive, and enable automatic export to that folder. Free use and NoviPDF Pro: Five document saves are included free of charge in total. This allowance counts saved documents, not individual pages, and does not renew monthly. Further saves require NoviPDF Pro. Available purchase options, prices, and subscription periods are shown in the app before purchase. Privacy Policy: https://will-ict.de/NoviPDF/DataPrivacyNoviPDF.html Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

ScanMate4 screens
NoviPDF4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NoviPDF at none against ScanMate's 3. On price, update cadence, ads 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. ScanMate sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. NoviPDF asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
ScanMate versus NoviPDF: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScanMateNoviPDF
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiCometMatthias Will

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

NoviPDF

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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