Microsoft Lens AlternativesTop Document & Image Scanners like Microsoft Lens

Microsoft Lens is described as 'Trims, enhances, and straightens scanned documents or whiteboards, exports to PDF, Word, or PowerPoint, supports text extraction, and saves to cloud storage' and is a document scanner in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Microsoft Lens for a variety of platforms, including Android, iPhone, Windows, iPad and Android Tablet apps. The best Microsoft Lens alternative is Pocket Scanner. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try OSS Document Scanner or Google Lens. Other great apps like Microsoft Lens are CamScanner, Snagit, GImageReader and NormCap.

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Microsoft Lens alternatives are mainly Document Scanners, but if you're looking for Screenshot Capture Tools or Image Scanners you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Windows, Android, Open Source, Scan documents, Mac 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 Microsoft Lens.
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  1. Pocket Scanner icon

    Pocket Scanner

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    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!

    115 Pocket Scanner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    Office Lens is adapted to many platforms, but if I talk about iOS, I choose Pocket Scanner.

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    • Almost everyone thinks Pocket Scanner is a great Microsoft Lens alternative.

    • Pocket Scanner is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to Microsoft Lens.

    • Pocket Scanner is the most popular commercial alternative to Microsoft Lens.

    • Pocket Scanner is Paid and ProprietaryMicrosoft Lens is Free and Proprietary
  2. OSS Document Scanner icon

    OSS Document Scanner

     60 likes

    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.

    70 OSS Document Scanner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • F-Droid
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    • OSS Document Scanner is the most popular Android alternative to Microsoft Lens.

    • OSS Document Scanner is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Microsoft Lens.

    • OSS Document Scanner is Free and Open SourceMicrosoft Lens is Free and Proprietary
    • OSS Document Scanner is Lightweight and Privacy focusedMicrosoft Lens is not according to our users
  4. Google Lens icon

    Google Lens

     63 likes

    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.

    35 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 & Android Tablet alternative to Microsoft Lens.

    • Google Lens is Free and ProprietaryMicrosoft Lens is also Free and Proprietary
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    Snagit

    Advanced screen capture and recording tool enabling image or video captures directly from your screen. Includes editing features like callouts, transparency, and effects to enhance visuals. Organize and easily share creations thr...

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    CamScanner

     71 likes

    Your portable scanner. Use your camera to get high quality scans of paper documents, receipts, notes and more. Anytime, anywhere.

    125 CamScanner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    can insert multiple photos

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    • Some users think CamScanner is a great Microsoft Lens alternative, some don't.

    • CamScanner is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to Microsoft Lens.

    • CamScanner is Freemium and ProprietaryMicrosoft Lens is Free and Proprietary
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    Snagit

     200 likes

    Advanced screen capture and recording tool enabling image or video captures directly from your screen. Includes editing features like callouts, transparency, and effects to enhance visuals. Organize and easily share creations through documents, presentations, or favorite applications.

    202 Snagit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  8. GImageReader icon

    GImageReader

     74 likes

    gImageReader is a simple Gtk/Qt front-end to the Tesseract OCR Engine.

    90 GImageReader alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • This alternative is disputed. GImageReader is a legitimate Microsoft Lens alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.

    • GImageReader is the most popular Linux alternative to Microsoft Lens.

    • GImageReader is Free and Open SourceMicrosoft Lens is Free and Proprietary
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    Crow Translate

     36 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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    Preview

     123 likes

    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.

    169 Preview alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    Open Scanner

     11 likes

    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 (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
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    OpenScan

     26 likes

    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.".

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
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