RME PDF Scanner
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The facts
Each one read from RME PDF Scanner's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- Android app
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- App lock
- Optional app lock uses Android device authentication but does not encrypt the local library at rest.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Intended audience and platform limit
- RME is an Android scanner; the maker describes a possible iOS version as an interest-gathering effort, with no committed release schedule.checked 11 Oct 2026
- iOS app
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
- iOS status
- The maker invites interest in a possible iOS version but says this is not a commitment or release schedule.checked 12 Oct 2026
What it does
- Availability and license
- The product page links to Google Play and GitHub and identifies RME as open source under the Apache License 2.0.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Backup
- Users can create and restore portable library backups, optionally password-protecting the backup; Android automatic cloud backup and device transfer are disabled.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Backups
- Users can create portable backups and optionally protect them with a password; Android automatic cloud backup and device transfer are disabled.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Data handling
- RME says it has no account, ads, document backend, proprietary cloud sync, or RME-operated analytics or tracking; saved documents and OCR content are processed locally.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Document editing
- Users can reorder, rotate, remove, and add pages, and apply image filters before export.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Editing and document tools
- Users can reorder, rotate, remove, or add pages, apply image filters, merge documents, and extract pages to split documents.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Export
- RME exports standard or searchable PDFs and individual JPEG pages through Android’s file picker, and shares PDFs through Android’s Sharesheet.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations and migration
- RME uses Android file and sharing interfaces and supports migration from exported files from CamScanner, Adobe Scan or Acrobat, Genius Scan, Microsoft Lens, and other scanners; it does not connect to those services’ accounts.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Library and search
- Saved documents can be organized in folders and searched by title or recognized text, with results linking to matching pages.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License
- RME PDF Scanner is published by SynapseWorks under the Apache License 2.0.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Migration
- RME provides a guided workflow for moving exported PDFs and images from CamScanner, Adobe Scan or Acrobat, Genius Scan, Microsoft Lens, and other scanners.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Multipage PDF
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Network and third-party services
- The app requests neither INTERNET nor ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE, but Google Play services may download scanner resources or optional OCR models, and ML Kit may send technical diagnostics to Google.checked 11 Oct 2026
- OCR
- Latin OCR is built in; Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Devanagari models are optional, and recognition runs on the device.checked 11 Oct 2026
- OCR included
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- OCR languages
- Latin OCR is built in; Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Devanagari OCR use optional Google Play services models.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- RME has no account, ads, document backend, cloud sync, or RME-operated analytics or tracking service, and it requests neither INTERNET nor ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE permission.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- RME is an Android document scanner with on-device OCR, searchable PDFs, library search, migration, and backup features.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Scanning and import
- It scans paper pages and imports JPEG, PNG, WebP, and PDF files through Android system workflows.checked 12 Oct 2026
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