Comparison

ScanDoc vs Leaf

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

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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.

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Leaf

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Leaf is a document scanner and a PDF editor in one app. Scan, edit and send documents right on your phone — no subscription and no ads. EDIT A DOCUMENT LIKE PAPER • Fix a date, an amount or a name on a scan — the new letters are taken from the document itself, so the edit looks native • Move a line somewhere else or erase it • Add a stamp and a signature at their real size. Take a photo of a stamp or sign with your finger — the background is removed automatically • Add text, a date, a check mark, a cross, a highlighter, an arrow or a box • Pinch to zoom the page — small text is edited precisely PDF WITHOUT QUALITY LOSS • Open PDFs you receive: text stays text and remains searchable, the file does not turn into a picture • Fill in forms — fields, check boxes and lists • Send with the values filled in, or keep the fields fillable for the recipient • Password-protect the file, forbid printing and copying A FILE OF THE RIGHT SIZE Choose where you are sending it — a government portal, email, a bank, a visa application — or set your own limit. The app picks the quality by itself and shows the final size before saving. If the file does not fit, it tells you how to make it lighter. LIKE A REAL SCANNER • Automatic page edge detection and batch scanning • Two-sided documents: scan the fronts, flip the stack, scan the backs — the pages are put in order automatically • Hand shadows, yellowed paper and uneven light are removed • Colour, grey and black-and-white looks — you see the difference on your own document REAL REDACTION What you cover is destroyed, not hidden under a black box: in the file you send there is neither image nor text left under the redaction. The app finds card, passport and phone numbers by itself and offers to cover them with a single tap. ORDER IN YOUR DOCUMENTS • Search the text of all documents, PDFs included • Sort by date, name or page count; list, grid or compact view • Folders, merging and splitting documents, page order • The title is picked up from the page heading • Import from Photos and Files, share and print YOUR DOCUMENTS STAY WITH YOU Documents are stored only on your phone: no sign-up and no cloud. Text recognition runs right on the device. Face ID lock. Free, with no ads and no limit on the number of documents. 11 languages, light and dark themes.

Screenshots

ScanDoc4 screens
Leaf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Leaf at none against ScanDoc's shown. ScanDoc's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 26.0). On price and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
ScanDoc versus Leaf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScanDocLeaf
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.5 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFerran EspunaIvan Kotlyar

In-app purchases

None

ScanDoc

No in-app purchases

None

Leaf

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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