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PhotoScan by Google Photos — Scan old photos using your phone's camera

Android Photography Google LLC
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63,940,591+
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Been using PhotoScan by Google Photos for a couple months now. It’s basically an app that lets you easily scan and digitize your old printed photos using your phone’s camera. Pretty solid if you’re into saving and organizing your photo memories.

Here’s how it works: you just line up the photo, tap the shutter button, and the app guides you through a quick 4-step process to capture the image. There’s also automatic cropping and perspective correction, so your scans come out straight and glare-free. And the smart rotation feature keeps your photos the right way up, no matter how you scan them.

Look, if you’ve got a bunch of old photos sitting around, this is a really easy way to preserve them. It’s not perfect – the scans can be a bit lower quality than a flatbed scanner – but overall it does the job. Worth checking out if you want to digitize your photo collection.

Editor Opinion

So here's my take on PhotoScan. I've tested a bunch of photo scanning apps and this one from Google is probably the easiest and most straightforward to use. The step-by-step capture flow is super simple, and the automatic cropping and correction work really well. In my experience, the scans come out looking pretty good, especially for just using your phone's camera. The only downside is that the image quality isn't quite as high as a dedicated scanner, but for most people it'll be more than good enough. Overall, I'd say PhotoScan is a really handy app if you want to easily digitize your old printed photos.

Manya Lyalya
Author Manya Lyalya Editor, Grand Screen

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Crazy easy to use, just follow the guided steps
  • Automatic cropping and perspective correction work great
  • Scans come out straight and glare-free
  • Smart rotation keeps your photos right-side-up

Cons

  • Image quality isn't as high as a flatbed scanner
  • Can be tricky to get the lighting right for good scans
  • Doesn't have advanced editing tools like some other photo apps

Specifications

Updated 24.07.2023
Category Photography
Age Rating Everyone
Developer Google LLC
Android Android 5.0++
Package Name com.google.android.apps.photos.scanner

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