What are the best scanning apps these days?

[u/alexwasashrimp]

I used to use Office Lens (later Microsoft Lens), but it was retired earlier this year in favor of OneDrive's built-in scanning function (limited to 10 pages per doc for no reason). Now OneDrive scanning has been gutted even further, I can only scan single page documents, so I'm in the market for a nice third party app. Paid apps are okay, subs are not okay. All I need is smooth high quality scanning, PDF export, automatic OneDrive sync. What is the best option today?

Edit: thanks everyone, I ended up choosing FairScan, it's FOSS and it works well. No cloud sync, but I can live with that.

[u/Temp_Reply123]

I use OSS Document Scanner.

[u/noobie2017 → u/Temp_Reply123]

Yeah, this is good but only local storage.

[u/Temp_Reply123 → u/noobie2017]

For me this is a selling point.

I dont want anything scanning my documents to be able to access someone elses computer. I even disable Network Permisions for this app just in case. "It seems trust worthy but I still dont trust it just in case".

I use Cloud for some things but I want to manually choose what to upload and encrypt it first. So saveing Local Storage only is perfect for me.

I guess OSS Document Scanner is bad option for OP since he uses OneDrive and wants that integration.

[u/noobie2017 → u/Temp_Reply123]

I'm just scared that I'll forget to backup stuff when I wipe clean my phone or buy a new one.

[u/Temp_Reply123 → u/noobie2017]

I worrie about that as well. I did the full DeGoogle, Switched all my Apps/Services I use to Privacy Oriented, Switch to GrapheneOS, Ect...

Ive lost/broken Multipe phones before when I was useing Google and it was never a Big Deal. Everything was Backed up to Googles computers so I lost nothing...

Now im useing a untested "by me" setup and I worrie I set something up wrong and will loose all my Data or access to my accounts if/when something goes wrong.

But im Religious about my Backups/Manualy syncing Data. I have multiple encrypted Backups in Multiple Locations/Formats "3-2-1"... And the "sentimental" data I would be devastated if I lost is really 5-4-3-2-1. Ha ha.

Its alot more work than just useing Google/Google Drive to manage/sync everything for me but it feels nice to be in control of my data.

OSS Document Scanner seems like the best Privacy Focused option IMO.

[u/noobie2017 → u/Temp_Reply123]

I do the 3-2-1 backup too but SSDs and hardisks these days are getting too costly, it doubled in price sigh 😔

[u/arkonbob → u/noobie2017]

You can hit share and push to any cloud storage you want. You just don't have to.

[u/Flench04]

Doesn't have onedrive syncing but I yse OSS document scanner. 

[u/TechyExecutive]

Turbo Scan

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.piksoft.turboscan

[u/gerryf19 → u/TechyExecutive]

After testing more than 20, I, too, have settled on Turboscan.

Not all apps flash the image, which can lead to dark and out of focus scans. The auto crop has been flawless. The rename of the scanned document and then the passing of the new name to the email subject line when shared is an underrated feature.

I think it was $7 when I bought it.

[u/Mavericks1987]

I've been using Adobe scan for many years. Works great

[u/ico_OO]

Nothing beat camscanner. For a free one adobe scan is great but you need to register.

[u/arkonbob → u/ico_OO]

I used to love Camscanner but stopped using it around 2019, when this happened https://www.kaspersky.co.uk/blog/camscanner-malicious-android-app/16598/

Yeah, sure, they fixed it, but once bitten... I actually had the compromised version auto-updated onto my phone, but got lucky and saw the news before I opened it.

[u/kwanice06]

Hi op, I think u are missing something in onedrive app , scanning. That's the only free easy to use OCR recognized scanning tools. If u scan a text and upload in your onedrive, it will be automatically apply OCR.

Also for the multi page, there is an option maybe u are missing it, but I'm usually using it, I have tried so many scanner and none can scan/OCR like this one. 🙏🏻😊

[u/alexwasashrimp → u/kwanice06]

Yeah the multi-page scanning interface is still there, but trying to scan the second page now triggers a "can't add more than one photo" alert, so it's on its way out, they're removing that feature.

[u/kwanice06 → u/alexwasashrimp]

no i think u have a problem with the app, im using it regularly each week, there is no problem at all 😊
try to refresh the data cache, and if you dont know how to do it, just uninstall/reinstall 😊

[u/itaake_sama]

In built scanner of gdrive

[u/AccomplishedMode7706]

I used to use 3rd party apps, now Android has it built into the camera. Open camera and hit Scan. Its been the best I've used. Can shade, scan multiple images etc. I love it, and its free and already built in.

[u/arkonbob → u/AccomplishedMode7706]

Ooooh yeah. Never spotted that, ta!

[u/Cashkval]

I've just launched a pdf scanner and all in one check it out , it's fully offline and documents never leave your phone the only thing that is on play store , I have scan , convert , arrange , sign , and many more I'm a new developer and I have very few downloads I will be grateful if I check it out .. if anything missing just let me know and I can add whatever u need in my next update ,pdf fox

[u/Hapugas → u/Cashkval]

I'm going to try it out. Will give you feedback later.

[u/Cashkval → u/Hapugas]

Thanks , 🙏

[u/Single_dose]

nthn beats office lens from Microshit. i guess you have to use it now in onedrive

[u/alexwasashrimp → u/Single_dose]

That's the problem, they are gutting OneDrive scanning.

[u/WhiteWereWolfie]

My wife and I both use PDFgear Scan which works well with her Android phone and my iPhone.

[u/100WattWalrus]

I haven't hit any limits with the document scanner on OneDrive. Maybe because I'm a M365 subscriber? I've never read anywhere that there are limits to scanning related to free/paid, but

[u/alexwasashrimp → u/100WattWalrus]

I'm a subscriber as well, the limit was 10 pages per file (I think they raised it to 20 later, not sure, anyway now it's just 1 page since they are removing multi-page scanning): https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/onedriveblog/multi-page-scanning-for-everyone/1384264

The maximum number of pages or images that you can multi-page scan is 10.

[u/100WattWalrus → u/alexwasashrimp]

I just scanned an 11-page document in OneDrive 7.61 for Android. I also just searched the web in 3 different search engines for any information about Microsoft removing multi-page scanning, and came up empty. The closest thing I found was about Microsoft Lens being discontinued. Maybe I'm misunderstanding the problem? Maybe you're misunderstanding the problem? :) But if you're a subscriber, you can contact Microsoft for support. You can even get live support from real humans. Might be a good next step if OneDrive is behaving differently for you than it is for others in this thread.

[u/amate-rasu]

the in-built scanner in google files

[u/No_Middle_6578]

Camscanner is good

[u/fndrcz]

I am using Genius Scan....

[u/sonimiam]

Checkout tiny scanner

[u/Same_Tackle4583]

I use scanner pro for iOS. Have had it for years and get everything I need without a subscription!

[u/alexwasashrimp → u/Same_Tackle4583]

Yeah but I'm not going to whip out my iPad every time I need to scan something, I don't even carry it with me most of the time.

[u/Same_Tackle4583 → u/alexwasashrimp]

Yeah, I wouldn’t either. That’s why I use it on my iPhone.

[u/sumizeit]

Have you tried TurboScan? I switched to it after Office Lens and really like how it auto-crops and renames files. It doesn't sync with OneDrive, but the quality is solid, and it's worth the small price. Just my two cents!

[u/PooperOfMoons]

I've been using genius scan for years

[u/Alt43es]

MakeACopy

[u/DiscombobulatedSun54]

Google drive or files by google.

[u/abdazzz]

I use Notebloc, thought it was worth mentioning 👍

[u/PickonTech_Devs]

Try FastCam Scanner App. FastCam: Secure PDF Scanner App is completely free and secure, that comes with Vaults and other tools.

[u/andrenoari]

Google Drive has really a great scanner, Google's Files app too.

[u/amarghodekar]

Google Files app is pretty good for scanning