Doc Scan - PDF Scanner Ratings and Reviews

Unbelievably fantastic!!! Everyone should have it

Below the line underneath this writing, is what I wrote earlier. I still agree with all of that. DocScan is essential for me. I feel guilty given that it is free, but so was and is all the wonders of Google we now pay a little monthly to store so much. I couldn’t afford the $4.99/mo I think DocScan was asking if /when I wanted to go Pro-version — I don’t use it THAT much, just occasionally. It’s the ability to store and re-find stuff that I stored for years right on my phone without being connected to the internet, that makes it so essential.
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Update. Still love it, use it, and recommend it highly. It’s my phone sized filing cabinet extraordinaire!! Take A pic, crop, file — add text, drawing (all colors to choose and pen tip size too) highlighting. Can fax and/or share anywhere.. HIGHLY RECOMMEND TO EVERYONE And free!! I will certainly pay to benefit them back ASAP and use their services even more.

Great, but *FAMILY SHARE USERS*

I LOVE this app. Five years ago, I got this app as a caregiver for my grandmother, needing to send medical papers to my mom & uncles. I needed a little more than emails, so I upgraded. Well worth the $4.99...it is THE BEST! I have given this app a couple of 5 star reviews, over the years, and have told everyone about this app!

My 9yo uses it constantly (by himsef), to send schoolwork to his OneDrive account. It’s driving me a little batty with my phone disappearing all the time, so I tried to upload on his device. It wouldn’t work; like I never upgraded. My daughter was in desperate need of it fast (they were needing it at the same time), to I went ahead and paid to upgrade hers. I emailed support and they said that Family Share is not supported if you upgrade in the app. Family Share is only usable if you purchase DocScan Pro, which is the same as upgrading within the app.

They did say that app store is the issue; that THEY don’t support family share through in the app upgrade purchase, but claime they will support in the future. IF that is true, I understand they don’t have control over it. But they should have it somewhere in the upgrade info, so that people have the option to back out and purchase the Pro version. I now have purchased the app twice and need a third. Safe to say I probably won’t be doing any more recommending and 5 star reviews :(

Developer Response ,

Recently Apple enabled the in-app purchase items for family sharing support so your family can share your in-app purchase items, too.

corrects wrinkles & folds in paper

Love this app! I've been using it for a few years now. I've tried other apps that claim to be the best or fanciest or prettiest, etc. but I kept coming back to this app because it is the ONLY scanner app I've found that allows you to adjust not just the corners, but EDGES too! Very precise!

Suggestion for developers:
On your listing in the Apple Store, maybe you could feature a screenshot of what it looks like when you have the setting on lining up the edges and being able to move, add, or remove the editing dots on the edges to compensate for any curl/etc. I think this might help distinguish your app from all the others. They claim to fix docs, but they only let you tweak the corners. Yours can adjust the corners AND EDGES precisely.

False Advertisement (misleading)

I have been using DocScan and needed to fax a document (I never use a fax for anything but this seemed faster than snail mail which were the two options I was given to submit some paperwork) so I scanned all my papers and then went to fax and put in all the info and then was told it would be $9.90 to fax?!?! Well it kept asking me to upgrade and it read that you could fax in this new “Pro” version. Okay so $5 seemed better to me than $10 so I upgraded it and went through the process again typing everything into the one screen where I was sending and then it again told me $9.90?!? So obviously where I read inside the app where it asked me to upgrade it did not say you still had to “pay per page” and I emailed the company and they basically said “we never said it was free fax...” ?!?! Personally I think just giving me my $5 back would have been better customer service given the misleading description that I’m sure will be promptly changed but bad business guys....

Great support!

I was very frustrated when the app’s new features were giving me problems:

“This app was great for years. I used it daily for work. A couple of months ago it was “improved.” Now it is useless. When you go to snap a shot the auto picture jumps all over the place, making it impossible to picture your entire document. There’s a lot to be said for, “If it’s not broke, don’t fix it!”

However, the developer contacted me within 24 hours & explained how I could shut off the “auto picture” feature by tapping the yellow icon in the top left corner of the camera screen. Now it works great again! Couldn’t function without it. Best pdf scanning app I’ve ever used.

Developer Response ,

If you put a “white” document in a dark background or a “dark” document in a white background, and keep the background clean as possible with only the target document in the camera screen, it will detect very well and the orange overlay should be stable.

Otherwise, you still can take a picture and then tap on the rectify button to adjust the corners no matter what the app detected.

If you really want to turn off the new auto detect function, you can tap on the On/Off button in the top left corner in the camera screen.

Great app

This app is great for taking pictures of receipts so I have a permanent record to attach to each transaction in Quicken. I like the fact you can email as photo or PDF. I have also used this app for coping pictures from many of the photo albums we’ve collected over the years. This app takes great pictures and is easy to use. You can rename the folders which makes it very useful. The app also gives you the option as to what size you want to send thru the email system and tells you how many megabits each size is. It also lets you crop and turn each photo. I’ve used this app for many years and have never been disappointed.

Great app!

I’ve been using DocScan for about 5 years now, and it’s been a great tool. I can scan and email documents from anywhere, plus it will square up documents that were scanned at a bit of an angle. It compensates for uneven light, such as if the light is coming through a window and making one side of the paper brighter than the other. The app automatically adjusts for the difference so you get a clean copy. It also allows me to save them into separate folders, so they’re organized if I need to refer back to them later. I recommend DocScan to people whenever I get a chance, as a college student it has saved me a lot of headaches.

Fast, Efficient, Easy to use

I prefer it over my all-in-one printer/scanner/copier/fax. Only exception is multiple pages, two sided originals when I happen to be at my desk. Always handy, works in varying light, easy to use, simple to forward, efficient & password protectable (when needed) filing structure. Only wish is that, when entering custom document dimensions, the 0's would clear from the field when you place the cursor there. I keep copies of wallet contents & passport in a 'locked' folder (also ALWAYS keep phone password protected!

Good, better if you could adjust after creating

Overall this is one more feature rich scanners; It lacks the fancy interfaces of Scanbot or others; but on features it is more complete. Including the very important saturation and contrast controls; I will other fully saturate an image or give full contrast the make images readable. Except for turbo scan I don’t recall any other have these controls (docscan does it better). Docscan also allows signing docs and annotate, a big plus. The great miss is that you can’t recrop pages or readjust contrast. For instance, I wanted to be able to change photos to b/w and change contrast; I don’t mind if can’t go back to poor quality.

I’ve used this all for years- purchased premium

I just wanted to express how pleased I am with your app. I’ve used this app for years now. I love all the features, scanning, improvements, various uses, formats, etc. One thing I strongly dislike about Adobe or DocuSign, is that when they certify or protect signature documents, they cause more work for people just wanting to simply edit or save documents.
DocScan allows me to work efficiently and work with my documents exactly how I want to.

I prefer DocScan to Adobe because of this.