Comparison

fileee vs NorthScan

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

Head to head
About

fileee

Digitize, organize, and access your important papers from anywhere. This app intelligently analyzes documents, recognizes key information, and sets reminders for deadlines. It streamlines document management, making it easy to find and share files.

Highlights
  • Scan documents with auto edge recognition
  • Intelligent document analysis and content recognition
  • Organize documents by type, date, and tags
  • Set reminders for important deadlines
  • Full-text search for any word within documents
  • Share documents easily via email
  • Synchronize across web and mobile apps
Features
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With fileee you can scan, organize and access your documents anywhere, anytime. fileee analyzes your documents, automatically recognizes important content and sorts your documents accordingly. Thanks to fileee, you always have your documents at hand and can find what you need in a matter of seconds. Like a personal assistant, filee reminds you of upcoming deadlines. Say goodbye to your file folders and leave the work to fileee. Connect your e-mail, Dropbox or GoogleDrive accounts with your fileee account.. This way your digital documents will also land in your fileee account - because who wants two different filing systems? Further cloud solutions will be available in the near future. fileee is also available as a web app for all standard browsers. All changes you make are continuously synced between the web and iOS app. What can fileee do? SCAN - the scan function allows you to digitize your documents quickly and in high quality. The automatic edge recognition and image enhancement ensure optimal results. INTELLIGENT ANALYSIS - fileee analyzes your documents and automatically recognizes important information such as sender, document type (invoices, contracts, etc.) and deadlines. ORGANIZE - fileee organizes your documents according to type, date, document type (invoice, contract, etc.) and tags. No more time consuming searches for documents. REMIND - fileee reminds you of upcoming deadlines, such as payment terms. TAG - you can add your own tags (keywords) to your document and create your own categories to find your documents even more quickly. FULL-TEXT SEARCH - fileee recognizes the entire text of a document. Using the search bar, you can search for any word in the text to find a specific document. SHARE - easily share your documents via e-mail. Create COMPANY PROFILES - using the sender information in your documents, fileee creates company profiles. This way you not only have all documents from one company together, but you also have all of the important information regarding the company at hand. SYNCHRONIZE - whether you scan documents with the fileee app or archive them using the web app, your account is continuously synchronized. PREMIUM FEATURES: - Upload 200 documents per month - prioritized upload and import of documents - download PDF with full text search - 15% discount on all fileeeBox products What can fileee help you with? Be even more flexible: always have your documents at hand, anytime, anywhere, thanks to fileee. Hand in documents on time while on the go? Check your insurance policy after water damage at home? You can quickly react to all situations, regardless of where you are. Speed up your applications: never again spend hours trying to find documents, certificates and invoices filed in different systems. Now you have all your documents in one system and can send them directly from fileee. No more deleted invoices: Your phone bill or invoices from online shops are no longer available in the online customer portal? Never lose a document again with fileee! Simply send your digital invoices directly to your fileee e-mail account or connect fileee with your personal e-mail account. Find instead of search: you easily found your smartphone bill, your customer ID or your landlord’s contact information. Search for keywords, document types, dates or document names. With the full-text search, you can search for details or for all documents containing a specific word. Never lose the overview again: remembering all of your payment deadlines or notice periods isn’t always easy. fileee reminds you of important dates and organizes your paperwork. Always have an eye on current subscriptions and invoices.

About

NorthScan

Features
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Scan it today. Find it tomorrow. NorthScan turns your iPhone and iPad into a fast, precise document scanner — and a searchable archive you'll actually be able to find things in. Capture receipts, contracts, notes, and IDs into crisp, clean PDFs, then search, organise, and share them in seconds. Everything stays private on your device by default, with iCloud sync only if you want it. Beautifully sharp scans Automatic edge detection and capture, so pages come out straight and clean A precise manual crop tool with a magnifying loupe, live angle readouts, and perspective and deskew correction Enhancement presets that make text crisp and pages bright — without touching your originals Dedicated modes for whiteboards, books, and receipts Find anything, instantly On-device text recognition makes every scan searchable Search by title, date, page count, tags, or the words inside your documents Organise with folders and tags, and recover mistakes from Recently Deleted Spotlight, Home Screen widgets, Shortcuts, and Home Screen quick actions Private by design Documents and text recognition stay on your device No accounts, no analytics, no third-party trackers iCloud sync is optional and entirely your choice — and syncs only to your own private iCloud Included free Unlimited scanning, on-device OCR, folders and tags, redaction and privacy scan, PDF and image export, and importing existing PDFs — all local to your device, with no page limits and no watermarks on your scans. NorthScan Plus An optional subscription that adds: iCloud sync across your iPhone and iPad App Lock with Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode The advanced PDF toolkit — password protection, compression presets, watermarks, split, merge, page extraction, and metadata editing Batch tools — process, rename, tag, file, OCR, and export many documents at once Document Intelligence — on-device suggested titles, summaries, tags, and folders Custom export presets Scan it today. Find it tomorrow. What's New (Version 1.0) Welcome to NorthScan! Scan any document into a crisp, searchable PDF, organise it with folders and tags, and find it again in seconds — all kept private on your device. We'd love your feedback. NorthScan Plus is available as an auto-renewing subscription. NorthScan Plus Monthly — $2.49 per month NorthScan Plus Yearly — $19.99 per year Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription automatically renews unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial, if offered, is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Terms of Use: https://getnorthvault.com/northscan/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://getnorthvault.com/northscan/privacy/

Screenshots

fileee4 screens
NorthScan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: NorthScan at weekly against fileee's every 5 weeks. fileee's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. fileee sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.49 per month and NorthScan sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

fileee ships an update every 5 weeks, NorthScan weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
fileee versus NorthScan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterfileeeNorthScan
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews89.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size310 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperfileeeMuhammad Rashid

In-app purchases

2 purchases

fileee

Subscriptions2
  • Basic (Monthly)$6.491 Month
  • Smart (Monthly)$12.991 Month
2 purchases

NorthScan

Subscriptions2
  • NorthScan Plus Monthly$1.991 Month
  • NorthScan Plus Annual$14.991 Year

Questions

Is fileee free?
fileee is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NorthScan free?
NorthScan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do fileee or NorthScan have ads?
Neither fileee nor NorthScan shows ads.
Which is updated more often, fileee or NorthScan?
fileee ships an update every 5 weeks, and NorthScan weekly. Most recently, fileee was updated on October 14, 2026 and NorthScan on October 6, 2026.

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