Document scanners: Privacy Labels Compared
Scanners handle IDs, contracts, receipts and medical letters. Many offer cloud OCR, which means your document images leave the phone. Checked November 2026.
- Declare tracking
- 55%
- Linked, no tracking
- 5%
- Collect nothing
- 28%
- No label details
- 2
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| Developer | Tracking | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Document Scanner & PDF | Saad Ameen | Tracks you | Diagnostics | 1 |
| anytimeScan | GRG Professional Services Ltd. | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| CamScan | THIEN PHAN | Tracks you | Identifiers | 3 |
| Doc PDF Scanner | David Krejci | Tracks you | Identifiers, Usage Data | 7 |
| Document Manager with Scanner | Ajay Gorasiya | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Document Scanner - Docu Scan | RICKHIL PUNEET PRAKASH | Not linked | None | 4 |
| Document Scanner - JPG To PDF | Saif Ullah Sajid | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Document Scanner – ScanDocNow | Lei Michael Lu | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Document Scanner : PDF Creator | Hetal Thummar | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Document Scanner And PDF | Yalintech | Tracks you | Location | 3 |
| Document Scanner PDF Editor | Jyotsnaben Varsani | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Document Scanner Pro | Nihat Basmacı | Tracks you | Usage Data, Diagnostics | 2 |
| Document Scanner-Scanner | Aishvarya Sadasivam | Tracks you | Usage Data | 1 |
| DocWeave | Hangzhou Wenxu Interactive Technology Co., Ltd | Not linked | None | 1 |
| EasyScan | Silver Elm Systems LLC | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| iDocScanner | ELSNER TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Mobile PDF Scanner | RETICODE SC | Tracks you | Identifiers | 3 |
| MyScanDoc | Luigi Mazzarella | Tracks you | Usage Data | 1 |
| PDF Document Scanner Converter | SYNAPPS AI LTD | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| PDF Document Scanner maker App | Fenuku Kekeli | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| PDF Maker & Document Scanner | ZOHIAGADA LTD | Tracks you | Usage Data | 2 |
| PDF Scanner & Document Scanner | Grassapper LLC | Not disclosed | — | — |
| PDF Scanner Converter Document | TERALIX LTD | Tracks you | Usage Data | 1 |
| PDF Scanner Photo Converter | Zipo Apps Ltd. | Tracks you | Purchases, Identifiers, Usage Data, Diagnostics | 4 |
| PDF Scanner Pro ⊟ | Level Clash Apps S.L. | Tracks you | Location, Identifiers, Usage Data, Diagnostics | 4 |
| PDF Scanner Sign | LIMBIC APPS YAZILIM LIMITED SIRKETI | Tracks you | Identifiers, Usage Data | 6 |
| pScanner:PDF Document Scanner | AGI Scanner Technology Co., Ltd. | Tracks you | Usage Data | 5 |
| Scan to PDF: Document scanner | Richard Davis | Not linked | None | 1 |
| ScanBox-OCR & Document Scanner | Qingdao Quchuang Technology Co., Ltd. | Linked | None | 4 |
| Scanem | Labi, LLC | Not linked | None | 3 |
| Scanlys | Kerem Gonlkrmaz | Tracks you | Usage Data | 1 |
| Scanner | TapMedia Ltd | Not disclosed | — | — |
| Scanner App Camera to PDF Doc | Roman Sorochak | Tracks you | Purchases, Identifiers, Usage Data | 4 |
| Scanner App PDF Scan | DIVYESH BHANDERI | Tracks you | Identifiers | 4 |
| Scanner App:Document Scanner | M2N Enterprise LLC | Not linked | None | 3 |
| Scanner App:PDF Documents Scan | WICRO TECHNOLOGY CO.,LIMITED | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Scanner:PDF Document Scanner | ULTRA LINKS LIMITED | Tracks you | Identifiers | 1 |
| Scanner+ Scan PDF Documents | Can Aksoy | Tracks you | Identifiers | 3 |
| ScanSeek | LUMINITY LTD | Tracks you | Identifiers | 1 |
| ScanSnap Home:Scan・PDF・OCR | PFU LIMITED | Linked | None | 4 |
| SwiftScan AI Document Scanner | Maple Media Apps, LLC | Tracks you | Contact Info, Identifiers, Usage Data | 5 |
| SwiftScan Pro Document Scanner | Maple Media Apps, LLC | Tracks you | Identifiers | 5 |
Most common data types
- Usage Data63%
- Diagnostics53%
- Identifiers48%
- Purchases20%
- User Content10%
- Location10%
- Contact Info8%
- Other Data5%
How to read this list
Utilities range from calculators to VPNs, so their labels vary more than any other category. A simple tool that collects identifiers and usage data for tracking is a sign of advertising SDKs.
Prefer on-device text recognition where offered, and check whether scans sync to the developer's cloud by default.
Exposure follows the label's own structure: an app that declares any tracking is shown as “Tracks you”, even if it collects little else. Open any app for every data type explained and the iPhone settings that limit it.