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CLUSTER DETECTION-DOCUMENTS-EDGE · 6 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2015-07-23

Mobile document scanner apps

The cluster consists of mobile apps that digitize physical documents, receipts, and notes using edge detection, then export them as PDFs. The dated entries before the index start appear singly and irregularly from December 2012 to March 2026, with no sustained pattern of clustering. All three traction leaders — DocScannerApp, Scanlys: Document Scanner, and Document Scanner - Photo Scan — show zero stars, indicating minimal community traction.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

DEC 2012: 1JUL 2015: 1FEB 2016: 1DEC 2025: 1JAN 2026: 1MAR 2026: 1
DEC 2012MAR 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 6 unlabelled

Operator · 4 commercial · 2 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 6 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01Scanlys: Document Scanner0★6 mostaleliveMobile scanner app that digitizes documents, receipts, and notes with edge detection, filters, and PDF export for sharing.
  2. 02DocuScan - Document Scanner0★8 mostaleliveMobile app that scans receipts, contracts, and notes into PDFs with automatic edge detection, page editing, and an organized library.
  3. 03TurboScan™: document scanner0★6 mostalelivecommercialMobile app that scans documents, receipts, books, and more into high-quality PDFs and JPEGs, with automatic edge detection and sharing capabilities.
  4. 04ScanMe : PDF Document Scanner0★9 mostalelivecommercialMobile scanner app that digitizes documents, receipts, and IDs using edge detection and OCR, with tools to crop, split, edit text, and export PDFs.
  5. 05Scanner Mini – Scan PDF & Fax0★1 yrabandonedlivecommercialMobile scanner app that converts documents, receipts, and IDs into high-quality PDFs with automatic border detection and iCloud sync.
  6. 06Document Scanner-Scanner0★1 yrabandonedlivecommercialMobile scanner app that captures documents, receipts, and photos, with edge detection, brightness adjustment, and sharing options.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.