FaxTo vs Genius Fax: two credit models, one important difference
Genius Fax is the closest competitor to FaxTo in philosophy: both sell credits rather than subscriptions, and in both, one credit sends one page. Genius Fax charges between $0.99 and $0.40 a credit depending on pack size, and has years of operating history. The practical differences are that FaxTo puts the scanner in the same app, and does not charge for a fax that fails.
Side by side
| What you are comparing | FaxTo | Genius Fax |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model — No meaningful difference | Credits — 1 credit = 1 page; no subscription required to send. | Credits — 1 credit = 1 page; no subscription required to send. |
| Price per page — The other app leads on this | Not published yet — the app is pre-release | $0.99 down to $0.40 per credit depending on how many you buy at once. |
| Do credits expire? — No meaningful difference | One-off packs never expire. | Credits are bought in advance and used at your own pace. |
| A fax that fails to send — FaxTo leads on this | No credit is charged; busy lines retried automatically. | Check current terms on Genius Fax's help site. |
| Scanning — FaxTo leads on this | Built into the same app — scan, crop, enhance, rotate, merge. | Lives in Genius Scan, a separate app by the same developer. |
| Receiving faxes — No meaningful difference | Dedicated US or Canada number on the Pro plan. | A paid add-on with its own monthly fee plus per-page cost. |
| Cover page — No meaningful difference | Built in; merged into the PDF before sending. | Supported. |
| Availability — The other app leads on this | Pre-release; not on the app stores. | Available now on iOS and Android, with an established track record. |
Figures on the right were read from the vendor's own pages on the dates listed below. Visit Genius Fax
Choosing between FaxTo and Genius Fax
FaxTo suits you if…
- You want to scan the document and send it without switching between two apps.
- You want it stated plainly that a failed transmission is not billed.
- You need to send to more than 40 countries.
- You want no advertising identifiers collected from your device.
Genius Fax suits you if…
- You want a published per-page price you can calculate against right now.
- You already use Genius Scan and are happy with the two-app workflow.
- You want a service with a long operating history rather than a new one.
- You need to send a fax today.
The same idea, executed differently
Most of this category sells monthly page allowances. Genius Fax and FaxTo both reject that: you buy credits, one credit sends one page, and you spend them when you have something to send. For occasional faxing this is simply the better structure, and Genius Fax has been proving it for years.
So the comparison comes down to details rather than models — and the details are worth knowing before you pick one.
Where the scanner lives
Genius Fax is a companion to Genius Scan, its developer's well-regarded scanning app. Scanning happens in one app, faxing in the other. If you already use Genius Scan this is a strength — it is a better scanner than most fax apps bundle. If you do not, it means installing two apps and moving a file between them every time you fax something.
FaxTo puts capture and sending in one flow: scan with the camera, crop, enhance, rotate, merge multiple pages, attach a cover page, enter the number, send. It is one app because the task is one task.
What a failed fax costs
FaxTo does not deduct a credit when a transmission fails, and retries a busy line automatically before reporting the failure. Genius Fax's current terms are on its own help site and worth reading, because institutional fax lines fail often enough that this rule matters more than a few cents of per-page price.
Where Genius Fax is the better choice
Genius Fax publishes its prices, has years of delivery history behind it, and you can install it right now. FaxTo has none of those things yet. If you have a fax to send this week, that settles it.
Frequently asked questions
Sources
Prices and plan contents change without notice. Each figure below was read from the linked page on the date shown — open it and confirm before you decide.
- Genius Fax — How much does a fax cost?checked: 28 July 2026
- FaxTo — product facts taken from the app itselfchecked: 28 July 2026