Microsoft Lens Alternatives

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 FairScan. Other great apps like Microsoft Lens are Google Lens, CamScanner, Snagit and GImageReader.

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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 Open Source, Windows, Mac, Linux, Scan documents and Android. 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. Scan Now icon

    Scan Now

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    A fast and simple app for document scanning on iOS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  2. Anyline Document Scanner icon

    Anyline Document Scanner

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    The Anyline Document Scanner scans documents and exports them as PDFs. You can use it to perform scans in all environments. It works without an internet connection and even in low light conditions!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
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  4. Apowersoft Scanner icon

    Apowersoft Scanner

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    Apowersoft Scanner is a mobile app helping you scan paperwork to PDF with your Android and iOS devices. And it is able to extract text from scanned files, merge and sign PDF.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
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    Adobe Scan

    The Adobe Scan scanner app turns your device into a powerful portable scanner that recognizes text automatically (OCR) and allows you to save to multiple file formats including PDF and JPEG.

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  6. SikuliX icon

    SikuliX

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    SikuliX automates anything you see on the screen of your desktop computer running Windows, Mac or some Linux/Unix. It uses image recognition.

    68 SikuliX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. Clean Scan icon

    Clean Scan

     1 like

    Clean Scan is an open source (Apache license) mobile document scanner that lets you easily digitize your paper documents into PDFs.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  8. iScanner icon

    iScanner

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    A multifunctional AI platform for document scanning and management.

    54 iScanner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  10. Scanner Pro icon

    Scanner Pro

     1 like

    Download, Scan, Print, Fax and Share Multipage PDF and Microsoft Office Files

    This app turns your iPhone or iPad into a HANDY SCANNER, UNIVERSAL DOWNLOADER, MICROSOFT OFFICE VIEWER, FILE MANAGER and an AIR PRINTER in your pocket. It's an all-in-one document management soluti.

    25 Scanner Pro alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  11. Frog - Extract Text icon

    Frog - Extract Text

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    Quickly extract text from almost any source: youtube, screencasts, PDFs, webpages, photos, etc. Grab the image and get the text.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • elementary OS
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  12. Captize icon

    Captize

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    Captize is a mobile app that scans and manages documents, using technology to digitize and edit documents, and includes organizational tools and privacy protection features.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  13. OrganizerMax icon

    OrganizerMax

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    OrganizermaX is an innovative all-new file management app for Mac OS. The App comes with an inbuilt File Organizer, Mail Attachment Downloader, Scanning tool for macOS, a complete overhaul of copy-paste functionality for Mac.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Personalised File Management dashboard
     
  15. PaperScan icon

    PaperScan

     4 likes

    PaperScan Scanner Software is a powerful TWAIN and WIA scanning application with an OCR engine centered on one idea: making document acquisition an unparalleled easy task for anyone.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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