If you’re familiar with Evernote, you already know the general idea of how Neat for Mac functions. Neat for Mac’s main window greets you when you launch the app. Neat for Mac can also import documents not originating from a scan-adding them either from the Finder or via Add to Neat commands in the PDF menu of Print dialogs. NeatDesk Neat for Mac is an all-in-one application for storing and manipulating your scans. Once again, they take distinctly different approaches.
The two competing scanners each come with their own custom software. For example, iCloud users can almost as conveniently transfer photos from their iPhone to their Mac via Photo Stream, and import them to Neat if desired. Even if everything worked perfectly, the service doesn’t seem worth paying a monthly fee-unless you use it very frequently. Other times, loading stalled with a persistent spinning sundial. Sometimes a selected scan loaded quickly.
Going the other way, the mobile app’s ability to view scans from a Mac was inconsistent. However, I could not get the camera to focus in the Neat app, which sometimes resulted in photos too blurry for OCR processing. In my testing, transferring a photo from an iPhone to a Mac worked well. The service requires that you open an account and pay a minimum of $6 per month. NeatMobile accomplishes all of this by shunting your data through its new Going in the other direction, scans stored on your Mac sync to NeatMobile on all your iOS devices. If the photo is of a text document, Neat’s OCR processing software kicks in and analyzes it. NeatMobile iOS app, you can take a photo and wirelessly send it to your Mac. Tap NeatMobile’s Scan button to take a photo and send it as a scanned image to your Mac. The approach each scanner takes, however, could hardly be less similar. The newest and “hottest” features for both scanners deal with wireless communication to mobile devices.
Fujitsu explains this success is due to hardware improvements in the iX500, notably a gear-driven spring-loaded roller and an “ultrasonic multi-feed” sensor. In contrast, the iX500 did not fail even once. NeatDesk also had more frequent problems with paper jamming or twisting in the feeder. The iX500 often scanned at a spectacular 30 ppm, while NeatDesk handled the same paper stacks at only 11 ppm. However, in my testing, the iX500 consistently out-performed the NeatDesk.
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