PDF Scanner APP - Scan to PDF
★ 4.5What it actually doesThe app scans documents from a smartphone camera into PDF/JPEG with basic processing (brightness adjustment, cropping, filters), but recent versions have included intrusive advertising that makes the app often unusable.
Actually does
- ✓PDF viewer
- ✓Document scanner80% of reviews
- ✓PDF editor40% of reviews
- ✓File sharing20% of reviews
- ✓Free tier90% of reviews
- ✓Russian localization10% of reviews
- ✓Dark mode15% of reviews
- ✓Subscription(bonus)30% of reviews
Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews
- ⚠OCR / Document scan
Common complaints
- ✗Intrusive ads block app usage56% of mentions
«Ads don't let you enter the app. Nothing but ads. You wait 10 minutes and can't exit until you install the advertised game.»
- ✗Saving documents requires paid subscription12% of mentions
«Without a paid subscription you can't save anything at all! They push the VIP trial period. It became paid.»
- ✗Progressive degradation of functionality with updates16% of mentions
«It was an excellent app. Now it's absolutely useless because waiting for the app to open after an ad is far from trivial.»
- ✗App watermark on scans in free version8% of mentions
«Puts its own logo on scans in the free version. The AnyScanner watermark cannot be removed.»
- ✗App doesn't work in Russia (blocked when saving)4% of mentions
«My friends, why do you initially say it doesn't work in RF, and not at the very end when you try to save the edited document.»
What people praise
- ★High quality scanning and ease of use
«Great free app. Convenient lighting when photographing, cropping, filters, adding multiple pages in 1 file. I've been using it for several years, no complaints.»
- ★Intuitive and user-friendly interface
«One of the most intuitive apps I've encountered! Nothing unnecessary, everything is intuitive.»
- ★Export to multiple formats and sharing methods
«Convenient highlighting, cropping, filters, adding multiple pages into 1 file of selected type, sharing the file with various convenient methods.»
- ★Long-term reliability and stability across multiple devices
«Very convenient app. I've been using it for more than a year on several devices!»
- ★Full Russian localization of the interface
«Everything suits me so far, especially everything in my native Russian language.»