Simple Scan AlternativesTop Document & Image Scanners like Simple Scan

Simple Scan is described as 'Easy-to-use application, designed to let users connect their scanner and quickly have the image/document in an appropriate format' and is a popular document scanner in the system & hardware category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Simple Scan for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Flathub and Android apps. The best Simple Scan alternative is NAPS2, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Simple Scan are VueScan, Skanlite, Skanpage and XSane.

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Simple Scan is an easy-to-use application, designed to let users connect their scanner and quickly have the image/document in an appropriate format.

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  1. NAPS2 icon
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    NAPS2

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    NAPS2 is a document scanning application with a focus on simplicity and ease of use.

    48 NAPS2 alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Top NAPS2 Features

    1.  Scan documents
    2.  Scan to PDF
    3.  OCR
    4.  Multiple Profiles
    5.  Split and merge PDF files
    6.  Export to PDF
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  Works out of the box
    9.  PDF Page Merge
    10.  Portable
    11.  Built-in viewer
    12.  No registration required
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    Translator5

    Works fast, easy setup, works out of the box, is openSource

    Positive comment •Apr 9, 2019
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    Guest

    i use is and it's very good

    Positive comment •Jul 3, 2020
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    • Almost everyone thinks NAPS2 is a great Simple Scan alternative.

    • NAPS2 is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Simple Scan.

    • NAPS2 is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Simple Scan.

    • NAPS2 is Free and Open SourceSimple Scan is also Free and Open Source
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    VueScan

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    Third-party software for film scanners and flatbed scanners.

    VueScan is a powerful, easy-to-use program that: -Scans documents, photos and film -Creates PDF, JPEG, TIFF and TXT files -Supports over 1200 scanners.

    31 VueScan alternatives
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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub

    VueScan Features

    1.  Photo color correction
    2.  Photo scan
    3.  Scanner
    4.  Scan to PDF
    5.  Multi Scan
    6.  Driver Emulation
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    • Some users think VueScan is a great Simple Scan alternative, some don't.

    • VueScan is the most popular commercial alternative to Simple Scan.

    • VueScan is Paid and ProprietarySimple Scan is Free and Open Source
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    Skanlite

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    Skanlite 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.

    22 Skanlite alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Scanner
    2.  KDE
    3.  GNU/linux-libre
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    Guest

    Does not save in PDF format.

    Negative comment •Jul 14, 2020
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    • Skanlite is Free and Open SourceSimple Scan is also Free and Open Source
    • Skanlite is LightweightSimple Scan is not according to our users
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    Skanpage

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    Skanpage is a simple scanning application designed for multi-page scanning and saving of documents and images.

    22 Skanpage alternatives
    Main window

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub

    Skanpage Features

    1.  Scanner
    2.  KDE
    3.  Scan to PDF
    Scanner options
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  6. XSane icon
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    XSane

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    XSane is a graphical scanning front-end for SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy). It uses the SANE-library to talk to scanners. It is designed for acquiring images with scanners (there are other devices like cameras and videodevices supported by SANE and you will see that xsane may...

    20 XSane alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • AmigaOS

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Scanner
    Discontinued

    The program is no longer updated. Last version, 0.998, released in November 2010, can be still downloaded from the official website.

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    gscan2pdf

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    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...

    28 gscan2pdf alternatives
    Main Window

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    gscan2pdf Features

    1.  PDF OCR
    2.  Scan to PDF
    3.  Export to PDF
    4.  OCR
    5.  Screenshot OCR
    6.  Split and merge PDF files
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  9. PDFill icon
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    PDFill

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    With 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...

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    The only free pdf-software able to split very big pdf-files over 200 pages

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Rotate PDF Pages, but only 90, 180 or 270°
    Split or Reorder PDF

    Top PDFill Features

    1.  Fill PDF Forms
    2.  Sign PDF files
    3.  Combine PDF
    4.  PDF annotation
    5.  Split PDF files
    6.  Convert images to PDF
    7.  Convert PDF to image
    8.  Support for Batch Mode
    9.  Swiss Army Knife Tool
    10.  Create PDF files
    11.  Scan to PDF
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    WinScan2PDF

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    Save scanned documents into new or existing PDF ... by using installed scanner.

    23 WinScan2PDF alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    WinScan2PDF Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Scan to PDF
    3.  Multiple languages
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    SilverFast

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    SilverFast is renowned as the worldwide standard when it comes to scanner and digital imaging software. SilverFast is able to bring out every device's maximum quality and considerably exceed the results of the manufacturer's own software.

    11 SilverFast alternatives
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    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    SilverFast Features

    1.  Scanner
    2.  Color management
    3.  Color correction
    4.  Image Processing
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  12. CloudScan icon
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    CloudScan

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    CloudScan. Free Scanning Software. (Scan to PDF and TIFF Everywhere Easily)

    CloudScan is a completely free scan application. It provides a new, simple way to scan your documents, pictures or photos and save them to mulitpage PDF files. Cloud can be successfully used on one compu.

    9 CloudScan alternatives
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    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
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    • CloudScan is the most popular Web-based alternative to Simple Scan.

    • CloudScan is Freemium and ProprietarySimple Scan is Free and Open Source

  13. Smart OCR

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    Convert scanned text, images and scanned PDF files into editable documents with Smart OCR.

    5 Smart OCR alternatives
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    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Smart OCR Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Built-in PDF converter
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  14. Scanned Image Extractor icon
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    Scanned Image Extractor

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    Scanned Image Extractor is a tool for efficiently extracting rectangular photographs from album or (multiple) photograph scans.

    4 Scanned Image Extractor alternatives
    Scanned Image Extractor on Windows 10

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Scanned Image Extractor Features

    1.  Live Preview
    2.  Ad-free
    3. Zoom icon  Zoom integration
    4.  Image Preview
    5.  Crop images
    6.  Scanner
    Discontinued

    No update since 2015, dependencies on Linux systems are broken since it's too old.

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