FineReader: PDF Scanner & OCR
Document and Photo Scan App
Free · In-App Purchases
ABBYY FineReader PDF - the first smart AI-powered scanner that turns your mobile device into an all-purpose tool to quickly capture docs and books, create electronic copies in PDF and JPEG, and extract texts from scans for further editing and sharing.
FineReader PDF - the top mobile scanner for iPhone or iPad from ABBYY, a Digital Intelligence company.
*** Ranked #1 Business application in 98 countries ***
*** Winner of SUPERSTAR Award in the "Document Capture" category in the Mobile Star Awards ***
Use FineReader PDF to scan paper documents, books, agreements, receipts, magazine articles, notes, recipes, charts, tables, slides, whiteboards, or even billboards on the street and get perfect digital copies.
KEY FEATURES
• PDF & JPEG. Scan any text and save scans to JPEG images or cross-platform PDF documents.
• OFFLINE OCR. Quickly extract text from scans into TXT format on your device without an internet connection.
• ONLINE OCR. Recognize text (OCR) on scans in 183 languages (including Latin, Cyrillic, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean alphabets) and choose from among 4 output formats.
• SHARE & EXPORT. Send results by email, to FineReader PDF for Windows, save in cloud storages - iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Google Drive, Yandex.Disk, Evernote, OneDrive for Business, and more.
• LIVE TEXT. Make phone calls, send emails, follow the links, and more from scanned docs.
• ABBYY NEURAL NETWORK. The smart gallery will automatically classify documents into 7 types: A4, books, business cards, handwritten, IDs, other docs, and receipts.
• SEARCH TEXT ON PHOTOS. Type the text from a photo into a Search field in the gallery. FineReader PDF will find photos that have this text.
• AR RULER. Define doc size in AR. It will be useful for non-standard documents and further printing them out in proper proportions.
• SIRI SHORTCUTS. Open scans with Siri and set the flow of actions with scans using Shortcuts app.
• ANNOTATE SCANS. Discover a set of easy-to-use tools to modify your PDFs: add your signature or a text box, use a highlighter, write with a pen, or conceal content with the redaction tool.
• 3D TOUCH & SPOTLIGHT SEARCH SUPPORT.
• PASSWORD ON PDF. Add a password for the image-only PDF files while exporting and sending via email.
• MULTIPAGE DOCS. Create, edit, and enhance separate images or large multi-page documents without any additional selection on the viewfinder.
• AUTO-CAPTURE AND FILTERS. Excellent visual quality with auto-capture of page boundaries and advanced image filters, which process scans in color, greyscale, or black-and-white versions.
• BUILT-IN FILE STORAGE. Save scans inside the app with tags and search capabilities.
• Transfer docs to your Mac or PC using Home Sharing.
• AIRPRINT. Print out scans directly from your iPhone or iPad.
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more Fixed an issue with our image picker that prevented users from choosing photos that were not in an album
16.0.2 20/03/2025
Fixed an issue that prevented users from opening files through the system share sheet
16.0.1 11/03/2025
In this release, we've fixed a few bugs, and enhanced stability.
Here are the key highlights from previous releases:
- Updates for the privacy manifests and iOS 17 support.
- Updated the lists of OCR languages and export formats.
- Increased the number of free scans, allowing you to continue using the app with one free scan per day.
- Implemented the storage of original scanned documents for future re-editing.
- Added FineReader PDF to the sharing action menu for enhanced document sharing.
- Introduced Drag and Drop functionality between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone.
- Included keyboard shortcuts on iPad for more efficient document management.
- Enabled bulk export to select and share multiple documents at once.
16.0.0 04/03/2025
In this release, we've updated the privacy manifests, fixed a few bugs, and enhanced stability.
Here are the key highlights from previous releases:
- Updates for iOS 17 support.
- Updated the lists of OCR languages and export formats.
- Increased the number of free scans, allowing you to continue using the app with one free scan per day.
- Implemented the storage of original scanned documents for future re-editing.
- Added FineReader PDF to the sharing action menu for enhanced document sharing.
- Introduced Drag and Drop functionality between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone.
- Included keyboard shortcuts on iPad for more efficient document management.
- Enabled bulk export to select and share multiple documents at once.
15.6.6 22/05/2024
In this release, we've made changes to fix a few bugs and enhanced stability.
Here are the key highlights from previous releases:
- Updates for iOS 17 support.
- Updated the lists of OCR languages and export formats.
- Increased the number of free scans, allowing you to continue using the app with one free scan per day.
- Implemented the storage of original scanned documents for future re-editing.
- Added FineReader PDF to the sharing action menu for enhanced document sharing.
- Introduced Drag and Drop functionality between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone.
- Included keyboard shortcuts on iPad for more efficient document management.
- Enabled bulk export to select and share multiple documents at once.
15.6.5 25/04/2024
In this release, we've made changes to support iOS 17, fixed a few bugs, and enhanced stability.
Here are the key highlights from previous releases:
- Updated the lists of OCR languages and export formats
- Increased the number of free scans, allowing you to continue using the app with one free scan per day.
- Implemented the storage of original scanned documents for future re-editing.
- Added FineReader PDF to the sharing action menu for enhanced document sharing.
- Introduced Drag and Drop functionality between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone.
- Included keyboard shortcuts on iPad for more efficient document management.
- Enabled bulk export to select and share multiple documents at once.
15.6.4 20/12/2023
In this release, we've made changes to support iOS 17, fixed a few bugs, and enhanced stability.
Here are the key highlights from previous releases:
- Updated the lists of OCR languages and export formats
- Increased the number of free scans, allowing you to continue using the app with one free scan per day.
- Implemented the storage of original scanned documents for future re-editing.
- Added FineReader PDF to the sharing action menu for enhanced document sharing.
- Introduced Drag and Drop functionality between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone.
- Included keyboard shortcuts on iPad for more efficient document management.
- Enabled bulk export to select and share multiple documents at once.
15.6.3 16/12/2023
In this release, we have updated the lists of OCR languages and export formats. Additionally, we have made some changes to support iOS 17.
Here are the key highlights from previous releases:
- Increased the number of free scans, allowing you to continue using the app with one free scan per day.
- Implemented the storage of original scanned documents for future re-editing.
- Added FineReader PDF to the sharing action menu for enhanced document sharing.
- Introduced Drag and Drop functionality between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone.
- Included keyboard shortcuts on iPad for more efficient document management.
- Enabled bulk export to select and share multiple documents at once.
15.6.2 20/09/2023
In this release, we fixed a few bugs and improved stability.
The most important in previous releases:
+ Implementing the storage of original scanned documents for re-editing
+ Live Text feature for making phone calls, sending emails, following the links, and more from scanned docs
+ Adaptation of the app for iOS 16
+ Increasing the number of free scans. Continue working with the app by creating one scan per day for free
+ FineReader PDF is added to the sharing action menu
+ Drag and Drop between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone
+ Keyboard shortcuts on iPad will ease document management
+ Use the bulk export to choose all documents you need and share them at once
15.6.1 17/12/2022
In this release, we have implemented the storage of original scanned documents for re-editing. Just use the "Revert" button on an already edited doc to start editing from scratch.
The most important in previous releases:
+ Live Text feature for making phone calls, sending emails, following the links, and more from scanned docs
+ Adaptation of the app for iOS 16
+ Increasing the number of free scans. Continue working with the app by creating one scan per day for free
+ FineReader PDF is added to the sharing action menu
+ Drag and Drop between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone
+ Keyboard shortcuts on iPad will ease document management
+ Use the bulk export to choose all documents you need and share them at once
15.6 27/11/2022
Grab text from images taken in real-time to make phone calls, send emails, follow the links, and more with the new Live Text feature.
Your documents are in action like never before: recognize, copy, and translate text from a camera or from an existing document quickly and easily. Extract only what you need without full image conversion!
Also in this release, we adopted the application for iOS 16 and fixed some bugs.
The most important in previous releases:
+ Increasing the number of free scans. Continue working with the app by creating one scan per day for free.
+ Editing of documents saved earlier
+ FineReader PDF is added to the sharing action menu.
+ Drag and Drop between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone.
+ Keyboard shortcuts on iPad will ease document management.
+ Use the bulk export to choose all documents you need and share them at once.
15.5.2 05/11/2022
Mobile & Desktop interaction is now even better with the new FineReader PDF 16 for Windows!
Take photo of your document on Mobile and continue work on desktop. More info about our "big brother" and sending docs from mobile find here - https://pdf.abbyy.com/the-new-fr16/
The most important in previous releases:
+ Increasing the number of free scans. Continue working with the app by creating one scan per day for free.
+ Editing of documents saved earlier
+ FineReader PDF is added in the sharing action menu.
+ Drag and Drop between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone.
+ Keyboard shortcuts on iPad will ease document management.
+ Use the bulk export to choose all documents you need and share them at once.
Find out more on abbyy.com/blog/mobile.
Do you like this update, as well as we do? We will be glad to see your feedback on the App Store! If you need help, contact us at support.abbyy.com
15.4.4 03/10/2022
In this release, we fixed a few bugs and improved stability.
The most important in previous releases:
+ Increasing the number of free scans. Continue working with the app by creating one scan per day for free.
+ Editing of documents saved earlier
+ FineReader PDF is added in the sharing action menu.
+ Drag and Drop between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone.
+ Keyboard shortcuts on iPad will ease document management.
+ Use the bulk export to choose all documents you need and share them at once.
Find out more on abbyy.com/blog/mobile.
Do you like this update, as well as we do? We will be glad to see your feedback on the App Store! If you need help, contact us at support.abbyy.com
15.4.3 12/09/2022
In this release, we fixed a few bugs and improved stability.
The most important in previous releases:
+ Increasing the number of free scans. Continue working with the app by creating one scan per day for free.
+ Editing of documents saved earlier
+ FineReader PDF is added in the sharing action menu.
+ Drag and Drop between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone.
+ Keyboard shortcuts on iPad will ease document management.
+ Use the bulk export to choose all documents you need and share them at once.
Find out more on abbyy.com/blog/mobile.
Do you like this update, as well as we do? We will be glad to see your feedback on the App Store! If you need help, contact us at support.abbyy.com
15.4.2 20/08/2022
In this release, we have implemented editing of documents saved earlier. We also fixed a few bugs and improved stability.
The most important in previous releases:
+ Increasing the number of free scans. Continue working with the app by creating one scan per day for free.
+ FineReader PDF is added in the sharing action menu.
+ Drag and Drop between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone.
+ Keyboard shortcuts on iPad will ease document management.
+ Use the bulk export to choose all documents you need and share them at once.
Find out more on abbyy.com/blog/mobile.
Do you like this update, as well as we do? We will be glad to see your feedback on the App Store! If you need help, contact us at support.abbyy.com
15.4 27/07/2022
In this release, we have increased the number of free scans. If you have already used up the trial set of scans, you can continue working with the app by creating one scan per day for free.
The most important in previous releases:
+ FineReader PDF is added in the sharing action menu.
+ Drag and Drop between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone.
+ Keyboard shortcuts on iPad will ease document management.
+ Use the bulk export to choose all documents you need and share them at once.
Find out more on abbyy.com/blog/mobile.
Do you like this update, as well as we do? We will be glad to see your feedback on the App Store! If you need help, contact us at support.abbyy.com
15.3.2 07/06/2022
In this release, we have increased the number of free scans. If you have already used up the trial set of scans, you can continue working with the app by creating one scan per day for free.
The most important in previous releases:
+ FineReader PDF is added in the sharing action menu.
+ Drag and Drop between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone.
+ Keyboard shortcuts on iPad will ease document management.
+ Use the bulk export to choose all documents you need and share them at once.
Find out more on abbyy.com/blog/mobile.
Do you like this update, as well as we do? We will be glad to see your feedback on the App Store! If you need help, contact us at support.abbyy.com
15.3.1 11/05/2022
In this release, we have increased the number of free scans. If you have already used up the trial set of scans, you can continue working with the app by creating one scan per day for free.
The most important in previous releases:
+ FineReader PDF is added in the sharing action menu.
+ Drag and Drop between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone.
+ Keyboard shortcuts on iPad will ease document management.
+ Use the bulk export to choose all documents you need and share them at once.
Find out more on abbyy.com/blog/mobile.
Do you like this update, as well as we do? We will be glad to see your feedback on the App Store! If you need help, contact us at support.abbyy.com
15.3 07/05/2022
Dear users, thank you for choosing ABBYY FineReader PDF. In this release, we fixed a few bugs and improved stability.
The most important in previous releases:
+ Now you can find FineReader PDF in the sharing action menu.
+ Seamlessly Drag and Drop between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone.
+ Keyboard shortcuts on iPad will ease document management.
+ Use multiple exports to share multiple documents at the same time.
Find out more on abbyy.com/blog/mobile
Do you like this update, as well as we do? We will be glad to see your feedback on the App Store! If you need help, contact us at support.abbyy.com
15.2.11 15/02/2022
Dear users, thank you for choosing ABBYY FineReader PDF. In this release, we fixed a few bugs and improved stability.
The most important in previous releases:
+ Now you can find FineReader PDF in the sharing action menu.
+ Seamlessly Drag and Drop between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone.
+ Keyboard shortcuts on iPad will ease document management.
+ Use multiple exports to share multiple documents at the same time.
Find out more on abbyy.com/blog/mobile
Do you like this update, as well as we do? We will be glad to see your feedback on the App Store! If you need help, contact us at support.abbyy.com
15.2.10 09/02/2022
Dear users, thank you for choosing ABBYY FineReader PDF. In this release, we fixed a few bugs.
The most important in previous releases:
+ Now you can find FineReader PDF in the sharing action menu.
+ Seamlessly Drag and Drop between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone. You can import images and PDFs to FR PDF and export scans and OCRed documents just by dragging them.
+ Keyboard shortcuts for FineReader PDF on iPad will ease document management.
+ Use multiple exports to share multiple documents at the same time - just check all the ones you want.
Find out more on our blog: abbyy.com/blog/mobile
Do you like this update, as well as we do? We will be glad to see your feedback on the App Store! If you need help, contact us at support.abbyy.com
15.2.9 26/01/2022
Dear users, thank you for choosing ABBYY FineReader PDF. Wish you Merry Christmas and a Happy New 2022 Year! In this release, we fixed a few bugs.
The most important in previous releases:
+ Now you can find FineReader PDF in the sharing action menu.
+ Seamlessly Drag and Drop between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone. You can import images and PDFs to FR PDF and export scans and OCRed documents just by dragging them.
+ Keyboard shortcuts for FineReader PDF on iPad will ease document management.
+ Use multiple exports to share multiple documents at the same time - just check all the ones you want.
Find out more on our blog: abbyy.com/blog/mobile
Do you like this update, as well as we do? We will be glad to see your feedback on the App Store! If you help, contact us at support.abbyy.com
15.2.8 28/12/2021
+ Now you can find FineReader PDF in the sharing action menu.
The most important in previous releases:
+ Seamlessly Drag and Drop between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone. You can import images and PDFs to FR PDF and export scans and OCRed documents just by dragging them.
+ Keyboard shortcuts for FineReader PDF on iPad will ease the document management.
Find out more on our blog: abbyy.com/blog/mobile
Do you like this update, as well as we do? We will be glad to see your feedback on the App Store! If you need us, you can contact us at support.abbyy.com
15.2.7 06/12/2021
FineReader PDF is ready for iOS 15!
+ Seamlessly Drag and Drop between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone. You can import images and PDFs to FR PDF and export scans and OCRed documents just by dragging them.
+ Keyboard shortcuts for FineReader PDF on iPad will ease the document management:
- cmd + up/down – navigate on My documents screen.
- cmd + F – search documents by name or by tags.
- cmd + delete – delete documents.
- cmd + P – print a document.
The most important in previous releases:
+ Use the bulk export to choose all documents you need and share them at once.
+ We added a Gallery button to My documents screen.
Find out more on our blog: abbyy.com/blog/mobile
Do you like this update, as well as we do? We will be glad to see your feedback on the App Store! If you need us, you can contact us at support.abbyy.com
15.2.6 21/10/2021
FineReader PDF is ready for iOS 15!
+ Seamlessly Drag and Drop between FineReader PDF and other apps on iPhone. You can import images and PDFs to FR PDF and export scans and OCRed documents just by dragging them.
+ Keyboard shortcuts for FineReader PDF on iPad will ease the document management:
- cmd + up/down – navigate on My documents screen.
- cmd + F – search documents by name or by tags.
- cmd + delete – delete documents.
- cmd + P – print a document.
The most important in previous releases:
+ Use the bulk export to choose all documents you need and share them at once.
+ We added a Gallery button to My documents screen.
Find out more on our blog: abbyy.com/blog/mobile
Do you like this update, as well as we do? We will be glad to see your feedback on the App Store! If you need us, you can contact us at support.abbyy.com
15.2.5 28/09/2021
Fixed an issue with our image picker that prevented users from choosing photos that were not in an album
more Version 16.0.2 20/03/2025
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