Comparison

Scanner vs STAAH

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

Head to head
About

Scanner

Features
Currently charting
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Document Scanner transforms your iPhone and iPad into portable scanners. It allows you to scan receipts, whiteboards, paper notes, or any multipage document. Scanned documents can be emailed and printed,The application incorporates special algorithms that remove shadows, make scans sharper, correct perspective and make them as readable as possible Experience the simplicity of document scanning: + Scan receipts to keep track of travel expenses + Convert paper notes and sketches into digital copies + Sign with a pen and scan a contract to email it back + Save interesting articles and book pages for further reading What Scanner Pro allows you to do: + Scan documents + Scanner Pro scans any type of document, ranging from a receipt to multipage documents. All scans are saved as a PDF. + Process images smartly + Automatic edge detection and advanced image processing help you to get great scans blazingly fast. You can also adjust the crop area manually, by tapping on the screen. + Real-time border detection + While making a scan, borders are detected visually and in real time. Thus you can choose the best position to get a perfect scan and skip manual borders adjustments. + Scan documents into a PDF file + All scanned document are produced as industry-standard PDF files. You can add new scans, delete or rearrange pages within a PDF file. + Email or print scanned documents + Just scan any document and tap the "Send" button. If the document needs to be printed, send it to any printer nearby.

About

STAAH

This cloud-based tool helps accommodation owners manage online sales and revenue. It distributes bookings to over 100 channels and integrates with over 50 PMS companies, allowing real-time inventory and rate management from a mobile device.

Highlights
  • Cloud-based sales and revenue management
  • Channel distribution to 100+ channels
  • PMS integration
  • Real-time inventory and rate updates
  • Competitor rate checker
  • Direct booking engine
  • Mobile management
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Staah helps accommodation owners and operators to understand, control and grow online sales and revenue with cloud based tools. We have over 1,500+ customers across 38 countries. We believe online tech for hotels, motels, resorts, B&Bs, apartments and vacation rentals should be easy to use, affordable and help increase sales. The app version of the Staah Instant channel manager is free to download. Instant channel manager + Convert direct booking engine – now manage from your iphone. Instant distributes to over 100 channels with pooled inventory and integrates with over 50 PMS companies. Instant offers all that other channel managers offer and move. It comes with real time confirmations of updates, full logs on updates and a free competitor rate checker. With a Smartphone or Tablet, The Instant App will allow accommodation providers to manage inventory and rates while on the move. We have added an extra bonus, there is also a simple booking function. This will allow you to accept and confirm a booking in real time. The booking will also drop into your property management system if integrated.

Screenshots

Scanner4 screens
STAAH4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: STAAH at Free against Scanner's $5.99. STAAH also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 58 months). Scanner's advantage is chart position (#119 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

STAAH is free to download; Scanner costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scanner ships an update every 58 months, STAAH every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 5, 2026 and August 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Scanner versus STAAH: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScannerSTAAH
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating—3.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 58 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
Best chart rank#119 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer虎龙 段STAAH

In-app purchases

None

Scanner

No in-app purchases

None

STAAH

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scanner free?
Scanner costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is STAAH free?
STAAH is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Scanner or STAAH have ads?
Neither Scanner nor STAAH shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scanner or STAAH?
Scanner ships an update every 58 months, and STAAH every 2 months. Most recently, Scanner was updated on September 5, 2026 and STAAH on August 4, 2026.

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