FairScan
The facts below are what the maker publishes about FairScan, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From FairScan's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| FairScan | Free | No page limits · no watermarks · no restrictions on sharing |
The facts
Each one read from FairScan's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- Android app
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- App integration
- Other Android apps can invoke an experimental scan-to-PDF intent; its behavior may change and backward compatibility is not guaranteed.checked 11 Oct 2026
- iOS app
- Nochecked 23 Sep 2026
What it does
- Auto capture
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Automatic scanning
- It automatically detects documents, crops them, and enhances images.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Availability
- The maker says FairScan is currently available only for Android.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Downloads
- The maker links to Google Play, F-Droid, and GitHub releases for downloads.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Users can save PDFs to folders provided by compatible storage apps such as Nextcloud or Google Drive, or share PDFs with apps such as OneDrive.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License
- FairScan is open source under the GNU GPLv3.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Limits
- Manual adjustments are limited to rotating and reordering pages, adjusting document edges, and choosing color or greyscale.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Local processing
- Document processing happens on the device, and FairScan says it does not upload or sync scans.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Multipage PDF
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- OCR
- OCR can create searchable PDFs and supports more than 100 languages.checked 11 Oct 2026
- OCR included
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Permissions
- The app uses the camera, uses internet only for optional OCR language downloads, and on Android 9 and below uses storage to export PDFs.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- FairScan is an Android app for scanning documents and saving or sharing them as PDFs.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Searchable PDF
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Security and privacy
- The privacy policy says FairScan collects no personal data and includes no analytics or advertising services.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker lists [email protected] for questions or feedback.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Francechecked 28 Sep 2026
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