# PaperScan

> The fastest, easiest and most fun way to get rid of paper.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.docuware.android.paperscan](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.docuware.android.paperscan)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.docuware.android.paperscan`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** DocuWare GmbH
- **Category:** PRODUCTIVITY
- **Downloads:** 88,510
- **Rating:** 2.91 / 5 (323 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.6.2
- **Last updated:** 2025-06-18
- **First published:** 2014-04-04
- **Publisher country:** DE
- **Size:** 38 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-22
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.docuware.android.paperscan)
- **Website:** [https://start.docuware.com/mobile-applications](https://start.docuware.com/mobile-applications)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://start.docuware.com/data-privacy](https://start.docuware.com/data-privacy)

## Description

PaperScan is the fastest, easiest, and most enjoyable way to digitize and manage your paper documents. Whether it's invoices, recipes, or any paperwork, PaperScan automatically scans, crops, and straightens your documents for polished PDFs. Users can combine multiple scans into single documents, rename files, and export them effortlessly.

With seamless batch uploads to cloud services like Dropbox, Google Drive, and DocuWare, sharing and storing your files has never been simpler. Additional features include document printing, emailing, and intuitive page deletion with undo support. Best of all, PaperScan is completely free and contains no advertisements, making it an essential productivity tool to tame your paper avalanche.

## Rankings

- #234,495 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.CAMERA`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES`
- `android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VISUAL_USER_SELECTED`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `com.docuware.android.paperscan.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

### Pros

- Very good and useful app
- Best handy scanner app for professional scanning
- Simple non-ad scanner
- Free to use

### Cons

- App crashes frequently
- Scanning issues, including blank screens and manual focus problems
- Automatic filtering settings cannot be adjusted
- Lack of recovery options for discarded pages or documents

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.docuware.android.paperscan)