Comparison

FlashScan vs Clapiscan

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

Head to head
About

FlashScan

This app transforms your phone into a powerful document scanner. It automatically detects edges, corrects perspective, and enhances images for clear, readable scans. Features include text extraction, PDF editing, and privacy redaction.

Highlights
  • Automatic edge detection and perspective correction
  • Image enhancement filters
  • Text recognition (OCR) for text extraction
  • PDF editing and annotation
  • Privacy redaction for sensitive information
  • Signature and watermark addition
Features
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FlashScan is a privacy-first document scanner and PDF tool. Point your camera at any document and it automatically detects the edges, crops, corrects perspective and enhances the image. KEY FEATURES • Smart Crop — find the page edges and correct perspective, even when the photo is tilted. • Remove Handwriting — clear handwritten marks while keeping printed content and layout. • Text Removal — erase unwanted text or marks while keeping the paper background. • Exam Enhancement — remove shadows and background tint for clearer exam papers. • Receipt Enhancement — make receipt and invoice text and tables easier to read. • Remove Screen Moiré — reduce moiré patterns and glare from photos of screens. • Background Cleanup — remove paper tint and shadows for a clean scan. • Contract Cleanup — flatten and clarify contract pages for archiving and sharing. • Smart Scanning — automatic edge detection and perspective correction, with flash and auto/manual capture. • Image Enhance — filters such as Bright, Clarity, Print, Color Print, Grayscale and Black & White, applied to one page or the whole document. • Privacy Redaction — automatically detects names, phone numbers and addresses and redacts them in one tap; supports manual region drawing and per-word redaction with multiple colors. • Text Recognition (OCR) — extract text from documents, then select, copy and share it, with multi-language support. • PDF Tool — import PDFs and edit a copy (your original is never modified): insert pages, batch delete, jump to pages, convert pages to images, add signatures and watermarks, then export as a new PDF. • Signatures & Stamps — sign on screen, or extract a signature or stamp from a photo and reuse it from your library. • Watermark — protect your scans with a custom watermark. • ID Card — a dedicated mode for scanning both sides of ID cards. • Defaults — choose the default filter for scans and imports, plus auto or manual capture. • Export & Share — export as PDF, images or a ZIP archive, plus system printing. Smart Crop, Remove Handwriting, Text Removal, Exam Enhancement, Receipt Enhancement, Remove Screen Moiré, Background Cleanup and Contract Cleanup use credits per page (4 credits per page). New users receive starter credits, and inviting a friend gives credits to both of you. Only the selected pages are uploaded for processing; the third-party provider does not retain the original images. Credits for a page are refunded if processing fails. PRIVACY Everyday scanning, filters, redaction and text recognition happen on your device. The per-page enhancements listed above send only the selected pages to a third-party technology provider for processing; the original images are not retained afterward. Your documents are stored locally by default.

About

Clapiscan

This app transforms paper documents into searchable PDFs, offering features like merging, compression, and password protection. It includes advanced text recognition and integrates with iCloud Drive for seamless syncing across devices. Enjoy unlimited scans and a secure, ad-free experience.

Highlights
  • Unlimited PDF scanning
  • Automatic edge detection
  • Text recognition (OCR)
  • PDF compression and password protection
  • Digital signing
  • iCloud Drive integration
  • QR and barcode scanning
Features
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Clapiscan turns paper into clean, searchable PDFs and takes care of everyday PDF chores like merging, compressing, password protection and signing. Everything runs on your iPhone or iPad. There is no account, no watermark and no ads. FREE, WITH NO SCAN LIMIT • Unlimited scans, pages and documents • Automatic edge detection and perspective correction • Filters: Auto, Grayscale, Black & White (evens out shadows), Whiteboard and Photo • Crop, rotate, reorder, add and delete pages, with undo • Text recognition (OCR) on every page, so your PDFs are searchable and the text can be selected in any PDF viewer • Full-text search across all your scans, with filters for type, date, folder and tag • Folders, tags, favorites and Spotlight search • Your library in iCloud Drive, in sync between your iPhone and iPad • Import from Photos and Files, or open PDFs from other apps in Clapiscan • Export as PDF with size presets, as JPEG, PNG or text; share, print or save to Photos • Fill in PDF forms • QR and barcode scanner that shows the full link before anything opens • Optional App Lock with Face ID • Shortcuts actions: Scan Document, Find Documents, Get Text from Document CLAPISCAN PRO • Merge documents, split them, or extract pages • Compress PDFs, or fit them under a size limit for email and uploads • Add or remove a PDF password • Sign with your finger or Apple Pencil, and add date stamps • Smart titles and short summaries with Apple Intelligence, on devices that support it • Export several documents as one ZIP file • Shortcuts actions to merge, compress and protect PDFs Every Pro tool works 3 times for free, so you can try it on your own documents. Clapiscan Pro is available as a one-time purchase or as a yearly subscription. There is no free trial that turns into a charge. YOUR FILES STAY YOURS Your documents are ordinary PDF files in iCloud Drive › Clapiscan (or only on your device, if you prefer), so you can open, move and back them up in the Files app like any other file. Scanning, text recognition and smart titles run on your device. Clapiscan has no account and no ads, and it never uploads your documents to us. Basic usage data, never your content, helps us improve the app; you can turn it off in Settings. Privacy Policy: https://clapilot.com/clapiscan/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

FlashScan4 screens
Clapiscan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Clapiscan at daily against FlashScan's every 3 days. FlashScan's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. FlashScan sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Clapiscan sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FlashScan ships an update every 3 days, Clapiscan daily. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
FlashScan versus Clapiscan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlashScanClapiscan
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer祖恒 廖Clapilot

In-app purchases

5 purchases

FlashScan

One-time5
  • 120 credits$1.99
  • 180 credits$2.99
  • 500 credits$4.99
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  • 1100 credits$9.99
  • 2000 credits$14.99
2 purchases

Clapiscan

Subscriptions1
  • Clapiscan Pro Yearly$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • Clapiscan Pro$14.99

Questions

Is FlashScan free?
FlashScan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Clapiscan free?
Clapiscan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FlashScan or Clapiscan have ads?
Neither FlashScan nor Clapiscan shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FlashScan or Clapiscan?
FlashScan ships an update every 3 days, and Clapiscan daily. Most recently, FlashScan was updated on November 12, 2026 and Clapiscan on November 10, 2026.

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