Comparison

PureScan vs Melvil

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

Head to head
About

PureScan

This app is a privacy-focused document scanner that performs all operations locally on your device. It offers on-device OCR for full-text search and creates searchable PDFs without requiring an account or internet access.

Highlights
  • 100% On-Device Scanning
  • Instant Full-Text Search
  • Searchable PDF Export
  • Smart Capture & Perspective Crop
  • On-Device PDF Password Protection
  • Multi-Language OCR
Features
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PureScan —— Your truly private on-device document scanner, OCR text extractor, and digital file manager. Tired of expensive weekly subscriptions, intrusive pop-up ads, forced export watermarks, or worrying about confidential contracts and personal IDs uploaded to cloud servers? PureScan is crafted with a single mission: Absolute Privacy & Peak Efficiency. Every edge crop, OCR recognition, full-text index, and PDF encryption runs strictly on your iPhone via the Apple Neural Engine. No network connection, no cloud upload, and zero data tracking. 【Why Users Around the World Love PureScan】 • 100% On-Device Processing: Documents never leave your device. Works offline in airplane mode with zero mobile data consumption. • Instant Full-Text Search: Automatically indexes document content locally. Type any word to locate the exact page in milliseconds. • Professional Searchable PDF: Exports native PDFs with aligned invisible text layers for easy selection, copying, and desktop search. • Completely Clean & Honest: no subscriptions, zero ads, no export watermarks, and zero third-party analytics SDKs. 【Powerful Core Features】 1. Smart Document Camera: - Powered by Apple VisionKit for instant automatic edge detection and multi-page continuous capture. - Manual 8-point corner adjustment with a 2.5× precision magnifying loupe. 2. ID Card & Passport A4 Stitching: - Capture front and back sides of driver’s licenses, IDs, or passport cards with built-in visual guides. - Automatically arranges both sides onto a standard 1:1 scale A4 sheet for instant color or B&W printing. 3. Security Anti-Theft Watermarking: - Built-in presets such as "FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY" and "CONFIDENTIAL COPY". - Full-bleed diagonal tiling with customizable color (Gray, Red, Blue) and opacity to prevent identity theft. 4. Quick Screenshot & Photo OCR: - One-tap quick extract on the home screen automatically loads your latest screenshot. - Pre-warmed neural engine ensures zero lag, instant recognition, and one-tap text copying. 5. Page Management & Fast Sharing: - Grid thumbnail view, drag-and-drop page reordering, single-page deletion, rescanning, and rotation. - Share or save individual pages instantly without sending unnecessary pages. 6. Document Categories & Smart Search: - Organize files with customizable category capsules on the home screen. - Search across document titles and OCR text with highlighted context snippets. 7. Multi-Format High-Quality Export: - Searchable PDF (with embedded text layer and zero white-edge fit). - Password-protected PDF with standard AES encryption. - High-resolution multi-page long image (JPEG) or raw TXT text. 【Perfect For】 • Business & Office: Contracts, expense receipts, NDAs, invoices, whiteboard notes. • Students & Educators: Lecture slides, study notes, book digitization, research papers. • Personal Records: IDs, passports, insurance cards, tax documents, warranty certificates. 【Our Privacy Promise】 • PureScan does not request internet access permissions. • Camera access is used solely for document capture; Photo Library access is requested only when saving images. • What's on paper stays on your iPhone. —— For support or feedback, please reach out via "More → Feedback & Suggestions" inside the app.

About

Melvil

Features
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Melvil keeps your lists as plain markdown in iCloud Drive. Edit with a native UI — todos, bullets, nesting, and subtitles — then open the same files in Files or any markdown editor. Share a collection with others via iCloud. • Collections with icons and colors • Sort by progress, title, or subtitle • Nested items and optional subtitles • Share a collection via iCloud • No lock-in — your files stay yours

Screenshots

PureScan4 screens
Melvil4 screens

Verdict

The call

PureScan and Melvil are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
PureScan versus Melvil: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPureScanMelvil
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnwa LeoDaniel Marques

In-app purchases

None

PureScan

No in-app purchases

None

Melvil

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PureScan free?
PureScan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Melvil free?
Melvil is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PureScan or Melvil have ads?
Neither PureScan nor Melvil shows ads.

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