A few years ago my printer got busted. Not thinking, I chucked it out instantly. It was $50 and the tray to hold paper was broken off by a cat who lives in my apartment. She’s a tiny five-pound cat, ...

With their built-in cameras and connectivity, smartphones have long made handy portable document scanners. Finding a decent one is fairly easy: Scanning apps are now routinely among app store ...

TurboScan turns your iPhone into a multipage scanner for documents, receipts, notes, whiteboards, and other text. With TurboScan, you can quickly scan your documents and store or email them as ...

Document scanning is another valuable thing that your smartphone can do. After all, you have at least one camera on the back of your phone. That means it can scan documents. Many folks use their main ...

"Turboscan" turns your iPhone into a scanner. With this app you can quickly scan your documents and store or email them as a PDF of JPEG file. This app is $1.99 and is only for Apple devices.

Microsoft Lens retires in stages, ending scans by Dec. 15, 2025. 365 Copilot app offers scanning but with fewer features. Adobe Scan, PhotoScan, TurboScan are solid Lens alternatives. I often use ...