PlainScan: PDF Scanner & OCR
Find papers by words inside
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
No watermark, no sign-up. Every scan is read on your device, so you can find any paper by a word printed on it.
Scan to PDF — then find any paper by the words printed on it.
PlainScan turns contracts, receipts and letters into clean PDFs and reads the text on your device. Later, type a word like "lease" or "invoice" and the right document comes up.
FREE, WITH NO WATERMARK
- Scanning with automatic edge detection and perspective correction
- Text recognition in Korean, English, Japanese and Chinese — unlimited
- Search documents by the words inside them
- Suggested titles from the first line
- Filters, rotate, reorder, delete and split pages
- Merge two documents, share as PDF or JPG
- Import PDFs and photos from Files or Photos
NOTHING LEAVES YOUR DEVICE
No sign-up and no server. Scans and recognized text stay on this device. No ads or analytics.
PLAINSCAN PRO (ONE-TIME PURCHASE, NOT A SUBSCRIPTION)
- Signatures: save your finger signature and place it on any page
- Password PDF: lock with AES-256 before sharing
- Batch: merge three or more documents, share several at once
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://inphilchoi.github.io/plainscan-privacy/
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Information
- Seller
- INPHIL CHOI
- Size
- 20.4 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 4 more
- English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- PlainScan Pro $3.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 CreativeLab
