Scanner App Downloads & RevenueScanner App: Genius Scan · App Store
Scanner App: Genius Scan is #34 in Business Grossing in United States and charting in 7 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperThe Grizzly Labs
CategoryBusiness
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.9 (1.4M)
Version8.16.1
Age rating4+
First seen by us
24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)100M+ worldwide
Scanner App: Genius Scan update history & changes
Last change · 57 events since 22 Jun 2010Full timeline ↓🌟Featured by Apple🌟Featured by Apple📦Now updating weekly📦Updated to version 8.16.1✏️New iPad screenshots✏️New screenshots🎉In-app event: Ready for iPhone Duo📈Entered the top 100🔎Top 10 for “pdf”🔎Top 10 for “scanner”
Full timeline · 57 events
- 🌟Scanner App: Genius Scan featured by Appleapps · FR
- 🌟Scanner App: Genius Scan featured by Appleapps · FR
- 📦Scanner App: Genius Scan: now updating weekly4 updates in 30 days, after a quiet two months
- 📦Scanner App: Genius Scan updated to version 8.16.1- Fix a bug with the camera preview orientation when iPhone Duo is open.
- 🌟Scanner App: Genius Scan featured by Appleapps · FR
- ✏️Scanner App: Genius Scan: new iPad screenshots· SA
- ✏️Scanner App: Genius Scan: new screenshots8 screenshots (was 8) · SA
- ✏️Scanner App: Genius Scan added hidden keywords: reviewswords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟Scanner App: Genius Scan featured by Appleapps · FR
- ✏️Scanner App: Genius Scan: new iPad screenshots· 6 countries
- ✏️Scanner App: Genius Scan: new screenshots8 screenshots (was 8) · 6 countries
- ✏️Scanner App: Genius Scan added hidden keywords: reviewswords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟Scanner App: Genius Scan featured by Appleapps · FR
- ✏️Scanner App: Genius Scan: new iPad screenshots· RU
- ✏️Scanner App: Genius Scan: new screenshots8 screenshots (was 8) · RU
- ✏️Scanner App: Genius Scan: new iPad screenshots· KR
- ✏️Scanner App: Genius Scan: new screenshots8 screenshots (was 8) · KR
- ✏️Scanner App: Genius Scan: new iPad screenshots· IT
- ✏️Scanner App: Genius Scan: new screenshots8 screenshots (was 8) · IT
- ✏️Scanner App: Genius Scan: new iPad screenshots· FR
- ✏️Scanner App: Genius Scan: new screenshots8 screenshots (was 8) · FR
- ✏️Scanner App: Genius Scan: new iPad screenshots· DE
- ✏️Scanner App: Genius Scan: new screenshots8 screenshots (was 8) · DE
- ✏️Scanner App: Genius Scan: new iPad screenshots· BR
- ✏️Scanner App: Genius Scan: new screenshots8 screenshots (was 8) · BR
- ✏️Scanner App: Genius Scan: new iPad screenshots· ID
- ✏️Scanner App: Genius Scan: new screenshots8 screenshots (was 8) · ID
- 🌟Scanner App: Genius Scan featured by Appleapps · FR
- 📦Scanner App: Genius Scan updated to version 8.16IPHONE DUO
- Genius Scan is now fully optimized for iPhone Duo.
- The scan flow has a new layout that takes full advantage of both the inner and outer screens of iPhone Duo.
- Across the app, lists, controls and layouts have been tweaked to work great on iPhone Duo.
EXPORT IMPROVEMENTS
- Gmail is now available as a destination for Export Shortcuts and Auto-Export rules. Simply connect your Gmail account in export settings to get started.
FIXES
- Exporting a PDF/A document with password protection now explains that the two options are incompatible instead of showing a generic error.
- Fixed selecting and deselecting tags with a trackpad.
- Prevented connecting to a different Genius Cloud account when reconnecting after a session expires.… more - 🎉Scanner App: Genius Scan in-app event: Ready for iPhone DuoMAJOR UPDATE · until 29 Nov
- 🌟Scanner App: Genius Scan featured by Appleapps · FR
- 🌟Scanner App: Genius Scan featured by Apple: “LA LISTA DEL GIORNO”today · FR, IT
- 🌟Scanner App: Genius Scan featured by Appleapps · FR
- 📈Scanner App: Genius Scan entered the top 100Top Grossing · Business · KR
- 🔎Scanner App: Genius Scan reached Top 10 for “pdf”#10 in Canada search · popularity 73
- ✏️Scanner App: Genius Scan added hidden keywords: faxen, sicherwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Scanner App: Genius Scan added hidden keywords: receiptswords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎Scanner App: Genius Scan reached Top 10 for “scanner”#10 in South Africa search · popularity 30
- 📦Scanner App: Genius Scan updated to version 8.15.1We're always making changes and improvements to Genius Scan. Install this new update to get the latest new features and bug fixes.
- 📈Scanner App: Genius Scan entered the top 100Top Free · Business · GB
- 📦Scanner App: Genius Scan updated to version 8.15EXPORT IMPROVEMENTS
- A4 PDF exports now use the exact ISO page dimensions.
- Export shortcuts no longer delete the original document when exporting individual pages.
- Documents whose names contain slashes or colons can now be dragged to the Files app.
- Export shortcut and Auto-Export rule names now have surrounding spaces removed and default to the destination name when left blank.
TEXT RECOGNITION
- Recognized text from separate pages is now separated with line breaks.
SUPPORT
- You can now attach documents, photos, and videos when contacting support.
- The support form now explains which required information is missing before sending a message.
RELIABILITY
- Fixed a crash that could affect users with a legacy Email Auto-Export configuration.
- Fixed a rare issue that could prevent Genius Scan from opening on some devices.… more - ✏️Scanner App: Genius Scan added hidden keywords: pdfwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Scanner App: Genius Scan added hidden keywords: securewords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Scanner App: Genius Scan entered the top 100Top Grossing · Business · CN
- ✏️Scanner App: Genius Scan added hidden keywords: ocr, faxwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Scanner App: Genius Scan added hidden keywords: pdfwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Scanner App: Genius Scan added hidden keywords: securewords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟Scanner App: Genius Scan featured by Appleapps · FR
- 🌟Scanner App: Genius Scan featured by Appleapps · FR
- 🌟Scanner App: Genius Scan featured by Appleapps · FR
- 🌟Scanner App: Genius Scan featured by Appleapps · FR
- 🌟Scanner App: Genius Scan featured by Appleapps · FR
- 🌟Scanner App: Genius Scan featured by Appleapps · FR
- 🆕Scanner App: Genius Scan first spotted by AppInsider#5 in Top Grossing · Business · Russia
- 🌟Scanner App: Genius Scan featured by Appleapps · FR
- 📦Scanner App: Genius Scan version 8.14.1No release notes
- 🆕Scanner App: Genius Scan released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.9 ★
1.4M ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#34
Business GrossingMeasured
New ratings a week
2,951
steady vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
Scanner App: Genius Scan on the App Store
App details
App ID
377672876
Publisher
The Grizzly Labs
On the store since
Jun 2010
16 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 17.0+
iPhone XS and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
20
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Size
102 MB
Also listed in
Productivity
Scanner App: Genius Scan downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Scanner App: Genius Scan's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Scanner App: Genius Scan before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Not in an overall Top Grossing chart, only in category charts: each category position is converted to the overall position it corresponds to, then priced on the same rank-to-revenue curve, inside the part of each market the charted apps leave over.
Business model: Subscription-led
How Scanner App: Genius Scan makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchases
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Genius Scan Ultra subscription | |
| 2 | Genius Scan Plus subscription | |
| 3 | Genius Scan Ultra subscription | |
| 4 | Genius Scan Ultra subscription | |
| 5 | Genius Scan Plus subscription | |
| 6 | Genius Scan Ultra subscription | |
| 7 | Genius Scan Ultra subscription | |
| 8 | Genius Scan Ultra subscription |
Hidden keywords
Scanner App: Genius Scan shows up in App Store search (US) for 1 word that appear nowhere in its name, subtitle or developer name, so they are almost certainly in its private keyword field, and it ranks in the top 10 for at least one of them.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | BusinessGrossing | #34 |
 Germany | BusinessGrossing | #24 |
 United Kingdom | BusinessGrossing | #38 |
 France | BusinessGrossing | #23 |
| United States | BusinessFree | #99 |
| Germany | BusinessFree | #39 |
 Italy | BusinessGrossing | #21 |
 Canada | BusinessGrossing | #38 |
| France | BusinessFree | #47 |
 Australia | BusinessGrossing | #46 |
| Italy | BusinessFree | #46 |
| Canada | BusinessFree | #66 |
| United Kingdom | BusinessFree | #148 |
| Australia | BusinessFree | #89 |
Apps near Scanner App: Genius Scan on the chart
Business Grossing, around #34.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.9 ★
1.4M ratings
Measured
Ratings
1.4M
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
2,951
steady vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
20+
US App Store (Apple shows only the newest)
Lifetime rating
4.9★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Recent written reviews
4.7★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
81/100
top 1% of Business apps
Growing fastest in 
Japan ▲ +61% · Italy ▲ +42% · 
India ▲ +38%
New ratings by country (12)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,851 | 63% | steady |
| France | 271 | 9% | ▲ +13% |
| Germany | 214 | 7% | ▲ +9% |
| Canada | 166 | 6% | ▲ +17% |
| United Kingdom | 117 | 4% | ▼ -16% |
| Italy | 101 | 3% | ▲ +42% |
| Australia | 90 | 3% | steady |
| India | 46 | 2% | ▲ +38% |
 Brazil | 42 | 1% | ▼ -8% |
| Japan | 15 | 0% | ▲ +61% |
 Indonesia | 12 | 0% | ▲ +9% |
 China | 7.6 | 0% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Scanner App: Genius Scan
From the 160 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users overwhelmingly praise the app for its ease of use, high-quality scanning capabilities, and reliability in converting documents to PDFs. While most reviews are positive, a minority express frustration with subscription models, limited free features, and occasional export or clarity issues.
Mostly positive (89% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being easy to use, and being useful. The main complaints are about crashes and bugs, and price and subscriptions.
What people like
- Ease of use: “Super easy and convenient”
- Useful: “Works well and is easy to”
- Features & content: “Great tool for easy scanning”
- Speed & performance: “The scanner is crystal clear and fast speed”
Common complaints
- Crashes & bugs: “Baje la app por error, decía 7 días de prueba, igualmente la cancelé y ahora intentan cobrar el fee igual”
- Price & subscription: “SO DONE WITH SUBSCRIPTIONS”
About Scanner App: Genius Scan
Genius Scan is a document scanner app in your pocket. Quickly scan your paper documents on the go and export them as multi-page PDF files.
*** Apple App of the Week *** 20+ million users *** 1000s of small businesses ***
Place any document in front of your device’s camera: our scanner app automatically recognizes the paper against the background, crops it, and cleans up the result. You obtain a crisp, legible scan. Batch scanning lets you scan dozens of pages in a matter of seconds. Powerful tools help you organize, share, or archive your documents.
“Next time you plan to hit the road, don’t forget to download Genius Scan to make life easier for yourself and your accounting department.” - AppPicker.com
“Camera apps aren’t designed for close-up text scanning, but Genius Scan is.” - The Guardian
== KEY FEATURES ==
Smart Scanning:
- Document detection & background removal
- Distortion correction
- Shadow removal and defect cleanup
- Filters (black & white, whiteboard, photo)
- Batch scanning
PDF Creation & Editing:
- Document merging & splitting
- Multiple page PDF creation
- Photos and PDF import
Security & Privacy:
- On-device document processing
+ Face ID locking
+ PDF password encryption
Document Organization:
- Document tagging
- Metadata and content search
+ Smart document renaming (custom templates, …)
+ Backup and multi-device sync with Genius Cloud (separate subscription)
Export:
- Email
+ Box, Dropbox, Evernote, Expensify, Google Drive, iCloud Drive, OneDrive, OneNote, FTP, SugarSync, WebDAV.
+ Any WebDAV compatible service such as Citrix ShareFile, NextCloud, ownCloud, Synology, Yandex.
+ Automatic background auto-export
OCR (Text Recognition):
+ Text extraction
+ Searchable PDF creation
+ Business card scanning & contact creation
The features denoted with [+] are available as part of a premium plan.
== ABOUT US ==
It’s in the heart of Paris, France that The Grizzly Labs develops Genius Scan. We take pride in crafting apps that help millions of users throughout the world and hold ourselves to the highest standards in terms of quality and privacy. Get in touch with us @thegrizzlylabs if you have any questions.
== PRICING & LEGAL ==
Genius Scan is free to use for as long as you want.
Should you choose to, you can subscribe to the Genius Scan Plus plan for more features. You can subscribe to Genius Cloud for backup & synchronization. In that case, Genius Scan’s store displays the duration and price of each subscription, updated at the time of purchase. Payment will be charged to iTunes account when the order is confirmed. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off no later than 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage subscriptions, disable auto-renewal in the iTunes account settings.
Download the best free mobile scanner and scan your documents in a snap.
https://www.thegrizzlylabs.com/genius-scan/cloud/terms
*** Apple App of the Week *** 20+ million users *** 1000s of small businesses ***
Place any document in front of your device’s camera: our scanner app automatically recognizes the paper against the background, crops it, and cleans up the result. You obtain a crisp, legible scan. Batch scanning lets you scan dozens of pages in a matter of seconds. Powerful tools help you organize, share, or archive your documents.
“Next time you plan to hit the road, don’t forget to download Genius Scan to make life easier for yourself and your accounting department.” - AppPicker.com
“Camera apps aren’t designed for close-up text scanning, but Genius Scan is.” - The Guardian
== KEY FEATURES ==
Smart Scanning:
- Document detection & background removal
- Distortion correction
- Shadow removal and defect cleanup
- Filters (black & white, whiteboard, photo)
- Batch scanning
PDF Creation & Editing:
- Document merging & splitting
- Multiple page PDF creation
- Photos and PDF import
Security & Privacy:
- On-device document processing
+ Face ID locking
+ PDF password encryption
Document Organization:
- Document tagging
- Metadata and content search
+ Smart document renaming (custom templates, …)
+ Backup and multi-device sync with Genius Cloud (separate subscription)
Export:
+ Box, Dropbox, Evernote, Expensify, Google Drive, iCloud Drive, OneDrive, OneNote, FTP, SugarSync, WebDAV.
+ Any WebDAV compatible service such as Citrix ShareFile, NextCloud, ownCloud, Synology, Yandex.
+ Automatic background auto-export
OCR (Text Recognition):
+ Text extraction
+ Searchable PDF creation
+ Business card scanning & contact creation
The features denoted with [+] are available as part of a premium plan.
== ABOUT US ==
It’s in the heart of Paris, France that The Grizzly Labs develops Genius Scan. We take pride in crafting apps that help millions of users throughout the world and hold ourselves to the highest standards in terms of quality and privacy. Get in touch with us @thegrizzlylabs if you have any questions.
== PRICING & LEGAL ==
Genius Scan is free to use for as long as you want.
Should you choose to, you can subscribe to the Genius Scan Plus plan for more features. You can subscribe to Genius Cloud for backup & synchronization. In that case, Genius Scan’s store displays the duration and price of each subscription, updated at the time of purchase. Payment will be charged to iTunes account when the order is confirmed. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off no later than 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage subscriptions, disable auto-renewal in the iTunes account settings.
Download the best free mobile scanner and scan your documents in a snap.
https://www.thegrizzlylabs.com/genius-scan/cloud/terms
Latest updates
8.16.1
- Fix a bug with the camera preview orientation when iPhone Duo is open.
8.16
IPHONE DUO
- Genius Scan is now fully optimized for iPhone Duo.
- The scan flow has a new layout that takes full advantage of both the inner and outer screens of iPhone Duo.
- Across the app, lists, controls and layouts have been tweaked to work great on iPhone Duo.
EXPORT IMPROVEMENTS
- Gmail is now available as a destination for Export Shortcuts and Auto-Export rules. Simply connect your Gmail account in export settings to get started.
FIXES
- Exporting a PDF/A document with password protection now explains that the two options are incompatible instead of showing a generic error.
- Fixed selecting and deselecting tags with a trackpad.
- Prevented connecting to a different Genius Cloud account when reconnecting after a session expires.
8.15.1
We're always making changes and improvements to Genius Scan. Install this new update to get the latest new features and bug fixes.
Store changes
What Scanner App: Genius Scan changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
New iPad screenshots 
New screenshots
8 screenshots (was 8)
New iPad screenshots 
