Some Popular Software for Scanning Documents with Smartphone

With the advent of smartphones, the use of scanners has decreased a lot. Scanners can make digital copies of your documents. However, with the phenomenal improvement of mobile cameras, this task can now be done with the phone's camera. So there is no need to buy a scanner or go to the store to scan your required files at high cost. If you have a smartphone in your hand and if that smartphone has a good quality camera, you can easily scan very good quality with the help of various apps.

If you search Google Play Store or Apple App Store, you will find numerous scanner apps. But not all apps are hassle-free. The user interface of some apps is not very good. Also many apps are not very satisfactory in terms of quality. In this post today we will talk about some selected free scanner apps that will make great digital copies of your documents.

If you are an Android user, you can scan for free from the Google Drive app. On iPhone you will get this same facility from iPhone Notes app. Besides, there are many third party apps with good features. For example: Microsoft Lens, Adobe Scan, CamScanner etc.

Google Drive

Many people are not aware of the scanning feature in the Google Drive app. This feature remains quite hidden in the app. But it is the easiest and free scanning tool for Android phones. There is no additional complication in this, only the default scanning filter provided by Google, through which a digital copy of your document that can be read well will be made by taking a picture. You can use the scan option of this app as per the instructions below:

  • Open the Google Drive app from the phone.
  • Tap the + option at the bottom right corner of the screen.
  • Select the Scan option.
  • Take a photo of your document.
  • If you want to remove any part of the document after taking the picture, remove it through the crop option. If you don't like the image, you can take it again by selecting the rescan option. If you want to take a picture of the next page, you can tap + from the Scan another page option.
  • You can give your own name to this image or document. After that, if everything seems fine, you can save it from the save option.

If you want to use this scanning option a lot, you can also create a shortcut on your homepage. You can do this with the 'Drive Scan' widget from the widget options. The Google Drive app comes pre-installed on most phones. But you can also install it from playstore from this link.

Microsoft Lens

This is a free scanner app from Microsoft. You can easily install the app from playstore. In addition to document scanning, there are several additional features, including converting handwriting into text, or reading any text through mobile, capturing data from various tables, scanning QR codes, etc.

To scan the document, you can refer to the following instructions:

  • Open the app.
  • You will see the camera. Under the camera, swiping left on the capture area will bring up various options. You have to swipe left once to get the document option.
  • Then take a picture of your document.
  • Once the image is uploaded, you will be shown various options like page add, crop, rotate etc. from where you can edit the image as per your wish.
  • If everything is OK, you can save the image. If you want, you can also share the document through various channels from here.

You can edit previously scanned documents from this app whenever you want. This app can give you more benefits. You can install the app from playstore from this link. You can also get this app for iPhone from the App Store.


Adobe Scan

This app is developed by the famous software company Adobe. The popularity of their images and filters has been around for years. This app of theirs also provides many unique features for free. You will need an Adobe account to use this app. Once logged in you can start scanning with the app.

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Just like the Microsoft Lens app, when you enter the app, you will see a camera in front of you. Under the camera, swiping left on the capture area will bring up various options. By selecting the document option from here, the camera will automatically search for document files within the frame. This app will automatically pick up the image once it gets the four corners of your document file. You don't have to do anything.

The document file will then appear in front of you on the screen. You can edit various things from there if you want. Can crop, rotate, resize. From here you can easily add new filters or new pages. This app is very nice and has some very advanced features. You can also save your scans in Adobe's cloud if you want. However, if you want to increase the storage, you will need to take the subscription of Adobe.



If you are a regular scanner and need to scan very large documents or books regularly, this app can be your first choice for its good features. You can install the app from playstore from this link. If you want the app for iPhone, check this link.

Camscanner

Camscanner app is one of the most famous and oldest scanner app. This app has several amazing features for scanning that set this app apart from other scanning apps. If you have a university email then you can use the premium features of this app for free. The interface of the app is quite nice and simple. You can start scanning by opening the app.

Just like Adobe Scan, this app can detect your document and cut out unnecessary parts, and even if your document is crooked, the app can straighten it by itself. It has OCR feature which can convert your document to text file as well. There are also various filters that can make your scanned document more beautiful and readable.


However, CamScanner watermarks its own name on documents in the free version. So it is better not to use its free version for formal or official document use. You can save your document in different formats. If you want, you can also share and save to CamScanner's own storage.



If you can use the premium version then this might be the best app for you. Better to use any other app mentioned in post for official work as free version has watermark. If you want to install the app from play store, you can visit this link. See here for iPhone.

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If you are an iPhone user, you can get the free scanning option from the Notes app. Otherwise, you can install the above apps from the iPhone app store.





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