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Best Text Scanning Apps for iPhone (2026)

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

Part of Document Scanning.

CamScanner + | OCR Scanner is the top-ranked of 16 text scanning apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.9/5 from 17,375 ratings.

  1. 1
    CamScanner + | OCR ScannerS
    $0.99 + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 17,375 ratings · score 94
  2. 2
    AI Scanner : Image to TextS
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 9,184 ratings · score 93
  3. 3
    Scan & Translate+ Text GrabberA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 20,006 ratings · score 90
  4. 4
    Copy Text On ScreenA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 4,769 ratings · score 87
  5. 5
    One Scan: PDF Doc ScannerA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 11,766 ratings · score 86

What belongs in this list

Pull text out of a photo or scanned page so it can be copied or edited.

Not here: A document scanner alone that only saves images or PDFs; A QR or barcode scanner alone; A translation app alone; A general chatbot alone that reads uploaded images; A PDF viewer 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
CamScanner +AI Scanner
A
Scan & Trans…Copy TextOne ScanGenius ScanCamVision
B
Scanner VaultPDF Scanner AITranslatePDF & OCRScanner App
C
HandwritingText CapturePDF Document
D
None at D yet
F
Photo

Compare every app

  1. 1
    CamScanner + | OCR ScannerS
    $0.99 + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 17,375 ratings · score 94 · best in class
  2. 2
    AI Scanner : Image to TextS
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 9,184 ratings · score 93 · best in class
  3. 3
    Scan & Translate+ Text GrabberA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 20,006 ratings · score 90 · excellent
  4. 4
    Copy Text On ScreenA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 4,769 ratings · score 87 · excellent
  5. 5
    One Scan: PDF Doc ScannerA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 11,766 ratings · score 86 · excellent
  6. 6
    Genius Scan Enterprise - PDFA
    $49.99 + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 17,820 ratings · score 84 · excellent
  7. 7
    CamVision: PDF & OCR ScannerA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.2 · 54 ratings · score 81 · excellent
  8. 8
    Scanner Vault: PDF & OCR ScanB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 15,471 ratings · score 80 · good
  9. 9
    PDF Scanner AI: Scan DocumentsB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 6,609 ratings · score 80 · good
  10. 10
    Translate Photo & Camera ScanB
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 10,941 ratings · score 77 · good
  11. 11
    PDF & OCR Scanner - ScaniumB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 130 ratings · score 77 · good
  12. 12
    Scanner App - PDF Scan ProB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 200 ratings · score 71 · good
  13. 13
    Handwriting to Text PenToPrintC
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 4,032 ratings · score 64 · situational · provisional
  14. 14
    Text Capture: Image to TextC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 2,731 ratings · score 64 · situational · provisional
  15. 15
    PDF Document Scanner: ScaniXC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 102 ratings · score 63 · situational · provisional
  16. 16
    Photo Translator: Translate+F
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 2,412 ratings · score 41 · avoid · provisional

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Questions people ask

What is the best text scanning app for iPhone?
CamScanner + | OCR Scanner, S tier, ranked #1 of 16, rated 4.9 by 17,375 people.
Which text scanning apps are free?
14 of 16 are free to download: AI Scanner : Image to Text (S), Scan & Translate+ Text Grabber (A), Copy Text On Screen (A), One Scan: PDF Doc Scanner (A) and more. 10 of them sell in-app purchases.
Which text scanning app has the best App Store rating?
Genius Scan Enterprise - PDF at 4.9 from 17,820 ratings.
How many text scanning apps reach S or A tier?
7 of 16. 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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