Comparison

Pagefold vs WaraqScan

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

Head to head
About

Pagefold

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Pagefold turns paper into clean, shareable PDFs—fast and private on your iPhone. Scan with the camera or import from Photos. Adjust edges, enhance readability, build multi-page documents, and share a PDF in seconds. Your scans stay on your device—no account required. SCAN DOCUMENTS TO PDF • Document camera scan • Photo import • Edge detect & crop adjust • Color, black & white, and enhance filters • Multi-page PDFs with reorder • Folders to keep scans organized • Share via Mail, Files, Messages, and more BUILT FOR REAL PAPERWORK Receipts, invoices, homework, notes, and contracts—digitize what you need without uploading your documents to a cloud service. OCR (PAGEFOLD PRO) Make PDFs searchable with on-device text recognition. Processing runs on your iPhone—document images are not uploaded to Kick-Start.ai servers. FREE TO START • Limited free document scans • Full scan, adjust, enhance, and share • PDF exports include a small “Scanned with Pagefold” footer we add on export PAGEFOLD PRO • Unlimited document scans • PDF exports without the Pagefold footer • On-device OCR for searchable PDFs Pagefold is a document scanner—not a tool to remove or alter watermarks on files from other apps or publishers. Pro simply skips the footer Pagefold adds to free exports. Subscriptions are charged to your Apple ID and renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://kick-start.ai/pagefold-scanner/pagefold-scanner-privacy-policy/ Support: https://kick-start.ai/pagefold-scanner/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

WaraqScan

Features
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Turn paper into organized files with WaraqScan, a document scanner and PDF workspace for iPhone and iPad. SCAN AND SAVE • Automatic capture on supported devices, document edge detection and perspective correction. • Scan documents and passports from 1 to 30 pages, or capture both sides of an ID card. • Import photos, crop, rotate, enhance and reorder pages before saving a PDF. LOCAL FILE TOOLS • Convert images to PDF and export PDF pages as images. • Convert Word, Excel and PowerPoint files to PDF. • Convert PDF to Word using extractable text or preserve pages as images. • Merge, split, compress and password-protect PDFs. • Add signatures, annotations, watermarks and page numbers. • Organize folders, search, favorites, trash and system sharing. • Recognize Latin-script text and scan QR codes. Document processing and file conversions run on your device without a hosted conversion service. Formatting fidelity varies by source file; conversion tools explain their limitations before use. Enjoy Arabic and English interfaces, dark mode, customizable colors and text size, and responsive iPhone and iPad layouts. No account is required: continue as a guest or enter an optional name stored locally. WaraqScan is free and contains ads: a home banner and an interstitial that may appear after two successful saves. Unavailable ads never prevent saving documents. See the privacy policy for advertising SDK data. Optional problem reports can be sent from Settings without attaching your documents. Developed by MUSTAFA AL ABBAS mustafaalabbas.dev Support: support@mustafaalabbas.dev

Screenshots

Pagefold4 screens
WaraqScan3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WaraqScan at none against Pagefold's 2. WaraqScan also leads on iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). Pagefold's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price and device support 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. Pagefold sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. WaraqScan asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Pagefold versus WaraqScan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPagefoldWaraqScan
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB116 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKick-Start AImustafa alabbas

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Pagefold

Subscriptions2
  • Pagefold Pro Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Pagefold Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
None

WaraqScan

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pagefold free?
Pagefold is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WaraqScan free?
WaraqScan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pagefold or WaraqScan have ads?
WaraqScan shows ads; Pagefold does not.

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