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DocScanner: PDF Scan & OCR

DocScanner turns paper into clean PDF files and text. There are no ads and there is no account. Your documents stay on your phone.

Free app for Android 7.0 and later.

Scan paper. Keep it on your phone.

Scan a page, clean it up and read its text. Then share it as a PDF, an image, plain text or a Word file. Everything happens on your phone. We never see your documents.

Three ways to add a page

DocScanner finds the edges of the page by itself. Drag a corner to correct it. A magnifier helps you place it exactly.

Scan

The camera finds the page, cuts it and straightens it.

Take photo

Use your camera app, then set the page corners.

Import image

Pick a photo that you already have.

DocScanner Page limits screen: the app outlines a page of meeting notes on a desk, with a handle on each corner

Clean pages

Choose a filter for each page. Change the page order, crop a page again or delete it at any time.

Colour

Keep the colours of the page.

Grayscale

Gray tones, without colour.

Black & White

Makes text sharp and removes shadows.

Edit at any time

Move pages, crop them again or delete them.

A scanned page of meeting notes with the Black & White filter: sharp black text on a white page, with the Colour, Grayscale and B&W buttons below

Read the text (OCR)

Text recognition runs on your phone. English, German and Greek are included. Add more than 60 other languages with one tap: French, Spanish, Italian, Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Russian and many more.

On your phone

Only the language file downloads. Your pages never leave the phone.

More than 60 languages

Tap Add and pick a language. French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese and many more.

DocScanner OCR language list: English selected, German and Greek included, and download buttons for French and Spanish

Share or save in the format you need

Six formats for every document. Pick the one you need.

PDF

A PDF file of your document.

Searchable PDF

The page looks the same, and you can search and copy its text.

JPG and PNG

One image for each page.

TXT

The plain text of all the pages.

DOCX

A Word file with the image and the text of each page.

Any app, any folder

Send the file with any app, or save it to a folder that you choose.

Private by design

Your documents stay in the app on your phone. We do not upload them.

No ads

No banners and no videos.

No account

No sign-in. Open the app and scan.

No subscription

The app is free. Every feature is free.

No upload

The app uses the internet only to download OCR language files.

Screenshots

DocScanner document list with three documents, Physics 101, Lemon cake and Meeting notes, and the Scan button The Page limits screen outlines a photo of a page on a desk, with a handle on each corner The Meeting notes document after the crop, with the Colour filter The same page with the Black & White filter: sharp black text on a white page The share menu with PDF, Searchable PDF, JPG, PNG, TXT and DOCX The OCR language list with English selected and download buttons for more languages

Frequently asked questions

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