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CamScanner AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Document Scanners
The best Document Scanner alternative to CamScanner is Pocket Scanner. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try OSS Document Scanner or Open Note Scanner. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to CamScanner and loads of them are Document Scanners so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Document Scanner alternatives to CamScanner are Google Lens, OpenScan, Adobe Scan and Open Scanner.
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- 115 Pocket Scanner alternatives
70 OSS Document Scanner alternativesThe 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.
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Comments about OSS Document Scanner as an Alternative to CamScanner
Most users think OSS Document Scanner is a great CamScanner alternative.
- OSS Document Scanner is Free and Open Source
- OSS Document Scanner is Lightweight and Privacy focused
50 Open Note Scanner alternativesThis little application provides a way on scanning handwritten notes and printed documents.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
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- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
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Comments about Open Note Scanner as an Alternative to CamScanner
One of the few - perhaps even the only - open source scanning apps for Android. Gives comparable results to Camscanner. Needs OpenCV Manager to be installed, but that's a formality (the latter requires no permissions.)
Shahin RmzI could never scan a document with this app.
Some users think Open Note Scanner is a great CamScanner alternative, some don't.
- Open Note Scanner is Free and Open Source
- Open Note Scanner is Lightweight
36 Google Lens alternativesGoogle Lens lets you search what you see, get things done faster, and understand the world around you—using just your camera or a photo.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
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- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
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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.".
Comments about OpenScan as an Alternative to CamScanner
brunettonUnfortunately no filters like "real" scan apps; so this is basically the original photo
headlinesVery fast and extremely easy to use. No ads or privacy scandals. Free and open source. Scans, crops, and touches up documents as well as CamScanner.
- OpenScan is Free and Open Source
- OpenScan is Privacy focused
121 Adobe Scan alternativesThe 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.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
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- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
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Open Scanner is a fast and simple-to-use paper-scanning app with AI features to speed up your scanning workflow:
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Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
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- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
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Comments about Notebloc as an Alternative to CamScanner
Simple UI and no hassle when using for free
Kushal NaskarIts user interface is very easy to use.
Most users think Notebloc is a great CamScanner alternative.
- Notebloc is Freemium and Proprietary
- Notebloc is Lightweight
60 Genius Scan alternativesGenius Scan is a scanner in your pocket. Quickly scan your documents on the go and export them as JPEG or multi-page PDF files.
Comments about Genius Scan as an Alternative to CamScanner
brunettonUsing AI to detect pages borders, and good filters to remove shadows + no need to enter any personal information + no ads + export to jpg / pdf => Really good to me !
Almost everyone thinks Genius Scan is a great CamScanner alternative.
- Genius Scan is Freemium and Proprietary
With the Scanbot Document Scanner SDK, companies can easily equip their mobile and web applications with a fast, accurate, and user-friendly mobile document scanner.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
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- Android
- iPhone
- React Native
- Flutter
- Xamarin Studio
- WebAssembly
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Comments about Scanbot Document Scanner SDK as an Alternative to CamScanner
With Android, no way to organize the scans using tags or folders
Some users think Scanbot Document Scanner SDK is a great CamScanner alternative, some don't.
- Scanbot Document Scanner SDK is Paid and Proprietary
- Scanbot Document Scanner SDK is Lightweight and Privacy focused
Scan Thing is the quickest way to capture and save anything around you. Scan Thing is available on iOS, iPadOS, and MacOS.
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55 Scanner Pro alternativesScanner Pro turns your iPhone into portable scanner in your pocket. It lets you scan multipage documents, email them and even upload to Dropbox, MobileMe iDisk or any other WebDAV enabled server.
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OSS Document Scanner is more lightweight, and has better filters. It condenses the files similarly as CamScanner, but the text is more clear.
The only problem is that for my phone (GrapheneOS), I have to take photos with camera and import them in the app, because for whatever reason it makes the images blurry when I take the photo in the app itself. This may be because of my Android operating system.
But it's smaller, open-source, and outputs better images (textbook pages).