Last Updated: 2023-04-24
Best photo scanner apps for Android
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CamScanner - PDF Scanner App | 4.9 | Yes | Yes | 100M+ installs |
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Genius Scan - PDF Scanner | 4.9 | No | Yes | 5M+ installs |
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Adobe Scan: PDF Scanner, OCR | 4.8 | No | Yes | 100M+ installs |
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Clear Scan - PDF Scanner App | 4.7 | Yes | Yes | 10M+ installs |
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Document Scanner - PDF Creator | 4.7 | Yes | Yes | 10M+ installs |
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Notebloc Scanner - Scan to PDF | 4.7 | Yes | Yes | 5M+ installs |
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Scanner App- Scan PDF Document | 4.7 | Yes | Yes | 10M+ installs |
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PDF Scanner - Document Scanner | 4.6 | Yes | Yes | 10M+ installs |
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Photo Scan App by Photomyne | 4.5 | No | Yes | 5M+ installs |

CamScanner - PDF Scanner App
Contains Ads In-app Purchases 100M+ installs
This app alone is simple to use and is highly dependable in terms of sending your precious documents in the form of JPG or PDF formats anywhere via email or other forms. You can do so much more with this app, like scanning the text of your document and converting it to a Word document. For the free version, you have limited space and can still scan items and send with a watermark. One of the best features of CamScanner is its ability to automatically enhance and optimize the quality of scanned documents. Gets rid of glare on a photo and smartens up the colours of a faded photo in a trice.

Genius Scan - PDF Scanner
No Ads In-app Purchases 5M+ installs
This app assists with the uploading of remote school work and business documents, eliminating the hassle of carrying a bag full of papers with just a handheld device. The app finds the corner of your page and maps it to the edges of the scan, so it fits perfectly with no extra. This method of capture is much more efficient than taking a photo, as this automatically captures only the document you are scanning and converts it to PDF, allowing you to save or send it anywhere. You can scan a bunch of pages at once, and it has a feature where it lights up yellow when it detects a page, then matches it up perfectly in the PDF file. Scanned, cleaned documents are ready to be exported in whatever form you want through whatever application you want. Pro lets you sync scans to cloud drives such as OneDrive and Google Drive and more.

Adobe Scan: PDF Scanner, OCR
No Ads In-app Purchases 100M+ installs
The app is probably one of the best when it comes to scanning, modifying, filling, and merging multiple file types into PDFs. You can even convert pictures of pages to look like just writing on a white PDF document, instead of a picture saved as a PDF. And it lets you organize your scans within the app; you don't have to open your Adobe account in another app or a browser to do it. Best for character reading, continuous scanning, perfect scan quality, different color filter options, editing after scan is available, and many more. You can take the photo at an angle, and the app adjusts it to a flat position, and contrasts the background to text.

Clear Scan - PDF Scanner App
Contains Ads In-app Purchases 10M+ installs
The filing system is good; users can create different folders to store related materials and give different names for every single page within a folder. This app has been incredibly useful for capturing info, to organize scattered bits of paper, products, and services, etc. Doesn't go into pushing its online storage into your face and stopping you from saving scans on phone, as is being done by one of the established alternatives nowadays. Simply open the app, photograph whatever you need, then follow the instructions; e.g., crop the image, rename the image, and choose a location to save the image to. You can combine all of your single pages into the PDF by simply clicking on a tab with higher-quality images. You can take a picture of a document and turn it into an image file or document file on your phone.

Document Scanner - PDF Creator
Contains Ads In-app Purchases 10M+ installs
You can put text, set its color, erase, merge, and there is no limit to pages - in fact, all in one app with features of Adobe Scan, Microsoft Lens, and WPS. It has more convenient options, like adding text or doodles, merging two pictures into one frame, and the picture quality is good. Whether it is adding your signature, changing the size of the page, changing the size of the scan, etc., The pictures that were clicked are of very good quality. This one has all of the expected functions available in the free version, including no watermark, optional backup to your preferred cloud service, and OCR. Just perfect, because you have all the features that the other apps are actually charging for, and it's absolutely free here. And also, it has the feature of compressing the PDF, and there is no need to download another app for compressing.

Notebloc Scanner - Scan to PDF
Contains Ads In-app Purchases 5M+ installs
This app is really good, and I am able to share the scanned document in both PDF and JPG, which was not possible with the above scan, Microsoft Lens, and Doc Scanner as well. The best part of the app that distinguishes it from others is the sorting system and the ease of controlling your batch of images, as well as the good exporting system. Apart from, it's the best app and it even syncs with Google Drive, and the PDFs can be easily shared via mail, WhatsApp, and many more apps. The picture is clear, there are several color choices, and there's no watermark; it's perfect for scanning assignments or just other photos. Usually, with these apps, you must have a particular book to take pictures of, and there are no options to organize the pictures. Converting pictures to PDF is made easier, and the PDF is generated with a low size while maintaining good quality.

Scanner App- Scan PDF Document
Contains Ads In-app Purchases 10M+ installs
The thing is, it has no options for changing the camera view, front or back. Doc scan camera retains folders and subfolders' capability to arrange documents in a sequence, rather than to create a mess of PDF cloud. Good range of filter options to clarify print content and adjust lighting conditions to ensure a perfect copy. You also have an immediate crop, rather than take a pic, open a crop app, etc. Scans very well, and can also adjust the sides to fit as wanted. Very user-friendly and does an excellent job at saving documents to PDF.

PDF Scanner - Document Scanner
Contains Ads In-app Purchases 10M+ installs
With options to shade, lighten, or brighten any image being uploaded or scanned, and what have you. It's really useful for students who are learning online as their lessons are being received here. Scans to PDF or JPG, you can crop and save as black and white, and then export to Dropbox to store as well. PDF Scanner can turn your images into a PDF file and also other hard copies of documents into soft copies of documents. Provides options in the free version, such as multiple page documents, for which other similar apps charge extra. This is a really helpful app to scan docs, photos on the go, and you get good quality.

Photo Scan App by Photomyne
No Ads In-app Purchases 5M+ installs
This app is convenient because you can do more than one photo at a time, even sheets of images. You can categorize by albums and search by dates if you create an account, as well as upload to their cloud storage or share with any of your own. Perfect for scanning a lot of family albums, it saves tons of time, does all the cropping, scanning of photos, and automatically fixes the colour and enhances the image. Crop feature works really well on its own, and being able to scan multiple pictures at once makes this all worthwhile since you will be able to scan through your family picture archives really fast. Very good for painting that aren't totally flat, as the app does its best to make it flat, crop correctly, and replicate the colours correctly, while providing filters to adjust. Very easy to use, can create albums, can send albums as links to save on size, and can download to anywhere on any device.