That's what will turn your mobile scans into editable digital documents. But if you need to turn your pages into a file you can edit, you'll want optical character recognition (OCR) as part of your mobile scan app. If you don't own a scanner, you can still digitize documents quickly with a mobile scanning app-all of the apps on this list will do the trick. Google Lens for all the Google bells and whistles Microsoft Lens for quick scanning (and Microsoft users) The best mobile scanning and OCR softwareĪdobe Scan for the best free OCR software I've been updating this article for a couple years, and after testing dozens of mobile scanning and OCR tools, I've handpicked eight that will change the way you manage your documents.

I most often use scanning apps for business-related documents and forms of ID, but as you'll see below, you can use these apps for almost any kind of document: books, receipts, certificates, or even a page of your own handwriting.