Comparison

RPN vs Scanner Pro OCR

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

Head to head
About

RPN

This app emulates the first pocket scientific calculator, offering a photo-realistic vintage experience. It simulates original operating speeds and unique arithmetic bugs, with optional modern enhancements like non-volatile registers.

Highlights
  • Photo-realistic look-and-feel
  • Multiple vintage skins
  • Vintage and Enhanced modes
  • Optional key-click and key-glow
  • Swipe to correct input
  • Display stack and memory registers
Features
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On January 4, 1972, Hewlett-Packard announced the HP-35, world's first scientific calculator small enough to fit in a pocket - more precisely, Bill Hewlett's shirt-pocket. The HP-35 was an immediate hit with students, engineers, and scientists. Despite its steep price of $395 (about $3000 today), it sold ten times better than anticipated in the first year. Experience this unique calculator that won HP the prestigious "IEEE Milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing" in 2009. Features: • Photo-realistic look-and-feel • Three skins: version 1, versions 2 & 3 (1973) and final version 4 (1974) • Vintage mode and Enhanced mode • Key-click and key-glow, both optional • Swipe left across display to correct number input errors • Cut/copy/paste display value • Display stack registers and memory registers • All decimal points but one light when iPhone battery charge drops below 5% Vintage mode In this mode, peculiarities of a real HP-35 are simulated: - original speed of operation - stack register Z copied to T on trig functions - leading zeros may be entered; zero can be made negative - a negative number may be entered by pressing CHS before or after the number - a keyboard entry or RCL immediately following STO does not raise the stack - for version 1 only: simulation of a number of known arithmetic bugs Enhanced mode - non-volatile stack and registers - use registers 1 through 9 with HP-45-like register arithmetic - register 0 works as LastX register

About

Scanner Pro OCR

Features
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Scan and extract text easily with our OCR app: Multiple Import Options: Capture from camera, photo library, or Files app. Fast & Accurate OCR: Quickly recognize printed text with precision. Flexible Viewing: Zoom and pan your scanned images effortlessly. Organized Output: Toggle line-by-line formatting for clean results. Offline Capability: Scan and extract text anytime, no internet needed. Easy Export: Save recognized text as a .txt file to Files app. Empower your productivity with reliable, versatile scanning – all in one app.

Screenshots

RPN4 screens
Scanner Pro OCR3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: RPN at every 6 months against Scanner Pro OCR's every 21 months. RPN also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 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

RPN costs $1.99 and Scanner Pro OCR $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RPN ships an update every 6 months, Scanner Pro OCR every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
RPN versus Scanner Pro OCR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRPNScanner Pro OCR
Price$1.99$1.99
Rating4.4 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 21 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCuVee SoftwareJorge Lucioni Charalla

In-app purchases

None

RPN

No in-app purchases

None

Scanner Pro OCR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RPN free?
RPN costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scanner Pro OCR free?
Scanner Pro OCR costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do RPN or Scanner Pro OCR have ads?
Neither RPN nor Scanner Pro OCR shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RPN or Scanner Pro OCR?
RPN ships an update every 6 months, and Scanner Pro OCR every 21 months. Most recently, RPN was updated on October 12, 2026 and Scanner Pro OCR on October 16, 2026.

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