Claro ScanPen vs Log
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Claro ScanPen
This app allows you to take a photo of printed text and have it read aloud to you instantly. It uses OCR technology to convert images to text and supports multiple languages. It's ideal for students, professionals, and anyone needing auditory access to printed materials, even without an internet connection.
- Photo capture of printed text
- Selectable text for audio playback
- Instant human-quality voice output
- Offline functionality
- Multi-language support
- OCR technology
- Copy and share text
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Need to listen to printed text spoken aloud - at school, in a test or exam, at work or at home? Use Claro ScanPen to photo your printed text document, letter, test paper - then select the text with your finger (or stylus), and hear it spoken straight back to you. Instantly! No internet connection required. Claro ScanPen advances reading aloud support. It gives access to printed text materials and documents for all, in a wide range of languages. Using your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, simply: • Take a photo of the text or select a photo of the text document from your camera roll. • Highlight with your finger or stylus which section of text you want to hear spoken to you. • Listen as Claro ScanPen instantly reads the text back to you using a human quality voice in a language of your choice. With your finger (or stylus) you can highlight all of the text, word by word or line by line. Tap anywhere to stop the speech. Claro ScanPen can also be used with the built in iOS VoiceOver accessibility feature, allowing low vision and blind users to access text. Claro ScanPen has no access to the internet or any reference material, so is perfect to use as a computer reader under exam and test conditions, helping students who cannot read text very well (e.g. students with dyslexia) to listen to the exam test paper questions and information. It can also be used for quickly converting class handout materials, printed presentations, instructions, books - in fact anything containing printed texts. Great for independent access and learning. Claro ScanPen uses the latest premium Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology to convert your picture into text and uses iOS system voices to read the text back to you. The OCR in Claro ScanPen fully supports the recognition of text in the following languages: • English • Danish • Dutch • French • German • Italian • Norwegian • Portuguese • Spanish • Swedish Simply select the voice that matches the language of your text to hear it read back correctly. Higher-quality Nuance Expressive and Acapela voices are available to purchase in-app. Claro ScanPen is a great addition to the popular Claro Reading and Writing support apps ClaroSpeak and ClaroPDF. Claro ScanPen does not require internet access to function. Explore using the Apple iOS Guided Access feature to lock the iPad, iPod Touch or iPhone into a single app, for more secure and controlled usage. Tap iOS Settings > General > Accessibility > Guided Access to set up Guided Access. Selected text can be copied to the clipboard by enabling the advanced setting in iOS Settings. A share button can be enabled in advanced settings in iOS Settings. This lets you export your image to other apps, email and other destinations. Now supports drag and drop of the scanned text, to apps that support text, such as Notes. Requires iOS 11 and an iPad that supports multi-tasking. *** Minimum camera spec: 2MP *** If you require any product support please email us at support@clarosoftware.com. We cannot respond to any support requests made via the App Store review channel, so please email us first.
Log
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A comprehensive app to control the TTS Log-Box from your iPad. Easily connect to the data logger using Bluetooth and start capturing data, such as light, sound, temperature, and pulse readings. All the sensors are clearly labelled to avoid confusion and up to 3 external temperature probes can be connected to Log-Box for comparison exercises.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Log at Free against Claro ScanPen's $9.99. Log also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 11). Claro ScanPen's advantage is device support. On iOS requirement 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
Log is free to download; Claro ScanPen costs $9.99 up front. Claro ScanPen sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Log asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Claro ScanPen | Log |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (147 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 23.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 147 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 136 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Claro Software Limited | TTS Group Limited |
In-app purchases
Claro ScanPen
- Allison$1.99
- Ava$1.99
- Samantha$1.99
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- Tom$1.99
- Susan$1.99
- Heather$1.99
- Ryan$1.99
- Micah$1.99
- Rod$1.99
- Tyler$1.99
- Will$1.99
Log
No in-app purchases









