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24 alternatives to docWind

An easy to use document scanner

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. docWind launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Open Scanner, an open-source document scanning app for iPhone▲264

   Fast, reliable, and free document scanner app for iPhone - pencilresearch/OpenScanner

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Doc Scanner▲106

   A powerful document scanning app

   2019 · zoho.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   DocScan▲78

   Scan or import photo to OCR it & make a pdf

   2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Doc Scanner for Mac▲119

   Scan documents and digitize them flawlessly on your Mac

   2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Doc Scan▲63

   Help you scan and organize hundreds of documents efficiently

   2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Adobe Scan▲498

   Adobe's free scan app with text recognition superpowers

   2017 · adobe.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   PDFify▲230

   Free macOS text recognition, PDF composition & compression

   2018 · pdfify.app · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Scanner Pro 7▲171

   Probably the best way to scan papers

   2016 · readdle.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   OCR Text Detection Tool▲92

   Fast and efficient text recognition from any image and PDF

   2019 · apps.microsoft.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Scanner Pro 7▲12

    Mobile document scanning for iOS, now with OCR.

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Build a Document Scanner with SwiftUI▲4

    Video course in SwiftUI for PDF Scanner

    2025 · devtechie.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Textify▲202

    macOS app to recognize text from your images/docs with OCR

    2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    ScanBoy▲84

    PDF and OCR your docs with an AI twist

    2023 · deadpan.io · its alternatives →

14. 14
    ABBYY Fine Scanner 5▲122

    Scan and recognize multipage documents in PDF or JPG

    2015 · pdf.abbyy.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Tidy▲98

    Spotlight returns nothing for words you know are in a scanned document. It is not a bug: a scan has no text layer, so there is nothing to index. How to check, and three ways to make those documents searchable on a Mac.

    Jul 2026 · tidymacapp.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Scanlt▲116

    Ads-free PDF & document scanner

    2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    QuickScan: Document Scanner▲10

    Document Scanner app for iPhone & Android to scan doc to PDF

    2024 · getquickscan.app · its alternatives →

18. 18
    WRD Camera▲78

    Search physical printed documents using your iPhone camera

    2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Rapid Doc▲68

    All in one PDF tools and scanner app

    2020 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    QuickScan - a free scanner with OCR▲3

    Create searchable PDF documents from your device's camera

    2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Docs Scanner & Sign Documents▲13

    Scan, sign & share documents in seconds

    2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    DocScanner - Fast Document Scanner▲2

    Fast document scanner with OCR, AR guidance

    Dec 2025 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Clearcan▲18

    Free document scanner. No ads, no subscriptions, no cloud.

    Jul 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Scanner App For Docs▲7

    Your all in one scanner

    Jan 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →