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Add to SafariWhen comparing Scanbot vs CamScanner, the Slant community recommends Scanbot for most people. In the question“What are the best iOS apps for scanning business cards?” Scanbot is ranked 9th while CamScanner is ranked 11th. The most important reason people chose Scanbot is:
Cloud integration: iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, Evernote, OneDrive, WebDAV, Shoeboxed, etc.
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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 Scan border recognition
Nearly perfect scan border recognition – and related adjustment possibilities
Pro Small Scan file size
The best small scan file size results so far (when adjusted correctly)
Pro PDF conversion
CamScanner scans documents directly into multi page PDF format.
Pro Ad-less free version
Pro Batch scanning
CamScanner allows users to scan multiple documents at the same time.
Pro Scanned documents can be stored in cloud storage
Free CamScanner accounts have access to 200 MB of free storage space. 10 GB storage space is available for full version license (monthly subscription).
Pro Secure
This app offers password protection for scanned documents.
Pro Balance indicator
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 Nagging badges even in paid version
Even in the paid version disturbing badges for gaining "gifts" one cannot switch off.
Con Scan workflow not optimized
Scan (and saving results) workflow needs several more steps than it should.
Con Pro features requires subscription
Either monthly or yearly subscriptions are available at either $4.99/month or $49.99/year.
Con Free version has no OCR functionality
Con Buttons are not labeled
