Comparison

Photo Scan Plus vs Prismic

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

Head to head
About

Photo Scan Plus

Easily digitize your old photos, slides, and negatives with advanced AI. This app automatically enhances and organizes your memories, allowing you to add details, audio, and even colorize black-and-white images. Preserve and share your family history across generations.

Highlights
  • Scan multiple photos at once
  • Digitize slides and negatives
  • AI-powered auto-enhancement
  • Colorize B&W photos
  • Add audio recordings to scans
  • Create photo collages
  • Share via web link
Features
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Preserve the moments that matter most by turning printed photos, slides, negatives, and treasured keepsakes into a digital library your family can revisit and share for generations. Using advanced AI technology, Photomyne brings old photos into the digital age, making it quick and simple to scan, restore, enhance, and organize your family’s memories. Photo Scan Plus is the paid one-time purchase version of Photomyne. It includes the complete experience on your device: unlimited scanning, editing, saving, sharing, and organization on your iPhone or iPad. Add a Photomyne Membership anytime for secure cloud backup, web access, and syncing across your devices. In addition to Photo Scan Plus, we also offer *Photo Scan by Photomyne*. It's free to download and is first to include our newest features, improvements, and innovations. Choose the app that you feel fits you best. SCAN FASTER - PHOTOMYNE DOES THE REST • Scan multiple printed photos in a single shot • Digitize entire photo albums in minutes • Scan photos, slides, negatives, scrapbook pages, kids' artwork, documents, and more • Automatic edge detection, cropping, rotation, and color correction • Capture scans with a tap or Voice Control ORGANIZE YOUR MEMORIES • Create beautiful digital albums • Add names, dates, locations, and stories • Add audio recording • Scan the back of your photos and keep it attached • Easily search for photos and rediscover your memories RESTORE & BRING MEMORIES BACK TO LIFE Preserve your original scan while creating beautifully enhanced versions using Photomyne's editing tools. For more advanced restorations, optional AI-powered tools are available. • Sharpen blurry faces in photos • Colorize black & white photos • Auto restore faded colors • Manually edit with color filters • Remove scratches, tears, glare, shadows, and reflections using optional AI restoration tools (available with AI credits) AI-POWERED MAGIC In addition to its core features, Photomyne hosts handpicked external AI tools from trusted platforms to further restore and enhance your memories. These *optional* features include powerful AI enhancements like photo damage repair, subtle motion animations, and more. These advanced AI features use external AI technology and are available separately using AI credits, so you can enjoy even more photo-enhancing magic, all in one place. BACK UP & SHARE WITH PHOTOMYNE MEMBERSHIP Access your memories anytime, anywhere with a Photomyne Membership • Automatically back up your photos to the secure Photomyne Cloud • Access your memories from all your devices and on the web • Keep your entire library synced across your devices • Save photos to your device or computer in high resolution and print quality • Share individual photos, albums, or entire collections with family and friends using simple web links OPTIONAL IN-APP UPGRADE A Photomyne Membership includes: • Automatic cloud backup to the secure Photomyne Cloud • Access to your memories from all your devices and on the web • Synced library across all your devices Memberships are available as monthly, yearly, and one-time plans. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your App Store account settings.

About

Prismic

Features
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Prismic is the premier native iOS client for PhotoPrism, the AI-powered open-source photo management platform. Access your self-hosted photo library from anywhere with a beautifully designed, privacy-focused app built specifically for iPhone and iPad. Browse Your Entire Library Explore your photos and videos in a stunning, responsive grid that adapts to any screen size. Enjoy smooth scrolling through thousands of images with intelligent thumbnail caching that keeps everything fast and fluid. Servers Add more than 1 server, see you items in a merged view or separated by server. Full Media Support - Photos - View your images in full resolution - Videos - Built-in video player with native controls - Live Photos - Full Live Photo playback support, just like the Photos app Album Management Create, edit, favourite and organise albums directly from your device. Access your labels, faces and moments smart albums. Easy Uploads Upload photos and videos directly to your PhotoPrism server. Select from your photo library or import files, with real-time progress tracking and automatic album assignment. Enable daily backups to auto run your custom sync rules. Setup rules to sync specific local albums to your server albums - optionally ask iOS to delete the images from your local camera roll after import. Secure Authentication - Username & password login - Two-factor authentication (2FA/OTP) - OpenID Connect (OIDC) support (Beta) Seamless Sync Real-time synchronisation keeps your library up-to-date via WebSocket connection (your server must support WebSockets for this). See new photos appear instantly as they're added to your server. Intelligent offline caching for fast image loading and offline browsing. Control the limits directly in the app. Beautiful Design - Native interface and controls - Full Dark Mode support - Optionally enable Apple Intelligence to search your photos (uses on device models only) - iPad specific UI - iMessage app to allow sharing your library without leaving iMessage! Privacy Photoflare connects directly to YOUR PhotoPrism server. Your photos never pass through our servers. Your data stays yours. Requirements: Requires a self-hosted PhotoPrism server instance.

Screenshots

Photo Scan Plus4 screens
Prismic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Prismic at none against Photo Scan Plus's 10. Prismic also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months). Photo Scan Plus's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $4.99) and chart position (#29 vs unranked). On ads 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

Photo Scan Plus costs $1.99 and Prismic $4.99 up front. Photo Scan Plus sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Prismic asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Photo Scan Plus ships an update every 3 months, Prismic every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Photo Scan Plus versus Prismic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhoto Scan PlusPrismic
Price$1.99 — better$4.99
Rating4.8 (23K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews86.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings23K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#29 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size226 MB111 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperPhotomyne LTDChristopher Wunsch

Bugs and requests

Photo Scan Plus

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Difficulty canceling subscriptions
  • Inconsistent date/time tagging of scanned photos
  • Occasional loss of photo albums

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to rearrange photos within albums
  • Option to save photos directly to device storage
  • Improved batch editing and processing
  • Higher resolution scanning options
  • Better integration with other photo apps and cloud services

Prismic

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Photo Scan Plus

Subscriptions8
  • Photomyne account$1.991 Month
  • Photomyne account$9.991 Month
  • Photomyne account3 Days trial$17.991 Year
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  • Photomyne account7 Days trial$17.996 Months
  • Photomyne account$19.996 Months
  • Photomyne membership$19.991 Month
  • Photomyne account3 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Photomyne membership3 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time2
  • Photomyne membership$29.99
  • Photomyne account$47.99
None

Prismic

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Photo Scan Plus free?
Photo Scan Plus costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Prismic free?
Prismic costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Photo Scan Plus or Prismic have ads?
Neither Photo Scan Plus nor Prismic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Photo Scan Plus or Prismic?
Photo Scan Plus ships an update every 3 months, and Prismic every 3 days. Most recently, Photo Scan Plus was updated on November 6, 2026 and Prismic on November 4, 2026.

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