# Serious Scanner — Offline PDF Scanner

> Offline PDF Scanner (iPhone/iPad app by BILGESU KADAN.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/serious-scanner/id6767008906 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [BILGESU KADAN](https://appshunter.io/developer/1896346142)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: Free (on sale, was $0.99)
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 5 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), European Spanish, Turkish
- Released: 2026-05-11
- Data updated: 2026-07-24
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/serious-scanner/id6767008906/reviews.md

## What is Serious Scanner?

Turn paper documents, receipts, invoices, contracts, and notes into clean PDF files, then find any scan quickly with private, on-device OCR.

Serious Scanner is a fast, private document scanner for iPhone and iPad. Everything happens on your device, so you can scan, organize, search, and share without creating an account or uploading files to the cloud.

SCAN CLEAN PDF DOCUMENTS

  • Capture multi-page documents with automatic edge detection
  • Scan in color or black and white
  • Create clean A4 PDF files
  • Convert an existing scan to black and white without changing the original

FIND TEXT WITH ON-DEVICE OCR

  • Recognize text privately on your device
  • Search documents by title or recognized text
  • View extracted text directly inside each scan

ORGANIZE AND SHARE

  • Rename, duplicate, preview, share, and delete documents
  • See page counts and file sizes at a glance
  • Quickly find documents with built-in search
  • Use native sharing to send or save PDF files anywhere you choose

PRIVATE BY DESIGN

  • No account or sign-in
  • No ads or tracking
  • No analytics or third-party SDKs
  • No cloud upload
  • Documents stay in protected local app storage
  • OCR runs entirely on your device

BUILT FOR IPHONE AND IPAD

  • Native, responsive interface
  • Multi-column iPad layout
  • Light and dark appearance
  • Available in English, Turkish, Spanish, German, and French

Try every feature free for 3 days. After the trial, unlock unlimited scanning forever with one purchase. No subscription. Documents you already created always remain readable.

A focused PDF scanner for people who value speed, privacy, and simplicity—without accounts, ads, or unnecessary extras.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 2.1 — 2026-07-20

Serious Scanner 2.1 is our biggest update yet.

  • Find any document with private, on-device text recognition.
  • Search by document title or recognized text.
  • View recognized text directly inside your scans.
  • Rename, duplicate, delete, and organize documents more easily.
  • Convert existing scans to black and white without changing the original.
  • Scans are now included in device backups by default, with an option to disable this.
  • Long, multi-page scans use significantly less memory.
  • Faster launch and smoother performance with large document libraries.
  • Improved accessibility, including better support for larger text sizes.
  • A redesigned purchase experience with a free 3-day trial and one-time lifetime unlock—no subscription.
  • Customers who purchased the original version retain lifetime access.
  • Numerous stability, data-protection, and reliability improvements.

### 1.0 — 2026-05-11

No release notes.

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All apps by BILGESU KADAN: https://appshunter.io/developer/1896346142

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