Comparison

InstaScan vs Scan To Go

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

Head to head
About

InstaScan

Transform your iPhone into a powerful scanner. Easily capture, sign, and export documents as PDFs or JPEGs. Features AI-powered text extraction, summarization, and smart title suggestions for scanned content.

Highlights
  • Scan documents quickly
  • Add signatures
  • Export as PDF/JPEG
  • AI text extraction
  • AI content summarization
  • Automatic edge detection and cropping
  • Multipage document creation
Features
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Turn your iPhone into fast and easy to use scanner. It’s never been so easy to Scan, put Signature and Email multipage documents into PDF or JPEG. You can scan any document in seconds include business cards, receipts, notes, passports, whiteboards and even multiple page documents. InstaScan's built in AI engine extracts text from scanned pages for you to copy. Moreover, it will suggest smart titles and generate summarised content from the whole scanned page. Just take picture, crop, choose preferred scanner effect and you’re done. Here are the features that awaits you: - Put your signature on any document easily - Anti shake technology while taking picture to get more detailed image - Automatic image edge detection - Smart image cropping - Image perspective auto correction - Several image effects - Save documents inside app or export in Camera Roll - Create multipage documents and email into PDF or JPEG - Automatic upload of documents to iCloud - Email optimized image size for instant attachment delivery You can get Pro features through auto-renewing subscription and if you want to continue getting premium features, your subscription should be continued. 3 Monthly subscription costs $7.99 (or equivalent) and renews automatically every three month, unless you cancel it through your iTunes  account 1 year subscription costs $17.99 (or equivalent), free trial - 3 days and renews automatically every year, unless you cancel it through your iTunes  account Prices are in U.S. dollars, may vary in countries other than the U.S. and are subject to change with notice. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription. Your account will be charged for a renewed subscription within 24 hours prior to the end of current subscription. You can manage your subscription and switch off the auto-renewal by accessing your account settings after purchase. You cannot cancel the current subscription during the active subscription period. Any unused part or time-span of a free trial period will be forfeited, as soon as you purchase a subscription. more information can be found on the following links: Terms & Conditions: https://lmddata.blob.core.windows.net/lmdmore/InstaScanTerms.html?sig=W%2FIv5q3%2F5xqKaf7IdYuPyJPenpCy%2FuWal%2FBtUjKGLmY%3D&se=2024-04-24T07%3A59%3A54Z&sv=2019-02-02&sp=r&sr=b Privacy policy: http://lemondo.com/privacy We want to hear your suggestions, likes, complains.. Please leave your feedback, rate us on the AppStore or use the contact link to stay in touch. Download Scanner for iPhone right now and get all those features for free. We are working constantly to improve app performance and user experience. To get your feedbacks easily & make the process convenient, you can send us your questions & suggestions directly from the app "Settings”. Your suggestions are valuable for us! If you like Scanner for iPhone, don’t forget to rate us on AppStore! ;) Happy scanning!

About

Scan To Go

This app is a versatile scanner that converts documents, photos, and more into high-quality PDFs. It offers advanced features like AI summarization, OCR, translation, and digital signatures, making document management efficient and secure.

Highlights
  • Unlimited document scanning
  • AI PDF summaries and key point extraction
  • Photo to PDF conversion
  • PDF management and editing tools
  • QR code generation and scanning
  • Digital signature addition
  • OCR text recognition
  • Multilingual document translation
Features
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Scan To Go is your all-in-one scanner app for documents, PDFs, photos, and more. Effortlessly scan, convert, and manage your files in HD. Make your everyday document handling fast, easy, and efficient. Let’s dive into the amazing features of the scanner app. App Features: Document Scanning: Scan To Go offers unlimited document scanning without any restrictions, making it your go-to app to scan documents, receipts, and more. AI PDF Summaries & Key Point Extraction: Scan To Go uses advanced AI to instantly summarize long documents and extract key points, helping you quickly understand reports, contracts, notes, and more without reading everything. Photo Scanning & Conversion: Instantly scan images and convert photos to PDFs. It’s your go-to photo to PDF convert scanner for fast, high-quality PDF creation from photos in HD resolution. PDF Management & Editing: Scan To Go offers impressive PDF editing tools including editing, merging, splitting, compressing PDFs. Also, it offers shadow and glare removal, adding watermarks, and securing PDFs. It’s a full-featured mobile scanner and scan to PDF converter app. QR Code Generation: Create custom QR codes using URLs, text, email, phone numbers, calendar events, and more. QR Code Scanning: Scan To Go is a free scanner app that lets you scan various QR codes. Digital Signature: Add your e-signature to any document instantly, removing the need to print, sign, and re-upload. Business Card Scanning: Scan and extract business card info to your device automatically with the Scan To Go scanner app. Highly Secure: Store your scanned docs, PDFs, and images locally with advanced encryption and access controls to protect your data from unauthorized access. Auto Image Cropping: Scan and save documents precisely with auto/manual cropping. Classified Folders: Manage files with personalized folders, drag & drop files between folders, reorder, delete, duplicate or rename. OCR: Recognize text from images and save as doc or PDF. Multilingual Document Translation: Translate scanned documents instantly into German, French, Russian, and other languages. ID Photo Mode: Quickly scan ID documents and create passport photos in country-specific or custom sizes. Object Counter: Scan to get the count of objects eliminating manual counting. Collage Maker: Scan multiple images and save as a collage. Easy Access: Add scanned docs to home widget or Siri shortcut. Wireless Printing with AirPrint: Scan To Go supports AirPrint, allowing you to print documents directly to wireless printers for easy physical copies. Seamless Sharing: Share your scanned documents in HD resolution via social media, email, and cloud drives, ensuring clear and professional-quality sharing. Universal File to PDF Conversion: Scan To Go lets you convert Excel, Word, text files, and web pages into high-quality PDFs in seconds, making it your go-to tool for fast, reliable document conversion. Import & Export: Directly import documents for editing or scanning, and export completed files without needing to switch apps manually. Automate Smart Workflow: Automate multiple actions in one click, like renaming files, uploading to cloud services (Google Drive, Dropbox), saving in app folders, and sharing via email or other platforms. Cloud Drive Uploading: Upload docs to Google Drive, OneDrive, iCloud, Dropbox. iMessage Integration: Scan, edit, and send PDFs directly within iMessage for seamless document sharing. iCloud Backup: Automatically back up your scanned documents securely to iCloud for easy access and recovery. Privacy Policy: https://www.hyperlinkinfosystem.com/privacy-policy.html TermsOfUse : https://www.hyperlinkinfosystem.com/privacy-policy.html EULA:- https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

InstaScan4 screens
Scan To Go4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Scan To Go at none against InstaScan's shown. Scan To Go also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 60%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). InstaScan's advantage is ratings volume (1.9K vs 271). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. InstaScan sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 3 months and Scan To Go sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for InstaScan against 4.6 for Scan To Go. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: InstaScan has 1.9K ratings behind it against 271, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 60% of InstaScan's written reviews are positive against 94% of Scan To Go's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

InstaScan ships an update every 2 months, Scan To Go monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
InstaScan versus Scan To Go: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInstaScanScan To Go
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.9K ratings)4.6 (271 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews93.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.9K — better271
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB216 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperLemondo Apps LLcHyperlink Infosystem

Customer experience

InstaScan

All ratings1,862 ratings
Positive89.9%
Neutral4.0%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

Scan To Go

All ratings268 ratings
Positive90.7%
Neutral3.4%
Negative6.0%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive93.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.3%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

InstaScan

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Subscription 3 month$7.993 Months
  • Pack VIP3 Days trial$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Version$39.99
6 purchases

Scan To Go

Subscriptions5
  • Weekly Subscription3 Days trial$6.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
  • Quarterly Subscription$28.993 Months
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  • Get Ad-Free Experience$29.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription$99.991 Year
One-time1
  • ONETIME PURCHASE$499.99

Questions

Is InstaScan free?
InstaScan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scan To Go free?
Scan To Go is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, InstaScan or Scan To Go?
Scan To Go is rated higher. InstaScan averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.9K ratings, while Scan To Go averages 4.6 from 271 ratings.
Do InstaScan or Scan To Go have ads?
InstaScan shows ads; Scan To Go does not.
Which is updated more often, InstaScan or Scan To Go?
InstaScan ships an update every 2 months, and Scan To Go monthly. Most recently, InstaScan was updated on November 6, 2026 and Scan To Go on November 7, 2026.

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