# Scanner Mini – Scan PDF & Fax

> Scan docs, photos & receipts

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id581365763](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id581365763)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id581365763`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Readdle Technologies Limited
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Rating:** 4.90 / 5 (21,328 ratings)
- **Version:** 8.26.2
- **Last updated:** 2025-09-16
- **First published:** 2012-12-18
- **Size:** 242 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-25
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/scanner-mini-scan-pdf-fax/id581365763)
- **Website:** [http://readdle.com](http://readdle.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://readdle.com/scannermini/legal/privacy](https://readdle.com/scannermini/legal/privacy)

## Description

**Scanner Mini – Scan PDF & Fax** turns your iPhone or iPad into a portable document scanner. It lets you capture agreements, receipts, IDs, books, and more as high-quality PDFs for safe storage and sharing across devices with iCloud sync.

Key features include fast multi-page scans, automatic edge detection and perspective correction, smart cropping, on-device annotation, AI-powered magic eraser to remove unwanted items, OCR for 25+ languages, full-text search, easy sharing and faxing, password protection, and powerful automation workflows. A 7-day free trial of Scanner Mini Plus unlocks advanced tools.

## Rankings

- #11,001 — Overall
- #57 — scan
- #80 — technology

## Review summary

Most reviewers praise Scanner Mini for its ease of use, excellent scan quality with color correction, long-time reliability, and strong cloud storage/organizational capabilities. However, a frequent concern is the shift to Scanner Pro with a subscription, including deprecation of Scanner Mini, potential loss of prior documents, and lifetime-license changes. Reliability issues like intermittent performance and auto-capture problems are also noted by multiple users. Overall, users value the app’s benefits but worry about licensing changes and ongoing stability.

### Pros

- Very easy to use with a simple, intuitive workflow.
- Excellent scan quality with high resolution and color correction.
- Longstanding reliability; users report years of dependable use.
- Organizes documents well and integrates with cloud storage for easy access and sharing.
- Valued by professionals for efficient, on-the-go document capture and sharing.

### Cons

- Forced migration to Scanner Pro with a subscription model; Scanner Mini is deprecated and old documents may not be easily accessible.
- Loss of lifetime license and concerns about refunds or being forced to pay for upgrades.
- Intermittent performance and auto-capture reliability issues reported by multiple users.
- Uncertainty about preserving or accessing existing documents after upgrading to the Pro version.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id581365763)