Save scanned documents into new or existing PDF ... by using installed scanner.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Germany
EUPlatforms
- Windows
NAPS2 Alternatives
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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NAPS2 alternatives are mainly Document Scanners, but if you're looking for Image Scanners or PDF Editors you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Android Tablet, Windows + Free, Mac, Free, Mac + Scan documents, Windows and Linux. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to NAPS2.
Alternatives list
- 23 WinScan2PDF alternatives
8 iCopy Free Photocopier alternativesiCopy Free Photocopier is a free and open source application that lets you combine your scanner and printer into a powerful, easy to use photocopier by only pressing a button. You can use Automatic Document Feeders (ADF) too!
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.
Skanlite is a simple image scanning application to scan and save images. Skanlite is based on libksane, an interface for SANE library to control image scanners.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Linux
- KDE Plasma
- Flathub
- Flatpak
22 Skanpage alternativesSkanpage is a simple scanning application designed for multi-page scanning and saving of documents and images.
20 XSane alternativesXSane is a graphical scanning front-end for SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy). It uses the SANE-library to talk to scanners. It is designed for acquiring images with scanners (there are other devices like cameras and videodevices supported by SANE and you will see that xsane may...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- AmigaOS
63 fileee alternativesWith fileee you can scan, organize and access your documents anywhere, anytime. fileee analyzes your documents, automatically recognizes important content and sorts your documents accordingly. Thanks to fileee, you always have your documents at hand and can find what you need in...
Cost / License
- Freemium (Subscription)
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
fileee is the most popular Web-based & Android Tablet alternative to NAPS2.
- fileee is Freemium and Proprietary
4 Scanner (Simon Knuth) alternativesAn all-in-one scanner app built for the Universal Windows Platform.
Comments about Scanner (Simon Knuth) as an Alternative to NAPS2
- Scanner (Simon Knuth) is Free and Open Source
Scanitto Pro is Windows-based software application for image scanning, direct printing and copying, basic editing and text recognition (OCR).
4 Epson Scan alternativesEpson Scan is image capture software designed to work with Epson scanners. It is multi-modal, has home and professional modes, and can support scanning transparencies as well as regular media, as long as the hardware supports it.
This document scanner application is developed for windows only. Compatible with both WIA and TWAIN. Users can Rotate, crop, rearrange scanned images and identify texts using OCR module
MetaDMS Scan Software is a freeware application for Windows XP/2000 / Vista, designed for convenient scanning of paper documents from scanners that support TWAIN protocol.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
Russia
Japan
Scanner interface is much cleaner than NAPS2 while supporting nearly all the same functions. However Scanner lacks OCR support and command line operation which NAPS2 includes.