Scanner App: Genius Scan

Name: Scanner App: Genius Scan
Rating: 4.8 (76095 reviews)
Author: The Grizzly Labs

PDF documents & OCR

Free · In-App Purchases

76K Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Business
Developer

The Grizzly Labs
Language

EN
+ 19 More
Size

112.5
MB

Genius Scan is a document scanner app in your pocket. Quickly scan your paper documents on the go and export them as multi-page PDF files. *** Apple App of the Week *** 20+ million users *** 1000s of small businesses *** Place any document in front of your device’s camera: our scanner app automatically recognizes the paper against the background, crops it, and cleans up the result. You obtain a crisp, legible scan. Batch scanning lets you scan dozens of pages in a matter of seconds. Powerful tools help you organize, share, or archive your documents. “Next time you plan to hit the road, don’t forget to download Genius Scan to make life easier for yourself and your accounting department.” - AppPicker.com “Camera apps aren’t designed for close-up text scanning, but Genius Scan is.” - The Guardian == KEY FEATURES == Smart Scanning: - Document detection & background removal - Distortion correction - Shadow removal and defect cleanup - Filters (black & white, whiteboard, photo) - Batch scanning PDF Creation & Editing: - Document merging & splitting - Multiple page PDF creation - Photos and PDF import Security & Privacy: - On-device document processing + Face ID locking + PDF password encryption Document Organization: - Document tagging - Metadata and content search + Smart document renaming (custom templates, …) + Backup and multi-device sync with Genius Cloud (separate subscription) Export: - Email + Box, Dropbox, Evernote, Expensify, Google Drive, iCloud Drive, OneDrive, OneNote, FTP, SugarSync, WebDAV. + Any WebDAV compatible service such as Citrix ShareFile, NextCloud, ownCloud, Synology, Yandex. + Automatic background auto-export OCR (Text Recognition): + Text extraction + Searchable PDF creation + Business card scanning & contact creation The features denoted with [+] are available as part of a premium plan. == ABOUT US == It’s in the heart of Paris, France that The Grizzly Labs develops Genius Scan. We take pride in crafting apps that help millions of users throughout the world and hold ourselves to the highest standards in terms of quality and privacy. Get in touch with us @thegrizzlylabs if you have any questions. == PRICING & LEGAL == Genius Scan is free to use for as long as you want. Should you choose to, you can subscribe to the Genius Scan Plus plan for more features. You can subscribe to Genius Cloud for backup & synchronization. In that case, Genius Scan’s store displays the duration and price of each subscription, updated at the time of purchase. Payment will be charged to iTunes account when the order is confirmed. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off no later than 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage subscriptions, disable auto-renewal in the iTunes account settings. Download the best free mobile scanner and scan your documents in a snap. https://www.thegrizzlylabs.com/genius-scan/cloud/terms

Ratings & Reviews

4.8

out of 5

76K Ratings

Such a great app for scanning/ PDF conversion
20/07/2020

Brettp1988
Love this app. Had it for years now and it keeps getting better with updates. Does everything you need including email, text message or saving document to other apps. The magic photo feature where it focuses and takes a photo of each document with out the press of a button is priceless. It also automatically crops the picture to the size of the page instantly. Very handy for a batch of pages as you can just let the phone do the work as you take a photo of one page and flip to the next and before you know it you have scanned 20 pages. Also handy editing features after you’ve taken the picture so you can filter the pictures to get the clearest view and the pages, recrop if needed or even rotate to what ever required direction. Best app!! Will never use a scanner again. Also has a print function 👍🏼👍🏼👌🏼
Such a great app for scanning/ PDF conversion
20/07/2020

Brettp1988

Love this app. Had it for years now and it keeps getting better with updates. Does everything you need including email, text message or saving document to other apps. The magic photo feature where it focuses and takes a photo of each document with out the press of a button is priceless. It also automatically crops the picture to the size of the page instantly. Very handy for a batch of pages as you can just let the phone do the work as you take a photo of one page and flip to the next and before you know it you have scanned 20 pages. Also handy editing features after you’ve taken the picture so you can filter the pictures to get the clearest view and the pages, recrop if needed or even rotate to what ever required direction. Best app!! Will never use a scanner again. Also has a print function 👍🏼👍🏼👌🏼
Just Works (now v2, 1 yr later)
09/03/2022

bdc_from_oz
Still amazing. Not only are the features vy good (elegant OCR, easy tags, gd optimising of images) but also the organisational structure vy good (easy of uploading to gDrive, documenting of progress eg when last uploaded, ease of managing and moving stored scans). There are many competitors and there will always be one or two things they do even better, but none seem to maintain the elegance and self-evident human interface and workflow design that makes this excellent — for me, an overall winner. [Pls dont tell them, it will go to theirs heads…]|| (orig. comment, in case v1 review gets deleted)Works for me... simple, straight -forward, elegant interface (except for the 'Current...' phrasing during saving, which isn't clear). Very happy with it. Barns from oz || PS and the OCR is vy good, use it a lot.
Just Works (now v2, 1 yr later)
09/03/2022

bdc_from_oz

Still amazing. Not only are the features vy good (elegant OCR, easy tags, gd optimising of images) but also the organisational structure vy good (easy of uploading to gDrive, documenting of progress eg when last uploaded, ease of managing and moving stored scans). There are many competitors and there will always be one or two things they do even better, but none seem to maintain the elegance and self-evident human interface and workflow design that makes this excellent — for me, an overall winner. [Pls dont tell them, it will go to theirs heads…]|| (orig. comment, in case v1 review gets deleted)Works for me... simple, straight -forward, elegant interface (except for the 'Current...' phrasing during saving, which isn't clear). Very happy with it. Barns from oz || PS and the OCR is vy good, use it a lot.
SIMPLY BRILLIANT for scanning
28/12/2018

RavenRoxxx36
I use this app for taking photos of documents and combining them to create multi-page PDFs. It’s features are flawless and brilliant. It allows you to use your camera to scan a physical document by framing the border of the page and producing it as a rectangular image without a background. This single feature is done better than any other app I’ve seen and I’ve tried a few.There are also options to improve the image with auto-enhance or making it black & white, colour or photo. You can then combine multiple scans into one PDF document. You can export the PDF to other apps, email, messages, files or keep it saved in the app for later. You can also export images as jpegs to your photo roll. Simply brilliant app functionality! Thank you!
SIMPLY BRILLIANT for scanning
28/12/2018

RavenRoxxx36

I use this app for taking photos of documents and combining them to create multi-page PDFs. It’s features are flawless and brilliant. It allows you to use your camera to scan a physical document by framing the border of the page and producing it as a rectangular image without a background. This single feature is done better than any other app I’ve seen and I’ve tried a few.There are also options to improve the image with auto-enhance or making it black & white, colour or photo. You can then combine multiple scans into one PDF document. You can export the PDF to other apps, email, messages, files or keep it saved in the app for later. You can also export images as jpegs to your photo roll. Simply brilliant app functionality! Thank you!
Almost perfect
06/04/2025

NJF2036
This is by far the best PDF scanner on the App Store though I wish it had a feature where it would auto align text so everything is inline and not crooked one way or the other, we are taking pictures with our phones so it’s never going to be as good as a physical scanner but a feature that scans all the details of the page and then maybe recreates them because sometimes the printer is low on ink, maybe it’s half printing characters so if it can recreate and fill in the missing gaps and align them that would be HUGE!Still, as it stands this app does it better than anything else.
Almost perfect
06/04/2025

NJF2036

This is by far the best PDF scanner on the App Store though I wish it had a feature where it would auto align text so everything is inline and not crooked one way or the other, we are taking pictures with our phones so it’s never going to be as good as a physical scanner but a feature that scans all the details of the page and then maybe recreates them because sometimes the printer is low on ink, maybe it’s half printing characters so if it can recreate and fill in the missing gaps and align them that would be HUGE!Still, as it stands this app does it better than anything else.

SCANNING - Better handling of shadows when scanning documents. This results in more readable scans that highlight important information more clearly. GENIUS CLOUD - The Offloading feature in Genius Cloud is now opt-in when you log in to your Genius Cloud account. If you feel that your documents are taking up too much disk space, you can activate Offloading at any time. Genius Scan will then offload part of your data to the cloud so you can reclaim storage space on your device. - The disk space report in Settings now more accurately reflects how much local space Genius Scan uses when Offloading is enabled. MOBILE DEVICE MANAGMENT - You can now disable Genius Cloud synchronization via MDM while keeping Genius Cloud accounts available. This makes it easier to enforce organization-wide policies without disrupting users’ access to their accounts. FIXES - This release addresses several of some remaining critical but rare crashes, further improving the overall stability of the app. Genius Scan is now more reliable, allowing you to continue working smoothly and without interruptions. OTHER ENHANCEMENTS - Banners in the document list now scroll naturally with your documents, use a refreshed color system, and feature new illustrations so important messages stand out more clearly.

Version 8.7

9 Jan

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