# Pocket Scanner — No subscriptions or ads ever! > No subscriptions or ads ever! (iPhone/iPad app by Peter A. Jones.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pocket-scanner/id6773036432 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Peter A. Jones](https://appshunter.io/developer/428761520) - Category: Productivity, Utilities - Price: $4.99 - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 17.6 · 2 MB - Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, European Spanish - Released: 2026-05-28 - Data updated: 2026-09-06 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pocket-scanner/id6773036432/reviews.md ## What is Pocket Scanner? Scan paper or on-screen documents straight into your iCloud Drive. Pocket Scanner is a no-nonsense document scanner for iPhone. Scan a receipt, a contract, a recipe, a page of notes - and it lands in your library as a searchable PDF, synced to all your devices through your own iCloud account. That's it. No subscription. No ads. No account to sign up for. No upsells. Pay once, scan forever. WHAT IT DOES • Capture pages with Apple's document scanner - automatic edge detection, perspective correction, multi-page in one shot • Pick a look as you scan - Color, Greyscale, Black & White, or Photo • On-device OCR - every scan becomes a fully searchable PDF, no internet required • Search your whole library, including inside folders, by filename or by text in the document - matches highlight right on the page • Stay organized - folders you can move documents between, sorting by date / name / page count, and a list or thumbnail-grid view • Per-page editor - crop, rotate, and apply a clean filter; or rotate a page straight from the page strip • Split out pages - pull selected pages into their own new document • Mark up scans - highlight or strike through text directly on the page • Swipe to delete documents and folders • iCloud Drive sync - your scans appear on every device on your iCloud account, in your own storage where you can see and manage them • Privacy built in - optional Face ID lock for the library, plus an app-switcher blur so thumbnails don't appear in the task switcher WHAT IT DOESN'T DO • Doesn't collect any data about you. None. No analytics, no telemetry, no behavioural tracking. • Doesn't have a "Pro" tier. Every feature is included. • Doesn't store anything on our servers. Your documents go from your camera to your iCloud account, full stop. • Doesn't show ads. PRIVACY Pocket Scanner doesn't have a server. Your scans never leave your device except to sync to your own iCloud account (Apple's storage you already pay for, or the free tier). The OCR that makes your documents searchable runs entirely on your iPhone using Apple's Vision framework. We don't see your documents, your names, your filenames, your search queries, or your usage patterns. Full privacy policy: https://peterajones.github.io/PocketScanner/privacy-policy REQUIREMENTS • iOS 17.6 or later • iCloud Drive recommended (works in local-only mode if you prefer) ABOUT Built solo by an indie developer who got tired of every scanner app demanding a subscription. If you like the app, leave a review - it's the single most valuable thing you can do to help. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 3.6 — 2026-09-05 Trimming the edges of a scan is much easier. The corner handles are bigger and easier to grab, and there are new handles on each edge: drag one to shave a margin off a single side without pulling the whole page out of square. It also makes straightening a crooked scan far quicker. Pocket Scanner now looks like Pocket Scanner. The app takes its colour from the icon instead of the standard blue, and in Settings you can choose Light, Dark or System, and pick from four colours. Scans are also named better. A contract that mentions the word receipt is no longer filed as one, and names now appear in your own language. As always: no subscriptions, no ads, no tracking, nothing stored on our servers. Pay once, scan forever. Thanks for scanning with Pocket Scanner. ### 3.5 — 2026-09-02 Your scans are now a real paper size. Set Page Size in Settings to US Letter or A4 and every scan becomes a true paper-size PDF, the same size as documents from anywhere else, so they sit side by side properly. Auto keeps whatever shape the scanner found. Folders can now go three levels deep, for when one level of sorting isn't enough. As always: no subscriptions, no ads, no tracking, nothing stored on our servers. Pay once, scan forever. Thanks for scanning with Pocket Scanner. ### 3.4 — 2026-09-01 A small maintenance release with refinements under the hood. As always: no subscriptions, no ads, no tracking, nothing stored on our servers. Pay once, scan forever. Thanks for scanning with Pocket Scanner. ### 3.3 — 2026-08-31 A clean-up release, focused on the moments just before something gets deleted. Deleting pages now asks first. It used to happen the moment you tapped, with nothing to undo it. The confirmation tells you how many pages, so you always know exactly what is about to go. Cancel is back on two prompts that had lost it. "Delete this document?" and "Remove this mark?" were showing the delete option on its own, which made an ordinary question look like a one-way door. There is also an under-the-hood fix to page tracking in the document viewer. As always: no subscriptions, no ads, no tracking, nothing stored on our servers. Pay once, scan forever. Thanks for scanning with Pocket Scanner. ### 3.2 — 2026-08-11 Pocket Scanner now speaks German and Italian, joining Spanish and French. Every button, label and message is fully localized, and dates appear in your language's own format. As always: no subscriptions, no ads, no tracking, nothing stored on our servers. Pay once, scan forever. Thanks for scanning with Pocket Scanner. ## Related topics [pocket scanner](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/pocket-scanner) --- *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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