PosterLens: Research Scanner
AI Scientific Poster Analysis
$3.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Transform Scientific Posters Into Clear, Structured Insights
PosterLens uses AI and on-device text recognition to help researchers, students, and professionals quickly make sense of scientific posters at conferences or in publications. Scan any poster with your camera and get a structured summary of the key points in seconds.
EXTRACT KEY POINTS FROM COMPLEX RESEARCH
• Capture an entire poster with your camera
• Extract text with fast on-device recognition
• Get a structured summary of objectives, methods, results, and conclusions
• Grasp a poster's key points without reading every panel
INTERACTIVE AI CHAT
• Ask specific questions about the poster's content
• Get context-aware answers grounded in the poster
• Dig deeper into methods, results, or implications
• Prepare questions before meeting poster authors
DISCOVER RELATED RESEARCH
• Find related literature and PubMed articles via Perplexity search
• Explore connected studies and citations
• Put findings in the context of published work
SMART CATEGORISATION
• Automatic research-category tags across scientific fields
• Colour-coded tags for quick browsing of your collection
RESEARCHER-FRIENDLY TOOLS
• Generate thoughtful questions to ask poster authors
• Surface potential future research directions
• Add your own notes to any scan
• Edit a poster's title if it was read incorrectly
SAVED & SYNCED
• Every scan is saved to your history
• Search your history by title, notes, or category
• Sync across your iPhone and iPad with iCloud
BUILT FOR CONFERENCES
• Capture posters even with no signal - your scan is saved, and the summary generates when you're back online
• Process posters quickly, even in crowded halls
• Review your scans during or after the event
EXPORT & SHARE
• Export a poster as a PDF - summary, author questions, research directions, related research, and the original poster image
• Share with colleagues via standard sharing options
• Perfect for team notes and collaboration
PRIVACY
• No app account required
• We don't sell your data or track your scanning history
IDEAL FOR:
• Researchers attending scientific conferences
• Students learning about complex scientific topics
• Professors reviewing current research in their field
• Healthcare professionals staying up to date with clinical research
• Anyone who wants to quickly understand scientific posters
Stop staring at walls of text and dense figures - scan, summarise, and explore research in seconds.
Download PosterLens and transform how you interact with scientific research.
PosterLens 2.0 is our biggest update yet - a fresh design and major new features.
• Redesigned, cleaner interface throughout - plus a brand-new app icon
• iCloud sync - your scans now stay in sync across your iPhone and iPad
• Search your scan history by title, notes, or category
• Notes - add your own notes to any scan
• Editable titles - fix a poster's title if it was read incorrectly
• Smarter PDF export - now includes your author questions, research directions, and related research alongside the summary and poster image
• Research categories now work across scientific fields, not just oncology
• Offline resilience - scans are saved even with no signal, and summaries generate when you're back online
• Pinch to zoom on poster images
Thanks for using PosterLens!
The developer, Medcopywriter Ltd, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- User Content
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Medcopywriter Limited
- Size
- 2.7 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.6 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.6 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.6 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 13.5 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Medical Treatment information
- Copyright
- © 2026 PharmaTools

