# AI Scanner : Image to Text

> OCR Text Scanner, PDF Scanner

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1225032527](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1225032527)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1225032527`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Govarthani Rajesh
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (9,179 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.2.3
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-09
- **First published:** 2017-04-11
- **Size:** 130 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-15
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ai-scanner-image-to-text/id1225032527)
- **Website:** [https://appzys.com/](https://appzys.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://appzys.com/ios/textscanner/privacypolicy](https://appzys.com/ios/textscanner/privacypolicy)

## Description

AI Scanner: Image to Text is an AI-powered OCR tool that extracts text from images, photos, screenshots, and PDFs with high accuracy across 92 languages, and can translate into 100+ languages. It supports handwriting-to-text, text-to-speech, and an AI chat to summarize or answer questions about the extracted content.

In addition to OCR, it lets you export results as searchable PDFs, PDFs with text layers, Word or TXT files, and multi-image PDFs. You can crop/rotate images prior to OCR, save scans, organize them in folders, and quickly copy text or share extracted text to accelerate your workflow.

## Rankings

- #18,879 — Overall
- #3 — text-to-image
- #4 — ocr
- #14 — text expander
- #24 — summarize pdf
- #35 — summarize text

## Review summary

User feedback highlights strong OCR for many images and languages, plus a quick editing flow and real-world usefulness (e.g., turning lyrics into text). However, pervasive ads, a 4-scan-per-day limit for free users, handwriting accuracy issues, and some device/file-type compatibility problems are common downsides. Overall, the app is helpful for regular text capture but requires tolerance for ads and handwriting variability.

### Pros

- OCR extracts text from images across multiple languages with generally high accuracy.
- Fast, easy-to-use editor with a reference preview window that helps during editing.
- Useful for converting notes or lyrics into editable text for quick transcription.
- Long-term reviewers report the app to be consistent and dependable over years of use.

### Cons

- Frequent intrusive ads that interrupt scanning, sometimes causing restarts or not counting scans.
- Free usage is limited to about 4 scans per day before paying or watching ads.
- Handwriting recognition is inconsistent, with misreads and gibberish on messy handwriting.
- Compatibility and input limitations exist (reports of issues on certain devices like iPhone SE and unsupported file types such as PDFs).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1225032527)