Free · Private · On-device

Scan. Read. Search. Free.

Unlimited on-device OCR, no ads, no subscriptions.

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Free, for good

No subscription, no ads, no paywall. Not now, not later.

Everything on your iPhone

No account, no cloud, no tracking. Your documents never leave your device.

Unlimited OCR

Text recognition on every page. No limits, no paywall.

Everything a paid scanner charges for

All of it included. All of it on your phone.

Read

Unlimited OCR
Every page is recognized on your iPhone — no limits, no cloud.
Search inside scans
Find a document by the words in it, not just its name.
Copy text
Pull an address, a number or a paragraph out of any scan.
Smart names
New scans name themselves from their content.

Organize

Combine documents
Merge several scans into one, right from the list.
Extract pages
Pull selected pages out into a new document.
Flags and filter
Flag what matters and filter the list in one tap.
Dark theme
Easy on the eyes, day and night.
Reorder pages
Rearrange, add or delete pages anytime.
Local backup
Export everything to one file and restore it anytime.

Share

Clean PDF
No watermark, no page limits.
Images and text
Send pages as images, or export the recognized text as TXT.
Pick what to share
Choose only the pages you need.
Save to Photos
Put pages in your photo library in a tap.

A typical scanner app vs. Clearcan

A typical scanner app

  • OCR locked behind a subscription
  • Ads and watermarks on your PDFs
  • Scans uploaded to someone’s servers
  • An account before you can scan

Clearcan

  • OCR on every page, free
  • Clean PDFs, zero ads
  • Everything stays on your iPhone
  • No account, ever

Questions

Is Clearcan really free?

Yes. No ads, no subscriptions, no locked features.

Are my documents uploaded anywhere?

No. Clearcan has no servers and no account. Scanning, text recognition and search all run on your iPhone.

Does it work offline?

Yes, completely — airplane mode included.

Is there a limit on OCR?

No. Every page of every document is recognized, with no caps.

How do I get documents out of the app?

Share as PDF, as images or as plain text (TXT), save pages to Photos, or send them to the Files app.

Your scanner shouldn’t cost a subscription.

Free on the App Store. No account, no ads.

Download on theApp Store