# Safe Scanner - Privacy OCR — Offline for personal privacy

> Offline OCR scanner for text recognition, correction, and translation. (iPhone/iPad app by 洪霞 刘.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/safe-scanner-privacy-ocr/id1374746143 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [洪霞 刘](https://appshunter.io/developer/1056045803)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.96/5 from 52 App Store ratings · 145 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.6 · 280 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2018-06-12
- Data updated: 2026-06-21
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/safe-scanner-privacy-ocr/id1374746143/reviews.md

## What is Safe Scanner?

Private OCR Scanner turns photos, receipts, invoices, contracts, lecture notes, and documents into editable text with an offline-first workflow.

OCR is designed to run on your iPhone or iPad with no cloud OCR fallback. Recognize, edit, copy, share, export, and save local history while keeping sensitive work on device.

Made for finance teams, office work, students, researchers, and anyone who handles private text.

Use it for invoices, receipts, contracts, notes, forms, study materials, and long documents. Download language packs for offline recognition across major scripts and languages.

One-time purchase. No subscription, no recurring fees, and no in-app purchases.

## Key features

- Offline text recognition
- Image to text conversion
- Text correction
- Translation
- Privacy-focused

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 永久解锁 | $2.99 | one-time |


## Recent user reviews (10 of 145)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/safe-scanner-privacy-ocr/id1374746143/reviews.md

### 5/5 — 扫描全能王

*2026-01-07, version 1.0.1*

好用又方便，五星好评

### 5/5 — Tse

*2026-01-02, version 1.0.1*

Good

### 5/5 — 好

*2025-12-20, version 1.0.1*

好

### 5/5 — 我要永久免費

*2025-10-21, version 1.0.1*

謝謝

### 5/5 — 掃描器

*2025-10-14, version 1.0.1*

👍🏻👍🏻

### 5/5 — Good app

*2025-10-05, version 1.0.1*

I mean it. They ask me to give 5 star for a free use so I give a five star

### 5/5 — 扫描全能王

*2025-08-29, version 1.0.1*

好棒

### 5/5 — 很方便

*2025-08-13, version 1.0.1*

很好用的一个程序

### 5/5 — 好

*2025-02-07, version 1.0.1*

好喜欢

### 5/5 — nice

*2024-06-21, version 1.0.1*

太好用了

## Frequently asked questions about Safe Scanner

### What does this app do?

This app functions as an offline OCR (Optical Character Recognition) scanner. It allows you to take photos of documents or images and extract the text from them. The process includes recognition, correction, and translation, all performed locally on your device.

### How accurate is the text recognition?

The app utilizes industry-leading Tesseract 4.0 technology for local text recognition, achieving an accuracy of up to 90%. The developers are committed to continuous improvement based on user feedback.

### Is this app free to use?

Yes, the app is completely free to use. The developers emphasize a 'true free' model, meaning there are no costs associated with using its features. This is made possible by their focus on efficient algorithms and local processing.

### Does this app require an internet connection?

No, a key feature of this app is its full offline functionality. All steps, from capturing the image to recognizing, correcting, and translating the text, are performed locally on your device, ensuring your privacy and allowing usage without an internet connection.

### Who is this app designed for?

This app is designed for users who need a simple yet powerful tool to extract text from images quickly and privately. It's ideal for students, professionals, or anyone who frequently deals with documents and wants a reliable offline solution for text processing.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.3 — 2026-06-20

Updated photo capture with high-quality de-skew for more accurate recognition

### 2.2 — 2026-06-05

1) Improve OCR accuracy. 
2) Fix minor bugs.

### 2.1 — 2026-06-03

Initial release with offline-first OCR, photo import, batch recognition, editable results, local history, and language packs.

### 1.0.1 — 2018-06-12

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

修正算法，倾斜文档也可以识别了。

### 1.0 — 2018-05-26

No release notes.

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