About this app
What Scanrock does
Adobe Scan users have spent years complaining in Adobe's own community forum about vanishing scans — three years of receipts gone, mysterious 'scan failed' loops, auto-deletion of PDFs they specifically saved. Scanrock is the opposite. Every scan is captured on-device, OCR'd on-device using Apple's Vision framework, and stored on-device — forever. There is no cloud option. There is no account. There is no sync that can break. The PDFs live in your phone's file storage and the Files app, in plain sight. What you get: — Multi-page capture with auto edge-detect and perspective correction. — On-device OCR (Apple Vision) — every word in every doc is searchable instantly. — Tag-based organization: receipts, invoices, IDs, contracts, medical, school, warranties — pick your own tags. — Local full-text search across every scan ever. — Export as PDF or PNG to anywhere via the standard share sheet. — Permanent archive: nothing gets deleted unless you delete it. No 'cleanup' feature. No expiring trials. If your phone breaks, your scans go with it — but that's true of any private file. Back up via iCloud Drive or your computer if you want. The point is the scans are YOURS, not living in some company's S3 bucket that might evaporate.
Features
Built to be useful, not noisy.
Multi-page scan
Camera capture with edge detect + perspective correction
Local OCR
Vision-framework text recognition on every page
Tag organizer
Apply user-defined tags; filter list by tag
Full-text search
Find any word across every scan
PDF export
Standard share sheet → PDF or PNG
Why it exists
The problem
Adobe Scan (the dominant free scanner) auto-deletes scans, has years of users in its own community reporting lost work. Built-in iPhone Notes scanner is per-note and has no archive UI. There's no popular free, on-device-only, properly-archived scanner.
What's different
How Scanrock stands out
Scanrock is the only popular scanner positioned around 'no cloud, ever'. Vision-framework OCR runs on-device (Vision can recognize 27 languages as of iOS 17). All PDFs and metadata live in the app sandbox + a folder visible in Files. No optional cloud sync — that's a feature, not a missing one. Adobe Scan and SwiftSca…
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FAQ
Questions about Scanrock
How much does Scanrock cost?▾
Scanrock is free. All features are included from day one — no subscription, no in-app purchases, no paid tiers. Everything you see in this listing works the moment you install it.
Where does Scanrock store my data?▾
On your device. Scanrock is built privacy-first: no account is required, no analytics SDKs, no third-party trackers. Nothing is uploaded to a server we control — the app works without one.
What platforms does Scanrock support?▾
iOS, on iPhone and iPad. You can find the latest availability on this page.
How do I get support for Scanrock?▾
Use the Support link on this page, or email support@allthingsn.com. We answer every message and keep responses on the same thread.
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