Free Microsoft Lens AlternativesTop Document & Image Scanners like Microsoft Lens

The best free alternative to Microsoft Lens is OSS Document Scanner, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Microsoft Lens and loads of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Microsoft Lens are FairScan, Google Lens, CamScanner and GImageReader.

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  1. 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.

    72 OSS Document Scanner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • F-Droid
     
  2. FairScan icon
     29 likes

    Android document scanner offering multi-page PDF creation, automatic detection, image enhancement, and distraction-free interface, all open-source. No ads, cloud, watermarks, or tracking—scans remain on your device. Minimal permissions ensure privacy and transparency.

    17 FairScan alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  3. CamScanner icon
     73 likes

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

    128 CamScanner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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    CamScanner vs Microsoft Lens Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    can insert multiple photos

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • CamScanner is Freemium and ProprietaryMicrosoft Lens is Free and Proprietary
  4. GImageReader icon
     74 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Preview icon
     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.

    173 Preview alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  6. Crow Translate icon
     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.

    85 Crow Translate alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  7. Genius Scan icon
     13 likes

    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.

    62 Genius Scan alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
     
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    Genius Scan vs Microsoft Lens Comments
    RemovedUser
    Positive
    0

    The free version is in the best Scan app for Androïd I tested. Simple, efficient. No adds just less features

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    Positive
    -2

    Magic Mode makes scanning multipage documents fast and easy (no need to snap a picture, the app automatically detects the document in the picture). Also, powerful document organization with smart naming and tags. It supports PDF merging too!

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Genius Scan is Freemium and ProprietaryMicrosoft Lens is Free and Proprietary
  8. OpenScan icon
     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.".

    110 OpenScan alternatives

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
     
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