Leave a Review Evernote Scannable
Finally an Update, but Still Buggy
I’ve been using the Scannable app for probably 10 years, since back in Evernote’s hay-day. While I’ve long moved on from Evernote, I still like this scanning app. So when the first update in years popped up earlier this week, I got really excited that maybe they’d fix the painfully obvious bug that started a few years ago. It shows up every time you go to crop a scan, and the zoomed in area inside the magnifying glass at the top of the screen becomes half-blacked-out so you can’t actually see anything inside the magnifying glass, rendering it useless. But nope, in typical Evernote fashion they didn’t address the obvious problems. I’ll continue using the app because it’s still my favorite scanning app, but it would be really nice to see an obvious bug like that fixed.Show lesske5ykt
Please please please do a minor bug fix update for this wonderful little app!
I absolutely love this scanner app. I would love to see an update that fixes some very minor bugs and doesn’t overcomplicate the simplicity of this wonderful little app. So many other scanner apps are just so overly complicated. For example, the crop feature in Scannable is awesome and other apps only have “one or the other” of the cropping options available here. If anyone reading this is able, please reach out to Evernote with this simple request. 🤙🏻💕Show lessSeth Johnson
Great but needs minor update
I love this app for scanning. It auto selects the page area and I can save multiple pages under one PDF. My only complaint is when I’m saving the file to my phone files, rather than emailing immediately. I have to use the “send” rather than “save” button, which is counter intuitive. And then when you’ve selected the location, the buttons to save, start a new folder, or cancel are all white…on a very light background. I couldn’t see the words and it was pure chance I hit the right thing after tapping all around my phone. It would seem an easy fix just to have the font color be darker to contrast the light background.Show lessAriel today
Works perfectly…sometimes
This is great idea. I keep my records digital. And my phone is my office. So in theory this is the perfect app to have since I can convert live documents simply using my iphone camera. But oddly it doesn’t work very well. Sometimes. For example, many times the picture isn’t quite right so I retake the picture. But I can’t delete the old picture. (It should be quite simple as the App is set up to do this. There are in fact two ways to delete. But neither work. Sometimes.) This means I generate a PDF with an extra junk page(s). Very unprofessional. Very frustrating. I will have to start looking for a different app… PS It would be helpful If I could load prior pictures into this app to create a PDF. BUT I CANT.Show lessTall Tom San Diego
App Intentionally Ruins Handwritten Documents.
I’ve spent the past week and a half trying and failing to get this horrid excuse of a scanner to work. This app has, since the beginning, intentionally blurred, skewed and blanked out major sections of hand written documents I’ve attempted to scan. There is no amount of light, bright or dark, that can prevent this app from effectively deleting half of the document, and what little is left afterwards is blurred beyond all recognition. I know for a FACT that the app intentionally tampers with your scans because I have pinned my phone to a desk and just watched it try to focus on an unmoving, well lit document laying on a chair directly below it and for five minutes it never once managed to settle into a decent focus on the page or stopped shaking the camera. This app deliberately creates random visual noise to deliberately prevent you from taking even remotely comprehensible scans.
Absolutely stay away from this app unless you want to pay the developers their extortionate fees for the “premium” service to the get basic functionality out of the app that should be expected.
And they have the gall to put this app under “productivity”, it fits better under “inexcusable waste of time and money”.Show lessNJS18094
Used to be the best app out there by far
I’ve been a scannable user since the week they launched on the app store. It used to be by far the best scanning app on the market. It is still the best I’ve found as far as function while scanning. However, they now have some kind of crazy bug that causes me to have to set it up from scratch every time I use it. If I use it 3 times in the same day, every time I have to go through the setup sequence, log into evernote, set my preferences, etc.. I’ve tried deleting and reinstalling but it still does the same thing. If they can fix this, it will once again be the best scanning app out there but if it’s not fixed soon, I’ll be moving to one of the other apps to do all my scanning.Show lessShawn6107
Good app, but resets sometimes. Would like default option.
I use this app often, it's the scanning app I prefer. I do have two issues. One is that regularly the app resets, and acts as if I've never used it. I'll need to scan something quickly, and it'll go through the whole animated icon, this is how this works routine. I know how it works, I've been using it for awhile. I don't need the tutorial. I don't know if this is related to updates, but the app data should say "this user had the app installed already, no need for the introduction every time an update is done." Also, I'd like to see a default option to save to camera roll. I don't use Evernote. Every time I have to choose whether I want the scan in my camera roll, or in Evernote. I *always* save to my camera roll. I'd like this to be a saved preference.Show lessyzayv
Replaced my physical scanner
I have used scannable for quite a few years now. Originally, I used it when I needed to scan items when I was away from home and my document scanner. At some point the scans became so good and so easy, I stopped using my physical document scanner.
I have one wish and one complaint. I withheld only one star, though both are highly annoying.
My wish is that I did not have to make so many keystrokes to file my scanned documents using Apple’s native Files functionality. It appears the developers are focused on directing me to their own cloud storage, in which I have zero interest. I want to scan and file the document on iCloud. I should not have to navigate around Cape Horn to do this!
My complaint is that the font color (white) used in several areas of the program offers almost zero contrast with the white background color. I even had to write this review in Notes because I couldn’t see what I was typing in the review text window provided by Scannable. In normal use, when I am trying to file a scan using the Files functionality, I can’t see the “cancel” or little file folder on the top line of the display. I just go from memory as to where they are. This started a perhaps two years ago. I’ve had two new iPhones and upgraded to several versions iOS and iPadOS, but the problem persists.Show lessAncientGeek
A functional and wonderful productivity tool
By far, this is probably the best scanning app out there. They are crisp, can be saved in either image or pdf format, and don’t take up too much space. I find it very convenient that the app automatically turns on your flash, selects an export format, saves your recent scans, and makes the cropping and approval process of your scans convenient and easy.
The only complaint I have is that the app runs its slow introduction/tutorial every time you re-start it. No, I don’t need a tutorial on how to use the app after closing it for a few days. The app is connected to Evernote, and if you don’t happen to have an account with them, Scannable will essentially harass you to connect it to Evernote. I find these pop-up messages slow and irritating, but the functionality of the app itself is stellar.Show lessKit - Kat Kate
Great! (except for one issue)
I couldn’t find a way to contact the developer without becoming a premium Evernote user (and I don’t use Evernote currently), so I’m leaving my feedback here.
I’ve been using Scannable since before it was Evernote (years and years). I mostly really like it and find it convenient to use.
The issue I think needs fixed has to do with sharing to other apps. When I share to Dropbox or Files, the “Save” button is nowhere to be seen. I’m not 100% sure it even says “Save” since I can’t see it. I just know from experience to tap the top righthand corner of the screen to finish exporting. There must be a button there, but I’m guessing it’s white text on a white background, and that definitely makes for an accessibility/user-friendliness issue. Hopefully it gets fixed soon!Show lessmllehunt
