Comparison

Glean vs AI Document Manager

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

Head to head
About

Glean

Transform your iPhone into a rapid, private document scanner. Capture, enhance, and create searchable PDFs locally. Optionally sync with Google Drive for cloud backups, ensuring your documents remain secure and accessible.

Highlights
  • Multi-page scanning with auto edge detection
  • One-tap document cleanup
  • On-device OCR for searchable PDFs
  • Offline functionality
  • Optional Google Drive integration
  • Organize and manage scanned documents
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Glean turns your iPhone into a fast, private document scanner. Capture any document, clean it up, and get a crisp, searchable PDF — kept right on your device. Connect Google Drive only if you want a cloud copy. Glean has no servers of its own, so your documents stay yours. SCAN • Multi-page scanning with automatic edge detection and perspective correction • One-tap "Clean up" removes shadows and glare, whitens the page, and sharpens text • Crop, rotate, filters, and brightness / contrast / saturation controls SEARCHABLE PDFs • On-device text recognition (OCR) turns every scan into a searchable PDF • Find and copy the text inside your documents — no internet required YOUR STORAGE, YOUR CHOICE • Every scan is saved on your device, and is even accessible in the Files app • Optionally connect Google Drive to save PDFs into a folder you choose • Works fully offline — Google Drive is never required ORGANIZE • Combine several scans into one PDF, or split a multi-page scan into separate files • Rename, search, and manage everything in one place • Import existing PDFs from your Drive folder PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Scanning and text recognition happen on your device • No analytics, no tracking, and no servers that ever see your documents • Sign in with Apple or Google — and delete your account and data anytime Glean developed and designed by Zahid Hussain at TechFoundry · © 2026

About

AI Document Manager

Features
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Document Manager is a private, offline home for every important document you own — passports, IDs, certificates, contracts, medical records, and family papers. Everything is stored and encrypted on your device. No cloud, no account, no tracking. ONE SECURE LIBRARY • Save each document once, sorted into categories: IDs, Education, Professional, Personal, Family — or your own • Find anything in seconds with search across names, categories, tags and notes, plus on-device OCR of the text inside your files • Lock the whole app behind biometric unlock or a passcode — files are encrypted with AES-256 on-device SCAN & IMPORT • Scan paper documents with automatic edge detection and multi-page support • Import PDFs, photos or office documents from your gallery or file storage • Open PDFs and images straight into the app from other apps • Duplicate detection keeps your library clean POWERFUL PDF & IMAGE TOOLS • Merge, split, and extract pages; rotate and reorder • Crop with ID-photo presets (35×45 mm, 2×2 in) • Convert between PDF, JPEG, PNG, and WebP — • Black & white, grayscale, compress to a size target, and resize • Remove backgrounds, add watermarks, page numbers, and Bates numbering • Sign documents with a reusable signature you draw once — originals are never changed; every edit is a non-destructive working copy APPLICATION PROJECTS • Bundle documents toward a goal — a visa, a job, a university place, a home loan • Start from built-in checklists (Germany/Schengen visa, US visa, job application, university admission, home loan) or build your own • See at a glance what's ready, what's missing, and what needs a fix • Export a correctly named, right-sized bundle — one merged PDF or a zip — ready to upload NEVER MISS A RENEWAL • Add expiry dates to passports, licenses, and insurance • Get reminders 90, 30, and 7 days ahead as local notifications on your device PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Local-first: your documents never leave your device • No account, no sign-up, no cloud sync, no ads • Encrypted backup you control — export an encrypted archive whenever you want • Recently Deleted keeps items for 30 days so nothing is lost by accident WHY IT HELPS • Everything one application needs, in one place, so nothing is missing at the deadline • Search finds words printed inside your scans, not just file names • Works fully offline — on a plane, in a queue, anywhere • Nothing is uploaded, so there is no account to make and no data to leak • Passport photos, document scanning and PDF editing — everything in one private app. Free to use with a limited number of documents, projects and signatures; Premium unlocks unlimited documents, projects, signatures, export and format conversion. Subscription options include weekly and yearly plans plus a one-time Lifetime purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew, but you can cancel anytime in your App Store settings. The subscription will auto-renew unless canceled. You can manage or cancel it anytime in "Subscriptions" in the App Store. Terms & Conditions https://swiftsoft.io/t/ai-document-manager/terms-en.html Privacy Policy https://swiftsoft.io/t/ai-document-manager/privacy-en.html

Screenshots

Glean3 screens
AI Document Manager4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Glean at none against AI Document Manager's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. AI Document Manager sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Glean asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Glean versus AI Document Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGleanAI Document Manager
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.416.4
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB87 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTechFoundry, Inc.SwiftSoft

In-app purchases

None

Glean

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

AI Document Manager

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Premium$2.997 Days
  • Yearly Premium$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$19.99

Questions

Is Glean free?
Glean is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AI Document Manager free?
AI Document Manager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Glean or AI Document Manager have ads?
Neither Glean nor AI Document Manager shows ads.

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