Reviews for Tiny Scanner - PDF Scanner App

I have been a big fan of Tiny Scanner for many years and I have recommended it to many people. Unfortunately, everything I loved about it seems to be gone, along with a new, higher, pricing structure. It seems like a greedy move to go so far as to hide the scanned files too, making them a total pain in the arse to use. I'm done using Tiny Scanner and done recommending it too.

Pro app doesn''t work as advertised. In order to do multiple pages, I had to upgrade to the pro version. When I did, however, both the quality of the scan with the multi-page selection was lower in the ability to actually add a second page didn't seem to be available in the app. So far, I have heard nothing from technical support, so 1 star. I'd rate it more lowly, given that they have essentially taken my money for no good reason, but that's not an option.

This was my favorite scanning app. I paid for the ads free version. Then out of the blue, big update... my scans disappeared and it's now subscription based for considerably more money; I have no access to the app without subscribing. I would not have bought it the first time had I known the developers would later hold me and my content hostage. Would not have been angry had I received some sort of notice that things were changing. Hate finding out when I need something and can't get to it.

Has worked great until now. But now all I get when I try to take/upload a picture is the "special offer / upgrade to premium" window, making the app basically unusable (unless you pay that is). I would have likely bought the app if it was a flat price and not a subscription system. I get that it is getting updates, but for me they do not justify a subscription model. Not planning to pay monthly / yearly for something I will use less than 4 times a year.

It worked fine until a recent update. If you paid for the app and expect an ad free experience, this isn't it. This app still gives you ads to add 'premium features'. Moving on to something else as I expect no ads when I buy a product. It's analogous to if MS Word started displaying ads for 365 subscription while you're writing a document in your purchased single license. Unacceptable!

I rarely rate apps but this one was so bad and frustrating that I feel compelled to do so. Initially I thought it was great. That one time. I might have even given it 5 stars (which might account for the 5 star reviews here). But it would take longer and longer every successive time I used it, sometimes even sending the scanned document as jpg rather than pdf! Always after submitting it for work (during COVID-19 quarantine) it would sit in my gmail draft folder for HOURS before it went.

This app was the best, until the owner changed the pricing model. With a monthly fee of 3-4 EUR it is really too expensive. Moreover I payed one year ago the Pro subscription... everything worked well. But I inadvertently removed and reinstalled the app... and I lost the PRO version and gets after every scan an advertisement!!!! It is time to change...

Seems to have gone paid only recently. It's a fantastic app, I've used it for years, but why have a free version that does nothing but prompt you to buy the pro version? There are free solutions out there, and since I scan once a month at most, I'll use one of those. Would gladly go back to this, it's a 5 star app if the pay wall thing is just a bug or unintended feature that gets fixed.

I never carry a scanner around with me, but I always have my phone! This takes great pictures and renders them just like a scan in black and white. It's great for scanning in receipts and other items that need to be uploaded on the go. Edit-Changed to subscription based. has ads AND a watermark. Bummer, it was so good I bragged it up too. I'll try another app.

By far one of the most useful apps on my phone. I've used this to scan passport photos for online permit applications, textbook chapters for later reference, to convert handwritten docs to PDFs... the list goes on. It's full well worth the cost and it's very simple to use. I like the ability to edit and rotate each page individually, and it's nice to be able to choose the darkness of the scan and if it's in colour or B&W. Two thumbs up from me.

NO MORE. I ALREADY BOUGHT IT. I loved the app. Used it for years. Told everyone about it. NOW trying to force me to "subscribe" to keep what I already purchased. Scammy fraud. That's how they'll treat you too. Many scanner apps available out there. I'm going shopping. Developers could have kept feeding us ads, but got piggy. Unforced error by Beesoft (fka Tiny?) Thanks and goodbye.

I had previously paid to unlock the full version of the app. My phone died, I replaced it, and when the apps reinstalled on my new phone it tells me that I've gone from a fully unlocked & paid for app to one that is now on a 3-day free trial and then becomes a $20 / year subscription. Wow. Absolutely shameful move. Go look for a different PDF app.

Bought the app ages ago, but now it's requiring a monthly subscription to do basic things like "scan" more than 4 pages. I thought the cost of the app before was more than fair, but the subscription cost is almost what the app used to cost, but every month. Have uninstalled the app and will have to find an alternative. Thankfully there is no shortage of other apps on the play store.

Non-buyers beware!!!! Dont get scammed, it's not free, they trick you into thinking it's free, but after 3 scans it want allow you to scan... A box will block your efforts, and the only button you push is the Buy now or the upgrade for $4.99, By that time you may have already rated the app with 4 or 5 stars. Oh yeah, that rating request pops up after the first use. Wow, it would have been nice for them to be up front and let the customer make a decision.

I want to be sure if anyone has suggestions to retrieve files, please let me know. Just like a review on 10/20, my files suddenly disappeared!!! I received a notice to upgrade to the paid version, and took the trial to see if that was why. Still nothing! can't seem to retrieve the files from anything, including my cloud. DO NOT USE THIS APP if you want to have your files for later.

I paid for the pro version. I cannot speak for the issues people have had with the supposedly free app locking them out. I was originally going to leave a 5-star review, but read some other reviews and agree with them that it is unfortunate that you cannot edit the scans (filtering) nor rename them after they are created. The file names used to share the files are also poor (simply the date and time photo file name) although I'm not sure how much control the developer has over that.

Been a user for school for years. Unfortunately, the most recent update ruined everything. No longer able to move borders in the preview Window causing a omce 15 second operation to fail to scan the entire page 10+ times. And wasting several minutes. In double checking this wasn't a fluke, I was greeted with a rate us page, and immediately after a full screen video ad came up.

I have had this app for 5+ yrs. it's been great...use it for everything. I loved this app until today when I went to 'rename' a file. I wanted the file to be hidden somewhat so I was going to rename the file '.' (a period). Once I hit enter, all my files were gone. Years worth of work receipts, personal documents.. you name it. If I had scanned it, it had disappeared. I tried restarting the phone, looking in folders on my phone . Googling how to restore them- nothing came up. Help!

Finally, a scanning app that's very clean cut, very easy to navigate its site and no extraneous advertising popping up all over the place. I own several businesses and travel 40 weeks out of the year, so having an app on my phone that can take care of business anywhere is amazing!! Please, guys, don't fix what's not broken. Leave it the hell alone and enjoy the praise...

So far so good...but 3 stars because all you needed to do was advertise the following, "You can save up to 3 documents to be scanned/emailed or upgrade to the Pro version for unlimited sending/saving of your important documents." Versus being prompted to buy it whilst frantically scanning tax information. Being upfront doesn't hurt. And I read the "About Product" section to make sure I didn't miss it.