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Smartphones are useful for so many things. One of the less typical use cases is for digitizing documents. It’s very helpful for things like scanning forms into PDF format, scanning receipts for taxes, and even scanning a filled-out form for email. Most scanners in the Play Store should work for most use cases. However, there are some document scanners that stand above the rest. Here are the best document scanner apps for Android!
The best document scanner apps for Android
Adobe Scan is one of the newer document scanner apps. It does tick all of the important boxes, though. You can scan in documents and receipts like most. It also includes color presets to make the document more legible if needed. You can access scanned documents on your device as needed. You can send them via email or backup them up to the cloud if you want. Documents conversion to PDF is another feature that should be useful. The feature list isn’t long, but it has the important stuff.
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CamScanner
Price: Free / $4.99 per month / $49.99 per year
CamScanner is among the most popular document scanner apps. It also has a laundry list of features. You can scan apps in. They’re exportable to PDF or JPEG. Additionally, you can print using cloud printing or even fax documents for a nominal fee. It also features native cloud support or cloud support for Drive, Dropbox, or Box. There are even collaboration features. You can get most of the basic features for free. Another option is to subscribe to the service for $4.99. That should unlock every feature for those who really need it.
Clear Scan
Price: Free / $2.49
Clear Scanner is a lightweight option for document scanner apps. It boasts fast processing speeds as well as cloud support for Google Drive, OneDrive, and Dropbox. There are options for both PDF and JPEG conversions. That adds a little bit of variety of the proceedings. Some other features include a small app size, organization features, editing options, and more. We also like the quick processing speeds, above-average scan quality, and simple editing features. You can get most of the app for free or pay $2.49 for the pro version.
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Document Scanner
Price: Free / Up to $10.99
Document Scanner bills itself as an all-in-one scanning solution. It has most of the basic features like PDF conversion, scanning, OCR support, and others. However, it also includes a QR code scanner and image support. Thus, you can use this to scan practically anything. It even has a feature to turn on a flashlight in a low-light environment. It’s definitely one of the more powerful document scanner apps. That’s just how these things work. Still, it’s a great option for those who need to kill several birds with one stone.
Fast Scanner
Price: Free / $2.99
Fast Scanner a solid scanner app. You’ll find most of the typical features. That includes PDF and JPEG support, document scanning, and some editing features. It also supports cloud printing. The developer also has a fax sending app that works in case you need to fax documents. The free version seems to limit the number of documents you can scan. The pro version removes this restriction. It’s also free to use on Google Play Pass if you use it. The app has two premium versions, a $9.99 version with most of the popular features and a $14.99 version with all of the features. You can also get it for free via Google Play Pass if you have it.
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Genius Scan
Price: Free / $7.99 / $2.99 per month / $29.99 per year
Genius Scan is another of the most popular document scanner apps out there. It supports the key features for document scanning, conversion, and sharing. It also boasts features to improve the scanning of things like school notes, whiteboards, and other items. The UI is simple enough and we enjoyed the scan quality and editing tools. Like Fast Scanner, these developers also have a separate app for faxing if you need to do that along with some additional apps that add even more. The pro version goes for $7.99 and gets you most of the features. There is also a subscription service, but we only recommend that to those who use this app religiously.
Microsoft Office Lens
Price: Free
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Office Lens is a document scanner app by Microsoft. It promotes itself as being equally good for school or business use. It scans documents like normal. The app also boasts good quality for things like receipts, whiteboards, sketches, business cards, notes, and more. You can save your scans to Microsoft OneNote for quick reference later. The app also works for Simplified Chinese, English, Spanish, and German. It’s free to download and use whether or not you have an Office 365 subscription. However, it does work best with a Microsoft Office subscription, if that matters.
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SwiftScan (formerly Scanbot)
Price: Free / $9.99-$14.99
SwiftScan is a functional and relatively competent document scanner. It’s a lot like CamScanner. It lets you scan documents, send them wherever, store them in the cloud, or even fax them if needed. It also comes with support for QR code scanning, barcode scanning, and OCR. It’s a little bit buggy and the OCR could use some improvement. It’s definitely not the first one we would recommend. However, like CamScanner, it competently covers enough different use cases to where the benefits outweigh the cons. It’s good for what it does. Most of the in-app purchases are for credits to use while faxing documents. Most of the features are free.
Tiny Scanner
Price: Free / $4.99
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Tiny Scanner is one of the better document scanner apps. You’ll find support for most of the standard features. Like most, documents save in PDF files for future use. The app also features five levels of contrast, a quick search, and support for most of the big cloud storage services. The developers also have a fax app. You can use it to fax documents after making them. It shares a lot of the same features as Simple Scan. Either one should be good enough.
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TurboScan
Price: Free / $4.99
TurboScan Is a low-key option for document scanner apps. It has all of the basic features. Additionally, it comes with perspective correction and page edge detection for more accurate scans. It boasts a fast processing time and you can save documents to PDF, JPEG, or PNG. It also has multi-page support if you need that. The free version limits you to a three-page multi-page scan. However, the paid version removes all restrictions.
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