5 Best Mobile Scanner Apps for You

Now the time has gone when we used to take our documents out for scanning or we had to keep a big machine in our house. We are saying this because now our smartphone can do this work easily. Now there are many apps in smartphones that use your camera to make your documents look exactly like documents scanned by a scanner. These apps convert your documents into black and white or color digital pages due to their software capabilities. This not only saves you time but also saves you money. In this article, we are going to tell you about the five best scanner apps that you can use on both your Android and iOS devices.

Best scanner apps for Android and iPhone

Adobe Scan

Adobe Scan This is the most popular scanner app on this list. In fact, it is the most popular app among all the scanner apps available in the Play Store right now. It is extremely easy to use. It automatically scans and crops your documents in one step. Not only this, along with scanning, it comes with OCR feature to recognize text from an image and convert it into digital text format. You also have the option to upload your scanned documents to the cloud or share it through third-party applications. This app is free without ads and is available on both Android and iOS.

Scanner Pro

When it comes to features, this scanner app goes a step above Adobe Scan. Scanner Pro The app is iOS exclusive. Its biggest feature is the shadow removal feature, which automatically removes shadows from scanned documents. Apart from this, the app lets you scan multiple documents, share them with others, save them in the cloud or convert any image into a text document using OCR. However, before you go ahead and install this app, note that if you want to use all the features on the app other than just scanning and storing documents, you will have to get its paid version by paying a fee of Rs 299.

Microsoft Office Lens

If you are looking for a free and a reliable scanner app that integrates well with Microsoft Office, then Microsoft Office Lens is the best option for you. With the help of this app, you can quickly scan documents, business cards and whiteboard images. Apart from this, you can also export a document as a PDF. Not only this, you can save it in Word, PowerPoint, OneDrive, etc. or share it with others through third-party apps. Office Lens is easy to use. You can download it for free on both Android or iOS.

Google Drive for Android

Our next pick is for Android Google Drive Most Android phones these days come with Google Drive pre-installed and if not, you can install it from Google Play. To use it, you need to go to Google Drive and click on the ‘+’ icon at the bottom and tap on Scan. You can scan any document through this app. Note that this app is not as feature-packed as the above app, but it does the basic scanning easily.

Notes app for iOS

Just like Android users have the Google Drive app, iOS users also have the Google Drive app. Notes app that has a built-in scanner. To test it out on your iPhone or iPad, open the Notes app and tap on “create a new note”. Tap on the camera icon at the bottom and tap on Scan documents to start scanning. You can also edit the images of your documents once they are scanned. Finally, you also get the option to share it via third-party apps.