SharpScan Pro: OCR PDF scanner
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- Profile analysed
- Jun 22, 2026
- App updated
- Feb 2, 2018
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- App Store · Store data seen: Oct 4, 2026 · Recently checked
No updates for over two years. This does not prove the app is abandoned.
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What it actually doesTransform your iPhone and iPad into an ultimate fast multi-page document scanner!
Actually does
- ✓OCR / Document scan15% of reviews
- ✓PDF viewer
- ✓Document scanner70% of reviews
- ✓PDF editor20% of reviews
- ✓Обработка изображений (улучшение качества, удаление теней)15% of reviews
- ✓Сжатие PDF без потери качества10% of reviews
- ✓File sharing5% of reviews
- ✓Freemium20% of reviews
- ✓Batch processing30% of reviews
Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews
- ⚠Document Management
- ⚠File encryption
- ⚠iPad-optimized
Common complaints
- ✗App crashes on some iOS versions (iOS 15, iPhone 13) and devices, despite updates20% of mentions
«I bought myself an iPhone 13, now it crashes immediately, I bought the full version, and it still doesn't scan anything and crashes»
- ✗Aggressive monetization: basic features (text copying) require paid subscription; users lose features after updates13% of mentions
«I try to copy text and I get a message that I need to buy an add-on... very interesting policy by the developers»
- ✗Text recognition (OCR) has low accuracy and barely works10% of mentions
«Text recognition is close to zero... And I can scan a photo of text just fine in the standard app»
- ✗Constant intrusive requests to rate the app during work, even if already rated10% of mentions
«constantly asks for ratings. I already rated it, but the requests keep coming regularly, even during work»
- ✗Inconvenience in workflow: need to manually press the camera button each time when scanning multi-page documents3% of mentions
«after each photo I have to press the camera button again, when there are many pages it's very inconvenient»
What people praise
- ★Excellent PDF compression up to 20 times smaller than standard JPEG without quality loss
«With this program I do miracles with file size compression... Scan quality is excellent!»
- ★Fast scanning with high quality, less than 3 seconds from shot to ready PDF
«Works great! Scans documents quickly and with high quality!»
- ★Convenient handling of multi-page documents in a single file instead of multiple photos
«saves from unnecessary amount of separate photo files taking up enormous space»
- ★Fully automatic processing: border detection, cropping, perspective correction without manual adjustment
«Excellent app! Works great in automatic mode. No limitations»
- ★Stable operation without crashes on compatible devices, long-term use
«The app has been reliably helping me for a long time. I've been using it for several years. Thank you!»