Comparison

scanAll vs Scanling

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

Head to head
About

scanAll

Features
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Most scanner apps are where documents go to be forgotten. scanAll reads every page you scan — right on your iPhone — so you can find any document by what's written inside it. Search "687.50" and the invoice comes right up, with the amount highlighted on the page. And every feature is free. No paywall, no subscription, no in-app purchase, no forced watermark, no scan limit, no account. FIND ANYTHING • Full-text search across your library — by the words inside your scans, not just the filename • Results open on the matching page, highlighted • Ask "How much was the deposit?" — Find in Documents shows the line where each document says it, flags documents that disagree (best in Korean and English) • Select and copy any recognized text • Documents are named from their contents (with on-device AI on iOS 26 when Apple Intelligence is on) • Organize with folders and tags, and filter by them alongside search • Documents sorted by kind on your device — Receipts, IDs, Business Cards, Finance, Contracts • Find and open documents from Spotlight, Siri or Shortcuts CAPTURE • Camera scanning with automatic edge detection and perspective correction • Multi-page documents in a single scan, or import photos from your library • Bring in PDFs and images from Files or Mail ("Open in scanAll") — one document per file, every page searchable like a scan • Text recognition runs in the background — your scan appears instantly • Start scanning from Shortcuts, Siri ("Start a scan in scanAll"), or a Lock Screen and Control Center control (iOS 18 or later) EDIT • Automatic and manual crop, perspective correction and rotation • Five filters, previewed on your page: Original, Grayscale, Mono, Color, Screen • Delete, reorder, or re-capture individual pages • Redact — text under a blacked-out area is left out of search, copying and exports • Hide Numbers — blacks out sensitive digits of Korean ID, card, account, license and passport numbers • Add pen, highlighter, signatures, stamps and text boxes — signatures are saved on your device for reuse • Stamp & Signature Photos — keep only the ink of a stamp or signature on paper, as a transparent image • Correct recognized text — your fixes carry into search, copying, searchable PDF and text exports • Edit Text — replace a recognized line with new text in a matching size, weight and color RECEIPTS AND BUSINESS CARDS • Expenses (Korean won receipts only) — amount, date, merchant and business number from receipts, reviewed by date and exported to Excel (XLSX) • Save a scanned business card as a new contact with the name, title, company, phone and email filled in EXPORT • PDF — original size, A4 or US Letter • Searchable PDF — the embedded text layer stays searchable everywhere • JPEG and PNG, or save pages straight to Photos • Hangul (HWPX), Word (DOCX), Excel (XLSX) and plain text — text and tables carried over so you can edit them • Review tables before exporting; attach files to a new email in one tap, or save to Files (iCloud Drive, Google Drive and more) • Quality options for PDF and image exports; see the file size, and send a compact copy when mail attachments run large • Password-lock PDFs, add page numbers or a watermark, and put both sides of an ID card on one page at actual size ON-DEVICE & PRIVATE • Text recognition runs entirely on your iPhone, in your iPhone's languages • No account, no sign-in — documents stay on your device, not in a cloud • Back up the whole library to one file in Files, and restore it on a new iPhone • App Lock with Face ID, Touch ID or passcode — while it's on, documents stay out of Spotlight • Your documents and recognized text are never sent anywhere — files go out by email or to a drive only when you choose • The library screen shows ads — personalized only if you allow tracking, and no ads on the scan, edit or export screens • Works offline — only email, drive transfers and ads use the network Free. Private. And your scans are finally findable.

About

Scanling

Transform your iPhone into a powerful document scanner. Capture, enhance, and organize your files with automatic edge detection and on-device OCR. Enjoy unlimited features without subscriptions or watermarks.

Highlights
  • Automatic edge detection
  • On-device OCR
  • Multi-page document support
  • Export as JPEG or PDF
  • Folder organization
  • Face ID app lock
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Scanling turns your iPhone into an honest document scanner: point, scan, get a clean and searchable PDF. That's it. No paywall hiding the export button, no watermark on your files, no account to create, no subscription — ever. WHY SCANLING IS DIFFERENT Most scanner apps charge €5–8/month for features your iPhone already provides for free. Scanling gives you everything, unlimited, from the first launch. EVERYTHING INCLUDED, UNLIMITED • Scan with automatic edge detection and perspective correction • Import photos from your library • Manual 4-corner crop with magnifier, and rotation • Enhancement modes with live preview: color, grayscale, black & white • Multi-page documents: reorder, delete, add pages anytime • On-device OCR (English + French): your PDFs are searchable and their text can be copied • Smart name suggestions based on the document's content • Organize with folders, search, sort, grid or list view • Share, print, export as JPEG, or protect a PDF with a password • Lock the app with Face ID • Scan straight from Siri or Spotlight PRIVATE BY DESIGN Scanling makes no network connections. Your documents are stored on your device only, visible in the Files app, and OCR runs locally with Apple's Vision framework. No analytics, no tracker, no third-party SDK. The App Store privacy label says "Data Not Collected" because there is nothing to collect.

Screenshots

scanAll4 screens
Scanling3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: scanAll at none against Scanling's 1. Scanling's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, 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. Scanling sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. scanAll asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 6 level
scanAll versus Scanling: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterscanAllScanling
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyDaily—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJonghyun KimEnoxys

In-app purchases

None

scanAll

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Scanling

One-time1
  • Tip - coffee$2.99

Questions

Is scanAll free?
scanAll is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scanling free?
Scanling is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do scanAll or Scanling have ads?
scanAll shows ads; Scanling does not.

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