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DeveloperTing Tze Chuen
CategoryProductivity
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.5 (8)
Version2.0.0
Age rating4+
First seen by us
24 Oct 2026
24 Oct 2026Snapshelf: Scan & Read Aloud update history & changes
Last change · 3 events since 20 Sep 2019Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 3 events
- 🆕Snapshelf: Scan & Read Aloud first spotted by AppInsiderAustralia (found via developer)
- 📦Snapshelf: Scan & Read Aloud version 2.0.0Snapshelf 2.0 is a ground-up rebuild — our first major update in six years, and worth the wait.
TRANSLATION NOW RUNS ON YOUR DEVICE
Translation uses Apple's on-device Translation framework across 21 languages. The previous version sent your text to a translation service over the internet. This one does not send it anywhere.
SCANS AROUND 25 LANGUAGES
Text recognition now reads the languages your iPhone is set to, rather than English alone.
A PROPER AUDIO PLAYER
Lock Screen and Dynamic Island playback with a real progress scrubber, skip fifteen seconds either way, and playback speed. Calls, Siri and headphone disconnects are handled correctly — and opening Snapshelf no longer stops whatever you were already listening to.
BETTER VOICES
Apple's Premium and Enhanced voices, grouped by language. All free — they are already on your phone.
PLAYLISTS AND TRANSLATIONS NOW SYNC TOO
Sync previously covered snippets alone. Your playlists and your saved translations now follow you between iPhone and iPad as well, through your own iCloud.
MUCH SMALLER LIBRARIES
Scans are captured at a sensible size and existing libraries are compacted once, automatically. A large test library went from around 200 MB to around 12 MB — that is your storage and your iCloud quota back.
A FAIRER FREE TIER
Everything is unlimited for your first week. After that, listening and translating run on a rolling weekly allowance instead of a one-time counter that never reset, so there is always something waiting when you come back.
A LIFETIME OPTION
Pro is now available as a one-time purchase that never renews, alongside the monthly and yearly plans, and it is shareable with your family.
DARK MODE
At last — with a Light, Dark or System setting of its own.
REBUILT FOUNDATIONS
A new data layer on SwiftData and CloudKit, and a one-time migration that brings your existing library across.
Requires iOS 26.… more - 🆕Snapshelf: Scan & Read Aloud released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.5 ★
8 ratings
Measured
Snapshelf: Scan & Read Aloud on the App Store
App details
App ID
1477627350
Publisher
Ting Tze Chuen
On the store since
Sep 2019
7 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 26.0+
iPhone 11 and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
1
EN
Size
18 MB
Also listed in
Education
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Not charting right now. | ||
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.5 ★
8 ratings
Measured
Ratings
8
Measured
About Snapshelf: Scan & Read Aloud
Point your camera at a printed page and Snapshelf turns it into text you can listen to, translate, organise and search. A book, a letter, a handout, a label, a PDF — capture it once and hear it whenever you like.
Everything happens on your iPhone. There is no Snapshelf server, no Snapshelf account, and nothing you scan is ever uploaded. Most scanning apps send your document away to be read. Snapshelf has nowhere to send it.
SCAN
• Reads printed text in around 25 languages, following the languages your iPhone is set to
• Capture with the camera, or import from Photos or a PDF
• Recognition runs on the device, so it works with no connection at all
• Scans are stored compactly, so a large library stays small on your phone and in iCloud
LISTEN
• Every voice installed on your iPhone, including Apple's Premium and Enhanced voices
• Lock Screen and Dynamic Island playback with a progress scrubber
• Skip fifteen seconds either way, and change the playback speed
• Handles calls, Siri and headphones being unplugged properly
• Opening Snapshelf no longer stops the music you were already playing
TRANSLATE
• 21 languages using Apple's on-device Translation framework
• Download a language once and translation works offline afterwards
• Your text is never transmitted to a translation service
ORGANISE
• Playlists and hashtags
• Search across everything you have ever scanned
• Share a snippet's text and the original scan through the standard share sheet
• Dark mode throughout, or follow your system setting
SYNC
• Snippets, playlists and translations follow you between iPhone and iPad
• Through your own private iCloud account, not ours
PRIVACY
Your scans, the images behind them and the recognised text stay on your device and, if you enable sync, in your own iCloud. We collect crash reports and a small number of anonymous product-interaction events, which contain nothing you scanned. There is no advertising identifier and no tracking.
FREE AND PRO
Snapshelf is free to download, and everything is unlimited for your first week.
After that, the free tier keeps unlimited scanning in every language it reads, as many snippets and playlists as you like, full search and sharing, and every voice on your phone. It also includes ten snippets listened to and ten translated each week, on a rolling seven-day allowance — so there is always some waiting for you when you come back.
Snapshelf Pro removes both weekly limits and adds iCloud sync across your devices. It is available as a monthly or yearly subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase that never renews and is shareable with up to six family members. Current prices are shown in the app before you buy.
Subscriptions are billed through your Apple Account and renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel any time in Settings ▸ Apple Account ▸ Subscriptions.
Requires iOS 26. Runs on iPhone and iPad.
Terms of Use: https://snapshelf.app/terms/
Privac
Everything happens on your iPhone. There is no Snapshelf server, no Snapshelf account, and nothing you scan is ever uploaded. Most scanning apps send your document away to be read. Snapshelf has nowhere to send it.
SCAN
• Reads printed text in around 25 languages, following the languages your iPhone is set to
• Capture with the camera, or import from Photos or a PDF
• Recognition runs on the device, so it works with no connection at all
• Scans are stored compactly, so a large library stays small on your phone and in iCloud
LISTEN
• Every voice installed on your iPhone, including Apple's Premium and Enhanced voices
• Lock Screen and Dynamic Island playback with a progress scrubber
• Skip fifteen seconds either way, and change the playback speed
• Handles calls, Siri and headphones being unplugged properly
• Opening Snapshelf no longer stops the music you were already playing
TRANSLATE
• 21 languages using Apple's on-device Translation framework
• Download a language once and translation works offline afterwards
• Your text is never transmitted to a translation service
ORGANISE
• Playlists and hashtags
• Search across everything you have ever scanned
• Share a snippet's text and the original scan through the standard share sheet
• Dark mode throughout, or follow your system setting
SYNC
• Snippets, playlists and translations follow you between iPhone and iPad
• Through your own private iCloud account, not ours
PRIVACY
Your scans, the images behind them and the recognised text stay on your device and, if you enable sync, in your own iCloud. We collect crash reports and a small number of anonymous product-interaction events, which contain nothing you scanned. There is no advertising identifier and no tracking.
FREE AND PRO
Snapshelf is free to download, and everything is unlimited for your first week.
After that, the free tier keeps unlimited scanning in every language it reads, as many snippets and playlists as you like, full search and sharing, and every voice on your phone. It also includes ten snippets listened to and ten translated each week, on a rolling seven-day allowance — so there is always some waiting for you when you come back.
Snapshelf Pro removes both weekly limits and adds iCloud sync across your devices. It is available as a monthly or yearly subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase that never renews and is shareable with up to six family members. Current prices are shown in the app before you buy.
Subscriptions are billed through your Apple Account and renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel any time in Settings ▸ Apple Account ▸ Subscriptions.
Requires iOS 26. Runs on iPhone and iPad.
Terms of Use: https://snapshelf.app/terms/
Privac
Latest updates
2.0.0
Snapshelf 2.0 is a ground-up rebuild — our first major update in six years, and worth the wait.
TRANSLATION NOW RUNS ON YOUR DEVICE
Translation uses Apple's on-device Translation framework across 21 languages. The previous version sent your text to a translation service over the internet. This one does not send it anywhere.
SCANS AROUND 25 LANGUAGES
Text recognition now reads the languages your iPhone is set to, rather than English alone.
A PROPER AUDIO PLAYER
Lock Screen and Dynamic Island playback with a real progress scrubber, skip fifteen seconds either way, and playback speed. Calls, Siri and headphone disconnects are handled correctly — and opening Snapshelf no longer stops whatever you were already listening to.
BETTER VOICES
Apple's Premium and Enhanced voices, grouped by language. All free — they are already on your phone.
PLAYLISTS AND TRANSLATIONS NOW SYNC TOO
Sync previously covered snippets alone. Your playlists and your saved translations now follow you between iPhone and iPad as well, through your own iCloud.
MUCH SMALLER LIBRARIES
Scans are captured at a sensible size and existing libraries are compacted once, automatically. A large test library went from around 200 MB to around 12 MB — that is your storage and your iCloud quota back.
A FAIRER FREE TIER
Everything is unlimited for your first week. After that, listening and translating run on a rolling weekly allowance instead of a one-time counter that never reset, so there is always something waiting when you come back.
A LIFETIME OPTION
Pro is now available as a one-time purchase that never renews, alongside the monthly and yearly plans, and it is shareable with your family.
DARK MODE
At last — with a Light, Dark or System setting of its own.
REBUILT FOUNDATIONS
A new data layer on SwiftData and CloudKit, and a one-time migration that brings your existing library across.
Requires iOS 26.
