Comparison

DocAura vs Doc Scanner

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

Head to head
About

DocAura

Transform your iPhone into a private document scanner and PDF editor. Capture documents with automatic edge detection, apply filters, and create searchable PDFs. Edit files by merging, splitting, compressing, signing, watermarking, or unlocking them, all processed securely on your device.

Highlights
  • Private document scanning
  • Automatic edge detection
  • One-tap filter enhancement
  • Searchable PDF export
  • PDF merging and splitting
  • File compression and signing
  • On-device processing
Features
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DocAura turns your iPhone into a private document scanner, PDF studio, and photo printing kit. Everything happens on your device — no accounts, no cloud, no tracking, no ads. SCAN ANYTHING Point your camera at a page and DocAura finds the edges, straightens the perspective, and cleans it up. One-tap filters make faded print sharp and readable. Reorder or remove pages before you save, and choose A4, US Letter, or the photo's own size. READ THE TEXT IN YOUR SCANS On-device text recognition makes every scan searchable, so you can find a document later by what's written inside it. Open Extract Text on any PDF to pull the words out, copy them, or share them as a plain text file — useful for receipts, notes, forms, and letters. Text is recognized in English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and more. ID AND PASSPORT PAGES ON ONE SHEET Print the front and back of a driving licence, ID card, or passport page together on a single page, at their true physical size. Sizes follow the published measurements — an ID card comes out 85.6 × 54 mm, exactly like the original. PASSPORT AND ID PHOTOS Lay out a sheet of correctly sized photos to print and cut, with presets for US 2×2 in, UK and EU 35×45 mm, India 35×45 mm, Brazil 3×4 cm, and China 33×48 mm. Or produce a single photo file at exact pixel dimensions with a file size limit, for application forms that only accept an upload under a certain size. DocAura warns you if a photo is too low-resolution to print sharply. KEEP YOUR IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS IN ONE PLACE The Document Vault holds the papers you need and can't easily replace — driving licence, passport, school and degree certificates, rent agreement, insurance, tax and bank records. File each one by type, add an expiry date, and find any of them with one search. Documents expiring within 60 days are pinned to the top, so a licence never lapses because you forgot. Everything in the vault is encrypted with AES-256 and unlocked with Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode. The key is created on your iPhone and stays there: it is never synced to iCloud and never included in a backup, so nothing in the vault can be read on any other device — including by us. Because of that, the vault cannot move to a new iPhone. Use Export all before you switch phones. A FULL PDF TOOLKIT • Merge several PDFs into one • Split out pages or page ranges • Compress to shrink the file size, with an estimate before you commit • Fill and sign — type into a form, tick boxes, add the date, and sign • Protect a PDF with a password • Watermark across every page • Unlock a PDF when you already know its password YOUR FILES, YOUR DEVICE Saved documents live in the Files app, so you can move, back up, or share them however you like. Tap Share on a PDF or photo in Files, Mail, or any other app and choose DocAura to bring it straight into every tool. Documents DocAura creates carry a small footer. Files you merge, split, compress, sign, or watermark are never changed, and neither is a passport photo exported for an online form. COMPLETELY PRIVATE Your documents never leave your iPhone or iPad. There is no sign-in, no analytics, no advertising, and nothing is ever uploaded. DocAura makes exactly one network request: it asks the App Store whether a newer version exists, and it sends nothing about you or your files. Free, with no in-app purchases.

About

Doc Scanner

Features
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Turn your iPhone into a fast document scanner. Doc Scanner captures sharp, searchable PDFs in seconds: point the camera and automatic edge detection does the rest. SCAN ANY DOCUMENT • Document mode with automatic edge detection and perspective correction • Batch scanning: multi-page documents into a single PDF • ID card mode: front and back composed neatly on one page • Receipts, invoices, forms, letters, book pages and handwritten notes • Import existing PDFs and photos and work with them like scans SEARCHABLE, PROFESSIONAL PDFS • Every exported PDF carries an invisible OCR text layer: search, select and copy text on your computer • Choose the export quality and the page size (Original, A4 or Letter) • Protect sensitive PDFs with AES-256 password encryption • Print directly from the app EXTRACT AND CONVERT • Extract text from any photo or scan with fast on-device OCR that works offline • Convert scans to PDF, Word (DOCX), JPG, TXT or PowerPoint (PPTX) • Built-in QR code and barcode scanner: open links, copy and share instantly • Create QR codes for links, Wi-Fi, contacts and social profiles, plus EAN, UPC and Code 128 barcodes EDIT AND SIGN • Crop, rotate and fine-tune with five smart filters • Sign documents with your finger and save signatures for reuse • Highlight important passages before sharing STAY ORGANIZED • Folders, instant search and multi-select actions: merge, move and delete • Lock the app, and individual documents, behind Face ID • Find your documents from iOS Spotlight search • Share PDFs and photos from any app straight into Doc Scanner PRIVATE BY DESIGN Scanning and OCR run entirely on your device. Your documents stay yours. Privacy Policy: https://lu-scanner.web.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://lu-scanner.web.app/terms

Screenshots

DocAura4 screens
Doc Scanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DocAura at none against Doc Scanner's 3. DocAura also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Doc Scanner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. DocAura asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DocAura ships an update weekly, Doc Scanner every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
DocAura versus Doc Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDocAuraDoc Scanner
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB123 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBHASKER CHAURASIAYIGIT SAMET OLMEZ

In-app purchases

None

DocAura

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Doc Scanner

Subscriptions3
  • Premium Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Premium Monthly3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is DocAura free?
DocAura is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Doc Scanner free?
Doc Scanner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do DocAura or Doc Scanner have ads?
Neither DocAura nor Doc Scanner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DocAura or Doc Scanner?
DocAura ships an update weekly, and Doc Scanner every 2 months. Most recently, DocAura was updated on October 24, 2026 and Doc Scanner on October 24, 2026.

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