OpenScan
The facts below are what the maker publishes about OpenScan, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
The facts
Each one read from OpenScan's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Age limit
- The privacy policy says the service does not address children under 13 and says it does not knowingly collect their personally identifiable information.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Auto capture
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Camera controls
- Version 3.0.0 lists exposure, focus, grid, autocapture, pinch-to-zoom, tap-to-focus and expose, manual exposure, and a front/back camera switch.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Cloud sharing
- The README says users can upload scans or notes to their choice of cloud storage and share them through messaging apps that allow it.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Cropping
- The app offers cropping features for scanned documents.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Data collection
- The privacy policy says third-party services may collect identifying information and that error log data may include IP address, device name, operating-system version, app configuration, and usage time and date.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Export
- Version 3.0.0 says documents export to Downloads/OpenScan.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Filters and languages
- Version 3.0.0 adds six document filter modes and says the interface is translated into English, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Polish, and Tamil.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The app can share scans through messaging apps and upload files to the user's choice of cloud storage.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The maker describes work and educational uses, including scanning receipts, business cards, notes and classroom boards.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Languages
- The v3.0.0 release says the interface is translated into English, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Polish and Tamil.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License
- The repository lists a BSD-3-Clause license.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Live capture
- Version 3.0.0 adds live document-edge detection and automatic capture and cropping.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Multipage PDF
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- New scanning features
- The v3.0.0 release lists live document detection, automatic capture and cropping, six filter modes, and camera controls.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Open source
- The repository describes the app as open source and lists a BSD-3-Clause license.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The README says the app respects user data privacy and identifies open sourcing and privacy as differentiators.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- OpenScan is an open-source document scanner app for scanning documents, notes, photos, and business cards and converting them into PDFs.checked 12 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Android app
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Android availability
- The repository provides instructions for building an Android APK, and the README says iOS support was removed in version 2.0.0.checked 12 Oct 2026
- iOS app
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
- Platform limitation
- The v2.0.0 release notes say support for iOS was removed.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Cost
- The privacy policy describes the service as provided at no cost.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
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