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Would someone recommend an iPhone scanning app?

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September 18, 2018, 03:25 PM
rsbolo
Would someone recommend an iPhone scanning app?
I'm interested in an app that can easily scan a document to PDF and doesn't cost an arm & leg.

I don't really need to scan receipts or business cards and I'd rather not pay a crazy subscription. I'd probably scan 4-5 documents a month.


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September 18, 2018, 03:31 PM
Phelen_Kell
Genius Scan is free.
You just email the pdf when complete
September 18, 2018, 03:35 PM
rsbolo
I like the sound of free! I've been seeing apps with crazy monthly subscriptions that just don't make sense for my usage.

Thank you


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September 18, 2018, 03:35 PM
lkdr1989
Free:

Open the photo: Share->Save PDF to Books, this will create a PDF, open Books & then just share again via email/text it to yourself.



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September 18, 2018, 03:37 PM
rsbolo
Whoa! I did not know that was a thing. I'm going to try that out right now!


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September 18, 2018, 03:50 PM
K550
I use "turbo scan", and believe the basic version is free; it has some nice functions, e.g. send to my email, email to others, etc; you can crop ad adjust the boarders, use or disable flash (docs turn out best WITH flash n my opinion, since you never have perfect lighting, and often times you will shadow your doc).
September 18, 2018, 04:02 PM
Pipe Smoker
I got the “Pixter” app from the Apple App Store. It produces a text version of a document that you aim the phone at. Works pretty well. Was either free, or inexpensive – don’t remember which.


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September 18, 2018, 04:11 PM
kkina
Another free: apple Notes (already installed). Start a new note, then hit the circled "+" sign. There should be an option to "Scan Documents". Capture your document, and it will save automatically to a folder.


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September 18, 2018, 04:25 PM
Blume9mm
Been using Turboscan for years with no problems and it works great.


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September 18, 2018, 04:49 PM
comet24
I have been meaning to put one of these apps on my phone. Good timing.


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September 18, 2018, 04:50 PM
SigM4
Another fan of TurboScan here.


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September 18, 2018, 05:17 PM
6guns
Tiny Scanner is free and works great.



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September 18, 2018, 05:20 PM
PASig
I use the free TurboScan on my iPhone and it worked well, scanned every single document I needed to get to mortgage guy using it.


September 18, 2018, 07:33 PM
Largefarva
I use Scanner Pro. Been using it for years now so I don’t know if it’s free or not. It’s great, makes a pdf that you can’t even tell that it was scanned. If you scan something that has faint print that is hard to read it comes out perfectly legible and dark when it creates the pdf.
September 18, 2018, 07:39 PM
BamaJeepster
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Originally posted by Largefarva:
I use Scanner Pro. Been using it for years now so I don’t know if it’s free or not. It’s great, makes a pdf that you can’t even tell that it was scanned. If you scan something that has faint print that is hard to read it comes out perfectly legible and dark when it creates the pdf.


Same for me, it works great. Multi page documents you just keep adding pages til you're done and it's at least as good as and better than most physical scanners I've used.


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September 18, 2018, 07:58 PM
LBAR15
Turboscan for the win. Been using it for years and have referred it to many people. Great app.


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September 18, 2018, 08:48 PM
Jimbo Jones
If you use Dropbox, the Dropbox iPhone app has a very good quality built in document scanner that will automatically sync to whichever folder in your Dropbox you select.


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September 18, 2018, 08:52 PM
MikeinNC
A lawyer turned me onto Genius Scan five or more years ago.

It's free
It's ridiculous simply and even. Even a Cop can operate it.
Can't tell you how many times I've used it.
I used to scan a police report and carry it to court. Print it or email it to a clerk and go from there.


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September 18, 2018, 09:09 PM
sig77
Genius Scan has always worked well for me.


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September 19, 2018, 06:57 AM
rsbolo
This is awesome. Thank you all.

I was reading reviews and looking at the choices and thinking, "who can I ask about this?" then it hit me! I have access to a terrific group of informed, intelligent people most of whom I trust.

Thanks guys!


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