A free scanner app you can use without a subscription

You don't need a subscription to scan documents with ScanMojo, on iPhone or Android. Scanning, automatic clean-up, text recognition and PDF export are free for as long as you use the app, with no watermark, no scan limit, no ads and no account. ScanMojo Pro is an optional subscription for a few extra tools, and you can skip it entirely.

  1. 1

    Install ScanMojo

    Get it free from the App Store (iOS 17 or later) or Google Play (Android 8.0 or later). There's no account to create.

  2. 2

    Close the Pro offer if you don't want it

    At the end of the welcome tour, ScanMojo offers Pro. Close it and carry on: everything in the free list below works without it.

  3. 3

    Tap Scan

    Hold the phone over the page. ScanMojo finds the edges, takes the shot when the camera is steady, and cleans the page up.

  4. 4

    Save and share as a PDF

    Tap Share on any document to send it as a PDF, images or text. Free export has no watermark and no monthly cap.

What you get without paying

Automatic page detection and capture, with as many pages per document as you like. Shadows evened out, and fingers, staples and punch holes erased from the page edges. Curled lines straightened. Original, Auto, Gray and B&W looks.

Text recognition on the phone, so you can search every scan by any word or copy its text. Importing photos and PDFs. Export as PDF, JPG images or plain text. ID and passport folders locked with your face or fingerprint, barcode cards, and up to three folders of your own.

What Pro adds, if you ever want it

Pro is a yearly or monthly subscription. It adds signing and adding text to pages, merging PDFs, Word and Excel export, password-protected PDFs, the front and back of an ID on one page, sharing many documents at once, and more than three folders of your own.

If Pro lapses, you keep every document you scanned, and everything in the free list above keeps working.

Why it can be free

Everything runs on your phone: finding the page, cleaning it up and reading its text. There are no servers processing or storing your scans, so a free scan costs us nothing to run. That's why the essentials can stay free with no cap.

Questions

Is ScanMojo really free without a subscription?

Yes. Scanning, clean-up, text recognition and PDF, image and text export are free, with no watermark, no scan limit and no ads. A subscription is only needed for the Pro tools.

Do I need to sign up or give an email address?

No. There's no account of any kind. Open the app and scan.

What happens to my scans if I cancel Pro?

Nothing. They stay on your phone, and you can still open, search and export them as PDF, images or text.

Does it work on both iPhone and Android?

Yes. ScanMojo is on the App Store for iOS 17 or later and on Google Play for Android 8.0 or later, with the same free features on both.

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