Comparison

Scanling vs Nescanner Document Scanner

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

Head to head
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
Features
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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.

About

Nescanner Document Scanner

Features
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Nescanner turns your iPhone or iPad camera into a document scanner that respects your paper and your privacy. WHAT IT DOES • Finds the page edges and straightens the shot into a flat, rectangular scan. • Evens out lighting: shadows from your hand or the phone disappear, paper becomes uniformly white. • Keeps text crisp and photos natural. Pictures, colour text and highlights on the page are preserved, not bleached. • Flattens book pages that curve towards the spine, with straight lines of text. Letters are never redrawn. • Removes camera noise without smearing fine strokes. • Detects text direction and rotates the page the right way up. • Recognises the text on the device and adds it to the PDF, so you can search and copy it. BEFORE THE SHOT • Hints tell you to level the phone or step back when the page does not fit, so the scan is sharp from edge to edge. • Captures in RAW. On iPhone models with Apple ProRAW it uses ProRAW; in dim light other models take several frames at once to remove grain. Devices without RAW use the processed photo. BATCH MODE • Hold the phone over a book and turn the pages. Each page is taken by itself as soon as it is still, and never twice. IMPORT • Already have a photo of a page? Import pictures from Photos or image files from Files, and each becomes a clean scan. SIRI AND SHORTCUTS • Say "Scan with Nescanner", press the Action button, or tap the Scan control in Control Center to go straight to the camera. "Import photos into Nescanner" opens the photo picker. TWO MODES • Document: white paper, crisp text, for printed pages, receipts and contracts. • Picture: straightens the page but keeps the original colours, for book covers, artwork and magazines. iPad • A layout made for the larger screen: camera controls at the side in landscape, pages and corners side by side. EXPORT • One tap builds a single PDF of all pages. Choose Low, Medium or High quality. • Export a single page as JPEG or PDF from the corners screen. • Send through the share sheet: Save to Files, AirDrop, Mail or any other app. PRIVACY BY DESIGN • No account, no sign-in. • No servers of ours: your scans never leave your device. • No analytics, no tracking, no ads. Available in 33 languages. FREE AND PRO Every feature is free at the same quality for everyone. Without a subscription you can export up to 30 pages a day. Nescanner Pro removes the daily limit and changes nothing else: US$1.99 a month or US$14.99 a year, with Family Sharing. The subscription renews automatically unless you turn it off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://nescanner.org/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://nescanner.org/privacy/

Screenshots

Scanling3 screens
Nescanner Document Scanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Nescanner Document Scanner at none against Scanling's 1. Scanling's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Nescanner Document Scanner asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 6 level
Scanling versus Nescanner Document Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScanlingNescanner Document Scanner
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequency—Daily
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEnoxysGlobal Tech Distribution s.r.o.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Scanling

One-time1
  • Tip - coffee$2.99
None

Nescanner Document Scanner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scanling free?
Scanling is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nescanner Document Scanner free?
Nescanner Document Scanner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Scanling or Nescanner Document Scanner have ads?
Neither Scanling nor Nescanner Document Scanner shows ads.

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