Comparison

MaxScan vs okLens

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

Head to head
About

MaxScan

Features
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MaxScan turns your iPhone into a fast, private document scanner. Point the camera at a page and it is detected, captured and perspective-corrected automatically — a multi-page document is ready to share as PDF in seconds. MaxScan is free to use: scan as much as you like, with no watermark and no page limit. SCAN ANYTHING • Automatic edge detection with perspective correction • Adjust Frame: fine-tune the crop with draggable corners at any time • Import photos — documents are detected and cropped automatically • Color, grayscale and crisp black & white modes • Add, reorder, rotate and delete pages whenever you like SMART, SEARCHABLE LIBRARY • Text recognition (OCR) on every page — search your documents by their content (Pro) • Smart naming: scans title themselves from the recognized text (Pro) • Automatic categories: receipts, invoices, ID cards, letters and notes (Pro) • Smart filing sorts new scans into matching folders for you (Pro) • Folders, merge, and a Recently Deleted bin with 30-day recovery BUILT FOR RECEIPTS & EXPENSES • Totals, currencies and dates are detected on receipts automatically (Pro) • Export any folder as an expense CSV for spreadsheets and reports (Pro) SIGN & ANNOTATE • Draw your signature or highlight text right on the page (Pro) • Markup stays editable — change filters or rotate without losing it (Pro) SHARE IT YOUR WAY • PDF or JPEG, in three quality sizes • Searchable PDFs — the recognized text travels with the file (Pro) • Password-locked PDFs for sensitive documents (Pro) • “Email to myself” with a single tap • Save to Photos, print via AirPrint, AirDrop, Files and iCloud Drive PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Face ID & passcode lock • No accounts, no ads, no analytics — your documents never leave your device unless you share them FREE AND MAXSCAN PRO • Free: unlimited scanning, edge detection, filters, multi-page documents, folders and PDF or JPEG export — no watermark, no page limit • MaxScan Pro unlocks everything marked (Pro): search inside your scans, receipt totals with CSV export, password-locked PDFs, and signatures • A one-time purchase, not a subscription — restore it any time on your other devices Scan it once, find it forever — with MaxScan.

About

okLens

Features
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okLens is a minimalist document scanner — photograph a paper document, get a clean, auto-cropped copy that stays on your device, and export it as an image or PDF whenever you need to. No account. No cloud. No subscription. WHY okLens Because Microsoft Lens has been discontinued. okLens is the local alternative: your scans live on your device only — never uploaded, never synced, no sign-up. WHAT IT DOES · Camera scanning — manual shutter, so it never fires before you're ready · Smart crop — finds the document edges automatically, drag the corners to fine-tune · Straighten — rotate a skewed shot back into place · Flash — turn on the light when the room is dim · Import from Photos — turn a photo someone sent you into a clean scan · Enhance — automatic contrast and sharpness boost · Export images — send several scans to Photos at once · Make a PDF — merge multiple pages into one file and share it PRIVACY okLens makes no network requests of its own. No servers, no accounts, no analytics, no third-party SDKs. Every scan is stored in the app's private storage. Delete a scan and it is gone from the device; delete the app and everything goes with it. Saving to Photos uses add-only permission — okLens cannot read, browse, or delete the photos you already have. Importing goes through Apple's system picker, so it only ever receives the images you pick. PRICING The free version is fully usable; exported images and PDFs carry one small watermark line. A single purchase removes it for good — a one-time purchase, not a subscription. Yours for life, future updates included. LANGUAGES English · 简体中文 · 日本語 · 한국어 · Español · Deutsch

Screenshots

MaxScan4 screens
okLens4 screens

Verdict

The call

MaxScan and okLens are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. MaxScan sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and okLens sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
MaxScan versus okLens: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMaxScanokLens
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSensonet海龙 李

In-app purchases

1 purchases

MaxScan

One-time1
  • MaxScan: Pro Features$1.99
1 purchases

okLens

One-time1
  • okLens Pro$4.99

Questions

Is MaxScan free?
MaxScan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is okLens free?
okLens is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MaxScan or okLens have ads?
Neither MaxScan nor okLens shows ads.

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