SmartScanner vs ScanFree
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
SmartScanner
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Your important papers, found again in three seconds. SmartScanner scans your documents, names them, files them and warns you before they expire. No folders to create, no names to type. JUST SCAN Take a photo of a document. The app detects the edges, straightens the page and chains together the pages of the same document. The result is sharp, readable and ready to send. THEY NAME THEMSELVES "Electricity bill February 2026" instead of "IMG_4821". The AI reads the document, understands what it is and gives it a name you'll still understand six months from now. THEY FILE THEMSELVES ID, housing, health, car, work: every document lands in the right folder without you having to decide. And you stay in control: everything can be edited, renamed and moved. YOU'RE WARNED IN TIME ID card, passport, vehicle inspection, insurance: the app spots expiry dates and alerts you before it's too late. FIND ANY DOCUMENT Search doesn't stop at file names: it reads the text INSIDE your documents. An amount, a reference number, the name of an insurer, and the document comes right up. ASK YOUR QUESTIONS "When does my ID card expire?", "How much was my August bill?" The assistant reads your documents and answers. It can also sort, rename and create folders for you. YOUR DOCUMENTS STAY WITH YOU Everything is stored on your iPhone. No account to create, no cloud, no password. Your papers go nowhere, and you can protect your most sensitive folders with Face ID. FREE, FOREVER Scanning, importing, filing by hand, searching, creating folders, backing up: no limit on the number of documents, no ads. WHAT PREMIUM ADDS Automatic naming and filing, summaries, the assistant and expiry date detection. 7-day free trial, then a monthly or yearly subscription. Cancel anytime from your account settings. A full backup can be exported at any time to Files or iCloud, so you never lose anything when you change phones. SUBSCRIPTIONS Premium Monthly (1 month) and Premium Annual (1 year), with a 7-day free trial on your first subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://smartscanner.fr/politique-confidentialite/
ScanFree
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ScanFree is your fast, simple and free all-in-one tool to digitize paper documents, annotate them, add your handwritten signature and export them as PDF in seconds. Invoices, contracts, receipts, certificates: ScanFree turns your iPhone or iPad into a pocket scanner, with no account and no subscription. HIGH-QUALITY SCANNING Automatic edge detection, precision cropping, perspective correction and filters, powered by the document scanner built into iOS. SORT BY LABEL Add colored labels to your documents (Bills, Home, Healthβ¦) and view your library grouped by label: each section folds away in one tap, everything stays tidy. SEARCH BY ANY WORD (OCR) ScanFree reads the text on every page. Type any word that appears inside a document β an amount, a name, a reference β and find it instantly, even when the file name tells you nothing. Recognized text can be copied in one tap. Everything runs on your device, offline. SIGN, ANNOTATE & ENHANCE Draw your handwritten signature, add text or drawings directly onto your pages, apply a document filter and crop, with undo and redo at every step. ALL YOUR PDFS IN ONE PLACE Every PDF you create is kept in "My PDFs": open it in the app, rename it, share it again or save it to Files without rebuilding it. IMPORT YOUR PDFS A PDF received by email or stored in Files joins your library: it becomes searchable, annotatable and re-exportable like a scan. INTUITIVE DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT β’ Reorder pages with drag and drop. β’ Add new pages to an existing document at any time. β’ Rename, organize and select several documents at once. FAST EXPORT & SHARING β’ Multi-page PDF in three quality levels. β’ Save individual pages as images (JPG). β’ Share in one tap by email, messaging, or to Files and iCloud Drive. 100% PRIVATE & LOCAL All processing and storage happen on your device. No data is sent to any server, no sign-up is required. COMFORTABLE TO USE List or grid views, dark mode, twelve languages. ScanFree is free, supported by a discreet banner and a short video when creating a PDF. Privacy policy: https://chocky.dev/legal/scanfree-privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ScanFree at none against SmartScanner's 5. ScanFree also leads on device support (3 vs 1). SmartScanner's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. SmartScanner sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. ScanFree asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | SmartScanner | ScanFree |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | β |
| Ads | No β better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No β better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod β better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.5 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Enzo Uter-Hidalgo | Cedric PROCQUEZ |
In-app purchases
SmartScanner
- Premium Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Premium Annual7 Days trial$44.991 Year
- Small top-up$1.99
- Medium top-up$3.99
- Large top-up$8.99
ScanFree
No in-app purchases









