ScanWow: PDF Scanner & Search
Captain Intelligence LLC Productivity iPhoneiPadiPod touch
ScanWow: PDF Scanner & Search is a free Productivity app for iPhone and iPad by Captain Intelligence LLC. Rated 4.4/5 from 9 ratings. Requires iOS 15.0.
- Rating
- 4.4
- 9 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 25 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 21
- 2026 · v3.0.4
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About ScanWow: PDF Scanner & Search
ScanWow turns your iPhone and iPad into a fast document scanner. Scan, search inside every scan, and keep it all private. Try 3 documents free, then unlock unlimited scanning for a one-time $4.99. No subscription, ever. MADE IN AMERICA. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS. ScanWow is designed and built in Birmingham, Alabama. - No account and no sign-up - Text recognition runs on your device - Your scans are not stored on our servers - No ads and no tracking - Backups go to your own iCloud, not ours (Pro) SEARCH INSIDE EVERY SCAN Find any receipt, contract, or note by a word inside it, not just its file name. SCAN ANYTHING - Receipts, documents, business cards, whiteboards, notes - Automatic edge detection and cropping - Color, grayscale, and black and white modes - Multi-page PDFs: add pages, then export one clean PDF READS TEXT IN UP TO 17 LANGUAGES Copy or share the text from any scan. RECEIPTS AND TAX TIME Snap receipts as you go. Find them later by store, item, or total. SIRI AND SHORTCUTS Say "Scan a document with ScanWow" or add scanning to your own shortcuts. OPTIONAL MAGIC ENHANCE Tap Magic Enhance on any page for AI clean-up and formatting. Only the pages you choose are sent to Google Gemini for processing, and they are not stored on our servers. Pages you don't choose are not sent to us or to Google. Magic Enhance uses credits, and extra credit refills are an optional separate purchase. PRICING - Free: 3 documents to try everything. A 10-page contract counts as one. - ScanWow Pro: $4.99 one-time purchase. Unlimited scans, automatic iCloud backup, and 1,000 Magic Enhance credits. No subscription. Questions? Visit scanwow.io/support
Ratings & reviews
4.4
9 ratings
What’s new
Version 3.0.4 · Updated October 21, 2026
- A new app icon. - Your 3 free tries now count documents, not pages. A 10-page contract is one. - A clearer upgrade screen with your local price. One purchase, no subscription. - Upgrade any time from Settings or the new Go Pro button. - No more 30-page library limit. - Fixed: importing several pages at once could lose pages. - Fixed: the upgrade screen and the Magic credits message now show up on every screen.
App privacy
The developer, Captain Intelligence LLC, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Contact Info: Email Address
- User Content: Customer Support
Used for: App Functionality
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Purchases: Purchase History
- User Content: Photos or Videos
- Identifiers: Device ID
- Diagnostics: Crash Data
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
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