Handwriting Scan - WriteScan
OCR for study notes & planners
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
WriteScan helps you capture handwritten notes and paper memos, turn them into searchable text, and keep them organized.
It keeps the freedom of writing on paper while making your notes easier to find, review, and share later.
Main Features
- Capture notebooks and journals with your camera and convert them to text with OCR
- Save each page with both the original image and recognized text
- Search past notes by keyword
- Copy and share notes in Markdown format
- iCloud support: data is stored on your device and in iCloud
- Scan multiple pages in a single flow
- Extract handwritten TODO lists and manage them as tasks
- Organize detected tasks by parent groups
- Sync tasks with Apple Reminders
- Optionally save captured images to your photo library
Perfect for
- Digitally managing notebooks and journals
- Quickly capturing shopping lists and ideas
- Reviewing meeting notes or study notes later
- Turning paper TODO lists into a task list
- Archiving past notebooks for future reference
Privacy & Security
Your data is stored on your device and in iCloud.
Text recognition uses an external AI service, but submitted data is never used for training.
Terms of Use & Privacy Policy
Terms of Use: https://writescan.app/en/terms/
Privacy Policy: https://writescan.app/en/privacy/
Ratings & Reviews
Scans now keep the recognized text even when AI cleanup is skipped by a safety check.
The error message for this case is now clearer.
The developer, Kodai Hiradate, 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 Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Identifiers
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Kodai Hiradate
- Size
- 71.5 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 9 more
- English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Pro plan(monthly) $3.99
- Pro plan (Annual) $29.99
- 20-Scan Add-on Pack $0.49
- Copyright
- © 2025 WriteScan