# Cam Scan - PDF Scanner & OCR

> Scan Docs, Convert & Share

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1552659371](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1552659371)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1552659371`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** vijay kachhadiya
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (2,146 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.1.4
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-30
- **First published:** 2021-02-09
- **Size:** 19 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-20
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cam-scan-pdf-scanner-ocr/id1552659371)
- **Website:** [https://webmigrates.com](https://webmigrates.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://webmigrates.com](https://webmigrates.com/)

## Description

**Cam Scan** is a versatile PDF scanner with auto edge detection, OCR, e-sign, and cloud sharing. Trusted by millions, it converts your camera into a powerful document tool for scanning, editing, and sharing on the go. The app automatically detects document edges, crops, and enhances image quality for high-resolution PDFs and JPEGs. It also offers AR measurement, QR code scanning, and secure cloud export to iCloud, Google Drive, or Dropbox.

Ideal for freelancers, students, and professionals, Cam Scan helps you manage receipts, invoices, contracts, notes, and other documents quickly and securely.

## Rankings

- #39,025 — Overall
- #22 — camera scanning
- #86 — ocr

## Review summary

The app is praised for its ease of use and basic editing/sharing features, making it a convenient quick scanner. Major drawbacks are heavy ads and subscription prompts that interrupt workflow, along with reliability issues like crashes and inconsistent PDF generation, including non-PDF outputs. Some users also complain about in-app charges despite free claims. Overall, strong usability is offset by ads and reliability problems.

### Pros

- Easy to use with an intuitive UI.
- Supports editing, emailing, and saving scans (PDFs) directly from the app.
- Useful for quick, small-document scans.
- Some users consider it a go-to scanner.

### Cons

- Pervasive ads and subscription prompts that interrupt workflow.
- Crashes or closes unexpectedly, sometimes causing loss of access to saved documents.
- Unreliable PDF export (reports of outputs like DAT files or no PDF).
- In-app purchases and charges that go beyond the claimed free usage.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1552659371)