OCR Pro+ Alternatives
OCR Pro+ is described as 'is the Most Complete OCR App on the AppStore' and is an app in the Office & Productivity category. There are more than 50 alternatives to OCR Pro+ for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Online / Web-based, Mac, iPhone and Linux. The best alternative is Tesseract, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like OCR Pro+ are GImageReader (Free, Open Source), OpenScan (Free, Open Source), Pocket Scanner (Paid) and OCRmyPDF (Free, Open Source).
- Tesseract.js is a javascript library that gets words in almost any language out of images.
- gImageReader is a simple Gtk/Qt front-end to the Tesseract OCR Engine.
- 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.".No screenshots yet
- 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!
- CamScanner turns your phone into a portable scanner. Archive all your paper documents, receipts, notes, whiteboard discussions anywhere and anytime.
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
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- Windows Phone
- iPad
Warning
As reported by several news articles, old Android versions of Camscanner were infected by malware and removed by the Google Play Store. Android Police verified that versions released between June and July 2019 included that malware, newer versions are safe: https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/08/28/camscanner-play-store-malware/ Anyway uninstalling the app and looking for an alternative is suggested
- Adobe Scan turns your device into a powerful portable scanner that recognizes text automatically (OCR). Turn anything — receipts, notes, documents, pictures, business cards, whiteboards — into an Adobe PDF with content you can reuse.
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- FreeOCR is a scan & OCR program including the Tesseract free ocr engine, also known as a Tesseract GUI. It includes a Windows installer, and it is very simple to use.
- Google Editors' Choice scanner app Features: • 100% free, unlimited usage • Extract text using OCR • Create documents and save them as PDF or JPG. • Share documents online: e-mail, instant messaging, social networks, etc. • Rename documents.
- Free • Proprietary
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- 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.
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows