Scan Hero: PDF Scanner

It’s not often I leave a review on an app, but I felt like this one deserves one. I’m an aspiring author, and had just finished editing my first ever book. I printed it out for my pre-editor to read (she does better with reading/editing when it’s in print), and the next day I logged back on to my computer work on a few notes I had thought of. Low and behold, my document was missing, likely accidentally deleted when I cleaned out my computer space the night before. One click - gone. Hadn’t even realized. Well, anyway, long story short, I tried a whole ton of scan to text apps, using the printed pages, now the only copy of the work left (all my backups went with the document, a horrible oversight on my part). None of the apps caught my attention and all were slightly annoying to use. Finally, I stumbled on Scan Hero, and, bam, all those annoying little problems were fixed. I just signed up for the three day trial and BOOM, everything was scanned in two days, nice and easy. It only messes up the formatting a little (missed indents, extra paragraphs), something I’m still fixing, but isn’t as bad as adding a lot of extra letters and popping up ads every two minutes (something the other apps did). People who complain about the app charging you after the trial are mistaken, they likely just forgot to cancel the trial. The trial goes right into the payed version, but I wasn’t charged after I canceled the free trial. TL;DR Literal Hero, scan to text so easy to use, no ads on payed version and very rare mistakes. Formatting problems, but over all much better than other apps.

I downloaded this app in April 2017. I paid a one-time fee of $4.99 for unlimited use. Initially it worked as advertised, and I was generally happy with it from a functional standpoint. However, I just realized that starting in December 2020–over THREE YEARS after what SUPPOSED to be a ONE-TIME purchase—that I began being charged a premium subscription for $9.99 a month! Perhaps I was “informed” through some updated user agreement or other notification in 2020, and if that’s the case then missing it is on me. But I didn’t even know that apps could suddenly change from one-time purchases to subscriptions, and I would certainly have hoped that a dramatic price change would have been communicated in such a way as to be obvious to the consumers what was happening. Instead, I was DEFAULTED into one of their most expense subscription options. So if you are the same way—and you don’t CLOSELY track changes in your subscriptions or user agreements/notices year over year —you should probably avoid this app so you don’t risk ending up in situation like mine, where I have incurred more than $200 in UNANTICIPATED CHARGES from when I first purchased the app.

I have had this program app for a few years and I love it. I can scan from my iPhone and immediately send through email, or other sharing methods without anyone ever knowing I did it from my phone. It’s has saved me countless hours of driving to a store or running home to my desktop scanner. 1) Scanning: A) After scanning a document I can change the heading of the document to whatever label I choose instead of the default date and time stamp provided. B) I can add multiple pages to create a package to send as though I did it with a desk top feeder. C) I can adjust scans after scanning to fix any issues outside of the margins. D) have a small receipt? No problem, it scans those as well. Paper Free - Digital Organization: 2) I am now paper free due to this app. I was tired of having to house multiple files and receipts. With this app, I can now organize all of my receipts and important documents in separate folders that I create and label myself. Completing my taxes has never been easier now that I have “go to” folders to review with ease. 3) It stores everything on the cloud or other back up if desired. Note: One thing I would like to change if I could is the ability to hold my finger down on any document within a folder and move the document around within the folder to my desired location. This would help immensely when organizing items within specific folders. Final recommendation: The free trial will give you a snapshot, but some things may be limited in use. I highly recommend downloading this app and learn how to navigate through it. I feel it is worth the money. I renew yearly. You won’t regret it.