FineReader: PDF Scanner & OCR

FineReader: PDF Scanner & OCR


Document and Photo Scan App


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15.6.4for iPhone, iPad and more
9.3
3K+ Ratings
ABBYY
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127.9 MB
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Dec 20, 2023
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You must be at least 17 years old to access this App.
Apps in this category may contain frequent and intense offensive language; Frequent and intense cartoon, fantasy or realistic violence: frequent and intense adult, scary and sexually suggestive subjects: as well as sexual content, nudity, tobacco, alcohol and drugs, may not be suitable for children under 17 years of age.
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About FineReader: PDF Scanner & OCR

ABBYY FineReader PDF - the first smart AI-powered scanner that turns your mobile device into an all-purpose tool to quickly capture docs and books, create electronic copies in PDF and JPEG, and extract texts from scans for further editing and sharing.

FineReader PDF - the top mobile scanner for iPhone or iPad from ABBYY, a Digital Intelligence company.

*** Ranked #1 Business application in 98 countries ***
*** Winner of SUPERSTAR Award in the "Document Capture" category in the Mobile Star Awards ***

Use FineReader PDF to scan paper documents, books, agreements, receipts, magazine articles, notes, recipes, charts, tables, slides, whiteboards, or even billboards on the street and get perfect digital copies.

KEY FEATURES
• PDF & JPEG. Scan any text and save scans to JPEG images or cross-platform PDF documents.
• OFFLINE OCR. Quickly extract text from scans into TXT format on your device without an internet connection.
• ONLINE OCR. Recognize text (OCR) on scans in 183 languages (including Latin, Cyrillic, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean alphabets) and choose from among 4 output formats.
• SHARE & EXPORT. Send results by email, to FineReader PDF for Windows, save in cloud storages - iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Google Drive, Yandex.Disk, Evernote, OneDrive for Business, and more.
• LIVE TEXT. Make phone calls, send emails, follow the links, and more from scanned docs.
• ABBYY NEURAL NETWORK. The smart gallery will automatically classify documents into 7 types: A4, books, business cards, handwritten, IDs, other docs, and receipts.
• SEARCH TEXT ON PHOTOS. Type the text from a photo into a Search field in the gallery. FineReader PDF will find photos that have this text.
• AR RULER. Define doc size in AR. It will be useful for non-standard documents and further printing them out in proper proportions.
• SIRI SHORTCUTS. Open scans with Siri and set the flow of actions with scans using Shortcuts app.
• ANNOTATE SCANS. Discover a set of easy-to-use tools to modify your PDFs: add your signature or a text box, use a highlighter, write with a pen, or conceal content with the redaction tool.
• 3D TOUCH & SPOTLIGHT SEARCH SUPPORT.
• PASSWORD ON PDF. Add a password for the image-only PDF files while exporting and sending via email.
• MULTIPAGE DOCS. Create, edit, and enhance separate images or large multi-page documents without any additional selection on the viewfinder.
• AUTO-CAPTURE AND FILTERS. Excellent visual quality with auto-capture of page boundaries and advanced image filters, which process scans in color, greyscale, or black-and-white versions.
• BUILT-IN FILE STORAGE. Save scans inside the app with tags and search capabilities.
• Transfer docs to your Mac or PC using Home Sharing.
• AIRPRINT. Print out scans directly from your iPhone or iPad.

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What's New in the Latest Version 15.6.4

Last updated on Dec 20, 2023
Old Versions
In this release, we've made changes to support iOS 17, fixed a few bugs, and enhanced stability.

Here are the key highlights from previous releases:

- Updated the lists of OCR languages and export formats
- Increased the number of free scans, allowing you to continue using the app with one free scan per day.
- Implemented the storage of original scanned documents for future re-editing.
- Added FineReader PDF to the sharing action menu for enhanced document sharing.
- Introduced Drag and Drop functionality between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone.
- Included keyboard shortcuts on iPad for more efficient document management.
- Enabled bulk export to select and share multiple documents at once.
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Version History
15.6.4
Dec 20, 2023
In this release, we've made changes to support iOS 17, fixed a few bugs, and enhanced stability.

Here are the key highlights from previous releases:

- Updated the lists of OCR languages and export formats
- Increased the number of free scans, allowing you to continue using the app with one free scan per day.
- Implemented the storage of original scanned documents for future re-editing.
- Added FineReader PDF to the sharing action menu for enhanced document sharing.
- Introduced Drag and Drop functionality between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone.
- Included keyboard shortcuts on iPad for more efficient document management.
- Enabled bulk export to select and share multiple documents at once.
15.6.3
Dec 16, 2023
In this release, we've made changes to support iOS 17, fixed a few bugs, and enhanced stability.

Here are the key highlights from previous releases:

- Updated the lists of OCR languages and export formats
- Increased the number of free scans, allowing you to continue using the app with one free scan per day.
- Implemented the storage of original scanned documents for future re-editing.
- Added FineReader PDF to the sharing action menu for enhanced document sharing.
- Introduced Drag and Drop functionality between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone.
- Included keyboard shortcuts on iPad for more efficient document management.
- Enabled bulk export to select and share multiple documents at once.
15.6.2
Sep 20, 2023
In this release, we have updated the lists of OCR languages and export formats. Additionally, we have made some changes to support iOS 17.
Here are the key highlights from previous releases:
- Increased the number of free scans, allowing you to continue using the app with one free scan per day.
- Implemented the storage of original scanned documents for future re-editing.
- Added FineReader PDF to the sharing action menu for enhanced document sharing.
- Introduced Drag and Drop functionality between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone.
- Included keyboard shortcuts on iPad for more efficient document management.
- Enabled bulk export to select and share multiple documents at once.
15.6.1
Dec 17, 2022
In this release, we fixed a few bugs and improved stability.

The most important in previous releases:
+ Implementing the storage of original scanned documents for re-editing
+ Live Text feature for making phone calls, sending emails, following the links, and more from scanned docs
+ Adaptation of the app for iOS 16
+ Increasing the number of free scans. Continue working with the app by creating one scan per day for free
+ FineReader PDF is added to the sharing action menu
+ Drag and Drop between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone
+ Keyboard shortcuts on iPad will ease document management
+ Use the bulk export to choose all documents you need and share them at once
15.6
Nov 27, 2022
In this release, we have implemented the storage of original scanned documents for re-editing. Just use the "Revert" button on an already edited doc to start editing from scratch.

The most important in previous releases:

+ Live Text feature for making phone calls, sending emails, following the links, and more from scanned docs
+ Adaptation of the app for iOS 16
+ Increasing the number of free scans. Continue working with the app by creating one scan per day for free
+ FineReader PDF is added to the sharing action menu
+ Drag and Drop between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone
+ Keyboard shortcuts on iPad will ease document management
+ Use the bulk export to choose all documents you need and share them at once
15.5.2
Nov 5, 2022
Grab text from images taken in real-time to make phone calls, send emails, follow the links, and more with the new Live Text feature.
Your documents are in action like never before: recognize, copy, and translate text from a camera or from an existing document quickly and easily. Extract only what you need without full image conversion!

Also in this release, we adopted the application for iOS 16 and fixed some bugs.

The most important in previous releases:
+ Increasing the number of free scans. Continue working with the app by creating one scan per day for free.
+ Editing of documents saved earlier
+ FineReader PDF is added to the sharing action menu.
+ Drag and Drop between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone.
+ Keyboard shortcuts on iPad will ease document management.
+ Use the bulk export to choose all documents you need and share them at once.
15.4.4
Oct 3, 2022
Mobile & Desktop interaction is now even better with the new FineReader PDF 16 for Windows!

Take photo of your document on Mobile and continue work on desktop. More info about our "big brother" and sending docs from mobile find here - https://pdf.abbyy.com/the-new-fr16/

The most important in previous releases:
+ Increasing the number of free scans. Continue working with the app by creating one scan per day for free.
+ Editing of documents saved earlier
+ FineReader PDF is added in the sharing action menu.
+ Drag and Drop between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone.
+ Keyboard shortcuts on iPad will ease document management.
+ Use the bulk export to choose all documents you need and share them at once.

Find out more on abbyy.com/blog/mobile.
Do you like this update, as well as we do? We will be glad to see your feedback on the App Store! If you need help, contact us at support.abbyy.com
15.4.3
Sep 12, 2022
In this release, we fixed a few bugs and improved stability.

The most important in previous releases:
+ Increasing the number of free scans. Continue working with the app by creating one scan per day for free.
+ Editing of documents saved earlier
+ FineReader PDF is added in the sharing action menu.
+ Drag and Drop between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone.
+ Keyboard shortcuts on iPad will ease document management.
+ Use the bulk export to choose all documents you need and share them at once.

Find out more on abbyy.com/blog/mobile.
Do you like this update, as well as we do? We will be glad to see your feedback on the App Store! If you need help, contact us at support.abbyy.com
15.4.2
Aug 20, 2022
In this release, we fixed a few bugs and improved stability.

The most important in previous releases:
+ Increasing the number of free scans. Continue working with the app by creating one scan per day for free.
+ Editing of documents saved earlier
+ FineReader PDF is added in the sharing action menu.
+ Drag and Drop between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone.
+ Keyboard shortcuts on iPad will ease document management.
+ Use the bulk export to choose all documents you need and share them at once.

Find out more on abbyy.com/blog/mobile.
Do you like this update, as well as we do? We will be glad to see your feedback on the App Store! If you need help, contact us at support.abbyy.com
15.4
Jul 27, 2022
In this release, we have implemented editing of documents saved earlier. We also fixed a few bugs and improved stability.

The most important in previous releases:
+ Increasing the number of free scans. Continue working with the app by creating one scan per day for free.
+ FineReader PDF is added in the sharing action menu.
+ Drag and Drop between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone.
+ Keyboard shortcuts on iPad will ease document management.
+ Use the bulk export to choose all documents you need and share them at once.

Find out more on abbyy.com/blog/mobile.
Do you like this update, as well as we do? We will be glad to see your feedback on the App Store! If you need help, contact us at support.abbyy.com
15.3.2
Jun 7, 2022
In this release, we have increased the number of free scans. If you have already used up the trial set of scans, you can continue working with the app by creating one scan per day for free.

The most important in previous releases:
+ FineReader PDF is added in the sharing action menu.
+ Drag and Drop between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone.
+ Keyboard shortcuts on iPad will ease document management.
+ Use the bulk export to choose all documents you need and share them at once.

Find out more on abbyy.com/blog/mobile.
Do you like this update, as well as we do? We will be glad to see your feedback on the App Store! If you need help, contact us at support.abbyy.com
15.3.1
May 11, 2022
In this release, we have increased the number of free scans. If you have already used up the trial set of scans, you can continue working with the app by creating one scan per day for free.

The most important in previous releases:
+ FineReader PDF is added in the sharing action menu.
+ Drag and Drop between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone.
+ Keyboard shortcuts on iPad will ease document management.
+ Use the bulk export to choose all documents you need and share them at once.

Find out more on abbyy.com/blog/mobile.
Do you like this update, as well as we do? We will be glad to see your feedback on the App Store! If you need help, contact us at support.abbyy.com
15.3
May 7, 2022
In this release, we have increased the number of free scans. If you have already used up the trial set of scans, you can continue working with the app by creating one scan per day for free.

The most important in previous releases:
+ FineReader PDF is added in the sharing action menu.
+ Drag and Drop between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone.
+ Keyboard shortcuts on iPad will ease document management.
+ Use the bulk export to choose all documents you need and share them at once.

Find out more on abbyy.com/blog/mobile.
Do you like this update, as well as we do? We will be glad to see your feedback on the App Store! If you need help, contact us at support.abbyy.com
15.2.11
Feb 15, 2022
Dear users, thank you for choosing ABBYY FineReader PDF. In this release, we fixed a few bugs and improved stability.
The most important in previous releases:
+ Now you can find FineReader PDF in the sharing action menu.
+ Seamlessly Drag and Drop between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone.
+ Keyboard shortcuts on iPad will ease document management.
+ Use multiple exports to share multiple documents at the same time.
Find out more on abbyy.com/blog/mobile
Do you like this update, as well as we do? We will be glad to see your feedback on the App Store! If you need help, contact us at support.abbyy.com
15.2.10
Feb 9, 2022
Dear users, thank you for choosing ABBYY FineReader PDF. In this release, we fixed a few bugs and improved stability.
The most important in previous releases:
+ Now you can find FineReader PDF in the sharing action menu.
+ Seamlessly Drag and Drop between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone.
+ Keyboard shortcuts on iPad will ease document management.
+ Use multiple exports to share multiple documents at the same time.
Find out more on abbyy.com/blog/mobile
Do you like this update, as well as we do? We will be glad to see your feedback on the App Store! If you need help, contact us at support.abbyy.com
15.2.9
Jan 26, 2022
Dear users, thank you for choosing ABBYY FineReader PDF. In this release, we fixed a few bugs.
The most important in previous releases:
+ Now you can find FineReader PDF in the sharing action menu.
+ Seamlessly Drag and Drop between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone. You can import images and PDFs to FR PDF and export scans and OCRed documents just by dragging them.
+ Keyboard shortcuts for FineReader PDF on iPad will ease document management.
+ Use multiple exports to share multiple documents at the same time - just check all the ones you want.
Find out more on our blog: abbyy.com/blog/mobile
Do you like this update, as well as we do? We will be glad to see your feedback on the App Store! If you need help, contact us at support.abbyy.com
15.2.8
Dec 28, 2021
Dear users, thank you for choosing ABBYY FineReader PDF. Wish you Merry Christmas and a Happy New 2022 Year! In this release, we fixed a few bugs.
The most important in previous releases:
+ Now you can find FineReader PDF in the sharing action menu.
+ Seamlessly Drag and Drop between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone. You can import images and PDFs to FR PDF and export scans and OCRed documents just by dragging them.
+ Keyboard shortcuts for FineReader PDF on iPad will ease document management.
+ Use multiple exports to share multiple documents at the same time - just check all the ones you want.
Find out more on our blog: abbyy.com/blog/mobile
Do you like this update, as well as we do? We will be glad to see your feedback on the App Store! If you help, contact us at support.abbyy.com
15.2.7
Dec 6, 2021
+ Now you can find FineReader PDF in the sharing action menu.

The most important in previous releases:

+ Seamlessly Drag and Drop between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone. You can import images and PDFs to FR PDF and export scans and OCRed documents just by dragging them.

+ Keyboard shortcuts for FineReader PDF on iPad will ease the document management.

Find out more on our blog: abbyy.com/blog/mobile

Do you like this update, as well as we do? We will be glad to see your feedback on the App Store! If you need us, you can contact us at support.abbyy.com
15.2.6
Oct 21, 2021
FineReader PDF is ready for iOS 15!
+ Seamlessly Drag and Drop between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone. You can import images and PDFs to FR PDF and export scans and OCRed documents just by dragging them.
+ Keyboard shortcuts for FineReader PDF on iPad will ease the document management:
- cmd + up/down – navigate on My documents screen.
- cmd + F – search documents by name or by tags.
- cmd + delete – delete documents.
- cmd + P – print a document.

The most important in previous releases:
+ Use the bulk export to choose all documents you need and share them at once.
+ We added a Gallery button to My documents screen.
Find out more on our blog: abbyy.com/blog/mobile

Do you like this update, as well as we do? We will be glad to see your feedback on the App Store! If you need us, you can contact us at support.abbyy.com
15.2.5
Sep 28, 2021
FineReader PDF is ready for iOS 15!
+ Seamlessly Drag and Drop between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone. You can import images and PDFs to FR PDF and export scans and OCRed documents just by dragging them.
+ Keyboard shortcuts for FineReader PDF on iPad will ease the document management:
- cmd + up/down – navigate on My documents screen.
- cmd + F – search documents by name or by tags.
- cmd + delete – delete documents.
- cmd + P – print a document.

The most important in previous releases:
+ Use the bulk export to choose all documents you need and share them at once.
+ We added a Gallery button to My documents screen.
Find out more on our blog: abbyy.com/blog/mobile

Do you like this update, as well as we do? We will be glad to see your feedback on the App Store! If you need us, you can contact us at support.abbyy.com
15.2
Sep 10, 2021
+ Meet the bulk export. Choose all documents you need and share them at once. The long-awaited feature is finally here!

+ We added a Gallery button to My documents screen. Now you're one step closer to creating perfect scans of document photos.

+ Minor bugs fix and stability improvement.

The most important in previous releases:

+ Sort documents by date or in alphabetical order.

+ Create custom name template for new documents. To setup a template, go to Settings and tap Document name template.

+ The minimum supported iOS version is 13.

Find out more on our blog: abbyy.com/blog/mobile

Do you like this update, as well as we do? We will be glad to see your feedback on the App Store! If you need us, you can contact us at support.abbyy.com
15.1.3
Aug 26, 2021
+ The minimum supported iOS version is 13.

The most important in previous releases:
+ Sort documents by date or in alphabetical order.
+ Create custom name template for new documents. To setup a template, go to Settings and tap Document name template.
+ FineScanner is now called FineReader PDF, and also gets an icon of its famous older brother. You can now create scans on mobile and export them to FineReader PDF for Windows to work with scans on a computer.

Find out more on our blog: abbyy.com/blog/mobile

Do you like this update, as well as we do? We will be glad to see your feedback on the App Store! If you need us, you can contact us at support.abbyy.com
15.1.2
Jul 20, 2021
+ Sort documents by date or in alphabetical order.
+ Create custom name template for new documents. To setup a template, go to Settings and tap Document name template.

The most important in previous releases:
+ FineScanner is now called FineReader PDF, and also gets an icon of its famous older brother. You can now create scans on mobile and export them to FineReader PDF for Windows to work with scans on a computer.

Find out more on our blog: abbyy.com/blog/mobile

Do you like this update, as well as we do? We will be glad to see your feedback on the App Store! If you need us, you can contact us at support.abbyy.com
15.1.1
Jul 15, 2021
+ Sort documents by date or in alphabetical order.
+ Create custom name template for new documents. To setup a template, go to Settings and tap Document name template.

The most important in previous releases:
+ FineScanner is now called FineReader PDF, and also gets an icon of its famous older brother. You can now create scans on mobile and export them to FineReader PDF for Windows to work with scans on a computer.

Find out more on our blog: abbyy.com/blog/mobile

Do you like this update, as well as we do? We will be glad to see your feedback on the App Store! If you need us, you can contact us at support.abbyy.com
15.1
Jul 2, 2021
+ Updated the design of selected screens.
+ Added Voice Over for several elements, put things in order, and increased the stability of the app.
The most important in previous releases:
+ FineScanner is now called FineReader PDF, and also gets an icon of its famous older brother. You can now create scans on mobile and export them to FineReader PDF for Windows to work with scans on a computer.
+ Smart gallery will automatically categorize documents into 7 types.
+ Look for text on photos in our smart gallery.
Find out more on our blog: abbyy.com/blog/mobile
Do you like this update, as well as we do? We will be glad to see your feedback on the App Store! If you need us, you can contact us at support.abbyy.com

FineReader: PDF Scanner & OCR FAQ

FineReader: PDF Scanner & OCR is available in regions other than the following restricted countries:
Kyrgyzstan,Tajikistan,Uzbekistan,Russia,Yemen,Belarus,Kazakhstan,Turkmenistan,Azerbaijan,Armenia
FineReader: PDF Scanner & OCR supports English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
FineReader: PDF Scanner & OCR contains in-app purchases. Please check the pricing plan as below:
PDF Scanner
$9.99
Scan PDF and documents
$2.99
FineScanner Premium monthly
$7.99
PDF Scanner + OCR
$5.99
Photo Scanning app
$20.99
FineScanner Premium yearly
$29.99
[ARCHIVE] No Ads
$5.99
[ARCHIVE]Entry Premium monthly
$2.99
[ARCHIVE]Basic Premium monthly
$3.99
ARCHIVE-Advanced Premium month
$5.99
Click here to learn how to download FineReader: PDF Scanner & OCR in restricted country or region.
Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of FineReader: PDF Scanner & OCR.
iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.

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