okLens vs Capy Scan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
okLens
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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
Capy Scan
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Scan paper into clean, searchable PDFs on iPhone and iPad. Text recognition runs entirely on your device, so your documents are never uploaded and no account is needed. No subscription: unlock Pro with a single purchase. No ads, no watermarks, no page limits. A calm capybara guides you along. If your old scanner app shut down or started charging: Capy Scan needs no login, and saves PDFs on your iPhone and in the Files app. ■ JUST SCAN • Finds the four corners, then fixes distortion and tilt and crops the page • With Auto capture, just hold your iPhone over the page. The page count shows in the corner • Removes shadows and lighting tints for white paper and black text, while keeping faint pencil and red stamps • Shot at an angle? Pages are saved at their true proportions, not squashed ■ FIND IT LATER • On-device text recognition (English, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and major European languages) adds an invisible text layer to every PDF • Search by file name or by the text inside your documents • Suggests file names from the document's title (for example: Invoice_20260427.pdf) (Pro) ■ BUILT FOR WORK • Markup, signatures, highlighter, and redaction (redacted text is removed from the PDF too) • Splits book spreads into left and right pages • Puts the front and back of an ID card on one page, at actual size • Adds business cards to Contacts, and reads the date and total from receipts ■ READY TO SEND • Export as PDF, JPG, or text, and see the file size before you share • Shrink PDFs to email size, and automatically put saved PDFs in a folder of your choice in the Files app (Pro) • Add a password when you send (the PDF in the app stays as is) • Share, Files app, print, mail, or copy ■ STAY ORGANIZED • Folders and tags, Favorites, list and grid views • Reorder, rotate, delete, and extract pages, and merge multiple PDFs • Start a scan right from a widget or Control Center ■ PRICING • Pro is a one-time purchase. No monthly or yearly fee • Free forever: scanning, saving, sharing, and printing PDFs, folders, tags, and search inside documents • No watermarks. No ads. No account • Try every Pro feature with a 7-day free trial (it's optional, and you're never charged automatically when it ends) • Supports Family Sharing Included with Pro (one-time purchase): markup, signatures, redaction, and watermarks / Book, ID Card, Business Card, and Receipt scanning / export to JPG and text / password protection / copying and translating text / merging PDFs and extracting pages / reminders / Face ID lock / names from document content / PDF compression / automatic saving to the Files app ■ PRIVACY • Scanned images and recognized text never leave your device • No account to create. No login • No ads and no usage tracking • Lock the app with Face ID or Touch ID (Pro) ■ GREAT FOR Keeping invoices, receipts, and contracts; organizing business cards; saving receipts for expenses and tax time; school handouts; pages from books and reports; copies of your ID. Questions or feedback? Reach us through the support page on the App Store.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: okLens at 16.0 against Capy Scan's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. okLens sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Capy Scan sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | okLens | Capy Scan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | — | Daily |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 海龙 李 | Yuki Imai |
In-app purchases
okLens
- okLens Pro$4.99
Capy Scan
- 7-Day Free TrialFree
- Capy Scan Pro$5.99









