Free Adobe Scan AlternativesDocument & Image Scanners like Adobe Scan

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   FairScan

    39 likes

   Android document scanner offering multi-page PDF creation, automatic detection, image enhancement, and distraction-free interface, all open-source. No ads, cloud, watermarks, or tracking—scans remain on your device. Minimal permissions ensure privacy and transparency.

   23 FairScan alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Document Scanner

   Origin

   • France
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Android
   • F-Droid

   

   

   

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   OSS Document Scanner

    69 likes

   The OSS Document Scanner is a free and Open Source app to transform your mobile device into a powerful document scanner.

   80 OSS Document Scanner alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application types

   • Document Scanner
   • Image Scanner

   Origin

   • France
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Android
   • iPhone
   • F-Droid

   

   

   

   +6

   

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   OSS Document Scanner vs Adobe Scan Comments

    

   tangycandy

   Positive comment•Dec 24, 2023

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   Lots of filters, great automatic cropping/resizing abilities for document pages compared to other scanning apps

   Guest

   Positive comment•Sep 5, 2024

   0

   1. It's open source
   2. It doesn't collect any information
   3. No sign in required
   4. No files are uploaded to their cloud so they are less likely to steal my data. All in all it's a great app

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   Guest

   Positive comment•Jan 8, 2024

   0

   Fast, lightweight and open source

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

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   • OSS Document Scanner is Free and Open SourceAdobe Scan is Freemium and Proprietary
   • OSS Document Scanner is Lightweight and Privacy focusedAdobe Scan is not according to our users
4. 

   

   MakeACopy

    16 likes

   MakeACopy is an open-source document scanner app for Android that allows you to digitize paper documents with OCR functionality. The app is designed to be privacy-friendly, working completely offline without any cloud connection or tracking.

   51 MakeACopy alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (Apache-2.0)

   Application type

   • Image Scanner

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Android
   • F-Droid

   

   

   

   +5

   

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   Tesseract

    110 likes

   Tesseract.js is a javascript library that gets words in almost any language out of images.

   30 Tesseract alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • OCR Engine

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

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   Google Lens

    67 likes

   Google Lens lets you search what you see, get things done faster, and understand the world around you—using just your camera or a photo.

   46 Google Lens alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Application types

   • Image Search Engine
   • Image Scanner

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Online
   • Android
   • iPhone
   • Android Tablet
   • iPad

   

   

   

   +4

   

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   NormCap

    24 likes

   OCR powered screen-capture tool to capture information instead of images.

   65 NormCap alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Screenshot Capture

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

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   GImageReader

    74 likes

   gImageReader is a simple Gtk/Qt front-end to the Tesseract OCR Engine.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Screenshot Capture

   Origin

   • Switzerland

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Linux

   

   

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    Crow Translate

     36 likes

    Crow Translate is a simple and lightweight translator programmed in C++ / Qt that allows to translate and speak text using Google, Yandex and Bing translate API.

    88 Crow Translate alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application type

    • Translator

    Origin

    • Ukraine

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub

    

    

    

    +5

    

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    CamScanner

     73 likes

    Your portable scanner. Use your camera to get high quality scans of paper documents, receipts, notes and more. Anytime, anywhere.

    135 CamScanner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    • Document Scanner
    • Image Scanner

    Origin

    • China

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad

    

    

    

    +6

    

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    Open Scanner

     13 likes

    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

    • Document Scanner

    Platforms

    • iPhone

    

    

    

    +2

    

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    OpenScan

     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.".

    114 OpenScan alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (BSD-3-Clause)

    Application types

    • Document Scanner
    • Image Scanner

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android

    

    

    

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    Capture2text

     34 likes

    Capture2Text enables users to quickly OCR a portion of the screen using a keyboard shortcut.

    63 Capture2text alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Screenshot Capture

    Origin

    • United States

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows

    

    

    

    +9

    

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