Adobe Scan Alternatives

Adobe Scan is described as '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' and is a document scanner in the office & productivity category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Adobe Scan for a variety of platforms, including Android, iPhone, Windows, iPad and Web-based apps. The best Adobe Scan alternative is OSS Document Scanner, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Adobe Scan are Tesseract, Snagit, Google Lens and GImageReader.

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  1. Scanit icon

    Scanit

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    Meet Scanit, a simple yet powerful scanner app that lets you quickly scan any kind of documents and convert them into PDF’s.

    60 Scanit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  2. Scan Now icon

    Scan Now

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    A fast and simple app for document scanning on iOS.

    47 Scan Now alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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    Snagit

    Advanced screen capture and recording tool enabling image or video captures directly from your screen. Includes editing features like callouts, transparency, and effects to enhance visuals. Organize and easily share creations thr...

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  6. QuickScan icon

    QuickScan

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    The app is 100% FREE, with NO ads and NO data collection. Donations are possible to support the project.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    It's fully privacy respecting, free, and has no ads. It runs super fast and uses all native UI elements. No account required.

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    • QuickScan is Free and ProprietaryAdobe Scan is Freemium and Proprietary
  7. Scanner Pro icon

    Scanner Pro

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    Scanner Pro turns your iPhone into portable scanner in your pocket. It lets you scan multipage documents, email them and even upload to Dropbox, MobileMe iDisk or any other WebDAV enabled server.

    55 Scanner Pro alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • iPhone
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  10. PDF Doc Scan icon

    PDF Doc Scan

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    Main point of this app is to scan or select existing PDF documents simply using intent or chooser. Other apps require payment to access their api/sdk or simply don't have a possible way to do it. So they rely on switching between an app ,file chooser and a scanner.

    74 PDF Doc Scan alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
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  11. FreeOCR icon

    FreeOCR

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    FreeOCR is a scan & OCR program including the Tesseract free ocr engine, also known as a Tesseract GUI. It includes a Windows installer, and it is very simple to use.

    87 FreeOCR alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. Photo Scan icon

    Photo Scan

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    Photo Scan lets you extract text from Images or Photos very easily and efficiently!

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Phone
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  13. TextShot icon

    TextShot

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    TextShot is the ultimate tool for extracting text from images.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  14. (a9t9) Free OCR Software icon

    (a9t9) Free OCR Software

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    OCR software and web service to extract text from image files and PDF. The application is available as online OCR web app, OCR API, or simple to install Windows store application.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Windows
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  15. Google Stack icon

    Google Stack

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    Get rid of paper clutter with Stack. Stack is a PDF scanner, document organizer, and detail finder. All in one.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
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