SmartScan AI3.0.1 - App Store

SmartScan AI: Scan, Translate, Edit & Export-Powered by AI

SmartScan AI is your intelligent OCR assistant for effortlessly extracting handwritten and printed text from images. Powered by advanced AI, it helps you translate text into over 150 languages and export it as editable files or professional PDFs.

Whether you’re digitizing notes, translating signs, or are tired of typing, SmartScan AI helps you work faster and smarter.

AI Assistant (New!)

Free Chat Mode: Ask AI anything, not just about scanned text.
Summarize: Get concise summaries of long texts.
Explain: Break down complex text into simple language.
Keywords: Extract the most important terms instantly.
Insights: Discover key takeaways or action points.

Printed Text OCR

Instantly recognize printed text in over 150 languages - perfect for documents, books, labels, or signs. Includes Hindi, Arabic, Russian, Thai, and many more.

Handwritten Text Extraction

Turn notes, letters, forms, and whiteboards into a digital text with a single tap. Works across surfaces like sticky notes, notebooks, and more.

Languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), Korean, Portuguese.
AI-Powered Translation

Translate any scanned text into over 150 languages within seconds - no external apps needed.

Text-to-Speech

Let the app read the extracted text aloud in 30+ languages. Ideal for studying, accessibility, and multitasking.

History & Editing Tools

All Ai, image scans are saved on your device. Share, edit text, add notes, preview PDFs, and manage your history with ease.

Export Options

Save as plain text or PDF. Print or share via email, AirDrop, messaging apps, and more.

Private by Design

No sign-up required. Your data stays on your device unless you choose to share it.

Free with Optional Upgrade

Enjoy the full feature set for free, supported by ads. Upgrade with in-app purchases for an ad-free experience.

Made for You

Switch between light/dark mode and choose your preferred app language. Designed with a clean, distraction-free interface.

Version History Bug fixes and improvements. 3.0.1 Feb 2 Introducing AI Chat Mode: Ask our new AI assistant anything—summarize documents, get explanations, or even draft a poem.

AI-Powered OCR: Scan and extract text from anything, including handwritten notes, photos, and whiteboards.

Instantly Translate Text: A new, built-in translation engine supports over 150 languages. No more copy-pasting to other apps.

Export: Export your scanned text as plain text or a professional PDF. Also supports direct printing.

Fresh New Design: A modern, clean user interface with Dark Mode support for a better user experience. 3.0 10/30/2025 Updated our privacy policy to provide greater transparency and clarity regarding data collection. 2.2.2 09/15/2025 Bug fixes and performance improvements. 2.2.1 09/12/2025 Enhanced OCR engine for better accuracy.
Improved text layout so lines match the original image.
Bug fixes and performance improvements. 2.2 08/18/2025 A new in-app purchase option is now available to remove advertisements from the scanning process. Bug fixes to improve performance. 2.1.1 08/10/2025 A new in-app purchase option is now available to remove advertisements from the scanning process. Bug fixes to improve performance. 2.1 08/07/2025 Now with translation support for 100+ languages! Plus, enjoy smoother performance with bug fixes and enhancements for an even better experience. 2.0 12/09/2024 Text formatting, Bug Fixes and Improvements. 1.9 10/23/2024 New Design. Bug Fixes and Improvements. 1.8 07/29/2024 Bug Fixes and Improvements. 1.7.1 09/05/2021 Powerful Text Extraction, Bug Fixes and Improvements. 1.7 05/28/2021 Powerful Handwritten Text Extraction. Bug fixes and performance improvements. 1.6 11/13/2020 Bug fixes and performance improvements. 1.5.1 09/27/2019 Bug fixes and performance improvements 1.5 09/19/2019 New Powerful Printed Text Extraction Technique.
Now Extract Printed Text From Image Support 60+ Languages.
Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements. 1.4 02/25/2019 Bug fixes and improvements 1.3.1 01/20/2019 Multi-Language Support
Added Multi-Language support to OCR Handwritten. OCR Handwritten allow to change app language inside the app. Now we support 6 Languages.
English
Japanese
German
Spanish
Chinese(simplified)
French 1.3 08/04/2018 Bug fixes and performance improvements. 1.2.1 07/17/2018 Read for You
If you extracted text from image or you already saved extracted text as PDF, but you don't like read it then just use built-in read feature. It will read the text for you.
Now OCR Handwritten will speak 25+ langues.

PDF bug fixed, improved performance. 1.2 07/06/2018 Extraction History
Now OCR Handwritten will save your all text extraction results for your future use. So you can easily check in history to find your past extracted text results and easily use those results without scanning again. You can easily manage saved history.

Camera Added
Now you can directly capture image and extract text from it.

Edit
Edit image while selecting it from your Photo Library or from your camera.

Bug fixes and performance improvements. 1.1 06/23/2018 1.0 06/02/2018