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A document scanner that actually feels good to use.
Scan to PDF, extract text with AI, and search inside every document by what's written in it. Automatic iCloud backup, on-device privacy, and one simple price — no subscription.
Core features to help you go paperless
Find any receipt or document by the text written inside it — not just the title.
Keep every scan safely backed up to your own iCloud, synced across all your devices.
Pull clean, editable text from any scan — with support for 17 languages.
Bring in existing photos, or import a PDF — every page becomes part of your document.
Just say “Scan a document with ScanWow” — or open any image straight into the app.
Combine multiple scans into a single, organized PDF in seconds.
Auto edge detection plus Color, B&W, and Text modes for crisp, clean results.
Scans process on your device by default. No account required — your data stays yours.
Share as PDF via email, AirDrop, Files, or send to your own API.
A document scanner that actually feels good to use.
See how we compare to the competition
| Feature |
ScanWow
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Microsoft Lens
Discontinued
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Adobe Scan
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|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing | $4.99 one-time | Free (was) | $9.99/month |
| AI-Powered OCR | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Offline Mode | ✓ Full offline | Limited | ✗ |
| Privacy Option | ✓ On-device processing | ✗ Cloud only | ✗ Cloud only |
| PDF Export | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-page Documents | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Search Inside Scans | ✓ On-device | ✗ | Paid plan |
| iCloud Backup | ✓ Your own iCloud | ✗ | Adobe cloud |
| Languages Supported | 17 | 20+ | 15+ |
| Account Required | ✗ No account | ✓ Microsoft account | ✓ Adobe account |
| Still Available | ✓ Active | ✗ Shutting down | ✓ Active |
ScanWow is a document scanning app for iPhone and iPad. It helps you digitize paper documents by capturing them with your camera, enhancing them, and exporting as PDFs.
ScanWow is $4.99—a one-time purchase with no subscriptions. You get all features forever: scanning, edge detection, enhancement modes, OCR, PDF export, and all future updates.
ScanWow offers similar core functionality to Microsoft Lens—edge detection, multiple scan modes, OCR, and PDF export—with the added benefit of on-device processing for privacy.
ScanWow uses AI-powered cloud OCR by default for the best accuracy. For full privacy, you can switch to on-device processing in Settings. Your scans are never stored on our servers—cloud processing is real-time only.
$4.99 one-time purchase on the App Store.
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