Free FreeOCR Alternatives

The best free alternative to FreeOCR is OSS Document Scanner, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to FreeOCR and loads of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to FreeOCR are Tesseract, GImageReader, Preview and CamScanner.

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  1. The OSS Document Scanner is an Open Source app to scan all your documents. You either scan using your camera or by importing an image. The app will automatically detect you document within the photo and will crop the image.

    70 OSS Document Scanner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • F-Droid
     
  2. GImageReader icon
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    gImageReader is a simple Gtk/Qt front-end to the Tesseract OCR Engine.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. Preview icon
     123 likes

    Native macOS app for viewing, annotating, and editing images and PDFs, featuring tools for cropping, rotating, resizing images, rearranging pages, full-screen viewing, markup, document merging, batch conversion, and export in multiple formats.

    168 Preview alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  4. Open Scanner icon
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    Open Scanner is a fast and simple-to-use paper-scanning app with AI features to speed up your scanning workflow:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
     
  5. OpenScan icon
     26 likes

    OpenScan is an open source app that enables users to scan hardcopies of documents or notes and convert it to PDF or JPEG files. Its motto is "No ads. No data collection. We respect your privacy.".

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  6. ClarifyDocuments is a free AI tool that converts PDFs, images, and slides into clean, editable text. It automatically cleans, organizes, and processes content in any language, helping students and educators focus on learning.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. Notebloc icon
     14 likes

    Document scanner app. Free. Save and share as PDF or JPG.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  8. OCRmyPDF icon
     15 likes

    OCRmyPDF adds an OCR text layer to scanned PDF files, allowing them to be searched - jbarlow83/OCRmyPDF

    21 OCRmyPDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Adobe Scan icon
     14 likes

    The Adobe Scan scanner app turns your device into a powerful portable scanner that recognizes text automatically (OCR) and allows you to save to multiple file formats including PDF and JPEG.

    122 Adobe Scan alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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