CamScanner

CamScanner is an app to scan documents from your Android that offers you OCR technology and the possibility to convert the resulting images to PDF format.

Powerful document scanner for Android

Desktop scanners for home use are no longer fashionable thanks to the functions that our mobile devices can offer us with applications of the likes of CamScanner PDFCreator. It's a scanner application that uses our phone's camera to capture any document and convert it to other formats.

You no longer need to scan your documents with a PC, although it is true that in certain workplaces, such as offices, most printers also include this function. But for most of us, with an app like this, we've had enough because all we have to do is point our camera at the document to be scanned to turn a paper document into a digital format.

The most important features

It is definitely one of the most complete tools in this sense and it has already been downloaded over 100 million times by users from all over the world. This is not surprising at all considering its great features:

• With your phone's camera, you can instantly scan any paper document.
• Configure the scan quality by intelligently cropping the image and use the auto-emphasis on text and graphics feature to make the document clearer and brighter.
• Use the word search feature to find any text within the document.
• With the OCR (Optical Character Recognition) function, you can extract text from images for editing or sharing.
• Convert scanned documents to PDF format or a JPEG image and share them on social networks, via email or via instant messaging and chat applications like WhatsApp.
• Print documents on printouts connected to Windows or Mac, or fax them directly from the application.
• Perfect for collaborative work: invite your contacts to view a comment on your scans (up to 40 collaborators).
• Edit documents by adding notes or watermarks.
• Password protect your scanned documents even if you share them with a link.
• Automatically upload the documents to online storage services like Box, Google Drive or Dropbox and add them to productivity apps like Evernote.

Some of the above features are paid. So if you want PDF files without watermark, you need to download full version APK because CamScanner Free is not that complete.

Requirements and further information:

• Minimum operating system requirements: Android 5.0.
• The app offers in-app purchases.