ScanMate vs PDF Scanner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ScanMate
Transform your device into a powerful document scanner. Capture, enhance, and organize your papers with advanced features like OCR and AI classification. Keep your documents private and accessible.
- Unlimited scans
- No watermark
- Automatic edge detection
- Multi-page scanning
- Offline OCR
- AI document classification
- Face ID app lock
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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
PDF Scanner
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The honest scanner. Scan, search, and sign your documents on your iPhone or iPad. Nothing ever leaves the device. Most scanner apps hide useful tools behind weekly subscriptions and upload pages to servers. PrivaScan keeps scanning, naming, search, and PDF export on-device, with a clear Pro upgrade for longer files and document workflows. SCAN IN SECONDS Open the app and the camera is already up. Point it at any page — edges are found, perspective is fixed, and multi-page documents batch automatically. Import photos and PDFs you already have, too. IT NAMES AND FILES ITSELF On-device intelligence reads each scan and names it like a person would — “Verizon Bill — Jul 2026” — so your library organizes itself. No typing, no “Scan 47”. FIND ANY WORD IN ANY DOCUMENT Every scan becomes searchable text, on your phone. Search “late fee” and jump straight to the line in the lease where it appears — indexed on-device in a blink. INCLUDED WITH THE APP • Unlimited scanning and saving • Auto edge detection, crop, filters, rotate and reorder • Automatic naming and filing • Folders, favorites and full-text search • Face ID / passcode lock • Unchanged PDF exports up to 10 pages, with no watermarks • Print and save to Files through the system share sheet — all offline PRIVASCAN PRO • Export PDFs of any length • Sign documents: draw your signature once, stamp it on any page • Merge documents into a single PDF • iCloud sync across your devices — coming in 1.1 No weekly subscriptions. No monthly subscriptions. Ever. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No servers. No analytics. No tracking SDKs. Our App Store privacy label reads “Data Not Collected” — because we can’t collect what never leaves your phone. Scanning, text recognition, naming and search all run on-device, and the whole app works in Airplane Mode. If weekly charges and cloud uploads have made scanner apps hard to trust, this one’s for you. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: PDF Scanner at every 2 days against ScanMate's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. ScanMate sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and PDF Scanner sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ScanMate ships an update every 3 weeks, PDF Scanner every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ScanMate | PDF Scanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iComet | Charnpreet Singh |
In-app purchases
ScanMate
- Monthly Scan Mate Membership$4.991 Month
- Yearly Scan Mate Membership$29.991 Year
- Lifetime Membership Scan Mate$59.99
PDF Scanner
- PrivaScan Pro Annual$9.991 Year
- PrivaScan Pro Lifetime$24.99









