Privascan
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Privascan, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Privascan's own pricing page, checked 8 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Unlimited iPhone scans · on-device OCR · searchable PDF export · no watermark; browser PDF tools are free |
| Privascan Pro | $9.99 a month | PDF merge, reorder, extract, split and compression · Password-protected exports · Export presets and file-naming rules · Folders with filing suggestions · One-time purchase; no subscription |
| Pro | $9.99, paid once | PDF assembly · password-protected exports · export presets · file-naming rules · folders · One-time purchase |
The facts
Each one read from Privascan's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- Android app
- Nochecked 23 Sep 2026
- Apple services
- Pro purchases use Apple StoreKit, and user-triggered exports and sharing use the iOS share sheet.checked 8 Oct 2026
- iOS app
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Platform limit
- The support page says Privascan is iPhone-only and has no Android version.checked 8 Oct 2026
What it does
- Auto capture
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Backup limitation
- Scans may be included in the user’s iCloud or computer backups, which the maker says are handled by Apple rather than Privascan.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Data handling
- The maker says scans stay in the app’s local storage and are never sent to a Privascan server.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Dependencies
- The iPhone app has no third-party SDKs, analytics, crash reporter, advertising library, or networking library, according to the maker.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Multipage PDF
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- OCR included
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Offline use
- The maker says scanning, OCR, PDF assembly, encryption, and browser PDF tools work without a network connection.checked 8 Oct 2026
- PDF tools
- The browser tools can edit, merge, organize, split, compress, protect, and convert PDFs without uploading files.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Product
- Privascan offers browser-based PDF tools and an iPhone document scanner with on-device OCR.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Publisher
- Privascan is published by 89P13, a French SAS with a registered office in Bagnolet, France.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Scanning
- The iPhone app detects document edges, supports OCR, and exports searchable PDFs.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Searchable PDF
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Security
- PDF password protection is applied on the device, and the maker says it cannot recover a forgotten password.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker offers email support for questions, bug reports, and feature requests.checked 8 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Free tier
- The free scanner includes unlimited scans, on-device OCR, and searchable PDF export without a watermark.checked 8 Oct 2026
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