Comparison

FreeScanner vs Scan Cam PDF

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

Head to head
About

FreeScanner

Transform paper documents into searchable PDFs with advanced scanning, editing, and OCR capabilities. Organize, merge, compress, and secure your files locally, with optional cloud services for enhanced accessibility.

Highlights
  • Scan documents to PDF
  • Automatic edge detection
  • OCR text search
  • Merge and compress PDFs
  • Password-protected exports
  • Local-first processing
  • Optional cloud backup
Features
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Paper to PDF. Simply done. Turn receipts, notes, forms and everyday paperwork into PDFs. Scanning, editing, OCR search and local PDF tools are free forever. No account is needed to get started. SCAN TO PDF Capture multiple pages with automatic edge detection, or import photos and existing PDFs. Keep the pages together in one document. CROP. ROTATE. REFINE. Adjust the crop, rotate pages, apply filters and reorder your scan before exporting. FIND THE TEXT YOU NEED Search document names and recognized text. See matching pages and jump straight to the result. YOUR EVERYDAY PDF TOOLS Merge PDFs, turn images into a PDF, compress a file or export an AES-256 password-protected copy. These local tools are included for free. READY TO SHARE Keep documents in a grid or list, open a saved scan and export the finished PDF when you need it. LOCAL-FIRST, WITH OPTIONAL CLOUD SERVICES Scan, edit, search and export on your device, even without an internet connection. Optional FreeScanner Plus subscriptions add cloud backup, cross-device access and the FreeScanner Web workspace. Local scanning tools do not require a subscription. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled through the App Store. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple account settings. Privacy Policy: https://freescanner.secondwindltd.xyz/privacy Terms of Service: https://freescanner.secondwindltd.xyz/terms

About

Scan Cam PDF

Transform your phone into a powerful document scanner. Capture, enhance, and organize your papers with edge detection, shadow removal, and multiple page support. Export to PDF or JPEG, and share your scans securely offline.

Highlights
  • Edge detection and straightening
  • Shadow removal
  • Multi-page document creation
  • Folder organization
  • Searchable documents
  • PDF and JPEG export
  • Offline text recognition
Features
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Scan Cam turns your iPhone into a document scanner. You photograph a sheet of paper, the app finds its edges, straightens it and cleans up the text: what you get is a real scan, not a photo of a piece of paper. Your documents stay on your iPhone and in your own iCloud Drive — never on a server of ours. No account to create, no adverts, no analytics. The iCloud copy brings your invoices, your contracts and your identity papers back if you reinstall the app or change iPhones, and you can turn it off in the settings. Apart from that copy, a document leaves your phone only on the day you decide to share it yourself. SCANNING • Edges detected and the page straightened, even shot at an angle • Four looks: original photo, colour, greyscale, black and white • Strength adjustable with your finger, with a preview that follows • Shadows removed in one tap, for pages shot under a lamp or a hand • Several pages in one document, to reorder, rotate or remove • Import a photo or a PDF already on your phone: it becomes a document, just like a scan ORGANIZING • Folders and subfolders, like on a computer • A search that also finds what is filed deep inside a folder, and tells you where • Rename, move, duplicate, delete • A copy in your own iCloud Drive: your documents come back after a reinstall or on a new iPhone FINISHING AND SHARING • Export to PDF or JPEG • Add text on a page • Print straight from the app • Save to the Files app, or send through the iPhone's share sheet SCAN CAM PRO The free version is complete and never expires: scan, organize, filter, annotate, print and export to PDF as much as you like. Free PDFs carry a small "Scanned with Scan Cam" line at the foot of the page. The Pro subscription adds: • PDF with no line at the foot • Text recognition, which reads your pages and hands you the text to copy • Signature, drawn with your finger and placed where you want it • Watermark, across the page • Merging several documents into one • Pulling pages out into a new document • Export to Word (.docx) and Excel (.xlsx) Text recognition runs on the phone, with no internet: it reads the Latin alphabet, Japanese, Chinese and Korean. NINE LANGUAGES The app reads in French, English, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Japanese, Chinese and Korean. SUBSCRIPTION • Scan Cam Pro — one year, after a 7-day free trial • The price is the one shown by the App Store and in the app, in your own currency • Payment is charged to your Apple account when you confirm the purchase • The subscription renews automatically at the end of each year unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before that date • You can manage and cancel it at any time in your Apple account settings • Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ • Privacy Policy: https://scancam.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

FreeScanner4 screens
Scan Cam PDF4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Scan Cam PDF at weekly against FreeScanner's every 2 months. Scan Cam PDF also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. FreeScanner sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Scan Cam PDF sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $22.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Scan Cam PDF holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FreeScanner ships an update every 2 months, Scan Cam PDF weekly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
FreeScanner versus Scan Cam PDF: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFreeScannerScan Cam PDF
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings33
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB86 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSecond Wind LimitedPierre Trochet

Customer experience

FreeScanner

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Scan Cam PDF

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

FreeScanner

Subscriptions2
  • FreeScanner Plus Weekly$2.997 Days
  • FreeScanner Plus Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
1 purchases

Scan Cam PDF

Subscriptions1
  • Premium (1 year)7 Days trial$22.991 Year

Questions

Is FreeScanner free?
FreeScanner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scan Cam PDF free?
Scan Cam PDF is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, FreeScanner or Scan Cam PDF?
Scan Cam PDF is rated higher. FreeScanner averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Scan Cam PDF averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do FreeScanner or Scan Cam PDF have ads?
Neither FreeScanner nor Scan Cam PDF shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FreeScanner or Scan Cam PDF?
FreeScanner ships an update every 2 months, and Scan Cam PDF weekly. Most recently, FreeScanner was updated on October 31, 2026 and Scan Cam PDF on October 31, 2026.

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