Document Scanners & PDF OCR
Turn paper or photos into clean, searchable, multi-page PDFs with edge detection and embedded OCR.
QuickScan:PDF OCR Text Scanner
The standout pick in Document Scanners & PDF OCR: genuinely 100% free with no ads or data collection, fully offline OCR, and a 4.91 rating across 3,800+ reviews. It does everything locally and asks for nothing but optional donations.
- +Completely free, no ads, zero data collection
- +All OCR/processing on-device with 25+ language dictionary accuracy
- +Outstanding 4.91 rating over 3,800 reviews with deep export/automation features
- −iOS/iPadOS focused rather than a dedicated Mac app
- −Depends on optional donations for sustainability
Prizmo Scan › Document Scanner
A long-standing, Apple-featured scanner that pairs reliable on-device OCR with structural CoreML analysis, searchable PDF/DOCX export, and best-in-class accessibility. Its on-device OCR is unlimited via a one-time purchase, with cloud OCR strictly optional.
myPDF - Scan, Fill, Sign & OCR
An offline Document Scanner and PDF OCR tool with 13+ language AI OCR, fill-and-sign, redaction, and chat-with-PDF, all local with no accounts and a one-time price.
Image to text°
FreeTurns images and PDFs into searchable, selectable PDFs via on-device OCR with bulk processing and many cloud export targets; everything runs offline.
PDF Document Scanner - Captize
FreeScanner and document manager with auto edge detection, searchable PDFs, full-text OCR and business-card extraction; all processing runs locally.
Pic Scanner: Scan Old Photos
$3.99Batch-scans physical photos and auto-crops/de-skews multiple prints per shot with AI; fully offline, no server uploads, one-time price.
Pic Scanner Gold: Scan Photos
$9.99Long-running multi-photo scanner that auto-detects, crops, enhances, and AI-upscales printed photos at 300 DPI, all processed locally. One-time purchase, no ads.
Lens - PDF Scanner, PDF Reader
FreePDF scanner with edge detection, OCR, business-card-to-contacts and photo translation; developer says scans are processed locally with no internet required.
Scanner App: Document & Photo
FreeBusiness scanner bundling OCR text extraction, photo colorization and meeting transcription with local, password-protected storage.
PDF Scanner by ScanWise
FreeDocument scanner with smart OCR, edge detection, in-app signing and encryption; turns paper into searchable multi-page PDFs. Solid ratings.
PDF Archiver
FreeOpen-source document archiver that OCRs scans locally and suggests tags and dates, saving date-stamped PDFs to iCloud Drive.
Text Scanner OCR App: OCR Scan
FreeOCR scanner that turns photos, PDFs and handwriting into editable text, with batch scanning, exports and AI summarization of extracted content.
Scan Things
FreeExtracts subjects, text and objects from images, URLs or PDFs and produces searchable multi-page PDFs entirely on-device with no account or internet.
Prizmo › Edu/Biz (Volume Ed.)
$23.99Volume edition of Prizmo's capable scanner with on-device OCR, business-card capture, text-to-speech, and searchable PDF/DOCX export.
Text Scanner OCR + Translate
FreeTurns camera or gallery images into editable text via OCR in 26+ languages, working offline, with optional Google Translate and easy sharing.
PDF Scanner | Document Scan
FreeCamera document scanner with auto edge detection, perspective correction, and 50+ language OCR into searchable multi-page PDFs; processing runs on-device.
Invoice Maker · Scan to PDF
FreeScanner plus invoice maker with edge detection, OCR text search, QR/EAN recognition and automatic image classification; outputs searchable PDFs.
L-Scan: Doc Scanner App
FreeDocument scanner with auto edge detection, perspective correction, OCR searchable PDFs, e-signing, and multi-language text recognition.
Prizmo 5 › Scanner to PDF
FreeMature, award-winning Mac scanner with on-device Core ML OCR in 30 languages plus handwriting recognition, page flattening, and text-to-speech.
PDFify - PDF OCR tools & more
FreeTurns scans, images, emails and web pages into searchable PDF/A using on-device Apple Vision or Tesseract OCR, with Finder batch Quick Actions.
iScanX - PDF Scanner
FreePDF scanner with AI border detection, perspective correction, and OCR text extraction, plus multipage batch scanning, e-signing, and cloud export.
DocWeave: Offline PDF OCR
FreeOffline PDF/image OCR that runs models on-device to convert scans into Markdown, searchable PDF, or EPUB, preserving tables, LaTeX formulas, and code blocks.
Batch PDF OCR: Fast & Accurate
FreeBatch OCR for PDFs and images across 15+ languages, exporting editable text or searchable PDFs entirely on-device.
PrivScanner: PPT Slides to PDF
FreeOffline document scanner using Apple Vision OCR plus AI cropping and perspective correction; exports searchable PDF, Word, and reflow PDF, all on-device.
OnDevice OCR Pro
FreeMakes PDFs and images searchable with Apple Vision OCR in 13 languages, hotfolder automation and batch processing, 100% local on Mac.
Arabic OCR: Text Scanner & PDF
FreeArabic OCR including handwriting, with on-device LLM summarization and translation; scan to searchable PDF using Apple Intelligence, processed on-device.
DocScan AI
FreeDocument scanner with offline Apple Vision OCR and on-device Apple Intelligence classification, titling and field extraction; nothing leaves the phone.
Dr. Nour
FreeVision-AI OCR that turns PDFs, scans and faded or handwritten images into editable text across Arabic, English and dozens of languages, processed privately.
PDF. Scanner.
FreeDocument scanner with on-device text recognition and an AI feature that auto-generates contextual filenames from scan content; storage stays local.
Pocketext Scan
$2.99One-time-purchase document scanner with Apple Vision OCR, live text, handwriting support, and millisecond FTS5 full-text search across scans.
PaperLens OCR
FreeMac OCR tool that reads PDFs and images locally with Apple Vision, exporting clean searchable PDFs and TXT sidecars in batch with no backend.
PDF Scanner: OCR & Search
FreeAuto-capture document scanner with Apple on-device Vision OCR that makes every scan (even handwriting) searchable; local-first, no account.
DocUpick
FreeLocal-first document scanner that reads receipts, labels, and pages on-device into editable notes, detecting phones, emails, dates, and addresses.
SnipTag: Crop Scans, Edit EXIF
FreeMac tool that batch auto-crops and straightens up to 100 scanned photos via AI and bulk-edits EXIF/IPTC metadata, all processed locally.
PDFScanner Neo
FreeMobile sibling of the well-regarded PDFScanner: capture from network/AirScan scanners or camera, with on-device OCR producing compact searchable PDFs.
Pagecrisp
FreeWatermark-free, no-cloud PDF scanner with on-device Apple Vision OCR baked as a searchable text layer; one-time $0.99, no subscriptions.
OCRR
FreePirate-themed OCR that extracts text from scanned PDFs and images into searchable PDF/DOCX/JSON, with image deskew, batch processing, and domain-specific profiles.
Grandma's Old Cookbook
FreeLocal-first family recipe archive that scans handwritten cards and recipe pages with on-device OCR you can correct, into heirloom PDFs.
PDFScanner - Scanning and OCR
$24.99Focused Mac scanning utility that turns paper into searchable PDFs with on-device OCR, an invisible text layer, deskew and Spotlight-findable, PDF/A archiving.
DocScan: PDF Scanner & OCR
FreeAll-in-one offline scanner with auto edge detection, multi-language OCR, and a full PDF toolkit; adds on-device document summaries on iOS 26+.
GhostNode
FreeOffline OCR app that turns images and PDFs into searchable PDFs, with a built-in local HTTP API for scripted document workflows.
PDF Scanner-Document Scanner
FreeFree document scanner that turns photos of papers into searchable PDFs with OCR text recognition, signatures, and multi-page merging.
PDF4AI
FreeTurns scanned PDFs into searchable, selectable text for AI chat and copy-paste, with batch processing and Finder Quick Actions, running fully on-device.
ForScan
FreeMulti-page document scanner that runs local OCR offline, rebuilds paragraphs for cleaner reading, and exports PDF, Markdown, or TXT.
PDF2Words
FreeConverts scanned and image-based PDFs into searchable, exportable text using Apple's on-device OCR, page-by-page reviewable.
Notes Archive 1.0
$7.99iPad knowledge base for handwritten notes: import scans/PDFs and search your handwriting via on-device OCR with results highlighted on the page.
DocuVault Pro
FreeDocument scanner with edge detection and OCR that auto-extracts names and dates, then tracks expiry of passports, licenses and insurance; stored on-device.
Quick Scan-Scanner to Document
FreeOffline document/photo scanner with edge detection, e-signature, and premium multi-language AI text extraction; scans stay on-device unless you share.
Ai扫描大师-证件扫描&OCR识别
$0.29Document and ID scanner with AI edge detection, perspective correction, image enhancement, and multi-language OCR; exports searchable PDF/JPG/PNG.
Private Scanner: OCR & PDF
FreePrivacy-first document scanner that runs OCR on-device, building a searchable local library with PDF, text, and CSV export and no cloud dependency.
PDF Scanner: Doc & OCR
FreeDocument scanner that digitizes receipts, cards, and notes into PDFs with built-in OCR text extraction, annotation, compression, and cloud sync options.
Scan to PDF - Doc Scanner
FreeCamera doc scanner with edge detection and OCR text recognition in 90+ languages, working offline; merge, split, convert, and export multi-page PDFs.
Scan Flow: PDF Scanner
FreeOn-device camera scanner that auto-detects edges, straightens pages, and builds clean multi-page PDFs; no cloud, no account, one-time Pro.
MyScanPilot: Scan & Organize
FreeDocument scanner with edge detection and AI-powered OCR that recognizes text and generates smart file names, keeping data on-device.
DocuFlow: AI Document Manager
FreePrivacy-first document manager that scans and imports files with AI auto-tagging, semantic search and multilingual OCR, plus encrypted backups and exports.
QuickScanner - OCR,QR,Barcode
FreeMulti-mode scanner with offline OCR (Google ML Kit), QR/barcode parsing, searchable PDFs, plus AI assist for titles, summaries and field extraction.
DocVault | Private & Powerful
$6.99Offline document vault to scan, sign, search-inside, and export docs; everything stays on-device with Face ID-locked folders, no subscription.
Archivist
FreeSubscription-free document archiver storing PDFs in iCloud with full-text search and optional AI auto-detection of topics, document type, and titles.
ScanSend: PDF Scanner OCR
$4.99Document scanner with smart edge detection that turns paper into searchable PDFs using built-in OCR, processed entirely on-device.
Page Scanner: PDF Doc Scanner
FreeFree SZ Scanner Lite turns your phone into a scanner with edge detection, shadow removal and 25+ language OCR; full-text search and one-tap PDF export.
QuickScan Enterprise - OCR
$79.99Enterprise document scanner with on-device OCR that embeds searchable text into PDFs across 25+ languages. No internet, zero data collection.
GlazioScanner- pdf scanner app
FreeDocument scanner with VisionKit edge detection and OCR, plus AI redaction of faces/cards/IBANs and ID-photo background removal; offline-capable office toolkit.
Page Scanner Pro: PDF Scanner
$3.99Phone-to-scanner app with auto edge detection, shadow removal and 25+ language OCR (Text Vision), exporting searchable PDFs; full-text search across scans.
iScanVault
FreeDocument scanner and private vault with edge detection, OCR for searchable PDFs, PDF tools, and an AI assistant that summarizes and chats with documents.
Photo 2 PDF + OCR Pro
$4.99Turns photos of paper into clean multi-page PDFs with auto edge detection and OCR; saves on device and syncs via iCloud.
Photo to PDF - Doc Generator
FreeTurns photos of whiteboards, receipts, or documents into structured PDFs you can edit with a simple prompt, then export to PDF or HTML.
PDF Scan Pro
FreeStraightforward PDF scanner with auto edge detection, enhancement modes, and OCR text recognition; cloud storage export to iCloud and Dropbox.