# Summary Scanner

> Mobile scanner and summarizer for documents, articles, and books. (iPhone/iPad app by CONG NGUYEN.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/summary-scanner/id1296754617 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [CONG NGUYEN](https://appshunter.io/developer/1078140157)
- Category: Utilities, Productivity
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 2.10/5 from 7 App Store ratings · 32 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 8.0 · 44 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2017-10-20
- Data updated: 2026-06-11
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/summary-scanner/id1296754617/reviews.md

## What is Summary Scanner?

Summary Scanner is the most efficient mobile scanner for office, enterprise, and personal use.  

Quickly create a digital copy of any document to summarize, translate, revise, share, or export as a PDF in seconds.  

Transform your mobile device into a summarizer for everything.

Features: 

- Summarizer: A SparkNotes for Everything 
Quickly get concise summaries of physical books, articles, and any other forms of text. Simply upload or take a picture and receive clear, concise summaries, never leaving out important information

- Automatic Question Generation 
Automatically create study questions with the answers from your scans in seconds. Perfect for studying and increasing retention, Automatic Question Generation creates custom multiple-choice quizzes from any document instantly

- Speed Reading 
Easily read up to 1,000 words per minute without hindering retention or understanding. Simply take a picture of any document and click “Speed Read” to increase efficiency like never before

- Mobile Scanner
Convert any paper file into a digital copy in seconds to search or revise. Never retype or lose files again with offline and cloud storage

- Digital Text to Search Everything
You can’t Ctrl-F on paper to find the words you’re looking for. Summary Scanner reads your scans and then allows you to search for precisely what you’re looking for, be it document titles or notes  

- Share in Seconds 
Share the file as plain text or as a PDF to email, social media (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc.), or cloud services (Google Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive) and many more

- Export as a PDF File               
Export scanned documents as a PDF file to instantly enhanced security and compression 

- Text-to-Speech                
Have files read back to you aloud for auditory learning

- Recognize and Translate 
Download free language packages to have documents recognized in languages other than English and translated to over 100+ language

- File Management
Store documents right in the app to access later at any point. Combine and rename those documents for organization and efficient management  

What can Summary Scanner be used for? 

Education and Learning Tool:
Students of all education levels (primary school, grade school, high school, college, or university) can use Summary Scanner in order to scan and summarize their textbooks, readings, manuals, books, and any article in seconds in order to automatically get a concise summary. With application in almost any subject with a lot of reading, students can save hours of reading and studying time by using Summary Scanner to make information consumption more efficient. 

Professional and Work Tool:
Professionals who have to go through many documents or articles can similarly use Summary Scanner to save time. From lawyers to researchers, Summary Scanner provides a mobile solution to hours of reading by filtering unnecessary and redundant information to present only the most important and relevant information. 

Everyday Applications:
Summary Scanner makes it possible to remove the clutter from newspapers, articles, and books where too much unnecessary information is presented. With so much content that is irrelevant to what we want to know, Summary Scanner summarizes all paper files so that you can spend less time reading and more time doing things that are important. 

We’d love to hear your feedback at kevin@summaryscanner.com

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## Key features

- Document summarization
- Automatic question generation
- Speed reading mode
- Mobile document scanning
- Searchable digital text
- PDF export
- Text translation

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Multipage Scanning | $0.99 | one-time |
| Automatic Question Generation | $0.99 | one-time |
| Speed Reading | $0.99 | one-time |


## Recent user reviews (10 of 32)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/summary-scanner/id1296754617/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Absolute Garbage

*2022-09-22, version 1.0.1*

Not even worth the one star. Don’t waste your time and certainly don’t waste your money on the upgraded features. Would give zero if I could.

### 1/5 — Garbage app

*2021-08-08, version 1.0.1*

Doesn’t work worth crap!  Don’t download. Waste of money.

### 1/5 — Disappointing

*2021-01-21, version 1.0.1*

Apple is complete other garbage this was on drugs day for crying out loud they go by made by Boston Pizza bought some of this what a shame so much wasted potential try to use this for homework and now I’m going to fail

### 1/5 — BAD APP

*2021-01-21, version 1.0.1*

THIS APP IS GARBAGE IT DOESNT WORK LIKE I AM SUING U FOR THIS BAD APP😤😡

### 1/5 — Not working !!!

*2021-01-16, version 1.0.1*

This app is a shame. It doesn’t work, didn’t provide me any summary like I asked for. The other two functions you need to pay for to access. But I’m not paying a penny for an app that doesn’t work. Saw the owner at DEAGONS DEN Canada. This is a shame for Canada !

### 1/5 — Doesn't work

*2020-12-10, version 1.0.1*

Took a photo, nothing happened (blank page). Awful.

### 1/5 — Bad lighting

*2020-11-21, version 1.0.1*

You need perfect lighting for the app to even recognize words

### 2/5 — ****Please update your app to whoever created****

*2020-08-04, version 1.0.1*

I was really excited about this app but there needs to be an update.. the summarize button won’t even work, neither will save. And some of the tranlastions weren’t even English 🤣just hoping for an update.

### 1/5 — Useless

*2020-07-02, version 1.0.1*

I tested this app with two pages from the book. It turned some words into another language and when it came to actually summarizing, I found it was basically copying and pasting and not summarizing.

### 1/5 — App does not work

*2020-05-17, version 1.0.1*

Scans the page for me & then the summarize button does nothing.

## Frequently asked questions about Summary Scanner

### What does Summary Scanner do?

Summary Scanner transforms your mobile device into an efficient scanner and summarizer. It allows you to quickly create digital copies of documents, generate summaries, create study questions, speed read, translate text, and export files as PDFs.

### What are the key features of Summary Scanner?

Key features include a summarizer for books and articles, automatic question generation for studying, speed reading capabilities, mobile scanning to digitize paper files, searchable digital text, PDF export, text-to-speech, and document translation.

### Is Summary Scanner free to use?

The application is free to download and use, but it offers in-app purchases for additional features or content, such as language packages for translation.

### What devices is Summary Scanner compatible with?

The description does not specify exact compatibility, but it is designed as a mobile application, implying compatibility with smartphones and tablets running common mobile operating systems like iOS and Android.

### How can students benefit from Summary Scanner?

Students can use Summary Scanner to scan and summarize textbooks, articles, and other reading materials, saving significant study time. The automatic question generation feature also helps in creating custom quizzes for better retention and understanding.

## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.0.1 — 2017-11-06

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

Scanning Improvements
Bug Fixes
Stability Improvements

### 1.0 — 2017-10-20

No release notes.

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