NAPS2 is a document scanning application with a focus on simplicity and ease of use.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
United States
+5
Simple Scan AlternativesTop Document & Image Scanners like Simple Scan
One of the most popular alternatives to Simple Scan is NAPS2, which is free and open source. Other popular alternatives are VueScan, SilverFast, gscan2pdf and HP Smart. Document Scanners like Simple Scan are a crowded field, with more than 25 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, the web and Android.
Alternatives list
- 52 NAPS2 alternatives
30 VueScan alternativesScans documents, photos, and film on Windows, macOS, and Linux, with support for over 1200 scanners, PDF, JPEG, TIFF, and TXT output, advanced adjustments, batch processing, OCR, color correction, obsolete device support, and easy-to-use interface.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
- United States
10 SilverFast alternativesDigitally archive, scan, and optimize photos with tools for advanced correction, batch jobs, printer calibration, real-time previews, and QuickTime tutorials. Works as stand-alone or Photoshop plug-in and supports over 340 scanner models for professionals and beginners.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
Germany
EU
gscan2pdf can scan, clean the scan and do OCR on the scan or imported images (incl. existing PDFs, DjVus or other file types), and make PDF and DjVu-files with embedded OCR-text. It works together with tesseract, ocropus, cuneiform an...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
United Kingdom
21 HP Smart alternativesHP Smart (formerly known as HP All-in-One Printer Remote) helps you to set up, scan, print, share, and manage your HP printer.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- iPhone
- iPad
- Windows
- Android
- United States
+4
21 Skanlite alternativesSkanlite 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 (GPL-3.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Linux
- KDE Plasma
- Flathub
- Flatpak
- Germany
- EU
181 PDFill alternativesWith PDFill you can create, fill, delete and submit PDF form fields; insert new formatted text, check, image, hyperlink, whiteout, highlight, drawing, comment and annotation anywhere in the document; save, print or email the filled and password-protected PDF; save and resume...
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- United States
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
The Mopria Scan application automatically connects your Android phone or tablet to scanners and multi-function printers (MFPs) on the same Wi-Fi network.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Android
- Windows
- Kindle Fire
- Chrome OS
33 Scanner Pro alternativesDownload, 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.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- iPhone
- iPad
+3
Super simple scanning tool, that works with majority of scanners out of the box. This software does one thing - you can quickly and simply scan to PDF.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
- Germany
- EU
