NAPS2 AlternativesTop Document & Image Scanners like NAPS2

NAPS2 is described as 'Document scanning application with a focus on simplicity and ease of use' and is a very popular document scanner in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 25 alternatives to NAPS2 for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone apps. The best NAPS2 alternative is ABBYY FineReader PDF. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Simple Scan or OpenScan. Other great apps like NAPS2 are VueScan, Open Scanner, PDFTK Builder and Genius Scan.

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  1. ABBYY FineReader PDF icon

    ABBYY FineReader PDF

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    Optical recognition software boasting unmatched text accuracy converts scanned documents to editable Word, Excel, or searchable PDFs while preserving layout. Supports 190 languages, simplifies processes with automated tasks, and includes PDF editing tools.

    88 ABBYY FineReader PDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    flux
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    Alternativeto: Why has one to search on this flipping page for a link to ie. Abbyy-finereader? This is an utterly time-wasting stupid webpage-design-fault!!!! GET IT RIGHT. Else; no point in using ie. this website!

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    NAPS2 focuses on scanning and offers OCR functionality. ABBYY FineReader is a powerful OCR software that allows a scanner as source, along multiple others. So if you're looking for a better software to scan a bunch of documents, ABBYY isn't for you.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think ABBYY FineReader PDF is a great NAPS2 alternative.

    • ABBYY FineReader PDF is the most popular Windows, Mac, iPhone & iPad alternative to NAPS2.

    • ABBYY FineReader PDF is the most popular commercial alternative to NAPS2.

    • ABBYY FineReader PDF is Paid and ProprietaryNAPS2 is Free and Open Source
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    Simple Scan

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    Simple Scan is an easy-to-use application, designed to let users connect their scanner and quickly have the image/document in an appropriate format.

    26 Simple Scan alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
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    Guest
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    does not work with BenQ 5000

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think Simple Scan is a great NAPS2 alternative.

    • Simple Scan is the most popular Linux alternative to NAPS2.

    • Simple Scan is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to NAPS2.

    • Simple Scan is Free and Open SourceNAPS2 is also Free and Open Source
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    VueScan

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    Scans documents, photos, and film on Windows, macOS, and Linux, with support for over 1200 scanners, PDF, JPEG, TIFF, and TXT output, advanced adjustments, batch processing, OCR, color correction, obsolete device support, and easy-to-use interface.

    30 VueScan alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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    ABBYY FineReader PDF

    Optical recognition software boasting unmatched text accuracy converts scanned documents to editable Word, Excel, or searchable PDFs while preserving layout. Supports 190 languages, simplifies processes with automated tasks, and ...

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    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

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    Platforms

    • Android
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    flux
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    Alternativeto: Why the flip are you 'hiding' the flipping link to ie. app until one mouses-over the name of ie. app? Worse; not a direct link; but have to copy & paste link!! What the flip is going on with your site?@??? I give up! GET IT SORTED! I'll check-back perhaps in a year!

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    • OpenScan is the most popular Android alternative to NAPS2.

    • OpenScan is Free and Open SourceNAPS2 is also Free and Open Source
    • OpenScan is Privacy focusedNAPS2 is not according to our users
  7. Open Scanner icon

    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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    PDFTK Builder

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    PDFTK Builder is a free graphical interface to for PDFtk, making it much easier to use. It is a easy to use tool to collate (merge), split, encrypt, decrypt, stamp and rotate (only 90°, 180° or 270°) pdf documents.

    88 PDFTK Builder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. Genius Scan icon

    Genius Scan

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    Genius Scan is a scanner in your pocket. Quickly scan your documents on the go and export them as JPEG or multi-page PDF files.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
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  11. Kofax Omnipage icon

    Kofax Omnipage

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    Kofax OmniPage offers industry-leading optical character recognition (OCR) for fast, easy accurate document conversion. Instantly turn paper and digital documents into files you can edit, search and share securely.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    gscan2pdf

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    gscan2pdf can scan, clean the scan and do OCR on the scan or imported images (incl. existing PDFs, DjVus or other file types), and make PDF and DjVu-files with embedded OCR-text. It works together with tesseract, ocropus, cuneiform an...

    29 gscan2pdf alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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    gscan2pdf is nicer to work with, seems to have more features. OCR in NAPS2 seem to be limited to only making PDFs searchable while gscan2pdf converted scans into text quite well.

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    • gscan2pdf is Free and Open SourceNAPS2 is also Free and Open Source
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    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.

    66 Readiris alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  14. SilverFast icon

    SilverFast

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    Digitally archive, scan, and optimize photos with tools for advanced correction, batch jobs, printer calibration, real-time previews, and QuickTime tutorials. Works as stand-alone or Photoshop plug-in and supports over 340 scanner models for professionals and beginners.

    11 SilverFast alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    HP Smart

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    HP Smart (formerly known as HP All-in-One Printer Remote) helps you to set up, scan, print, share, and manage your HP printer.

    21 HP Smart alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Windows
    • Android
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