Best Document Scanning Applications for Android and iOS

Document scanning was mainly fulfilled by dedicated Scanners until a few years ago, however, in the last couple of years we’ve seen a rise of document scanning applications that reduce the effort in scanning and digitizing physical documents. Applications like Adobe Scan and CamScanner use the in-built camera in the smartphone to capture pictures of the document, crop the images to the correct dimensions and apply the appropriate filter to make the document more readable. 

There are a plethora of options when it comes to document scanning applications, notable ones among them include Adobe Scan, Office Lens by Microsoft, Scanbot, and others.

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Adobe Scan

Adobe Scan is a great option for capturing and sorting documents, it is a dedicated scanning application from Adobe, the creators of PDF file format. When it comes to the Adobe Scan application, our expectations were pretty high, and the application pretty much lives up to our expectations. Adobe Scan runs on your Smartphone as a dedicated application and uses the camera to capture an image of the document and then convert it into a PDF file, there is a preview option to optimize the file dimensions, crop, rotate and edit the color as required. The best part about the Adobe Scan is its close integration with other Adobe applications allowing you to scan a PDF document, annotate, edit, sign and work collaboratively with the scanned documents. The Adobe Scan is a free application to download and use and comes with most features that people use

Pricing: Free

Download Adobe Scan from Play Store

Download Adobe Scan from Apple App Store

Microsoft Office Lens

If you enjoy the Adobe Scan functionality and simplicity but work more with the Microsoft Office Suite, then the Microsoft Office Lens for Android and iOS might be a better option for you. The application is interactive and has very simple functionality, it also comes with the option to generate output in Word and PowerPoint formats in addition to PDF format. The scan option is really good but still struggles to keep up with the quality of Adobe Scan, the sharing options are a little limited too. However, if you use the Office Suite often then the Microsoft Office Lens will be a very handy tool to scan the documents easily. The OCR or text recognition feature in the Microsoft Office Lens also makes up for any drawbacks that the application has to offer. 

Pricing: Free

Download Microsoft Office Lens from Google Play Store

Download Microsoft Office Lens from the Apple App Store

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