Best Scanner Apps For Android : Scanner App to Save Time

There was a time when you had to use printers to scan your documents but as the technology evolved, it restricted things to it’s smallest edition, but developers didn’t make small printers instead of doing this, they made Scanner apps that can turn the camera of your smartphone into a scanner. 

And then Chinese developers brought ‘CamScanner’ into the market, this Scanner app had the monopoly in the scanner apps realm. Which restricted the acquaintance of new developers to the world. But this year changed a lot. This article is about the 5 best scanner apps for Android which you need whether you know it or not.

What can you do with scanner apps?

* If you are a student these Scanner apps are a must for you. You can make accumulated notes by scanning photos, printouts, handwritten notes and save them in pdf form instead of having the heavy number of photos in your phone gallery. And you just have to open pdf to access every detail and that would take the hassle away instead of searching for every topic in your gallery.

* You can save your documents in your pdf form, nobody carries the hard copy of their documents everywhere but a need can arise where you require them in urgency, so a soft copy in pdf form will surely work for you.

* You may also use these Scanners apps for android when you are filling any form online, you’ll have to upload your documents and if you go to the cyber cafe, they’ll be charging at least 100 rs. Additionally. So you’ll save that amount by using these Scanner apps.

* You may also accumulate a photo of any specific person at a single place and make their album.

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So I am gonna tell you about 5 Best scanner apps for Android which you can give a try;

Best scanner apps for Android

Document Scanner- (Made in India) pdf Creator

When the Government of India banned CamScanner and finished its monopoly, peoples started finding its best alternative and switching to different applications, and that was the time when this application got popularity in its pocket.

And at that time support for a local product was at its peak in India. This application is the #6 top free app in the play store. 

Apart from the core functions of a scanner app, This app gives you the feature to scan QR code. The quality provided by this application is of no match as the app claims. You can eliminate noise in your old pdfs. OCR (optical character recognition) technology is also present through which you can scan texts from a photo and make it according to your need.

This app has:

• Rating of: 4.5
• Reviews by: 159k 
• Download size of 29 MB
• In-app purchases-  yes (INR 150-7200)
• Offered by: Lufick
• Downloaded by: 10 M + ( add your number by clicking here )

Adobe Scan: ODF Scanner with OCE, PDF Creator

We all know Adobe for PDF viewer but yes, adobe offers you an app for document creation. This app was launched in 2017. And it is the #3 top free application in the play store. With the OCR technology, you can easily digitalize any book, image, receipt, writing on paper. It is one of the best Scanner Apps for Android.

You can scan other’s business card and by the reuse feature you can make your own, the contact information is easily extracted out when you scan any business card and makes it easier for you to save any contact you don’t have to type number and then save it and voila, you got the best Scanner app in your pocket.

You can remove the handwriting too if there is any in a document. The latest update of the application brought the new feature through which you can copy numbers, emails, hyperlinks directly from the scans.

This Scanner app is more than a document scanner, through your bills and tax receipt scan you can accumulate your all expenses in one place, and later by business receipt scanner, you can match all of these receipts with expenses. In short, it can be your tax receipt scanner as well as your business receipt scanner too.

This Scanner app has: 

• Rating of: 4.7
• Reviews by: 1 M.
• Download size of 30 MB
• In-app purchases-  yes (INR 820 per item)
• Offered by: Adobe
• Downloaded by: 50 M + ( add your number by clicking here )

Microsoft Office Lens- PDF Scanner

-Named one of the “best apps of 2015” in the U.S. and Puerto Rico by Google Play.

Scan the photos, documents, handouts, and convert them into pdf, word, and PowerPoint files. Scanned files can be uploaded to the OneDrive and OneNote so that you don’t have to spend extra time just looking at the same file when you start working. Scanned business cards and their contact details can also be uploaded on the OneDrive.

This Scanner app has:

• Rating of: 4.7
• Reviews by: 606k
• Download size of 43 MB
• In-app purchases- 
• Offered by: Microsoft corporation
• Downloaded by: 10 M + ( add your number by clicking here )

WPS Office- Free Office Suite for Word, PDF, Excel

I would prefer to call it an alternative of Microsoft combo, Or otherwise blend of all these apps as this app gives you to make word project or Excel projects, PowerPoint presentations solely. 

Scanner app is the side business of this application xd. This app is Google Play best of 2015 with over 1.3 billion downloads. This app is solely handling all the works like word, pdf, excel PowerPoint, forms. This app can also be perfectly paired with the pandemic essential like zoom, Google meets to make convenience your partner when you’re working online. 

This app is compatible with every cloud storage service. The app claims to be the most powerful office suite on Android devices as it is compatible with MS office 365, Google docs, Google sheets, Adobe pdf, and Open Office.

Convert your scans and pdf into any possible format and vice versa. The free version gives you more than you can expect but the subscription will give you what you can’t imagine from a single application, I am just a huge fan of this application since I started using this application. This application is in the #3 top-grossing list.

This Scanner app has:

• Rating of: 4.6
• Reviews by: 2 M
• Download size of MB
• In-app purchases-  yes (INR 10-26000)
• Offered by: WPS SOFTWARE PTE.  LTD.
• Downloaded by: 100 M + ( add your number by clicking here )

Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Powerpoint & More

Your know what more includes in the name? Well, it includes everything you’ll ever need at your workplace.

Already present template for various purposes like a resume, presentation, cover page, budget, letters, etc. It makes you capable of working on anything that your camera sees like if you saw an image and you like it, you can make it an editable word file, if you saw any table you can scan and bring it in the Excel sheet.

This app is also way above the requirements for what this article was subjected to. This apps takes away all your worries regarding work if you don’t have a pc. This app brings you a more simple office version but more power to the Android.

The difference between Microsoft lens and this app is, this app includes the function of the lens as well you don’t have to download that separately if you use this application.

This Scanner app has:

• Rating of: 4.4
• Reviews by: 193k
• Download size of 87 MB
• In-app purchases-  yes (INR 420-590)
• Offered by: Microsoft corporation
• Downloaded by: 100 M + ( add your number by clicking here )

So this article included all the scanner apps in the Google store which can become handy in the urgency right from the biggest name to the desi Indian application. from the subscription including apps to the free Scanner apps now, I am giving a break to my thoughts till then happy scanning!!!!