Open Scanner

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Fast, free document scanning app for iPhone

 

What is Open Scanner?

Open Scanner scans your receipts, notes, textbooks, and anything else you point your iPhone at. 

It saves your scans into its built-in library, and syncs them to all your devices. 

Unlike other scanner apps, Open Scanner is free, and always will be: no ads, no in-app purchases, no subscriptions.



Why should I trust Open Scanner?

 Open Scanner is open source (MIT License). That means another app developer can take the source code and audit it, or republish it as their own app. 

You can even run your own private version of Open Scanner on your iPhone, if you’re adventurous. 



What permissions does Open Scanner ask for? 

Open Scanner will prompt you for the following permissions:

  • Camera: Required for scanning your documents.
  • Location: Optional. If you grant location permission, Open Scanner will annotate your scans with location data.



What data does Open Scanner collect?

Here’s Open Scanner’s human-readable privacy policy:

    We (Pencil Research) minimize data collection from the Open Scanner app and this website.

    We cannot access the documents you create in Open Scanner. They are encrypted with your Apple ID and are private to you. 

    The Open Scanner app contains no third-party analytics or advertising SDKs. 

    When you install Open Scanner from the App Store, Apple collects and aggregates telemetry and makes it available to us. This information includes how many people downloaded the app, how many used it on a given day, and aggregate numbers of users by country. Apple does not share information with us about specific users.

    This Open Scanner website contains no tracking, analytics, or advertising code.


    Who made Open Scanner?

    Pencil Research.