Observed arrival · 2026-09-24

MobileScan: a browser-based phone scanner

mobilescan.app Visit website

Editorial interest 76/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

MobileScan turns a phone-camera capture into a cropped, adjusted PDF—or a single-page JPEG—without installing an app.

Landing page captured for the 2026-09-24 issue.

For: People scanning paper documents with a phone
Worth noticing: The page says it works offline after loading and offers three PDF compression levels.

Field notes

The described workflow runs from phone-camera capture through cropping, straightening, and brightness or contrast adjustments, then passes the file to an app chosen by the user. Output options include multi-page A4 PDFs with three compression levels and JPEG for a single page; the homepage also links to the source repository. The page states that processing stays on-device and scans are discarded after sharing.

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