This app was mentioned in 10 comments, with an average of 1.60 upvotes
uncannily feels/look very similar to CamScanner. Did the dev use the UI/theme as a reference or do they share the same code base?
I trialed lots of scanner apps and settled on Simple Scan because of its good edge detection and scan cleanup capability. Good high-fidelity results for a phone scanner.
Simple Scan (by Easy Inc). Page edge detection, save to jpg or pdf, email/print/fax, OCR text
Smartphone scans are OK if you're not trying to impress the recipient. But if you were really concerned about quality you'd get a flatbed scanner. Simple Scan gives good results for a smartphone scanner.
> it uses some kind of OCR, so I can search by text like "water bill 2018"
Simple Scan (by Easy Inc) with OCR
Wouldn't it be easier to name the scanned document "water bill 2018" when you save it as a jpg or pdf?
There are even smartphone apps that will do the transformation to turn a photo into a flat scan like image. E.g. this one.
I am by no means telling you to take up such a monumental task buuuut there are things like this
Agreed. Simple Scan has good edge detection and effective enhancement filters. Best to use with an ad-blocker.