Have you ever clicked pictures of documents to "scan" them in the absence of a real scanner? While it does the job functionally, the result is generally not very pleasing. And that is exactly where CamScanner comes to your rescue.
What it does really well:
- First things first, it's very easy to find the app on the app store. I went to Google Play looking for a "scanner" and there it was perched right on top of the search results. A combined effect of SEO and user installs/ratings gone right.
- I simply love the cropping feature that it comes with. The automatic part is very smart, and does it's job well most of the times. At times when you need to crop the document yourself, it's very easy to use and hardly takes time to get used to.
Tip: When scanning a paper, keep it on a contrasting background when clicking the picture. Auto crop finds the background fairly easily and does a perfect job.
- The small design decisions that are made make the app very intuitive to use. For e.g, when you click a picture, the click button turns into an undo/discard/back button. So if you want to take another better picture, you don't need to move your fingers around, just click on the same button again. Also avoids the case of people accidentally hitting the Ok button, as you need to consciously move your finger to click on Ok.
Small design decisions such as these transition the experience from being good to wow!
- The generated pdf is of very good quality and i have used it for banks, etc without any complaints whatsoever. Even the watermark in the free version is not jarring enough to complain. Also, in-app sharing is in place, so makes it extremely convenient to share the created pdf with your contacts anywhere.
Do note the rather harmless looking "Generated by CamScanner" text towards the bottom of the page.
Where it could improve:
- I believe the app could be simplified a bit overall. While i have been a regular user of the app for a few months now, there is still a good ~50% of the options left untouched. To me, that is scope for simplification.
Recommended?
Yes! Does the job of a phone based scanner perfectly well, and is available on multiple mobile platforms. Has a perfectly well deserved overall rating of 4.5 of Google Play currently.
What it does really well:
- First things first, it's very easy to find the app on the app store. I went to Google Play looking for a "scanner" and there it was perched right on top of the search results. A combined effect of SEO and user installs/ratings gone right.
- I simply love the cropping feature that it comes with. The automatic part is very smart, and does it's job well most of the times. At times when you need to crop the document yourself, it's very easy to use and hardly takes time to get used to.
- The generated pdf is of very good quality and i have used it for banks, etc without any complaints whatsoever. Even the watermark in the free version is not jarring enough to complain. Also, in-app sharing is in place, so makes it extremely convenient to share the created pdf with your contacts anywhere.
Where it could improve:
- I believe the app could be simplified a bit overall. While i have been a regular user of the app for a few months now, there is still a good ~50% of the options left untouched. To me, that is scope for simplification.
Recommended?
Yes! Does the job of a phone based scanner perfectly well, and is available on multiple mobile platforms. Has a perfectly well deserved overall rating of 4.5 of Google Play currently.
