ImViz vs BatchOCR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
ImViz
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ImViz turns pictures of text into text you can actually use. Pick photos from your library, import PDFs or plain text files, and the app reads every page and hands you one clean result to copy or share. WHAT IT DOES โ Photos: select any number of images from your library โ PDFs: every page is read in order, text layer first โ Text files: imported as they are, no recognition needed โ Batch: a whole stack becomes a single result, in the order you picked โ Copy: one tap puts the full text on your clipboard โ Share: export the result as a text file to Files, Mail, Notes, or any app ON-DEVICE RECOGNITION Text recognition runs on your iPhone with Apple's Vision framework. Nothing is uploaded, no account is required, and the app works with airplane mode on. Your documents never leave the device. FREE AND PRO The first 3 documents are free. ImViz Pro removes the limit with a single one-time purchase. No subscription, no recurring charge. PRIVACY ImViz uses the system photo and file pickers, so it only ever receives the items you choose. No analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs. Requires iOS 18 or later.
BatchOCR
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Get the text from several photos together, ready to copy into a note or share. BatchOCR turns printed Japanese and English text into editable results on your iPhone. FROM PHOTOS TO ONE TEXT RESULT 1. Choose multiple photos in the order you want to read them. 2. Adjust the recognition area for each photo when needed. 3. Extract the text and review or edit each image's result. 4. View the combined text, copy it all, or share it with another app. Each photo's text stays in selection order in the combined result, with image-number headings to help you check it against the originals. Copy an individual result when you only need one part. Useful for gathering printed instructions, reference pages, or other text spread across several photos without copying each result separately. BEFORE YOU CLOSE Results are not saved automatically. Copy or share the text you want to keep before closing OCR Results, resetting, or quitting the app. The combined-text view is for reading and copying; make corrections in each image's result before combining. RECOGNITION AND PRIVACY Recognition runs on your iPhone. Selected images and recognized text are not uploaded to a developer-operated server. No account or login is required. If a selected photo is stored in iCloud, iOS may download it according to your Apple settings. Designed for clear printed Japanese and English text. Results depend on image quality, orientation, font, layout, and language. Check the recognized text before using it. ADS AND OPTIONAL PURCHASE BatchOCR is free to download. Users without the optional Remove Ads purchase may see a Google AdMob banner on the Home and OCR Results screens. Remove Ads is a one-time, non-consumable purchase; there is no subscription. Restore Purchases is available in Settings. Google Mobile Ads and its consent component may process advertising, device, diagnostic, and consent information as described in the privacy policy. Ads and purchase services may use a network connection. Privacy policy: https://reishabu.tokyo/batchocr-privacy-policy/ Support: https://reishabu.tokyo/batchocr-support/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: ImViz at none against BatchOCR's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. ImViz sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and BatchOCR sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ImViz ships an update fortnightly, BatchOCR every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ImViz | BatchOCR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly โ better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No โ better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad โ better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vladislav Kolupaev | Tomokazu Shinozaki |
In-app purchases
ImViz
- ImViz Pro$4.99
BatchOCR
- Remove Ads$1.99






