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CLUSTER DOCUMENTS-MOBILE-OCR · 37 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2020-07-29

Document scanning and OCR apps

This cluster comprises mobile and desktop apps that scan paper documents via camera, convert them to PDF, and extract text using OCR, with common features such as editing, signing, sharing, and cloud integration. Entries stretch from 2009-10 to 2026-06, with a notable concentration in 2020-2021 and again in 2025-2026, though the earliest entries are sparse. Traction leaders include PDF Editor: Sign OCR, Scanner Pro・Scan PDF Documents, and invoice-archive-desktop, all currently showing zero stars.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

OCT 2009: 1AUG 2011: 1OCT 2012: 1JAN 2013: 1JUN 2015: 1JUN 2017: 1NOV 2018: 1NOV 2019: 1APR 2020: 1MAY 2020: 1JUL 2020: 1AUG 2020: 1JAN 2021: 1AUG 2021: 1OCT 2021: 1NOV 2021: 1JAN 2022: 1MAY 2022: 1NOV 2022: 1JAN 2023: 1FEB 2023: 1SEP 2023: 1OCT 2023: 1NOV 2023: 2MAY 2024: 1JAN 2025: 1APR 2025: 1MAY 2025: 1JUN 2025: 1SEP 2025: 1NOV 2025: 1JAN 2026: 1MAR 2026: 1APR 2026: 1JUN 2026: 1AUG 2026: 1
OCT 2009AUG 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 · 4 hand-coded · 13 unlabelled

Operator · 13 commercial · 4 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 17 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 21Document Scanner: PDF Scan App0★8 mostalelivecommercialMobile app that scans documents and ID cards, edits and signs PDFs, and extracts text with OCR.
  2. 22PDF scanner app Documents scan0★1 yrabandonedlivecommercialMobile app that scans paper documents with a phone camera, converts them to searchable PDFs, and offers OCR, signing, and sharing tools.
  3. 23PDF - Scanner, Reader & Editor0★20 dayslivecommercialMobile PDF scanner, reader, editor, signer, and file manager that locks documents with PIN and recognizes text via OCR.
  4. 24Camera Scanner - PDF0★1 yrabandonedlivecommercialMobile app that scans documents, extracts text via OCR, and lets users edit, sign, print, share, and securely store PDF files.
  5. 25Document Scanner PDF Editor0★2 yrabandonedliveMobile app that scans documents, ID cards, and QR codes with OCR, signature, PDF editing, and page reordering features.
  6. 26ScanMe - Document scanner0★2 yrabandonedliveMobile app that scans documents, extracts text with OCR, and supports organizing, searching, editing, batch scanning, and sharing.
  7. 27PDF Document Scanner OCR0★2 yrabandonedlivecommercialMobile app that scans documents to PDF or JPEG, recognizes textwith optical character recognition, translates it into many languages, andsupports e-signing.
  8. 28PDF Scanner App - Scan PDF Doc0★3 yrabandonedlivecommercialMobile app that scans documents, IDs, passports, and books into PDFs, with editing tools, electronic signatures, and file sharing.
  9. 29Scanner - convert photo to pdf0★3 yrabandonedlivecommercialMobile app that scans documents or imports photos, adjusts contrast and brightness, extracts text with OCR, protects files by password, and shares PDFs.
  10. 30PDF Editor : Text to Speech0★3 yrabandonedliveMobile scanner app that converts paper to PDF, OCRs scans into text, reads PDFs aloud, signs, merges, and protects documents.
  11. 31Document Scanner-Scan and Fax0★4 yrabandonedlivehand-codedcommercialMobile app that scans documents, emails or exports them as PDF or JPEG to cloud services, with OCR and annotation options.
  12. 32Scanner: Scan Documents0★6 yrabandonedlivehand-codedcommercialMobile app that scans documents into PDFs, supports OCR, editing, e-signing, and sharing of scanned material.
  13. 33Basic Scan - PDF Scanner, OCR0★5 yrabandonedlivehand-codedcommercialMobile scanning app that converts photos to PDFs, extracts text via OCR in multiple languages, and allows signing and sharing documents.
  14. 34Document Scanner & PDF Editor0★3 yrabandonedlivecommercialMobile app that scans documents and QR codes, edits and signs PDFs, and supports cloud integration.
  15. 35Scanner - Scan PDF Document †0★4 yrabandonedlivehand-codedMobile app that converts paper documents into digital PDFs with edge cropping, OCR, signing, and cloud sharing.
  16. 36FreeEdit, PDF Editor0★6 mostalelivecommercialMobile app that scans documents, imports PDFs, and allows editing, signing, annotating, and OCR on iOS devices.
  17. 37Scan to PDF・Document Scanner0★11 mostalelivecommercialMobile app that scans documents to PDF and offers editing, merging, signing, OCR text extraction, and offline storage.

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.