Offline OCR document scanner with searchable PDFs, privacy and open source
About MakeACopy Offline OCR Scanner
MakeACopy Offline OCR Scanner is a tools app developed by egdels42.
Download Statistics
MakeACopy Offline OCR Scanner has been downloaded 11 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 960 times.
User Ratings
MakeACopy Offline OCR Scanner is rated 3.80 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 89 ratings.
App Information
MakeACopy Offline OCR Scanner is FREE to download. The last update was on July 27, 2025.
Technical Requirements
The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play July 2025.
Description
MakeACopy is an open-source document scanner for Android that lets you digitize paper documents fully offline — with on-device OCR, no ads, and no tracking. Your scans, text, and data stay 100 % on your device.
Main features • 📸 Camera scanning — Capture documents with your device camera • 🖼️ Edge detection — Automatic document boundary detection using OpenCV • 📐 Perspective correction — Adjust document shape automatically or manually • 🔠 Offline OCR — Recognize text on-device using PaddleOCR in the published paddle flavor • 📄 Searchable PDF export — Save as searchable PDF or plain text • 💾 Share & save — Export locally or share with other apps • 🌙 Dark mode — Material 3 theme with light and dark appearance • 🔒 Privacy-first — No ads, no tracking, no cloud — everything stays local
Open source & reproducible MakeACopy is F-Droid compliant. All OpenCV native libraries are built from source during the build process — no prebuilt binaries, no hidden dependencies. The F-Droid and Google Play listings provide the paddle flavor with PaddleOCR. The standard flavor with Tesseract remains available through GitHub Releases for users who still need Tesseract language data or workflows. Every component is open source and respects your privacy.
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Comments on MakeACopy Offline OCR Scanner for Android
★★★★☆Nicolas· Feb 16, 2026
I am giving a 4 to support the initiative of privacy respecting OCR app, but it does not work well enough to be usable for now. I tried to scan a text on a normal desktop screen and the scan returns a lot of mistakes. The cropping is also not convenient. I hope it can reach the level of usability of Google Translate one day.
★★★★★Paul H.· Jun 2, 2026
Scans to PDF. Simple is good. Open source and no ads or tracking.
★★★★★John Hoyne· Oct 5, 2025
Great app for scanning and recognizing text for documents, receipts, etc. Best I've come across. Not overburdened with options is a big plus, it carries out its core function elegantly and straightforwardly. Thank you! 🌟
★☆☆☆☆.· Jun 1, 2026
Update: Your reply is incorrect. My scans are stored elsewhere. I am referring to the size of the APP itself which has almost doubled with this update....... Original review: Why is it taking up an increasing amount of space??
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