Comparison

Evernote Scannable vs Smart Scanner

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

Head to head
About

Evernote Scannable

Effortlessly digitize any paper document, from receipts to business cards, with your phone's camera. Automatically enhance scans for clarity and share them instantly via email, text, or save them to cloud storage.

Highlights
  • Automatic document capture
  • Image enhancement (rotate, crop, adjust)
  • Business card to contact conversion
  • Share via email/text
  • Export as PDF/JPG
  • Seamless integration with ScanSnap scanners
Features
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Scannable moves paper forward. Scan contracts, receipts, business cards, and any paper that comes your way. Save or share documents instantly and move on. Automatically capture high-quality scans anywhere - Scan fast: Point your camera at documents, expense receipts, or whiteboards. Scannable immediately captures them. - Save time: Scannable automatically rotates, crops, and adjusts images so your scans are clear and easy to read. - Share or save: Send documents to colleagues via email or text, or export them as PDF and JPG files to Evernote and other apps. Deal with paper professionally - Turn business cards into contacts: Pull information from business cards and save it all to your contacts list. - Go paperless: Scannable works seamlessly with the ScanSnap Evernote Edition Scanner to get multi-page documents where they need to go. - A scanner for everyone: With Scannable, your whole team can control a ScanSnap Evernote Edition Scanner from their own devices and send paper on its way. Scannable is free to download and use.

About

Smart Scanner

This app allows you to scan documents, IDs, and business cards using your phone's camera and convert them into PDF files. It also features QR and barcode scanning, text extraction with OCR, and options to share or print your scanned documents.

Highlights
  • Scan documents and IDs
  • QR and barcode scanning
  • Extract text from images (OCR)
  • Optimize scan quality with AI
  • Share PDF files
  • Print documents via AirPrint
  • Secure PDFs with passcode
Features
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Turn paper into clean, searchable digital files — privately, on your iPhone. Smart Scanner digitizes paperwork, receipts, contracts, ID cards and notes in seconds. Scan with your camera, auto-correct the page, export a crisp PDF, and extract text with OCR. Everything is processed on your device, so your documents never leave your phone. WHY SMART SCANNER • On-device scanning and OCR — no account, no cloud upload • Automatic edge detection, perspective correction and straightening • Grayscale, monochrome and low-light modes for clean pages • Batch scanning, page reordering and duplex support • A3, A4 and Letter paper sizes DIGITIZE PAPERWORK Scan invoices, receipts, contracts, certificates, notes, business cards and ID documents. Keep every page organized in binders and folders you can search later. SCAN TO PDF & EXPORT Create multi-page PDFs, then export to PDF, DOCX, RTF or TXT for editing and reuse. Compress large files before you email them. OCR & TEXT EXTRACTION Recognize printed text in multiple languages and copy, edit or export it in a tap. QR CODES & BARCODES Read QR codes and barcodes — QR Code, EAN, UPC, ISBN, Aztec, PDF417 and Data Matrix. PRINT & SHARE Print to any AirPrint printer, or send files with AirDrop, email and your other favorite apps. REDACT, ANNOTATE & PROTECT Hide sensitive details with redaction, highlight and annotate pages, and lock private PDFs with a password. Terms of Use: https://smartscanner.tipai.tech/api/v1/terms-of-service.html Privacy Policy: https://smartscanner.tipai.tech/api/v1/privacy-policy.html

Screenshots

Evernote Scannable3 screens
Smart Scanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Evernote Scannable at 33% against Smart Scanner's 0%. Evernote Scannable also leads on ratings volume (418K vs 2) and rating (4.9 vs 4.5). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Evernote Scannable sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Smart Scanner sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Evernote Scannable holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Evernote Scannable has 418K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Evernote Scannable's written reviews are positive against 0% of Smart Scanner's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Evernote Scannable versus Smart Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEvernote ScannableSmart Scanner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (418K ratings) — better4.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews33.1% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings418K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#88 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB112 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEvernote CorporationHung Duong

Customer experience

Evernote Scannable

All ratings417,996 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral1.5%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews641 reviews
Positive33.1%
Neutral3.3%
Negative63.7%

Smart Scanner

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Evernote Scannable

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Cropping and edge detection issues
  • Scans sometimes fail to save or upload
  • App resets settings and tutorial on every launch

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow saving scans to local storage or other cloud services
  • Provide more customization options for scans
  • Improve stability and reduce crashes
  • Add ability to manually tag or name scans

Smart Scanner

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Evernote Scannable

Subscriptions4
  • Weekly Plan with Free Trial7 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Weekly Plan$2.997 Days
  • Yearly with Free Trial7 Days trial$49.991 Year
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  • Yearly Subscription$49.991 Year
4 purchases

Smart Scanner

Subscriptions2
  • 1_MONTH_PRO$4.991 Month
  • 6_MONTHS_PRO$14.996 Months
One-time2
  • Smart Scanner Premium$5.99
  • OneTime_Payment$22.99

Questions

Is Evernote Scannable free?
Evernote Scannable is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Smart Scanner free?
Smart Scanner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Evernote Scannable or Smart Scanner?
Evernote Scannable is rated higher. Evernote Scannable averages 4.9 out of 5 from 418K ratings, while Smart Scanner averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Evernote Scannable or Smart Scanner have ads?
Neither Evernote Scannable nor Smart Scanner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Evernote Scannable or Smart Scanner?
Evernote Scannable ships an update every 2 months, and Smart Scanner every 2 months. Most recently, Evernote Scannable was updated on October 27, 2026 and Smart Scanner on October 24, 2026.

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