CamScanner

Document scanner app that turns phone photos into cleaned-up, searchable PDFs, with online PDF tools.

FreemiumProprietaryWindowsmacOSAndroidiOSWeb
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About CamScanner

CamScanner scans multiple pages, books and ID cards with a phone camera, removes the background, and auto-crops and straightens the edges. OCR extracts text in 41 languages, and the app can sign, watermark, annotate, merge, split, compress and reorder PDF pages.

It converts between PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and images, and syncs files to the cloud for access across phone, tablet and computer. Apps are offered for iOS, Android, HarmonyOS, macOS and Windows, plus a web version that requires signing in.

Strengths

  • Automatic background removal, cropping and straightening
  • OCR in 41 languages
  • Available on phones, desktops and the web
  • Built-in PDF editing and format conversion

Limitations

  • Relies on cloud sync for cross-device access
  • Proprietary, with features split between free and paid tiers

Details

Pricing
FreemiumFree to download, with paid features on top.
License
Proprietary (Proprietary)
Developer
CamScanner
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, Web
How it runs
Downloadable app, Web application
Best suited for
Scanning paper documents and receipts to PDF from a phone
Last verified
Added
Provenance
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