Comparison

Scan to Markdown vs DocNavy

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

Head to head
About

Scan to Markdown

Features
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Scan to Markdown turns paper documents into clean Markdown text on your iPhone or iPad. Use the document scanner to capture pages, then review the generated Markdown, copy it, share it, save it, or select only the lines you need. Historic scans are saved on device so you can reopen previous runs after relaunching the app. For AI workflows, the app includes an explicit Open AI App action. When you tap it, Scan to Markdown copies the generated Markdown to the clipboard and opens ChatGPT or Claude using the installed app or web fallback. The OCR text is not sent to an AI app unless you choose that action. Features: - Document scanning with page continuation - On-device OCR to Markdown - Copy, share, and export Markdown - Saved history of previous scans - Line-based text selection tools - Optional ChatGPT and Claude handoff

About

DocNavy

Features
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Turn PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and 10 more formats into clean Markdown โ€” entirely on your iPhone, iPad or Mac. Your documents never leave the device. No server, no account, no upload. WHAT IT CONVERTS โ€ข PDF, DOC, DOCX, RTF, ODT, EPUB โ€ข XLS, XLSX, XLSB, ODS, CSV โ€ข PPT, PPTX, ODP WHAT SURVIVES THE CONVERSION Tables, merged cells, footnotes, headings, bold and italic, nested lists, math formulas as LaTeX, embedded images written out next to the Markdown, and โ€” when you convert a whole folder โ€” the folder structure itself. SCANNED PAGES, HANDLED PROPERLY Pages with no text layer go through on-device OCR. The language is detected automatically, so a Japanese invoice and an English contract in the same batch both come out right. Nothing is sent anywhere to make that happen. HONEST ABOUT QUALITY Every conversion comes with a per-page report: how many pages were read directly, how many needed OCR, how many failed, and why. Most converters hand you a file and hope you do not check. DocNavy tells you what it actually managed to read. BUILT FOR MARKDOWN PEOPLE Made for Obsidian, Logseq, Bear and plain-text vaults. Preview the result, read the raw Markdown side by side, then save the .md file wherever you keep your notes. PRIVACY YOU CAN VERIFY DocNavy makes no network requests at all. You do not have to take our word for it: turn on Settings โ€บ Privacy & Security โ€บ App Privacy Report, use the app for a few days, and the domain list for DocNavy will stay empty. The App Store privacy label says Data Not Collected because that is literally what happens. FREE AND PRO The free tier is the whole app: all 14 formats, on-device OCR, whole-folder conversion, zip export and the full diagnostics report โ€” every page of every file, however long. One limit applies: 5 documents a day. Pro removes it and changes nothing else: no extra features, no watermark, no upsell. Take it monthly at $2.99 with a 3-day free trial, or pay $29.99 once and keep it. Either way it is a Universal Purchase, so buying on iPhone unlocks iPad and Mac too. Privacy Policy: https://docnavy.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://docnavy.com/terms

Screenshots

Scan to Markdown4 screens
DocNavy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Scan to Markdown at none against DocNavy's 2. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. DocNavy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Scan to Markdown asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Scan to Markdown versus DocNavy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScan to MarkdownDocNavy
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” better
Requires iOS18.017.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size2 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJIRI CHOMATThi Thanh Van Do

In-app purchases

None

Scan to Markdown

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

DocNavy

Subscriptions1
  • DocNavy Pro - Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
One-time1
  • DocNavy Pro - Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Scan to Markdown free?
Scan to Markdown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DocNavy free?
DocNavy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Scan to Markdown or DocNavy have ads?
Neither Scan to Markdown nor DocNavy shows ads.

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