Comparison

Simply Scan documents vs PDF Converter

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

Head to head
About

Simply Scan documents

Effortlessly digitize documents with your iPhone or iPad camera. This app offers a streamlined scanning experience, automatically saving high-quality images to your photo roll for easy printing, emailing, or filing. It also functions as a powerful black-and-white camera.

Highlights
  • Real-time filter for instant preview
  • High-quality scans in bad lighting
  • Rapid capture for multiple pages
  • Automatic grayscale conversion
  • Sleek, minimal user interface
  • Optional grayscale camera add-on
Features
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Instantly scan documents with your iPhone or iPad camera, ready to be printed, filed or emailed. Other apps are slow and complicated, have too many controls, make you sign up for services, or require you to edit and tweak every page. None of that here: just line up the document and click! The scans are automatically stored in your camera roll. Photography is also a popular use for this app. Simply Scan out-hipsters all the hipster photo apps if you use it to take gritty black-and-white photos. Features • super-fast realtime filter lets you see how your scans will look instantly. • captures printable pages even in bad lighting conditions. • saves high-quality scans at the maximum native camera resolution. • rapid capture: line up the next page instantly while the previous page is saving. • saves straight to its own photo album, ready for emailing, printing, or filing. • adjust whiteness level in realtime, if needed. • automatic conversion to grayscale, ready for printing. • optional "256 shades" add-on to turn Simply Scan into a high-powered black-and-white camera with full grayscale control. • sleek, minimal look - no glitter and chrome. It works like this: 1. Hold your device over the page you want to scan. 2. If needed, adjust the whiteness slider to get clear text and images. 3. Press the camera shutter button. 4. Repeat step 3 for every page. 5. Go to the "Scans" album in your photo roll to share, print, or store your scans. Note, you need to give permission for Simply Scan to access your photo library. This can be changed later in the Settings app. "Kokosnuss" scans by Dean Whitbread.

About

PDF Converter

Features
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PDF Converter – All-in-One PDF Tools PDF Converter is a simple and powerful app that helps you convert, scan, and manage documents in seconds. Whether you need to turn PDFs into images, create PDFs from photos, or scan documents with your camera — everything is in one place. Designed for speed, clarity, and everyday use. Key Features Convert from PDF • PDF to Images (JPG, PNG) • PDF to Word (DOCX) • PDF to Excel, PowerPoint, Text, HTML • Split and merge PDF files Convert to PDF • Images to PDF • Documents to PDF • Multiple files to one PDF Scan Documents • Scan documents using your camera • Automatic edge detection • Clean, readable scans • Convert scans directly to PDF Manage & Share • View conversion history • Preview converted files • Share files instantly • Save files securely on your device Why Choose PDF Converter? • Fast and reliable conversions • Clean and easy-to-use interface • No complicated steps • Works fully on your device • Perfect for work, study, and daily tasks Privacy First Your files are processed locally on your device. We do not upload or store your documents on external servers. The app offers auto-renewable subscriptions that provide unlimited access to all PDF tools and features. Available subscription plans: • Weekly Plan • Yearly Plan Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Simply Scan documents3 screens
PDF Converter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: PDF Converter at none against Simply Scan documents's shown. Simply Scan documents's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price and in-app purchases 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. Simply Scan documents sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and PDF Converter sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Simply Scan documents versus PDF Converter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimply Scan documentsPDF Converter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJames HudsonOlmosbek Khurramov

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Simply Scan documents

One-time1
  • "256 Shades" Slider Add-on$0.99
2 purchases

PDF Converter

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Weekly3 Days trial$6.997 Days
  • Pro Yearly$54.991 Year

Questions

Is Simply Scan documents free?
Simply Scan documents is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PDF Converter free?
PDF Converter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Simply Scan documents or PDF Converter have ads?
Simply Scan documents shows ads; PDF Converter does not.

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