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Best Image To Text Conversion Apps for iPhone (2026)

7 apps ranked S through F · · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Part of Document Conversion.

AI Scanner : Image to Text is the top-ranked of 7 image to text conversion apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.6/5 from 9,184 ratings.

  1. 1
    AI Scanner : Image to TextS
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 9,184 ratings · score 93
  2. 2
    Copy Text On ScreenA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 4,768 ratings · score 89
  3. 3
    Text Capture: Image to TextA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 2,731 ratings · score 88
  4. 4
    Translate Photo & Camera ScanA
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 10,941 ratings · score 86
  5. 5
    Camera Translator: AI PictureC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 22,792 ratings · score 66

What belongs in this list

Pull the text out of an image or photo so it can be copied, edited, or saved.

Not here: image format conversion alone; image to PDF conversion alone; photo text editing alone; speech to text alone; a camera scanner that only saves images alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

S
AI Scanner
A
Copy TextText CaptureTranslate
B
None at B yet
C
Camera
D
PhotoAir Translat…
F
None at F yet

Compare every app

  1. 1
    AI Scanner : Image to TextS
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 9,184 ratings · score 93 · best in class
  2. 2
    Copy Text On ScreenA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 4,768 ratings · score 89 · excellent
  3. 3
    Text Capture: Image to TextA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 2,731 ratings · score 88 · excellent
  4. 4
    Translate Photo & Camera ScanA
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 10,941 ratings · score 86 · excellent
  5. 5
    Camera Translator: AI PictureC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 22,792 ratings · score 66 · situational · provisional
  6. 6
    Photo Translator: Translate+D
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 2,412 ratings · score 53 · weak
  7. 7
    Air Translate Photo TranslatorD
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 4,420 ratings · score 52 · weak · provisional

Questions people ask

What is the best image to text conversion app for iPhone?
AI Scanner : Image to Text, S tier, ranked #1 of 7, rated 4.6 by 9,184 people.
Which image to text conversion apps are free?
7 of 7 are free to download: AI Scanner : Image to Text (S), Copy Text On Screen (A), Text Capture: Image to Text (A), Translate Photo & Camera Scan (A) and more. 4 of them sell in-app purchases.
Which image to text conversion app has the best App Store rating?
Copy Text On Screen at 4.6 from 4,768 ratings.
How many image to text conversion apps reach S or A tier?
4 of 7. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.

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