Scanner: Scan Documents

Middle of the pack: this scanner from Distrito SLU is more capable than a send-only tool thanks to OCR and electronic signing, but its free tier carries ads and caps the number of scans. Its targets are receipts and contracts, business cards, scribbled notes, mind maps and pages out of books, shot on an iPhone or an iPad and stored as PDFs.

Processing tweaks contrast and sharpness so detail from the original page survives. Documents can span several pages, editable afterwards, and finished files can be signed, edited, shared or printed. Premium pricing for US users begins at $9.99 per month, with weekly and yearly plans too.

The free tier shapes the routine: you scan a few receipts, watch an ad or two, and at some point hit the monthly limit, which is the moment the subscription question arrives. Paying users work without that ceiling, scanning a contract, running OCR to pull out the text, signing it electronically and sharing it in one pass. Business cards get captured at events and tidied up later. Printing straight from the app covers the occasional need for a paper copy of a scan.

It gets found by people searching for a scanner with OCR and e-signing who aren't ready to commit to a paid app, since the free tier lets them test both before the limit bites. iPad support attracts those who do paperwork on a tablet. The published starting price also helps: it's rare for a listing to state a figure outright.

The page shows four screenshots. For a scanner with signing and OCR, those likely include the capture view, a processed page, the signature tool and a documents list. The description mentions ads on the free tier but not where they sit, so some interface space will be given over to them. Colour scheme and typography aren't described.

Version 1.5 marks a first-generation app a few updates in. Distrito SLU is a registered company, and the 4.7 rating is good, but it rests on only around a thousand reviews, so expect it to shift as more arrive. The App Store is the only store linked here, and the listing says nothing about development pace.

Rated 4+ and free, with ads and a cap on scans in the free version. Premium removes both and renews automatically, with US pricing from $9.99 monthly and a choice of weekly, monthly and yearly terms; prices elsewhere aren't listed. Scanning should work offline, while sharing requires a connection. The listing doesn't mention an account requirement or storage needs, and regional pricing differences aren't stated.