ScanMojo vs the iPhone's built-in Notes scanner
Every iPhone can scan documents in the Notes and Files apps, for free. For an occasional page, that may be all you need. ScanMojo is for people who scan often and want cleaner pages with less fuss, plus a few things Notes doesn't do. Here's how they compare, fairly.
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Both: free scanning with auto-capture
Notes and ScanMojo both find the page and capture it automatically, and both let you adjust the corners and add more pages.
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Both: searchable text
Notes can search text inside scanned documents, and so can ScanMojo, which also names each scan from its first page.
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ScanMojo: automatic clean-up
Fingers, staples and punch holes are erased from page edges, shadows are evened out, and curled or folded lines are straightened. Notes offers filters, but it doesn't erase fingers or staples.
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ScanMojo: modes for IDs, passports and barcodes
ID mode takes the front and back of a card, Passport mode handles the booklet, and barcode cards keep loyalty and gym cards ready at checkout.
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ScanMojo Pro: Word, Excel and more
Pro exports scans to editable Word and Excel files, merges PDFs, password-protects them, and puts both sides of an ID on one page.
Where Notes is the better fit
If you scan a page now and then and want it inside a note, with your other notes and synced across your Apple devices through iCloud, the built-in scanner is hard to beat. It's already on your iPhone, it can add a signature with Markup, and a note can be locked.
Where ScanMojo is the better fit
If you scan receipts, forms, contracts and IDs regularly, the automatic clean-up saves you from retaking pages or sending ones with your thumb in them. Scans live in their own library with folders, so they don't clutter your notes, and IDs and passports have dedicated folders behind Face ID.
ScanMojo is also built for getting documents out in the form people ask for: a PDF, images, plain text, or with Pro, Word, Excel and password-protected PDFs.
Privacy
ScanMojo processes and stores scans on your iPhone and never uploads them; there's no account. Notes stores scans with your notes, which sync through iCloud if you use iCloud for Notes.
Questions
Is the iPhone's built-in scanner good enough?
For occasional scanning, often yes. A dedicated app helps when you scan often, need clean pages without fingers, shadows or staples, or need IDs, barcode cards, or Word and Excel export.
Is ScanMojo free like Notes?
Scanning, clean-up, text search and PDF export are free in ScanMojo, with no watermark and no scan limit. Pro is optional.
Can I move scans from Notes into ScanMojo?
Yes. Share the scan from Notes as a PDF to Files, then import it in ScanMojo with Tools › Import a file.