AirScan vs Scanner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AirScan
Easily digitize paper documents into high-quality PDFs using your mobile device. Recognize text in multiple languages, edit scans, and convert them to various file formats. Securely store important documents like IDs and licenses within the app.
- Scan documents to PDF
- Text recognition (OCR) in 8 languages
- Convert to DOCS, XLS, PPT
- Edit and enhance scans
- Add digital signatures
- Email and print scans
- Securely store IDs and licenses
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Digitize paper documents from your mobile device with airScan, a free scanner app. From IDs and whiteboards to forms and receipts, scan anything to PDF, get text recognized in 8 languages, extract it, clean up your scans, or convert them into your preferred file format — all within a single app. For advanced options, move your scans to pdfFiller, an all-in-one PDF editor, to easily sign, edit, and manage PDFs online. ***Your most-used documents at your fingertips*** Digitize your most-used documents. Simply scan your ID, passport, or driver's license into a high-quality PDF and securely store it in the app. ***Save scans in your preferred file format*** Transform scans of your most-used documents like contracts, agreements, and business letters into shareable PDFs, DOCS XLS, or PPT file formats — all without having to switch between apps. ***Give your scans a facelift on the go*** With just a few taps, you can adjust the contrast and brightness of your scans or apply black or white filters to make them easier to read. Remove unwanted text and shadows while cropping out distracting backgrounds for a more polished look. ***Sign scanned documents in a flash*** No pens and paper! Draw your signature on a mobile phone screen and place it anywhere on your document with one tap. ***Email scanned documents*** Once you've finished editing your scan, send it via email right from the airScan app. Your recipient can view the crisp PDF file without hassle. ***Print from your phone*** Need a hard copy of a scanned document? With airScan, you can print out your scan from the convenience of your phone in seconds. Add your signature before printing to start the signature collection flow on the fly. ***Make your PDFs fillable and build signature workflows*** Move your PDFs to pdfFiller, an all-in-one document solution that lets you edit, annotate, and sign PDFs, make them fillable, and use them to capture data in minutes. pdfFiller is the only solution you need to get your documents done.
Scanner
Transform your device into a portable scanner for high-quality document digitization. Automatically detect document edges, crop as needed, and enhance scans for clear text and graphics. Easily share your digitized documents as JPEG files.
- Automatic document edge detection
- Perspective correction
- High-quality scanning
- Flexible editing
- Smart cropping and auto-enhancing
- Share JPEG files
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Now convert your device into a mini pocket Scanner enjoy the high quality image in your device within just one touch with the best ever scanning app SCANNER : Scanner app lets you scan your documents in high quality which makes it easy for the person to read the texts present. The app automatically detects the corner of the file that you want to scan for better quality along with you can also crop the part of the document that you want to scan. APP FEATURES Automatic document edge detection and perspective correction Extremely Fast Processing Professional quality results with colour or black & white Flexible editing Tiny app size. * Quickly Digitise Document Just use your phone camera to scan and digitise all kinds of documents *Optimise Scan Quality Smart cropping and auto enhancing ensures the texts and graphics in scanned documents are clear and sharp *Share JPEG Files Easily share documents in JPEG format with friends via various ways , send attachment through email , whats app etc Key Features: Terms of Use : https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=137089944519862&id=111527317076125&__tn__=-R Privacy policy : https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=136748917887298&id=111527317076125&__tn__=-R For any questions or inquiries please contact at funwizzards@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Scanner at 5.0 against AirScan's 4.4. Scanner also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (88% vs 73%). AirScan's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (454 vs 17). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Scanner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AirScan has 454 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of AirScan's written reviews are positive against 88% of Scanner's.
AirScan ships an update every 2 months, Scanner weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AirScan | Scanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (454 ratings) | 5.0 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.5% of reviews | 88.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 454 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | airSlate, Inc. | Jenifer M |
Customer experience
AirScan
Scanner
Bugs and requests
AirScan
Reported bugs
7 issues- Email validation errors preventing app access
- Cursor placement issues when entering information
- App freezing on iPhone 6s Plus
- Incompatibility between app and PDF Filler after updates
- Email sending failures
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- Page upload limit of 7 pages maximum
- Photos disappearing after data entry
Requested features
6 requests- Support for multiple document sizes
- Android version availability
- Advanced PDF editing features
- Built-in printing capability
- Improved photo persistence during editing
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- Better focus and image quality enhancement
Scanner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
AirScan
No in-app purchases
Scanner
No in-app purchases






