# Scanly: Scanner & PDF — Scan, OCR, sign & lock PDFs > Scan, OCR, sign & lock PDFs (iPhone/iPad app by Sahil Jain.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/scanly-scanner-and-pdf/id6778502020 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Sahil Jain](https://appshunter.io/developer/1856599863) - Category: Productivity, Business - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 17.0 · 4 MB - Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified, China), European Spanish - Released: 2026-06-15 - Data updated: 2026-08-04 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/scanly-scanner-and-pdf/id6778502020/reviews.md ## What is Scanly? Turn any paper document, receipt, ID card, or whiteboard into a clean, searchable PDF - right on your iPhone. Scanly scans, sharpens, signs, organizes, and recognizes text entirely on-device. Nothing is ever uploaded. FAST, SHARP SCANS - Capture pages with the camera, or import existing photos and PDFs. - Automatic edge detection and perspective correction straighten every page. - Manual crop editor with draggable corners, loupe magnifier, and pinch-to-zoom for pixel-perfect framing. - Enhancement filters clean up lighting and boost contrast for crisp, readable results. - Multi-page documents in one tap - reorder, retake, or delete pages before saving. - ID & card mode scans both sides of a card onto a single page. SEARCHABLE TEXT WITH ON-DEVICE OCR Scanly reads the text in your scans using Apple's on-device Vision engine - in multiple languages - and adds a searchable text layer to every PDF. Find any document later by the words inside it. QR codes in your scans are detected and ready to open or copy. SIGN & ANNOTATE Draw your signature once and place it on any page. Highlight, draw, and mark up scans with built-in annotation tools - everything stays in the PDF. ORGANIZED, PROTECTED, YOURS - Folders and tags keep hundreds of scans tidy; search finds them instantly. - Lock the app with Face ID so only you can open your documents. - Password-protect sensitive PDFs, compress large ones, or split a document into parts. - Print with AirPrint or save straight to the Files app. SMART EXTRAS - Scan a business card and add it to Contacts in one tap. - Turn a stack of receipts into a CSV you can open in Numbers or Excel. - Scanly works with Shortcuts, home-screen widgets, and the share sheet - send images or PDFs from any app straight into your library. NO WATERMARK. EVER. Your exported PDFs are clean and professional, with no stamps or watermarks - even on the free tier. Share to Mail, Messages, Files, or any app. 100% PRIVATE - BY DESIGN Everything runs locally. There is no account, no sign-in, no analytics, and no tracking. Scanly contains zero networking code - your documents and their contents stay on your device, always. HONEST, ONE-TIME PRICING Scanly is free to use and genuinely useful on its own. The free tier lets you keep up to 5 saved documents. Want unlimited documents and the full toolkit? Unlock Scanly Pro with a single one-time purchase - yours forever. No weekly subscriptions, no recurring charges. So many "scanner" apps charge every single week for the same on-device work. We think that's wrong. Pay once, scan forever. DESIGNED FOR EVERYONE - Full Dark Mode and Dynamic Type support - VoiceOver labels throughout - Reduce Motion support and gentle haptics - Works without a camera via Photos and Files import Scan it. Sign it. Search it. Keep it private. That's Scanly. ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Scanly Pro | $2.99 | one-time | ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 2.1.3 — 2026-07-14 Scanly now speaks your language — the entire app is translated into Japanese, German, Chinese, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Korean. Small polish and stability improvements throughout. ### 2.1.2 — 2026-07-14 • Added more languages so Scanly is easier to find worldwide. • Small polish and stability improvements. • Enjoying Scanly? A quick rating really helps. ### 2.1.1 — 2026-07-02 Scanly 2.1.1 makes marking up documents more powerful and flexible: - Ink in color: pick from six colors for the pen, highlighter, text, and your signature - Resize and rotate any markup - signatures, stamps, text, and redaction bars - with simple drag handles - Save multiple signatures and initials, then choose the one you want for each document - Search within a document's recognized text to jump straight to what you need, and copy any text you find Still 100% on-device. No accounts, no tracking, no subscriptions - a single one-time purchase, forever. ### 2.1.0 — 2026-07-01 Scanly 2.1 makes signing and marking up documents better than ever: - Your signature now always appears clearly on the page, even if you draw it in dark mode - Tap Sign anytime to place your saved signature, or draw a new one whenever you like - Choose black or blue ink, and undo your last stroke while signing - Resize and rotate signatures, stamps, and text right on the page - pinch to scale, twist to rotate - Smoother multi-page review and general performance and stability improvements Still 100% on-device. No accounts, no tracking, no subscriptions - a single one-time purchase, forever. ### 2.0 — 2026-06-17 Scanly 2.0 is a big polish release focused on faster, smoother scanning: - Multi-page review is much smoother: delete a page right from the thumbnail strip with a tap or long-press - Reset crop & straighten back to the original whenever you want - your first capture is never lost - Fixed page selection in the review carousel so you always land on the page you tapped - "Add from Photos" now opens reliably when adding pages mid-scan - Cleaner, crisper library layout with tidier document thumbnails - General performance and stability improvements throughout Still 100% on-device. No accounts. No tracking. Unlock unlimited documents with a single one-time purchase - no subscriptions, ever. ## More apps by Sahil Jain - [Word Safari: Kids Learning](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/word-safari-kids-learning/id6755829039) - [EF Academy: Executive Skills](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ef-academy-executive-skills/id6755933987) - [MoneyMinder - Mind Your Money](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/moneyminder-mind-your-money/id6756094400) - [SwarnaPro - Gold Calculator](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/swarnapro-gold-calculator/id6757679306) - [GigLedger - Income Tracker](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gigledger-income-tracker/id6757839629) - [ClearSpace: Photo Cleaner](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/clearspace-photo-cleaner/id6778446889) All apps by Sahil Jain: https://appshunter.io/developer/1856599863 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-04.*