Comparison

ScanDoc vs Ritrovo

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

Head to head
About

ScanDoc

Features
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ScanDoc turns your iPhone into a fast, private document scanner that creates clean, professional PDFs in seconds. Scan documents to PDF offline, with no uploads, no account and absolutely no watermark on your files. Every page is processed entirely on your device, so your private papers never leave your phone. Whether you need to scan a contract, a receipt, a tax form, a school handout, an ID card or an old paper photo, ScanDoc detects the page edges automatically, straightens the perspective and produces a crisp, sharp scan you can share anywhere. Stop emailing blurry photos of documents and keep every page sharp, straight and easy to read. ScanDoc is a free document scanner with OCR that is simple, powerful and built to respect your privacy. SMART SCANNING & EDGE DETECTION - Automatic edge detection finds the document and crops it for you in real time - Perspective correction straightens angled or skewed photos into a flat, even page - Capture many pages in a row and combine them into one organized multi-page PDF - Manual crop, rotate and re-capture tools give you full control over every scan PROFESSIONAL SCAN FILTERS - Crisp black & white mode makes text documents look clean and print-ready - Grayscale mode creates light, ink-friendly copies that are perfect for archiving - Color enhance brings out detail in photos, receipts, drawings and graphics - Fine-tune brightness and contrast to rescue faded, dark or low-light originals ON-DEVICE OCR TEXT RECOGNITION - Recognize printed text inside your scans with fast on-device OCR - Search for any word across all of your scanned documents in an instant - Copy and extract text from a scan to paste into notes, messages or email - Everything runs offline, with no cloud processing and no data leaving your phone ORGANIZE, SIGN & MANAGE - Reorder, add, insert or delete pages inside any document with a single tap - Sort scans into folders and label them with tags for fast, easy retrieval - Add a handwritten signature to sign agreements and forms right on the spot - Rename, duplicate and share any PDF straight to email, chat or your cloud drive PRIVATE & OFFLINE BY DESIGN - 100% on-device scanning: nothing is ever uploaded to a remote server - No account and no sign-up: every feature is available from the first launch - No watermark, ever, on the PDFs you create, export and share - Lock sensitive documents behind Face ID or Touch ID biometric protection PERFECT FOR - Students scanning lecture notes, handouts and textbook pages into searchable PDFs - Freelancers and small business owners digitizing invoices, receipts and contracts - Travelers saving passports, tickets, bookings and reservations for offline access - Home offices archiving bills, warranties, tax forms and important paperwork - Real estate, legal and finance pros who need clean scans with a signature - Anyone who wants a free PDF scanner with no watermark and complete privacy YOUR DOCUMENTS STAY YOURS - ScanDoc is a private document scanner with OCR built entirely around your data - There are no hidden cloud uploads and no tracking of what you scan - Your scans live only on your device and in the backups you choose to make - Export clean, high-quality PDFs that are ready for email, print or signing Download ScanDoc today and turn every photo into a clean, searchable, professional PDF. It is the simple, private way to scan documents to PDF and keep them perfectly organized on your phone.

About

Ritrovo

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Your reading list should work for you - not feed someone else’s platform. Ritrovo is a private, local-first home for the web pages you want to keep. Save links in seconds, rediscover information with full-text search, listen to articles, and export clean Markdown for AI assistants, writing tools, or your personal knowledge base. SAVE WITHOUT BREAKING YOUR FLOW • Capture links directly from the Share Sheet • Add a URL manually and get a rich preview • Send new pages to your Inbox for later review • Organize everything with categories and tags • Archive links without losing them FIND THE PASSAGE YOU REMEMBER Ritrovo privately indexes the readable content of saved webpages, text files, and PDFs. Search across titles, domains, URLs, categories, tags, and page text. Results show the passages that matched your query. Tap a passage to open the reader at exactly the right place. Search happens on your device—Ritrovo does not send your library to a server. MARKDOWN, READY FOR AI Export any indexed page as a clean Markdown file containing its readable text and structured source information, including: • Original URL and domain • Saved and indexed dates • Category and tags • YAML front matter Use the result with the AI assistant, notes app, editor, or knowledge-management system of your choice. Ritrovo prepares the file; you decide where it goes. READ OR LISTEN Open pages in a distraction-free reader or switch to the original website when needed. You can also listen using voices installed on your device. Playback continues from the Lock Screen, Control Center, headphones, AirPlay, and CarPlay. Build an Up Next queue, change the speed, follow spoken-word highlighting, or fall asleep with the sleep timer. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No Ritrovo account or separate login • No Ritrovo backend • Your library syncs through your private iCloud database • Search indexing stays on your device • Speech is generated on-device—audio is never uploaded or stored • Works offline • Export and import complete JSON backups of your library Save now. Find it again—with your library under your control.

Screenshots

ScanDoc4 screens
Ritrovo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Ritrovo at none against ScanDoc's shown. ScanDoc's advantage is iOS requirement (15.5 vs 26.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
ScanDoc versus Ritrovo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScanDocRitrovo
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.5 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFerran EspunaPAKUMI SP. Z O.O.

In-app purchases

None

ScanDoc

No in-app purchases

None

Ritrovo

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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