The Best Free CamScanner AlternativesTop Document & Image Scanners like CamScanner

The best free alternative to CamScanner is OSS Document Scanner, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to CamScanner and loads of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to CamScanner are Open Note Scanner, Tesseract, Google Lens and GImageReader.

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  1. OSS Document Scanner icon

    OSS Document Scanner

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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.

    68 OSS Document Scanner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • F-Droid
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    Comments about OSS Document Scanner as an Alternative to CamScanner
    Sam Lander
    Positive
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    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 & iPhone 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
  2. Open Note Scanner icon

    Open Note Scanner

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    This little application provides a way on scanning handwritten notes and printed documents.

    50 Open Note Scanner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
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    Comments about Open Note Scanner as an Alternative to CamScanner
    John Fastman
    Positive
    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
    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 the most popular Android Tablet alternative to CamScanner.

    • Open Note Scanner is Free and Open SourceCamScanner is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Open Note Scanner is LightweightCamScanner is not according to our users
  4. Tesseract icon

    Tesseract

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

    24 Tesseract alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

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

    • Tesseract is Free and Open SourceCamScanner is Freemium and Proprietary
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    Adobe Scan

    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.

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    Google Lens

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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.

    32 Google Lens alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    • Google Lens is the most popular Web-based alternative to CamScanner.

    • Google Lens is Free and ProprietaryCamScanner is Freemium and Proprietary
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    Crow Translate

     36 likes
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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.

    78 Crow Translate alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  11. OpenScan icon

    OpenScan

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    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.".

    109 OpenScan alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
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    Comments about OpenScan as an Alternative to CamScanner
    brunetton
    Positive
    0

    Unfortunately no filters like "real" scan apps; so this is basically the original photo

    headlines
    Positive
    0

    Very fast and extremely easy to use. No ads or privacy scandals. Free and open source. Scans, crops, and touches up documents as well as CamScanner.

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    • OpenScan is Free and Open SourceCamScanner is Freemium and Proprietary
    • OpenScan is Privacy focusedCamScanner is not according to our users
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    Adobe Scan

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    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.

    118 Adobe Scan alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    Preview

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    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.

    167 Preview alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    Open Scanner

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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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
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    Notebloc

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

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    Comments about Notebloc as an Alternative to CamScanner
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Simple UI and no hassle when using for free

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Kushal Naskar
    Positive
    0

    Its user interface is very easy to use.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think Notebloc is a great CamScanner alternative.

    • Notebloc is Freemium and ProprietaryCamScanner is also Freemium and Proprietary
    • Notebloc is LightweightCamScanner is not according to our users
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