As a lifelong paper hoarder and educator, Camscanner has pretty much saved me from drowning in binders and file folders. I have the paid version, and it’s easily one of the most useful subscriptions I’ve invested in.I’ve used it to digitize years’ worth of AP conference notebooks and materials, which are now neatly organized and available to my campus teachers in digital format. Instead of digging through boxes or tracking down a binder, I can just scan, upload, and share a link. My colleagues can freely and easily access everything they need from anywhere.My favorite feature is the ability to pull text out of handwritten notes. I take a quick scan, let Camscanner work its magic, and suddenly my scribbles become searchable, editable text I can drop into emails, docs, or slides. For someone who still loves writing by hand but wants the convenience of digital, that’s huge.Camscanner has turned piles of paper into a clean, searchable digital library. If you’re someone who lives in notebooks, prints everything, or wants a simple way to share materials with others, the paid account is absolutely worth it.

I used to use this app for YEARS to upload schoolwork and it worked amazingly and it was recommended by all my professors. Lately, there are an insane amount of ads. I don’t even mind ads as I completely understand but I will scan a page, AD, close the ad it pops up another AD. I click the X and it reopens the same AD. Cool now I have all my pages scanned. I click the pdf button and another 3 ADS. Cool now it’s in PDF and I need to send via email. Another few ADS. It’s absolutely RIDICULOUS. My absolute favorite ad they love to pop up is “your PDF is too old. Tap here to upgrade” WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN????? I’d recommend finding another application as this app used to be great and now caused so much of a hassle to scan my pages. Even now, I will send the email and sometimes it does not even send the email to my inbox so if I’m tight on a deadline I’m kind of just out of luck unless it magically wants to work. I don’t want to hear from the developer saying “there is an X to close the ad just click it” or “make sure you have your inbox set up correctly” or some other nonsense that’s so obviously not the issue at hand. Make the app what it used to be again, and work on hiring a competent development team who actually understands what a user friendly experience looks and feels like. I urge everyone to NOT DOWNLOAD THIS APP UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE AND FIND ANOTHER PDF SCANNER THAT CARES ABOUT USER EXPERIENCE AND NOT PURE AD REVENUE WITH NO APPLICATION USABILITY TO THE USER

For several years, I have been a cam scanner free version user. Cam scanner is relentlessly trying to make me purchase its yearly subscription. The exit icon is hidden behind the signal bars top left corner of my phone screen it will not allow you to tap it when it demands you pay or else. It saddens me that it appears this once great app has become a scam. I have been able to get around this huge inconvenience by turning off my cell service and anything else that connects me to the world and then I have gone back click continue and then it realizes it’s not able to connect and I get a screen that says unable to proceed and then I can go about my business. NOW, It has seemed to learn this and I am completely locked out. This time well myCellular and Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and hotspot was turned off,A call came in and so did a text. How is that possible? Has this app now manipulated my phone? While taking the call, I turned on the airplane mode and then the call went dead. The only option that I can see is to pay the ransom to recover my files, but there is no evidence that after I pay this thing, will I have complete access while obtaining a few extra options. I do not like this app I will never use it again; gloat about it like I had for years. I have read that you can find the hidden .bak File but it is nowhere to be found and even if I did, I’m reading that it’s not possible to solve the issue going that direction. I’m really ticked off that an advertised free app is taking over my files in hours of my time.

I’ve tried many different scanner apps, and CamScanner has produced the best results and easiest flow by far. I am a professional musician and an educator, so I’m often scanning detailed pages of text and sheet music with all different types of binding. The premium features of the paid CamScanner app work incredibly well; for example, I can scan the two open pages of a book that doesn’t lay flat with one click and CamScanner does an impressive job of ‘flattening’ the pages without distorting the text/music. The Omnifix filter is amazing; I rarely have to crop or edit anything manually because it is so effective in determining the right settings and frame for whatever I’m scanning — for example, it automatically removes the binding from the edges of spiral-bound pages. This app has been a huge help to me when I want high-quality PDFs of music to perform on an iPad. The app also integrates super smoothly with my Apple technosystem (can’t bear to call it an ecosystem 😅); whether I want a jpeg or PDF, to save or print or send or upload, to try multiple filters with the same file, etc., it’s easy and intuitive.