Scan documents, extract text with AI-powered OCR, and export to PDF. Disable cloud processing anytime for fully on-device privacy.
Core features to help you go paperless
Automatically detects document edges and corrects perspective.
Extract text from scanned documents in 17 languages.
Choose Color, B&W, or Text mode for different document types.
Combine multiple scans into a single organized PDF.
Switch to fully on-device processing anytime. Your choice, your data.
Export to PDF and share via email, AirDrop, or any app.
See how we compare to the competition
| Feature |
ScanWow
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Microsoft Lens
Discontinued
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Adobe Scan
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|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing | $4.99 one-time | Free (was) | $9.99/month |
| AI-Powered OCR | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Offline Mode | ✓ Full offline | Limited | ✗ |
| Privacy Option | ✓ On-device processing | ✗ Cloud only | ✗ Cloud only |
| PDF Export | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-page Documents | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Languages Supported | 12+ | 20+ | 15+ |
| Account Required | ✗ No account | ✓ Microsoft account | ✓ Adobe account |
| Still Available | ✓ Active | ✗ Shutting down | ✓ Active |
ScanWow is a document scanning app for iPhone and iPad. It helps you digitize paper documents by capturing them with your camera, enhancing them, and exporting as PDFs.
ScanWow is $4.99—a one-time purchase with no subscriptions. You get all features forever: scanning, edge detection, enhancement modes, OCR, PDF export, and all future updates.
ScanWow offers similar core functionality to Microsoft Lens—edge detection, multiple scan modes, OCR, and PDF export—with the added benefit of on-device processing for privacy.
ScanWow uses AI-powered cloud OCR by default for the best accuracy. For full privacy, you can switch to on-device processing in Settings. Your scans are never stored on our servers—cloud processing is real-time only.
$4.99 one-time purchase on the App Store.
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