When comparing Scanbot vs Evernote [Hello], the Slant community recommends Evernote [Hello] for most people. In the question“What are the best iOS apps for scanning business cards?” Evernote [Hello] is ranked 4th while Scanbot is ranked 9th. The most important reason people chose Evernote [Hello] is:
Creating an account is straightforward and fast.
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Pros
Pro Auto-uploads to numerous cloud services
Cloud integration: iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, Evernote, OneDrive, WebDAV, Shoeboxed, etc.
Pro Very fast auto-scanning
Through automatic edge detection scans are taken in a blink of an eye.
Pro Text recognition (OCR) support
Very easily extracts the text of your scans to copy, search, lookup etc.
Pro One-Time Purchase Available
You only need to pay once to upgrade to VIP to unlock all features for life. It's called "Business Access" and it costs $199.99.
Pro Best auto-detection of documents
Fastest and most accurate detection of all document kinds.
Pro Easy to set up
Creating an account is straightforward and fast.
Pro Good UI
The user interface is intuitive and easy to use.
Pro Good OCR
Evernote offers a reasonably good OCR performance.
Pro Automatically recognizes business cards
Cons
Con Mostly subscription-based, single purchase option is excessively expensive
Recently they changed from a reasonable one-time purchase model to a mostly subscription model. There is still a one-time purchase option but it's incredibly expensive at $199.99, and an upcoming iOS update is somewhat Sherlocking the broad field of OCR apps by automatically performing OCR on images displayed in native apps.
Con Intended use is offputting
The intended use of Evernote Hello was giving the phone to people you've just met and let them fill out the information. Many people found the idea awkward.
Con No bi-directional sync
Evernote can update the contacts, but changes in contacts don't reflect in the app.
