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OpenScan vs Adobe Scan: catalog facts
OpenScan	Adobe Scan
Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…	Free Free to download; advanced PDF features need a paid Acrobat Pro subscription.
Android	Android, iOS
Turns photographed pages into shareable documents.	Automatic boundary detection and perspective correction Built-in OCR for searchable PDFs
Scan quality depends on lighting and camera capture.	Combining and converting files requires paid Acrobat Pro Mobile only
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: BSD-3-Clause	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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