CamScanner Alternatives

Apps similar to CamScanner include FairScan, which is free and open source. Other options are OSS Document Scanner, MakeACopy, Google Lens and Tesseract. Document Scanners like CamScanner are a crowded field, with more than 100 alternatives for Android, iPhone, Windows, iPad and the web.

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  1. iScanner icon

    iScanner

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    A multifunctional AI platform for document scanning and management.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • US flagUnited States
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  2. Clean Scan icon

    Clean Scan

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    Clean Scan is an open source (Apache license) mobile document scanner that lets you easily digitize your paper documents into PDFs.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  4. U Scanner icon

    U Scanner

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    U Scanner is a simple all-in-one scanning app that allows you to capture and enhance content on the go, Digitize, save and share meeting slides, whiteboard annotations, receipts, and even napkin scribbles, with a single click.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • TW flagTaiwan
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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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    OCRFeeder

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    OCRFeeder is a document layout analysis and optical character recognition system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • PT flagPortugal
    • European Union flagEU
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  7. Readiris icon

    Readiris

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    PDF and OCR publishing software (optical character recognition) for MAC & WINDOWS. Do you dream of an intelligent PDF and OCR solution to intuitively manage your documents? You've found it.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • BE flagBelgium
    • European Union flagEU
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  9. Docutain icon

    Docutain

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    Scan, manage and share documents easily with the best Document Scanner app.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU
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  10. (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 type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Windows
    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU
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  11. JotNot Scanner icon

    JotNot Scanner

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    JotNot Scanner uses the phone's camera to scan documents and pictures into electronic PDF files that can be saved on the phone. The application also processes the images to make them clearer.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  12. 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.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
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  13. Apowersoft Scanner icon

    Apowersoft Scanner

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    Apowersoft Scanner is a mobile app helping you scan paperwork to PDF with your Android and iOS devices. And it is able to extract text from scanned files, merge and sign PDF.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • HK flagHong Kong SAR China
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  14. ClearScanner icon

    ClearScanner

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    Scan documents easily using your mobile camera.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  15. TextShot icon

    TextShot

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    TextShot is the ultimate tool for extracting text from images.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • EE flagEstonia
    • European Union flagEU
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