Clean Retype vs FixMyScan

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Clean Retype compared with FixMyScan
Detail	Clean Retype	FixMyScan
What it does	Check documents for hidden content and create clean copies	Clean, searchable PDFs from scanned books for e-readers
Stage	Startup	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	GB	Not given
Pricing model	Not given	Paid
Pricing	Free trial: 1 clean copy included. Pay as you go: £0.99 per document or 10 documents for £6.99. Monthly: £4.99 a month for unlimited documents (fair use, up to 300 a month). Teams: from £19 a month for up to 5 people.	Personal plans: $9.99 per week (billed weekly) or $79.99 per year (billed yearly, equivalent to $6.67 per month). Team plans start at $29 per month (billed yearly as $348) for up to 3 people and 20,000 pages per month. Department plan: $69 per month (billed yearly as $828) for up to 10 people and 50
Key features	Detects hidden names, comments and author information Finds deleted text and tracked changes Identifies hidden sheets in Excel files Reveals hidden slides and speaker notes in PowerPoint Shows text under PDF redaction boxes Rebuilds documents with only visible content Processes files up to 20 MB and 50 pages Provides detailed removal reports Double-checks retyped text for accuracy Removes hidden AI labels and metadata	Automatic margin removal and page cropping Page straightening for tilted scans Two-page scan splitting into single pages Yellow and grey paper conversion to white OCR in 19 languages File compression and size reduction Works with Kindle, Kobo, reMarkable and other e-readers Greyscale preservation for images and photos Integration with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Grok
What makes it different	File never leaves your computer during the free check Rebuilds pages by reading them like printouts rather than copying files Deleted files within 15 minutes automatically Detailed report of all hidden content removed Maintains formatting in cleaned copies	Single crop applies to all pages automatically Processes up to 1,000 pages in minutes without installation Preserves page numbers and citations from original book Works on all major e-readers with one PDF output
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	Not checked yet no change since last check	Not checked yet no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	0	0
Citation Flow (Majestic)	19	0
Referring domains (Majestic)	5	0

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