Adobe Scan: PDF & Doc Scanner: iPhone vs Android
Adobe Scan: PDF & Doc Scanner gets 100k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, October 2026, rounded down to a band).
Adobe Scan: PDF & Doc Scanner by Adobe Inc. is on both the App Store and Google Play. Here are both versions together: downloads, users, revenue, ratings and chart positions, store by store with totals.
Business FreeAdobe Scan: PDF & Doc Scanner at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-09-30. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Adobe Scan is a free mobile document scanner for business and personal users that converts paper documents, receipts, and IDs into searchable PDFs with OCR and cloud integration. The app maintains strong commercial performance, ranking in the top 10 Business Grossing charts across major markets including Germany, Italy, India, Japan, Russia, Brazil, France, Australia, Canada, and South Korea.
Similar apps: Microsoft Lens, CamScanner, Genius Scan
App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
Adobe Scan: PDF & Doc Scanner’s App Store privacy label declares 1 data category used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 7 linked to your identity and 0 collected anonymously.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Google Play
App details
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v26.09.18, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Adobe Scan: PDF & Doc Scanner downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| iPhone | 50k+ | 500M+ |
| Google Play | 100k+ | 100M+ Measured |
| Total | 100k+ Confidence | 500M+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
Where Adobe Scan: PDF & Doc Scanner'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.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend before Apple and Google take their fee.
| Store | Per day | Per month | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | |||
| Google Play | |||
| Total | Confidence | 100% |
Business model: Subscription-led
How Adobe Scan: PDF & Doc Scanner makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Adobe Scan Premium - Monthly subscription | |
| 2 | Adobe Scan Premium subscription | |
| 3 | Adobe PDF Pack | |
| 4 | Adobe Scan Premium subscription | |
| 5 | Adobe Scan Plus - Monthly subscription | |
| 6 | Adobe Scan Premium subscription | |
| 7 | Adobe Scan Plus - Yearly subscription | |
| 8 | Scan premium - monthly subscription | |
| 9 | Adobe Scan Premium subscription | |
| 10 | Adobe Scan Premium subscription |
Hidden keywords
Adobe Scan: PDF & Doc Scanner shows up in App Store search (US) for 2 words 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
Both stores, across every country we track.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.9 ★ | 1.6M |
| Google Play | 4.8 ★ | 3M 61k written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.8 ★ weighted by ratings | 4.6M |
What users say about Adobe Scan: PDF & Doc Scanner
From the 142 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users report severe app instability and crashes following a recent update (v26.10.15), rendering the scanner unusable for many. While long-term users praise the interface and output quality, current sentiment is dominated by frustration over broken functionality and aggressive subscription prompts.
Mixed but leaning positive (65% 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. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Ease of use: “So simple and easy to use!”
- Useful: “Very useful functional app”
- Features & content: “Great tool for last minute work”
- Speed & performance: “It is convenient and fast without having to physically run to a printer”
Common complaints
- Crashes & bugs: “v26.10.15 Completely Broken”
- Price & subscription: “PDF document now REQUIRES YOU TO PAY”
- Updates: “Please fix the latest update!”
- Features & content: “Keeps nagging me to pay to try out new features”
About Adobe Scan: PDF & Doc Scanner
Adobe Scan is free to download and turns your mobile device into a powerful PDF and document scanner that helps you create, save, and organize your paper documents as digital files.
6 WAYS TO USE ADOBE SCAN
1) Save time with a fast document scanner: Use High-speed scan to bulk scan documents and turn stacks into PDFs in seconds.
2) Clean up scans with Magic eraser: Auto-detect and remove thumbs, shadows, stains and creases so your document scans look clear and professional.
3) Make a PDF with your phone: Convert paper documents or printed images into PDFs or JPEGs with the mobile PDF and photo scanner.
4) Use the Extract pages tool to choose the pages you need from any multi-page scan and save them as a new PDF.
5) Turn images to text: Use the image-to-text feature to make words in your scans searchable and editable with OCR.
6) Scan anything: Receipts, IDs, notes, recipes, photos, business cards, whiteboards – scan documents into PDF or JPEG files you can work with on your phone, tablet, or computer.
CAPTURE WITH PRECISION
• The Straighten tool fixes pages that come out curved or tilted while you scan, even if all four corners aren’t visible in the scan.
• Advanced scanning technology detects borders, sharpens content, and makes your scans editable and searchable.
ENHANCE YOUR SCANS
• Edit in text lets you scan words, and handwritten text, to make it editable.
• The Modify tool helps you crop, rotate, resize, and adjust colors in your scans.
• Reorder pages and preview before saving.
• Adjust the brightness and contrast of your scans in just a few taps.
ORGANIZE YOUR DOCUMENTS
• Scan paperwork and create custom folders for work documents, personal files, school forms, or ID scans.
• Contact details are pulled straight from business cards so you can save them to your phone contacts in seconds.
• Scans are automatically saved to Adobe Document Cloud for instant access and sharing.
• Set a password to keep that important scan secure while you send it.
SMART LIBRARY
• This powerful doc scanner finds documents and receipts in your photo library and turns them into PDFs.
• Touch up scans or photos directly from your camera roll.
REUSE & SHARE
• Open PDFs directly in Adobe Scan, without leaving the app. Then use tools like Modify, Edit, and Share.
• Make high-quality PDFs that unlock text from images – from scanned contracts to study notes – so you can copy, edit, and reuse.
• Export your scans to Word, Excel, or PowerPoint for new formats, then share.
DO MORE WITH ACROBAT READER
• Open your PDF scan in Acrobat Reader to comment, highlight, fill forms, and sign documents.
• Access and share securely across Scan, Reader, and Acrobat on web and mobile.
IN-APP PURCHASE
• Subscribe for even more scanning power. Subscriptions work across Scan and Reader mobile apps and
Adobe Scan: PDF & Doc Scanner iPhone
Adobe Scan: PDF & Doc Scanner gets 100k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, October 2026, rounded down to a band).
Adobe Scan: PDF & Doc Scanner is #6 in Business Grossing in Japan and charting in 15 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 25 Oct 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026
Business GrossingAdobe Scan: PDF & Doc Scanner at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-09-30. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Adobe Scan is a free mobile document scanner for business and personal users that converts paper documents, receipts, and IDs into searchable PDFs with OCR and cloud integration. The app maintains strong commercial performance, ranking in the top 10 Business Grossing charts across major markets including Germany, Italy, India, Japan, Russia, Brazil, France, Australia, Canada, and South Korea.
Similar apps: Microsoft Lens, CamScanner, Genius Scan
Adobe Scan: PDF & Doc Scanner on the App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
Adobe Scan: PDF & Doc Scanner’s App Store privacy label declares 1 data category used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 7 linked to your identity and 0 collected anonymously.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Adobe Scan: PDF & Doc Scanner downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Adobe Scan: PDF & Doc Scanner'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.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Adobe Scan: PDF & Doc Scanner before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: Subscription-led
How Adobe Scan: PDF & Doc Scanner makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Adobe Scan Premium - Monthly subscription | |
| 2 | Adobe Scan Premium subscription | |
| 3 | Adobe PDF Pack | |
| 4 | Adobe Scan Premium subscription | |
| 5 | Adobe Scan Plus - Monthly subscription | |
| 6 | Adobe Scan Premium subscription | |
| 7 | Adobe Scan Plus - Yearly subscription | |
| 8 | Scan premium - monthly subscription | |
| 9 | Adobe Scan Premium subscription | |
| 10 | Adobe Scan Premium subscription |
Hidden keywords
Adobe Scan: PDF & Doc Scanner shows up in App Store search (US) for 2 words 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | BusinessGrossing | #6 |
 United States | BusinessGrossing | #12 |
 Germany | BusinessGrossing | #4 |
 Italy | BusinessGrossing | #4 |
 South Korea | BusinessGrossing | #9 |
| India | BusinessGrossing | #6 |
| United Kingdom | BusinessGrossing | #13 |
 France | BusinessGrossing | #8 |
| Germany | BusinessFree | #10 |
| Japan | BusinessFree | #20 |
| United States | BusinessFree | #43 |
 Canada | BusinessGrossing | #9 |
 Australia | BusinessGrossing | #10 |
 Brazil | BusinessGrossing | #10 |
| India | BusinessFree | #9 |
| Italy | BusinessFree | #8 |
| United Kingdom | BusinessFree | #26 |
| France | BusinessFree | #16 |
| Canada | BusinessFree | #20 |
 Indonesia | BusinessGrossing | #18 |
| Australia | BusinessFree | #29 |
| India | All AppsGrossing | #92 |
| South Korea | BusinessFree | #45 |
 Saudi Arabia | BusinessGrossing | #20 |
 United Arab Emirates | BusinessGrossing | #14 |
| Brazil | BusinessFree | #46 |
 Russia | BusinessGrossing | #51 |
| Indonesia | BusinessFree | #56 |
| Russia | BusinessFree | #81 |
| United Arab Emirates | BusinessFree | #49 |
Apps near Adobe Scan: PDF & Doc Scanner on the chart
Business Grossing, around #6.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
What users say about Adobe Scan: PDF & Doc Scanner
From the 142 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users report severe app instability and crashes following a recent update (v26.10.15), rendering the scanner unusable for many. While long-term users praise the interface and output quality, current sentiment is dominated by frustration over broken functionality and aggressive subscription prompts.
Mixed but leaning positive (65% 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. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Ease of use: “So simple and easy to use!”
- Useful: “Very useful functional app”
- Features & content: “Great tool for last minute work”
- Speed & performance: “It is convenient and fast without having to physically run to a printer”
Common complaints
- Crashes & bugs: “v26.10.15 Completely Broken”
- Price & subscription: “PDF document now REQUIRES YOU TO PAY”
- Updates: “Please fix the latest update!”
- Features & content: “Keeps nagging me to pay to try out new features”
About Adobe Scan: PDF & Doc Scanner
Adobe Scan is free to download and turns your mobile device into a powerful PDF and document scanner that helps you create, save, and organize your paper documents as digital files.
6 WAYS TO USE ADOBE SCAN
1) Save time with a fast document scanner: Use High-speed scan to bulk scan documents and turn stacks into PDFs in seconds.
2) Clean up scans with Magic eraser: Auto-detect and remove thumbs, shadows, stains and creases so your document scans look clear and professional.
3) Make a PDF with your phone: Convert paper documents or printed images into PDFs or JPEGs with the mobile PDF and photo scanner.
4) Use the Extract pages tool to choose the pages you need from any multi-page scan and save them as a new PDF.
5) Turn images to text: Use the image-to-text feature to make words in your scans searchable and editable with OCR.
6) Scan anything: Receipts, IDs, notes, recipes, photos, business cards, whiteboards – scan documents into PDF or JPEG files you can work with on your phone, tablet, or computer.
CAPTURE WITH PRECISION
• The Straighten tool fixes pages that come out curved or tilted while you scan, even if all four corners aren’t visible in the scan.
• Advanced scanning technology detects borders, sharpens content, and makes your scans editable and searchable.
ENHANCE YOUR SCANS
• Edit in text lets you scan words, and handwritten text, to make it editable.
• The Modify tool helps you crop, rotate, resize, and adjust colors in your scans.
• Reorder pages and preview before saving.
• Adjust the brightness and contrast of your scans in just a few taps.
ORGANIZE YOUR DOCUMENTS
• Scan paperwork and create custom folders for work documents, personal files, school forms, or ID scans.
• Contact details are pulled straight from business cards so you can save them to your phone contacts in seconds.
• Scans are automatically saved to Adobe Document Cloud for instant access and sharing.
• Set a password to keep that important scan secure while you send it.
SMART LIBRARY
• This powerful doc scanner finds documents and receipts in your photo library and turns them into PDFs.
• Touch up scans or photos directly from your camera roll.
REUSE & SHARE
• Open PDFs directly in Adobe Scan, without leaving the app. Then use tools like Modify, Edit, and Share.
• Make high-quality PDFs that unlock text from images – from scanned contracts to study notes – so you can copy, edit, and reuse.
• Export your scans to Word, Excel, or PowerPoint for new formats, then share.
DO MORE WITH ACROBAT READER
• Open your PDF scan in Acrobat Reader to comment, highlight, fill forms, and sign documents.
• Access and share securely across Scan, Reader, and Acrobat on web and mobile.
IN-APP PURCHASE
• Subscribe for even more scanning power. Subscriptions work across Scan and Reader mobile apps and
Latest updates
Store changes
What Adobe Scan: PDF & Doc Scanner changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
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Adobe Scan AI PDF Scanner, OCR Android
Adobe Scan AI PDF Scanner, OCR gets 100k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, October 2026, rounded down to a band).
Adobe Scan AI PDF Scanner, OCR is #2 in Business Grossing on Google Play in Germany and charting in 23 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 25 Oct 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Business GrossingAdobe Scan AI PDF Scanner, OCR at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-10-25. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Adobe Scan is a free mobile document scanner and OCR tool for business users that converts paper documents, handwritten notes, and images into editable, searchable PDFs with AI-powered summarization features. The app holds the #1 position in Business Free charts in India while ranking consistently high (top 5) in Business Grossing charts across diverse markets including Germany, Italy, France, and Spain, indicating strong monetization potential alongside its widespread free adoption.
Similar apps: Microsoft Lens, CamScanner, Genius Scan
Adobe Scan AI PDF Scanner, OCR on Google Play
App details
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v26.09.18, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Adobe Scan AI PDF Scanner, OCR downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Adobe Scan AI PDF Scanner, OCR's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
On Android app stores
The same app (com.adobe.scan.android) on every Android store we track.
| Store | Installs | Rating | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Play | 100,000,000+ | ★ 4.8 (3M) | Open ↗ | |
| Samsung Galaxy Store | not published | ★ 4.0 (55) | 25.12.03 | Open ↗ |
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Adobe Scan AI PDF Scanner, OCR before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: Subscription-led
How Adobe Scan AI PDF Scanner, OCR makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Adobe Scan Premium - Monthly subscription | |
| 2 | Adobe Scan Premium subscription | |
| 3 | Adobe PDF Pack | |
| 4 | Adobe Scan Premium subscription | |
| 5 | Adobe Scan Plus - Monthly subscription | |
| 6 | Adobe Scan Premium subscription | |
| 7 | Adobe Scan Plus - Yearly subscription | |
| 8 | Scan premium - monthly subscription | |
| 9 | Adobe Scan Premium subscription | |
| 10 | Adobe Scan Premium subscription |
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
Spain
Mexico
Netherlands
Turkey
Thailand
Vietnam
Taiwan
SwedenApps near Adobe Scan AI PDF Scanner, OCR on the chart
Business Grossing, around #2.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
What users say about Adobe Scan AI PDF Scanner, OCR
From the 200 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users generally praise the app for its ease of use and effective scanning capabilities, particularly at the free tier. However, significant complaints focus on aggressive subscription upsells, billing confusion regarding free trials, and occasional issues with scan clarity or PDF sharing.
Mostly positive (81% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being easy to use, and being useful. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and crashes and bugs.
What people like
- Ease of use: “Easy to use and responsive”
- Useful: “The app has been very useful”
- Ads: “I like it's scanning facility and overall less ads”
- Features & content: “Best tool to scan documents with your phone!”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “So much for 1x week "free trial"”
- Crashes & bugs: “Getting Error bad_request”
- Login & account: “need to make account before use”
About Adobe Scan AI PDF Scanner, OCR
The new Digitize tool lets you turn handwritten notes and whiteboards into editable, searchable documents that look digitally created. Currently available in beta.
6 WAYS TO USE THE ADOBE SCANNER APP
1) Save time with a fast document scanner app: Use High-speed scan to bulk scan documents and turn stacks into PDFs in seconds.
2) Make a PDF with your phone: Convert paper documents or printed photos into PDFs or JPEGs with the mobile PDF converter and photo scanner app.
3) Ask AI Assistant to pull the key points from any scan, get follow-up answers or draft emails, reports, and next steps from your scan.
4) Use Generative summary: One tap pulls the key points from any scan, so you can find what matters and summarize your docs in a tap with AI.
5) Turn images to text: Use the image-to-text feature in the scanner to make words searchable and editable with OCR.
6) Scan anything: Receipts, IDs, notes, recipes, photos, business cards, whiteboards – this document scanner, photo scanner, and PDF maker gives you files you can work with on your phone, tablet, or computer.
CAPTURE WITH PRECISION
• The Straighten tool fixes pages that come out curved or tilted while you scan, even if all four corners aren’t visible in the scanner.
• Advanced scanner technology detects document borders, sharpens content, and makes your scans editable and searchable.
ENHANCE YOUR SCANS
• Edit in text lets you scan words, and handwritten text, to make it editable.
• A photo scanner, PDF converter, and PDF maker that converts photos to PDFs, then try the Modify tool to crop, rotate, resize, and adjust colors in your scans.
• Reorder pages and preview before saving.
• Adjust the brightness and contrast of your scans in just a few taps.
• The Magic eraser tool removes unwanted fingers, shadows, stains, and creases in your scan in one tap.
ORGANIZE YOUR DOCUMENTS
• A PDF maker that scans paperwork and lets you create custom folders for work documents, personal files, school forms, or ID scans.
• Contact details are pulled straight from business cards, so you can save them to your phone contacts in seconds.
• Scans are automatically saved to Adobe Document Cloud for instant access and sharing.
• Set a password to keep that important scan secure while you send it.
SMART LIBRARY
• This powerful scanner app and PDF maker finds documents, receipts, and photos in your library and converts them into PDFs.
• Touch up scans or turn photos into PDFs directly from your camera roll.
REUSE & SHARE
• A high-quality PDF maker and document scanner that unlocks text from images – from scanned contracts to study notes – so you can copy, edit, and reuse.
• Export your scans to Word, Excel, or PowerPoint for new formats, then share.
DO MORE WITH ACROBAT READER
• Open your PDF scan in Acrobat Reader to comment, highlight, fill forms, and sign documents.
• Access and share securely across Scan, Reader, and Acrobat on web and mobile.
IN-APP PURCHASE
What's new
• Performance and stability.
Store changes
What Adobe Scan AI PDF Scanner, OCR changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
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