# PDFgear OCR PDF Scanner App — user reviews > 74 indexed App Store user reviews of PDFgear OCR PDF Scanner App by PDF GEAR TECH PTE. LTD., rated 4.90/5 from 1,908 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pdfgear-ocr-pdf-scanner-app/id6456407785/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pdfgear-ocr-pdf-scanner-app/id6456407785.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,771 · 4★ 85 · 3★ 22 · 2★ 10 · 1★ 20 ## What do users think of PDFgear OCR PDF Scanner App? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Excellent for business expense tracking - 🚀 Scans documents well - 🔓 No limits or hidden costs - 👌 Easy to use - 💯 Fantastic app **Cons** - 🐛 App not full screen on iPad mini - 🚫 Premium features require subscription - 🔒 Privacy concerns with AI feature - 🚫 Cannot share/send scanned documents without signing up **Commonly reported bugs** - Cannot scan low-quality barcodes - Scanned documents get stuck in outbox, unable to send **Most requested features** - Add trailing zeros to amounts - Auto-select entire field when editing - Enable flash function on iPad mini ## Newest reviews (18 of 74) ### 2/5 — Sorry aber nicht funktional deshalb auch nur zwei Sterne weil gratis *2026-08-07* Dafür dass diese App noch kostenlos ist gibt es die 2 Sterne. ansonsten ist sie für den Alltag durch die fehlerhafte automatische Scanauslösung die man noch nicht abschalten kann unbrauchbar. Bei anderen Scan Apps hält man einfach die Infos objektiv die Scan App erkennt kein Dokument und man kann das nächste Dokument vorbereiten die Hand wegnehmen ausrichten und scannen diese Scan App ballert einfach drauf los wie ein Paparazzi Fotograf und scannt alles was ihr vor die Linse kommt das ist leider unbrauchbar deshalb die Funktion muss abschaltbar sein oder korrigiert werden ### 2/5 — Tut nicht was es sagt und vieles kann es nicht *2026-07-06* Will scan als Bild in Bildern speichern - geht nicht. Option nicht vorhanden. Speichern geht nur in Dateien. Will 1 Scan als Bild teilen, die App teilt stattdessen als zip. Wähle als pdf teilen, die App fragt pdf oder zip. Was soll das? ### 3/5 — Eigentlich eine gute App *2026-06-02* Vor allem, weil man auch Fotos scannen kann. Warum aber muss man beim Export über eine Zipp Datei gehen und nicht direkt in das Fotoalbum exportieren? ### 4/5 — More features than other scanners… *2026-04-30* but double page is warped. ### 5/5 — Спасибо *2026-04-07* Спасибо большое за классное приложение! ### 5/5 — 真正免费 *2026-04-04* 真的免费，扫描页数多，处理起来很方便。值得拥有 ### 5/5 — Functional *2026-04-01, version 1.20* Easy to use & very convenient ### 4/5 — Seems alright *2026-03-31* Learning ### 5/5 — User friendly *2026-03-29* This is the only scanner app I will ever need again in life. It’s perfect works like a charm. ### 5/5 — One of my top 2 recommended scanning apps! *2026-03-19* This is an excellent scanning app, on par with Genius Scan (imo). Pairs well with PDF Gear. ### 4/5 — Scans good *2026-01-09, version 1.19* My only issues are the app on my ipad mini is not full screen and it won't let me use the flash option dispite the fact that the iPad mini 6 has a flash light function like the iPhones ### 5/5 — Excellent app *2026-01-03* I’m inputting receipts for taxes and this just made my life easier. If there’s 2 tax types, it adds them automatically. It reads even smudged numbers that I can’t make out. The one item I would like to see is putting the trailing zero in the amount or tax field. Make it 1.20 not 1.2. And if you have to change a field, when you tap in that field, it should select the entire field instead of having to manually move the insert cursor to the end and then hitting the delete key. ### 4/5 — 拍的文档不能直接保存到本地相册 *2025-12-23* 每次拍完要保存成压缩文件再解压，有点麻烦，希望哥更新后能直接保存到本地相册 ### 5/5 — Very good app *2025-11-20* Or gives every feature for free like change black background to white ,orrx ### 5/5 — Tốt *2025-11-20* Tốt ### 5/5 — Good app *2025-11-15* Excellent ### 5/5 — Scans well *2025-11-13, version 1.18* Decent quality document scanner. ### 5/5 — Excelente *2025-11-13* Excelente Servicio ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — 分享不了啦 *2026-02-02* 刚刚还好的，在制作一个分享时显示分享异常，我卸载软件后又弄了一下还是不行 ### 1/5 — AI chatbot feature..??? *2025-12-01* I was excited to use this until AI popped up on my screen after scanning a document and started explaining my own document to me. Not sure who thought that was a good idea to add but you lost me cause of it. Not to mention the serious privacy concerns, be careful uploading anything sensitive. I wouldn’t dare upload even my full name with this app, because it’s surely being sent to some third party AI company to train its model ### 1/5 — Péssimo *2025-09-30* Enquanto estou escaneando os documentos o aplicativo fecha e não salva o que já escaneei, muito ruim ### 1/5 — Te força a pagar *2024-11-18* Uma quantia idiota apenas para digitalizar um documento ### 1/5 — Not a free App *2024-07-27, version 1.9* After scanning document you cannot share/send it to anyone until you SIGN UP TO PAY. This is not a free app as advertised. Information provided by developer is not fair to the public. If you are willing to PAY MONEY go ahead, or just delete the app. It’s useless otherwise. Not happy. ### 1/5 — Kostenlos? *2024-06-03* Eine hochgelobte kostenlose App. Also: installiert, gescanned und der Versuch die drei Seiten als PDF zu speichern. Denkste, das ist ein schon Premiumfeature ab 6,99€ pro Woche. Vielleicht hab ich nicht gefunden, wie das (kostenlos) gehen soll. Aber auch dann: gleich wieder gelöscht. ### 1/5 — L’offre à 1 euro aboutit à pour un abonnement à 10€/mois *2024-05-31* Attention, l’offre à 1 euro conduit à un abonnement à 10 euros/mois ! L’application est alors peut-être fonctionnelle, mais je ne donnerai pas suite… ### 1/5 — Don’t use the app if you want your data safe *2024-05-24* All of a sudden, one fine day, the app becomes paid and not allowing even saved documents to be transferred somewhere else. Do not use this app if you want your valuable data safe. ### 1/5 — Premium features not needed *2024-05-20* Was a really good app until the app wants you to purchase premium monthly subscriptions. No thanks. Deleting app ### 1/5 — 还要会员 *2024-05-19* 骗子 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Scan *2026-08-01* C’est bonne ### 5/5 — Great Features *2026-07-28, version 1.21* This is a great scanner. It’s better than the last one I was using. I’m still getting used to all the things that he can accomplish for me ### 5/5 — Imprimer *2026-07-21* C’est parfaitement possible depuis « récents »donc appli parfaite merci aux développeurs ### 5/5 — Thank god *2026-07-20* No ads, no page limits, works well. ### 5/5 — Best scanner *2026-06-26* This app is great. Highly recommended 👌🏻 ### 5/5 — Facile *2026-06-24* Efficace ### 5/5 — Amazing *2026-06-19* The best app in the world ### 5/5 — Too soon? *2026-06-08* Wonderful app, although I think they could wait a bit longer than asking for a review after the first use. ### 5/5 — It's excellent *2026-06-06* Very good and useful ### 5/5 — omg very imp app for students ngl *2026-05-26* finally an app which does not expect to buy the plan to do respective work. The bestt app on my device …plz this app deserves good reviews --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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