Scan Hero: PDF Scanner

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• Monthly Premium Subscription — $22.00/month
• Weekly Sub with Free Trial — $9.99/week
• Weekly Subscription — $9.99/week
• Document & Text Scanner + OCR — $16.00
• Get Premium! — $1.99
• Premium Scanner App + OCR — $4.99
• Scanner for Me Full Version — $6.99
• Upgrade to Pro! — $16.00
• Upgrade to Pro! — $89.99

Last verified 30 Aug 2026

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4.7 241832 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5Literal Hero

   It’s not often I leave a review on an app, but I felt like this one deserves one. I’m an aspiring author, and had just finished editing my first ever book. I printed it out for my pre-editor to read (she does better with reading/editing when it’s in print), and the next day I logged back on to my computer work on a few notes I had thought of. Low and behold, my document was missing, likely accidentally deleted when I cleaned out my computer space the night before. One click - gone. Hadn’t even realized. Well, anyway, long story short, I tried a whole ton of scan to text apps, using the printed pages, now the only copy of the work left (all my backups went with the document, a horrible oversight on my part). None of the apps caught my attention and all were slightly annoying to use. Finally, I stumbled on Scan Hero, and, bam, all those annoying little problems were fixed. I just signed up for the three day trial and BOOM, everything was scanned in two days, nice and easy. It only messes up the formatting a little (missed indents, extra paragraphs), something I’m still fixing, but isn’t as bad as adding a lot of extra letters and popping up ads every two minutes (something the other apps did). People who complain about the app charging you after the trial are mistaken, they likely just forgot to cancel the trial. The trial goes right into the payed version, but I wasn’t charged after I canceled the free trial. TL;DR Literal Hero, scan to text so easy to use, no ads on payed version and very rare mistakes. Formatting problems, but over all much better than other apps.

   Festhart · 30 Aug 2026

2. 1/5Buyer beware! Defaulted into $119 subscription

   I downloaded this app in April 2017. I paid a one-time fee of $4.99 for unlimited use. Initially it worked as advertised, and I was generally happy with it from a functional standpoint. However, I just realized that starting in December 2020–over THREE YEARS after what SUPPOSED to be a ONE-TIME purchase—that I began being charged a premium subscription for $9.99 a month! Perhaps I was “informed” through some updated user agreement or other notification in 2020, and if that’s the case then missing it is on me. But I didn’t even know that apps could suddenly change from one-time purchases to subscriptions, and I would certainly have hoped that a dramatic price change would have been communicated in such a way as to be obvious to the consumers what was happening. Instead, I was DEFAULTED into one of their most expense subscription options. So if you are the same way—and you don’t CLOSELY track changes in your subscriptions or user agreements/notices year over year —you should probably avoid this app so you don’t risk ending up in situation like mine, where I have incurred more than $200 in UNANTICIPATED CHARGES from when I first purchased the app.

   Kate1580 · 30 Aug 2026

3. 5/5Fabulous App - I highly recommend it!

   I have had this program app for a few years and I love it. I can scan from my iPhone and immediately send through email, or other sharing methods without anyone ever knowing I did it from my phone. It’s has saved me countless hours of driving to a store or running home to my desktop scanner. 1) Scanning: A) After scanning a document I can change the heading of the document to whatever label I choose instead of the default date and time stamp provided. B) I can add multiple pages to create a package to send as though I did it with a desk top feeder. C) I can adjust scans after scanning to fix any issues outside of the margins. D) have a small receipt? No problem, it scans those as well. Paper Free - Digital Organization: 2) I am now paper free due to this app. I was tired of having to house multiple files and receipts. With this app, I can now organize all of my receipts and important documents in separate folders that I create and label myself. Completing my taxes has never been easier now that I have “go to” folders to review with ease. 3) It stores everything on the cloud or other back up if desired. Note: One thing I would like to change if I could is the ability to hold my finger down on any document within a folder and move the document around within the folder to my desired location. This would help immensely when organizing items within specific folders. Final recommendation: The free trial will give you a snapshot, but some things may be limited in use. I highly recommend downloading this app and learn how to navigate through it. I feel it is worth the money. I renew yearly. You won’t regret it.

   Joy - · 30 Aug 2026

4. 5/5Bad News — HORRIBLE App

   Since you updated this app it’s been very difficult to manage. Please put it back the way it was and I will give you five stars again. But, leave it this way and I will drop it down to a -5 if I could. It’s difficult to know where to go to scan. After I hit everything a pull down menu shows up with scan at the very, very bottom. It’s a SCANNER to scan something should be placed at the top of the app not at the bottom of a pull down menu. I don’t like this app anymore. The scan button goes round and round about ten times before it clicks. I finally found the scan button but this whole app needs to be put back the way it was eight months or so ago before the update. It wasn’t broken — now it is — FIX IT, please!!

   ENOUGH with the rating! · 31 Jul 2026

5. 5/5Happy user

   The app worked perfectly for an important document I was taking care of for my husband. Easy interface and capable of many mailing options including printing. I had 9 pages to scan, our printer wasn’t scanning so this was a great substitute. It only took a few minutes to do scan and send. As for subscriptions: READ people! Take responsibility for your decision- you really think this type of app is free to develop and keep up to date. I’m not a geek but I’m aware that I need to read about what they offer and their terms and all the information was there about the free use for 3 days and I had 3 days to cancel, and they were great about telling me where I needed to go to cancel. It was right up front.

   BMM&BSM · 30 Aug 2026

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