vFlat Scan - PDF Scanner Reviews

I’m in law school and I prefer to scan my text books to .pdf and then open them on my iPad Pro within Notability so I can read and highlight from there. Allows me to carry less books and edit my highlighting later while keeping my book clean. vFlatScan is AMAZING for recognizing curved pages and flattening them. Even recognizes when a book is open and there are two individual pages. Truly awesome. That said, it lacks so many other features that most scanning apps have (I normally use Turbo Scan). V flat won’t let me manually crop - not a huge deal so far as it predict pages well. Doesn’t allow me to set the contrast - huge problem because glare on a page results in very light or missing text. This is really becoming a deal breaker for me. I also don’t see a way to choose between B&W, photo or color scans. Lastly I noticed there is no option to backup your scans automatically to iCloud, Dropbox, etc. I’d gladly pay $15 for vFlatScan if it had more features. As it is now, it’s of limited use to anyone truly needing to scan textbooks and manually control the resulting scans. I hope these features are added.

I never write reviews. But every time I use vFlatScan, I just can't get over how perfectly it fits my needs.
I scan a chapter of a book and convert to text, so I can read at night without waking up my family. vFlatScan scans (both pages at the same time,) creates a high contrast black and white image, converts to text, and lets you swipe through the results as if you're reading a book in a dedicated app. You can crop and export to PDF as well (to take advantage of XODO's dark mode,) but I only use that if there are a lot of images in the book.
Don't waste your time with the other useless, ad-filled apps! This is all you'll need!

I just dowmloaded vFlatScan today My first imprwasion isthar it is GREAT!!!! i am impressed with how it captures the page image in the middle of rhe book where it is bound. Add that it appears to recognize all the text correctly is unbelieveable. I looked to see if there was a full version available but could not find one. is there one and isrhwre a limitation to this version that i cant see?

Great app, just it would be very useful if I could choose less or more than 3 seconds for auto-scan timing. Thank you Voyagerx for this wonderful free app.

Thank you for your response.
Well, I hope that I could choose from a variable shutter-timing ( such as 2,4 or 6 seconds), which of course depends on the document type.
Many thanks to Vflat-VoyagerX team.

vFlatScan is simply amazing almost in every way. It even works faster and better than the book scanner I have which is a physical device not an app. While visiting my son I needed to scan my book I was reading and leave it to him so I tried vFlatScan and it saved my day. Thank you!

I can't believe vFlatScan exists for free but it really works, and that's about it. Two page book scanning works flawlessly. I used it when a book scanner at my library failed me, scanned about 150 pages this way. I could not recommend it more.

So much better than any other app I have tried on my iPhone it boggles the mind. It’s very simple without lots of features but it has got scanning a book into a PDF file down perfectly. I can’t believe the bulk of what it does is available for free.

vFlatScan is perfect to scan books, and easily beats specialized scanners from top libraries. It’s simple, I’ve never scanned books that quickly. The result is impeccable. There’s room for improvement in the GUI/ergonomics, but otherwise excellent product.

vFlatScan doesn’t have a lot of frills but it’s very very good at scanning books. I blasted through 50 pages and it never missed a beat. I’d gladly support the developer but vFlatScan is free. Give it a shot if you’re looking for a book scanner app.

vFlatScan does nearly everything you need for fast scanning, and it does them well! The only two major things I think it is missing is cloud storage integration with services like Google drive, and the ability to switch or zoom to a telephoto lens on iPhone Pro models.

I like vFlatScan . The image quality comes out great even if your hand is shaky, due to auto-scan feature. I especially like the feature where we are able to select particular images and make it into pdf. Thank you vFlat for making vFlatScan free!

Works great for Digitalizing some of my books for easier on the go reading. Text recognition works way better than other apps in relation to creating ebooks. Just wish there was an option to have more than 100 pages a day with text recognition.

Thank you for making vFlatScan! Outstanding and straightforward interface. The only thing I would add is google drive integration; otherwise, it is perfect!!!!

Only problem i m facing is the cropped images resolution of pages in pdf doesn’t fit to page when PDF is created …. It automatically adds a white margin to portrait and landscape images is such annoying and it can’t be turned off…..Please fix this

Would the unlimited OCR function possible in future? I would be glad to pay for this.

Terrific app! Allows me to get good scans of books without capturing my fingers trying to flatten the page and without breaking the spins of books.

Perfect for scanning books. If you have other scanning apps, uninstall them.

some suggestions
1. please add some ability to reframe or edit
2. file size is very large compared to other apps

vFlat is an amazing app. Does one or two page scanning - fast, removes most distortion, and free. Can’t ask for more than that! I love it.

I absolutely love the way it scans but am having a hard time converting a folder into pdf form. It allows me to do it by page but I can’t figure out how to make the whole book I scanned into a pdf file

I always rate 5 but why I can't crop image now? I remember last version I did just fine but now is it remove already?

I really love vFlatScan and everything it offered. However switching from free to paid is very frustrating. Not only is vFlatScan now a subscription, but there is no lifetime subscription. Are you kidding me? It is a shame such a good app is going to lose people by forcing a monthly subscription. I guess it’s time to find a different scanning app.

I enjoy being able to read my books anywhere I go. I have a walking library of my books I am learning and reviewing in my smartphone everywhere I go. Bored waiting for the doctor to finally show up in your examination room? Pull up your favorite subject you are currently learning and transform the boredom into productive time. I have an iPhone 13 and it is crazy easy to scan a chapter of a book I am working on. Takes a couple minutes to scan and upload a pdf of a dozen pages to my Google Drive and access it from all over the world. Very easy and convenient! I love it!!!

In the last year this software has gone through three different payment models, and each one has become worse for the user.

I love vFlatScan, and loved a lower tier for occasional use, but the new premium subscription makes vFlatScan unusable for anyone who just wants to occasionally scan more than 10 pages. Now it is $4 a month for 3000 pages.

So if I only want to scan 100 pages a month then I’m forced into a monthly subscription that I don’t want.

i use pdf share, it noticed that I need update but when it open App Store, there’s only open button, what’s the problem it’s iPad. I can not sub premium…. F…..k

vFlatScan is an indispensable reading companion. I am happy to see a premium tier of vFlatScan , since it means that it will continue to be sustainable in the future, and I am always happy to support great developers. Thank you for creating such an incredible app. This is the only scanner app that works great with bound materials. I love it, and I love being able to support the developers.

App crashes a lot, especially when rescanning a page. It rescans, the screen turns black and vFlatScan crashes. Also either when using the double page mode, some scans have a weird barcode-looking error where the text is stretched out to a line, always near the bottom right on the left side page. I'd really like to continue paying for vFlatScan if it weren't for these issues

I love vFlatScan and it’s far better than any other mobile scanning app I’ve came across. My only complaint, and it’s a small one, is that the quality of the scans could be much better. I’m using a iPhone 14 Pro Max and the camera on it is amazing but within vFlatScan , not so amazing but acceptable. Some text is blurry within the scans.
Maybe a feature where we can pick the dpi of our scans or a way to select an exposure time on the scans would help?

I’ve been using vFlatScan for years, and they just put all the most useful features behind a paywall. You can’t even export more than 10 pages to PDF in a month without paying? At least let me pay once to unlock the premium version instead of doing a subscription. Super annoying.

Was so happy with vFlatScan when it came out for free (actual free, no in-app purchases). It’s auto-scan feature was amazing. I was SHOCKED to try and use it today only to find that the best features of vFlatScan are now locked behind a subscription. vFlatScan is now worthless, and paying a subscription for an app like this is ridiculous. Greedy cash grab. Just use the Apple Notes scanning feature or TurboScan (ONE-time purchase).

vFlatScan used to be excellent. However, now, in order to subscribe, you have to turn on the two factor authentication for your iCloud (Apple) account. I have submitted a request to fix that issue. They said that it is an issue from Apple. I called Apple, they said it’s an issue from vFlatScan

I’m sorry, I’m not going to turn on the two factor authentication on my Apple account just to satisfy the maker of vFlatScan. Too bad, vFlatScan is very good but now it has this barrier, I should not be forced to turn on the two factor authentication to subscribe to vFlatScan.

I love, love, love vFlatScan!! You have to pay for the premium version but it makes life so easy to be able to quickly scan pdf pages from text books and technical manuals. Then you just email it to yourself or to others so you can access those manuals on you computer instead of flipping through the hardcopy.

I love digitalizing books and I always wanted the best scanning results for my big textbook. A good scanning has many features, including anti-shaking, brightness, contrast, cropping, straightening, etc. I tried a professional KIC book scanner at my university which turned out to be super slow and there was a lot of glaring. Tried Adobe Scan (claimed to be the best), but the resolution was terrible. Tried Scanner Pro, and its brightness$contrast was just disaster; its cropping is also another level of catastrophe. Microsoft Lens is also useless for scanning. However, vFlatScan gets everything. Simply the best.

I was looking for an app to scan pages automatically for our business this is the perfect solution for our company. No need to use my hands to click it auto detects page turns and takes the photos. I use my phone on a rig. I can scan about 20 pages x minute.

Not much to say except this is perfect for if you need to scan books without worrying about spine damage. If you have no problem saving the scans as photos instead of pdfs, it’s pretty easy to just use the free version.