Or you can access files on your local network using Wi-Fi sharing.ĭo you need to digitize a lot of documents quickly and save them to a cloud platform? Then this is the easy pick, and again our favorite. The options for exporting scanned files are extensive, with a subset including Box, Dropbox, Evernote, Google Drive and Microsoft OneNote. While the paid version includes unlimited cloud storage, you’ll probably want to share the files elsewhere. After making sure text recognition was applied, we were able to save our 1973 event program cover as a JPG and share it to Facebook. The app also let us save single-page scans as JPGs (multi-page scans are exported as PDFs by default). We were able to use Genius Scan Ultra to save single-page scans as plain text or Microsoft Word (using OCR) and multi-page scans as PDF documents (you can also do the latter, optionally, with encryption). For instance, it picked up “contract” from an optical character recognition (OCR) scan, and scanning an event program caused the app to (accurately) suggest a file name of Jan. Genius Scan Ultra offers tag suggestions based on location, calendar events and document contents. We could add tags (recipe, Frankfurt) to make searching easier. Esther Schindler/CNN Underscoredįile name templates were easily edited. Then the app straightens, aligns and crops the image - without you touching a button. Genius Scan Ultra brightly highlights the item in orange that it’s about to capture, which gives you confidence that it’s grabbing the right information. If you told us we could only continue using one app, then we’d name Genius Scan Ultra as our overall pick. We also consulted with two experts who gave us archiving and organization tips on how to prepare for our large scanning project.Īfter several weeks of testing, we concluded that choosing the best app is a matter of matching your particular scanning needs with an app’s strengths. We tested CamScanner Premium, Genius Scan Ultra by The Grizzly Labs, Microsoft Lens, PhotoScan by Google Photos, and SwiftScan Pro by Maple Media.

To help you choose the best scanner app, we tested five scanner apps on our iPhone, scanning several boxes of photos and documents. Scanner apps can help you archive personal documents or family vacation photos, turn tax forms into portable document format (PDF) documents, capture travel receipts for expense reports or turn school handouts into readable text. The best scanner apps for mobile devices help you capture images with minimal distortion, save them in useful forms and share the files online easily - without the need for a cumbersome desktop scanner.

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