One of my favorite kinds of apps is simple utilities that solve a common problem and are straightforward to use. That’s exactly what Greg Pierce has created with Simple Scan, a scanning app for the ...

If you own a printer, you’ll know how tedious scanning software can be. These companies seem to excel in hardware but struggle with software, while always relying on Windows to work out the kinks. Don ...

NAPS2 is a wonderful utility for users who want more manual control over their document scanning tasks. Windows has built-in support for scanning documents. In fact, it not only supports scanning but ...

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Matthew Guay When life gives you paper, your phone can turn it into clear PDF ...

Scanning receipts while you travel, notes on a whiteboard, or sketches on an envelope can be easy. The best apps for the job take a snapshot, can do text recognition, save your scan to the cloud for ...

You can scan any document directly from your camera app if you have a Samsung Galaxy phone with One UI 2 or higher or a Google Pixel phone with Google Camera 7.2 or higher. If you’re using a different ...

The Doxie One mobile battery-powered scanner makes scanning on the go so easy the user doesn’t even need a computer, thanks to the built-in SD card port. We’ve seen mobile scanning before, but two ...

A document scanner app allows you to scan, edit, and save documents in digital format easily without needing a physical scanner. A few apps offer advanced features like OCR, which helps you copy text ...