SharpScan Pro: OCR PDF сканер

3.9
iOSApp Store

What it actually doesTransform your iPhone and iPad into an ultimate fast multi-page document scanner!

55%Marketing ≈ reality50%Stability21%Live project

Actually does

  • PDF viewer
  • OCR / Document scan15% of reviews
  • Document scanner70% of reviews
  • PDF editor20% of reviews
  • Обработка изображений (улучшение качества, удаление теней)15% of reviews
  • Пакетная обработка многостраничных документов30% of reviews
  • Сжатие PDF без потери качества10% of reviews
  • File sharing5% of reviews
  • Freemium20% of reviews

Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews

  • Document Management
  • File encryption
  • iPad-optimized

Common complaints

  • App crashes on some iOS versions (iOS 15, iPhone 13) and devices, despite updates20% of mentions

    «I bought myself an iPhone 13, now it crashes immediately, I bought the full version, and it still doesn't scan anything and crashes»

  • Aggressive monetization: basic features (text copying) require paid subscription; users lose features after updates13% of mentions

    «I try to copy text and I get a message that I need to buy an add-on... very interesting policy by the developers»

  • Text recognition (OCR) has low accuracy and barely works10% of mentions

    «Text recognition is close to zero... And I can scan a photo of text just fine in the standard app»

  • Constant intrusive requests to rate the app during work, even if already rated10% of mentions

    «constantly asks for ratings. I already rated it, but the requests keep coming regularly, even during work»

  • Inconvenience in workflow: need to manually press the camera button each time when scanning multi-page documents3% of mentions

    «after each photo I have to press the camera button again, when there are many pages it's very inconvenient»

What people praise

  • Excellent PDF compression up to 20 times smaller than standard JPEG without quality loss

    «With this program I do miracles with file size compression... Scan quality is excellent!»

  • Fast scanning with high quality, less than 3 seconds from shot to ready PDF

    «Works great! Scans documents quickly and with high quality!»

  • Convenient handling of multi-page documents in a single file instead of multiple photos

    «saves from unnecessary amount of separate photo files taking up enormous space»

  • Fully automatic processing: border detection, cropping, perspective correction without manual adjustment

    «Excellent app! Works great in automatic mode. No limitations»

  • Stable operation without crashes on compatible devices, long-term use

    «The app has been reliably helping me for a long time. I've been using it for several years. Thank you!»

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