Genius Scan - PDF Scanner App 4+

EXCELLENT!

I have used a lot of different scanner apps. Most of them work but that’s about as much if you can say for them. They are not excellent, and in most cases are not even great. They are just simply functional. I went to the office of a notary to have a paper notarized and I just made an offhand comment that I was headed for a copy shop to have the documents scanned and turned into a PDF file. He answered back that he was able to do that for me. I was shocked to see him whip out his phone and snap a picture of it. I expect the results to be as bad as all of the other ones that I have used in the past and I couldn’t believe my eyes. It corrects for Keystone distortion, and it removes trace background edges around the page. Actually work better when placed on a darker background so there’s more distinction between the edge of the page and the background itself. I would like to extend a high-five to the developer of this app. You have really done and astonishingly good job. Congratulations.

The Online Student’s Savior

i’ve been in online school since the beginning of the pandemic, and this app is a lifesaver. it doesn’t limit how many documents you scan like other apps, and its automatic scanning trick is pretty okay. just don’t but the paper on a light colored surface, or have too many other objects in the frame. my favorite part is the ability to directly upload from my phone to the desktop of my computer (since they’re linked by icloud). if that’s not your speed, you can airdrop it to your downloads folder. the back and white filter is just as good as a printer scan, and there’s an option to edit the document after you take the photo. I never needed any other part of the app, so i didn’t need premium, which is amazing. it also uploads as a pdf, which saves me all the trouble of converting it myself. compared to other scan apps, i found this one to be the most efficient, since it works well and doesn’t have any frustrating limits for free users.

Works great!…most of the time.

I use this app to scan documents for my university classes. Once scanned, the features within the app provide augmentations, such as leaving natural light or white light (i.e, displaying the visual differences between a photo or a “scan” of the document). I also love that if I’m scanning dozens of pages all at once, if I make a mistake on one scan, I have the option to re-do that scan rather than starting over just to ensure the documents are in order. Once satisfied, I can email the document (however large or small) and it will appear instantly in my inbox.

The one issue I’ve found, is that sometimes it does not appear in my inbox until hours or even a day after I scanned my work. This can be EXTREMELY frustrating when my deadline is that evening. There’s no way to assess when these hiccups occur, since it appears to have no correlation to document size or scanning frequency.

Overall, I’m thankful to have this app. It’s so much faster to use than my physical printer/scanner.

Developer Response ,

Hi, thank you for your review. Your scans might get stuck in your Outbox. To make sure they are sent, we encourage customers to open the Mail app after exporting a scan via email. This should trigger the scans to send immediately, or you can go to the Outbox and send them again from there.