Comparison

Voice vs ScanScan(白描)

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

Head to head
About

Voice

This app uses advanced OCR technology to read text aloud from documents, photos, and even handwritten notes. It offers real-time scanning, voice control, and batch processing for efficient document reading. Supports numerous languages and voices for a personalized experience.

Highlights
  • Advanced OCR for text recognition
  • Real-time and standard photo scanning
  • Voice control for hands-free operation
  • Batch mode for multiple page scanning
  • Scan Tone for document corner detection
  • Supports 47 languages and 180 reading voices
  • Offline mode for privacy and accessibility
Features
Read full description

Hi! This is Shalin Shah — creator of Voice. I’m a senior studying computer science at the University of California, Berkeley. Voice has been a project of mine since I was in high school, and I’ve been working hard to make it better over the last 6 years. Voice was hand-crafted for people like you. It can help you quickly read items like product labels and magazine pages in your day-to-day. But you can also use it for more advanced reading like mail or books. My goal with Voice was to create the most simple and intuitive interface to help you read things. Here are some features that I hope are helpful. OCR: Voice’s OCR engine is perhaps one of the best in the world. You no longer need to worry about low lighting and bad focus, Voice corrects it automatically and gives you pixel-perfect accuracy every time. Voice can even read scribbles and handwritten text with incredible accuracy. Standard Photo Capture: The most basic way to use Voice is by simply tapping the button labeled by VoiceOver as “Camera. Button” This will take a picture. Then simply tap the button labeled “Next. Button” and Voice will perform OCR on your image and read it aloud. Voice Control: Alternatively, you can control the app using your voice if you find that tapping buttons shake your camera. Simply say “capture” to snap a picture, and “read” to start processing the image. Batch Mode: Batch mode is enabled by default. To read more than one page, just keep taking photos using the “Camera. Button” or by saying the word “capture” many times. Voice will read all the documents one after another. Scan Tone: Good OCR detection does not depend on the corners of a document to be visible. But if corner detection is important to you, Scan Tone plays a tone when it sees all 4 corners visible. The tone gets louder or softer depending on the placement, tilt, and orientation of your phone relative to your document. A louder scan tone means better visibility of your document. Real-Time Mode: Voice also supports real-time scanning. Toggle this on, then simply hold your phone in front of any document with text and Voice will read it out loud in real-time. Voice also automatically turns on flash when it detects sub-par lighting and turns it off for objects that would glare. Reading Voices & Languages: Voice supports 47 languages and offers 180 reading voices. 52 voices are the standard iOS voices, and 128 of them are premium AI-generated voices with extremely fluent intonations. You can adjust your language, reading voice, and speaking rate in Settings. Photo Library: The photo library picker lets you pick multiple images at a time from any of your albums. Offline Mode: Voice now fully works without wifi. If privacy is a concern or you don’t care for that extra bit of OCR quality, then feel free to use Voice in offline mode. You can turn it on in settings. Saving & Exporting: Once your document has been scanned, it takes one tap to copy your detected OCR text to your clipboard, export it as an accessible PDF, export it as a Plain Text file, or simply export all the images you captured. Importing: Voice allows you to import both images and PDFs from other apps. It automatically detects the document format and performs OCR. VoiceOver" The entire app was crafted with VoiceOver in mind, so everything is fully accessible. App Size: Voice has only a 6.9-megabyte app size. Pricing: You get 20 free scans per month. You can use those scans in either Short Text Mode or Standard Capture Mode. Once those 20 scans are up, you must purchase the Elite plan for $9.99 per month or the Believer plan for $99.99 per year. You save $20 a year, or 17%, by upgrading to the Believer plan. We are committed to keeping Voice OCR open for scholars and others lacking financial stability. Fill out this short form to tell us about your situation at http://bit.ly/VoiceOCR. Further Help: Feel free to reach out to my personal email, shalinvs@gmail.com, for any feedback.

About

ScanScan(白描)

This app uses advanced machine learning to accurately extract editable text from images and documents. It can also scan and convert documents into clear PDF files, with support for batch processing and multiple languages.

Highlights
  • Machine learning for accurate OCR
  • Edit and export OCR results (.txt, .docx)
  • Multi-language text recognition
  • Scan documents to image/PDF
  • PDF to image conversion
  • Batch processing (OCR, color filter)
  • Multi-language translation
Features
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"When I want to get the editable text from image, the first choice is Scanscan." - user said. Scanscan(白描) - OCR image to text, the most powerful and easiest-to-use OCR App, also can scan images and documents to pdf files, efficient and accurate mobile scanner. KEY FEATURES: - Machine learning make OCR more accurate. - Edit OCR results and notes of the doc, exporting as .txt file and .docx file. - 360° text recognition in many languages , including Chinese, English, Japanese, Russian, German, Spanish, Greek, Turkish, Korean and so on. Support vertical and horizon text. - Scan docs into clear & sharp image/PDF, to email, print or share to anywhere. - Support the conversion of PDF to picture format, which can be converted to text and other formats through OCR word recognition. - Support batch processing, like batch OCR, batch documents color filter. - Support multiply language translation, support business negotiation, study work, travel abroad, and other requirements. - Copy, Paste and Edit recognized result with one-click. - Automatically save extracted text. - Find history recognition results in "Records". - Support combination of multiple recognized text. “当我需要快速识别图片中的文字,第一个想到的就是白描。” 获得 App Store 首页推荐、OPPO应用时刻、小米应用市场金米奖、金米奖2018年度应用、豌豆荚设计奖、豌豆荚2018年年度应用、少数派2017年年度应用、AppSo官方推荐、最美应用2017年年度应用、360市场年度应用等众多奖项的扫描应用。 #给女朋友的,当然是最好的# 初衷是为女朋友做一个方便读书做笔记的轻量化ocr文字识别工具。 现已升级批量识别与翻译功能,以及文件扫描功能。专注,专业,准确高效,轻松提取图片中文字信息,生成清晰扫描件。 -----使用场景----- 拍照翻译文字、公司文件转录、纸质书阅读笔记摘录、截图文字内容提取、身份证识别、购物小票识别,纸质文件电子化存档等等多种场景适用。 ----功能亮点---- ● 云端识别 云端OCR识别引擎,识别准确度随着自动学习越来越高,识别速度快;另外可以放心的是,图片上传经过加密处理,无需担心隐私。 ● 批量识别。 同类app里的领跑者,能一次识别50张图片,批量识别后也可以对多张原图同时进行校对。 ● 支持系统相册插件识别,无需打开APP即可快速完成识别; ● 识别结果自动存为历史记录,检索方便。 ● 支持表格识别。 ● 支持长图识别和多栏文字图片识别。 ● 识别结果翻译 支持简体中文、日语、英语、韩语、法语、西班牙语、阿拉伯语、俄语、德语、葡萄牙语、意大利语、繁体中文、粤语、文言文、泰语、希腊语、波兰语、荷兰语、保加利亚语、爱沙尼亚语、丹麦语、芬兰语、捷克语、罗马尼亚语、斯洛文尼亚语、瑞典语、匈牙利语、越南语的互译; ● 多语言识别 支持中文、英语、日语、韩语、法语、德语、俄语、西班牙语等大多数语言的OCR识别;留学生说“白描用来处理上课笔记实在是太好用了”; ● 手机里的扫描仪,自动识别文档边界生成扫描件 将摄像头对准文档,即可自动识别边界并拍出扫描件,多种文档色彩可供选择。 ● 自动识连续拍照扫描件 如果有多张文档待生成扫描件,只要相机对着每张文档即可全部自动拍出来。 ● 生成的扫描件图片直接生成PDF文件 可将多张扫描件直接生成一个PDF,自由分享与保存。 ● 灵活选择 手指流畅顺滑,即可分块选择需要的文字,想要哪段点哪段(想查看所有文本,不需要按行点选);识别结果可编辑且选择复制到各种app中使用,支持微信、QQ、有道云、印象笔记等软件。 ● 快速校对 在识别结果页面点击“校对”按钮进行校对,可以在不离开编辑区域的情况下方便对照着原文修改,弥补OCR技术的不完美之处(大概是手写字不够工整时需要担待一点)。 ● 识别结果自动分段,弥补了大多数识别软件无法还原原文段落的问题; ●系统插件翻译,无需打开翻译APP 在 Safari 等软件中,您可以选择一段文字,然后点击共享,在弹出的菜单中选择白描直接进行翻译,省去了打开翻译APP的步骤。 ●已适配iPad,iPad用户可以从 App Store下载使用。 ●支持iPad多任务和 Drag & Drop。 使用中有任何问题或建议,可通过以下任意途径—— 1、在设置里给我反馈, 2、发邮件至tolecen@163.com, 3、联系我的微博:凉子的狗狗 找到我和解决方法。 ----如果----- 如果白描有方便到你,希望你有空时能花一分钟给它评星并写两句评论,有用的评论和五颗星能让它在榜单上排在前面一点。 如果你喜欢这只白喵,请考虑打赏一点猫粮,让它存活得更容易些,独立开发者的我将有更多精力改进它的功能:) ----找到我---- 新浪微博@凉子的狗狗 私信留言反馈更快:)

Screenshots

Voice4 screens
ScanScan(白描)4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ScanScan(白描) at 4.8 against Voice's 3.5. ScanScan(白描) also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 48%) and ratings volume (349 vs 15). Voice's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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. Voice sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and ScanScan(白描) sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ScanScan(白描) holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ScanScan(白描) has 349 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Voice's written reviews are positive against 87% of ScanScan(白描)'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Voice versus ScanScan(白描): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVoiceScanScan(白描)
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (15 ratings)4.8 (349 ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.4% of reviews86.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15349 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShalin Shah新乐 陶

Customer experience

Voice

All ratings15 ratings
Positive53.3%
Neutral20.0%
Negative26.7%
Written reviews159 reviews
Positive48.4%
Neutral5.7%
Negative45.9%

ScanScan(白描)

All ratings349 ratings
Positive95.1%
Neutral0.3%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews128 reviews
Positive86.7%
Neutral6.3%
Negative7.0%

Bugs and requests

Voice

Reported bugs

17 issues
  • App crashes after taking picture
  • App crashes during image processing
  • App crashes when selecting photos from library
  • App crashes when granting camera/microphone permissions
  • App freezes on intro screen
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  • VoiceOver compatibility broken on iPhone 7+
  • Spanish voice stopped working after update
  • App stuck on single page
  • Flash setting reverts to incorrect state
  • Premature photo capture in low light
  • No audio tones despite app info claiming them
  • Text not reading in sequence/skipping content
  • Incorrect text recognition (reads wrong content)
  • App force closes after processing
  • Settings reset after each use
  • Auto mode detects non-existent corners
  • Poor image quality from camera

Requested features

15 requests
  • Turkish language support
  • French language interface
  • German language support
  • Offline processing capability
  • Multi-page document scanning and saving
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  • PDF file support
  • Instant/real-time text reading
  • Manual button controls alongside voice commands
  • Adjustable reading speed options
  • Text highlighting and editing features
  • Share and export functionality improvements
  • Continuous reading without retaking photos
  • Bluetooth support
  • Clickable links in scanned documents
  • Better contrast on action buttons

ScanScan(白描)

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Voice

Subscriptions2
  • Elite$9.991 Month
  • Believer$99.991 Year
5 purchases

ScanScan(白描)

One-time5
  • Provide food for cat$2.99
  • 普通会员(永久)$3.99
  • 普通会员(优惠)$3.99
Show 2 more
  • 黄金会员(优惠)$3.99
  • Senior VIP (Permanent)$5.99

Questions

Is Voice free?
Voice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ScanScan(白描) free?
ScanScan(白描) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Voice or ScanScan(白描)?
ScanScan(白描) is rated higher. Voice averages 3.5 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while ScanScan(白描) averages 4.8 from 349 ratings.
Do Voice or ScanScan(白描) have ads?
Neither Voice nor ScanScan(白描) shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Voice or ScanScan(白描)?
Voice ships an update every 2 months, and ScanScan(白描) every 2 months. Most recently, Voice was updated on June 10, 2026 and ScanScan(白描) on September 23, 2026.

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