The Best CamScanner AlternativesTop Document & Image Scanners like CamScanner

CamScanner is described as 'Your portable scanner. Use your camera to get high quality scans of paper documents, receipts, notes and more. Anytime, anywhere' and is a popular document scanner in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 100 alternatives to CamScanner for a variety of platforms, including iPhone, Android, iPad, Windows and Android Tablet apps. The best CamScanner alternative is Pocket Scanner. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try OSS Document Scanner or Microsoft Lens. Other great apps like CamScanner are Open Note Scanner, Google Lens, Tesseract and Snagit.

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

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CamScanner alternatives page was last updated Jan 26, 2024
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  1. Pocket Scanner icon
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    Pocket Scanner Ultimate is the stand-alone version of Kdan’s Pocket Scanner series. Search “Pocket Scanner Cloud” in the App Store and try out the app & cloud services for free!

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad

    Pocket Scanner Features

    1.  Cloud Sync
    2.  PDF annotation
    3.  Mobile Scanner
    4.  Document structure management
    5.  Optimized for Mobile
    6.  Scan to JPEG
    7.  Scanner
    8.  Scan to PDF

    Pocket Scanner VS CamScanner

     
    • Almost everyone thinks Pocket Scanner is a great CamScanner alternative.

    • Pocket Scanner is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to CamScanner.

    • Pocket Scanner is the most popular commercial alternative to CamScanner.

    • Pocket Scanner is Paid and ProprietaryCamScanner is Freemium and Proprietary
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    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.

    63 OSS Document Scanner alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • F-Droid

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Scan documents
    2.  Export to PDF
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Mobile Scanner
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  Built-in viewer
    8.  OCR
    9.  Dark Mode
    10.  Screenshot OCR
    11.  WebDAV Sync
    12.  Image to text

    OSS Document Scanner VS CamScanner

     
    Comments about OSS Document Scanner as an Alternative to CamScanner
    Sam Lander
    Positive Jan 26, 2024
    0

    OSS Document Scanner is more lightweight, and has better filters. It condenses the files similarly as CamScanner, but the text is more clear.

    The only problem is that for my phone (GrapheneOS), I have to take photos with camera and import them in the app, because for whatever reason it makes the images blurry when I take the photo in the app itself. This may be because of my Android operating system.

    But it's smaller, open-source, and outputs better images (textbook pages).

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    • Most users think OSS Document Scanner is a great CamScanner alternative.

    • OSS Document Scanner is the most popular Android alternative to CamScanner.

    • OSS Document Scanner is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to CamScanner.

    • OSS Document Scanner is Free and Open SourceCamScanner is Freemium and Proprietary
    • OSS Document Scanner is Lightweight and Privacy focusedCamScanner is not according to our users
  3. Microsoft Lens icon
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    Microsoft Lens trims, enhances, and makes pictures of whiteboards and docs readable. You can use Office Lens to convert images to PDF, Word and PowerPoint files, and you can even save images to OneNote or OneDrive.

    74 Microsoft Lens alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad

    Top Microsoft Lens Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Keystone correction
    3.  Deskew
    4.  PDF OCR
    5.  Mobile Scanner
    6.  Scan to JPEG
    7.  Scan to PDF
    8.  Scan to word
    9.  Export to PDF
    10.  Convert images to PDF
    11.  Particle Engine

    Microsoft Lens VS CamScanner

     
    Comments about Microsoft Lens as an Alternative to CamScanner
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    Guest
    Negative May 27, 2019
    15

    Doesn't clear up text nearly as well as cam scanner. Doesn't have nice folder/file management system (have to save immediately as an image, or to OneDrive). Feels like cam-scanner 0.5 in terms of functionality.

    Guest
    Positive Dec 1, 2020
    0

    It's free, and it has all the requirements I needed such as convert into PDF and images. It also provides OCR, wow

    Guest
    Positive Feb 20, 2018
    0

    Automatic touch up and croping

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    • Most users think Microsoft Lens is a great CamScanner alternative.

    • Microsoft Lens is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to CamScanner.

    • Microsoft Lens is Free and ProprietaryCamScanner is Freemium and Proprietary
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    This little application provides a way on scanning handwritten notes and printed documents.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • BR flagBrazil

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
    Discontinued

    Not updated in 3 years. Google Play store says not compatible with current OS, and if you download from F-Droid it asks you to direct download another app to use it, which is not on Google Play or F-Droid.

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Scanner
    2.  Scan to PDF
    3.  Smart auto-align
    4.  Mobile Scanner
    5.  Content Templates
    6.  No registration required
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  Ad-free
    9.  Dark Mode
    10.  OCR

    Open Note Scanner VS CamScanner

     
    Comments about Open Note Scanner as an Alternative to CamScanner
    John Fastman
    Positive Jan 2, 2017
    4

    One of the few - perhaps even the only - open source scanning apps for Android. Gives comparable results to Camscanner. Needs OpenCV Manager to be installed, but that's a formality (the latter requires no permissions.)

    Shahin Rmz
    Negative May 31, 2023
    0

    I could never scan a document with this app.

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    • Some users think Open Note Scanner is a great CamScanner alternative, some don't.

    • Open Note Scanner is Free and Open SourceCamScanner is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Open Note Scanner is LightweightCamScanner is not according to our users
  5. Google Lens icon
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    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.

    27 Google Lens alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad

    Google Lens Features

    1.  Object identification
    2.  Reverse Image Search
    3.  OCR
    4.  Mobile Scanner
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  Built-in viewer
    8.  Works Offline
    9.  Dark Mode

    Google Lens VS CamScanner

     
    • Google Lens is the most popular Web-based alternative to CamScanner.

    • Google Lens is Free and ProprietaryCamScanner is Freemium and Proprietary
  6. Tesseract icon
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    Tesseract.js is a javascript library that gets words in almost any language out of images.

    19 Tesseract alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Tesseract Features

    1.  OCR

    Tesseract VS CamScanner

     
    • Tesseract is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to CamScanner.

    • Tesseract is Free and Open SourceCamScanner is Freemium and Proprietary
  7. Snagit icon
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    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 through documents, presentations, or favorite applications.

    193 Snagit alternatives

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    Top Snagit Features

    1.  Full-page Screenshot
    2.  Edit screenshots
    3.  Upload Screenshot
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  No registration required
    6.  No Tracking
    7.  Annotate Screenshot
    8.  Works Offline
    9.  OCR
    10.  Dark Mode
    11. YouTube icon  Upload directly to YouTube
    12.  Auto Scrolling

    Snagit VS CamScanner

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

    85 GImageReader alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CH flagSwitzerland

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    GImageReader Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Image to text
    3.  PDF OCR
    4.  Annotate Screenshot

    GImageReader VS CamScanner

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

    57 NormCap alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Cross-Platform
    3.  Support for Multiple Monitors
    4.  Screenshot OCR
    5.  Image to text
    6.  Portable
    7.  No Tracking
    8.  No registration required
    9.  Ad-free
    10.  Dark Mode
    11.  Works Offline
    12.  High-dpi support

    NormCap VS CamScanner

     
  10. Crow Translate icon
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    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.

    72 Crow Translate alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • UA flagUkraine

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Translator
    2.  Online translation
    3.  Real-time translation
    4.  OCR
    5.  Sits in the System Tray
    6.  Desktop Application
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  No Tracking
    9.  Works Offline

    Crow Translate VS CamScanner

     
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