LumenScan
Scan smart. Stay private. Made for India.
A premium document scanner that keeps your paperwork on your phone. Auto-capture with edge detection, on-device OCR for Indian scripts, ID-card and passport modes, GST and receipt extraction, UPI-QR pay, PDF signing and annotation, smart auto-filing, and a Face ID vault. Built for India, private by architecture — nothing leaves your device unless you choose to share it.
LumenScan offers an auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your App Store or Google Play account; it renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends, and you can manage or cancel anytime in your account settings. Terms and Privacy Policy.
LumenScan
productivity
Scan smart. Stay private. Made for India
Account
Not required
Analytics
Opt-in & anonymous
Your data
Stays on device
Ads & trackers
Zero
What you get
Built for exactly this — and nothing you don't need.
Auto-capture scanning
Edge detection, perspective correction, and a magic clean-up that erases shadows and evens out lighting, page after page.
On-device OCR for Indian scripts
Accurate text recognition for English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and more: entirely on your phone, with searchable PDFs.
ID-card & passport modes
Compose an ID's front and back onto one clean page, and read a passport's machine-readable zone: all on-device.
GST, receipt & UPI tools
Pull invoice and receipt details automatically, scan a UPI QR and pay in a tap, and get GST filing reminders on the 10th and 20th.
PDF power tools
Annotate, fill, and sign with a draggable signature; export to PDF, JPG, TIFF, PNG or editable Word (.docx); password-protect your PDFs.
Smart organisation
Auto-filed into ID, Invoice, Receipt, Legal or Notes, with tags, favorites, and full-text search.
Face ID vault & optional iCloud
Lock private documents behind Face ID; sync across your own Apple devices with iCloud on Pro.
Business-card capture
Scan a card and save the contact straight to your address book: parsed on-device.
A look inside
See it in your hands.
How it works
Up and running in under two minutes.
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Scan in seconds
Auto-capture, edge detection, perspective correction, and shadow clean-up happen in real time, page after page.
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Recognise & extract
On-device OCR reads Indian scripts; GST invoices, receipts, passports, and UPI QR codes are parsed automatically — nothing leaves the phone.
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Sign, file & share
Sign, organise into smart folders, and export or share only when you choose. Aadhaar and PAN can be masked before you send.
A note from the studio
“Documents are some of the most sensitive things on your phone — IDs, contracts, invoices. They have no business sitting on someone else's server. LumenScan does its scanning, OCR, and filing entirely on-device.”
Questions
The honest answers.
Are my scanned documents uploaded anywhere?
No. Scanning, OCR, filtering, and filing all happen on your device. Documents stay local unless you turn on iCloud sync, which keeps them between your own Apple devices only, or until you explicitly share or export them.
Which languages does the OCR support?
Indian scripts including English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu, recognised on-device with no server round-trip. The exact set available depends on the language packs your device ships with.
Can I lock my private documents?
Yes. A Face ID vault lets you lock sensitive scans behind biometric authentication, with a passcode fallback.
Do you show ads or sell my data?
Never. No ads and no data sale. Product analytics are anonymous and never include document contents.
Is there a free version?
Yes — unlimited scanning and PDF export, with three OCR scans a day. Pro adds unlimited OCR, Word/TIFF/PNG export, password-protected PDFs, fill & sign, smart folders, and iCloud sync. Choose monthly, yearly (7-day free trial), or a one-time lifetime unlock.
Your scans, PDFs, and OCR text are stored locally on your device. Scanning, text recognition, ID/passport and receipt parsing all run entirely on-device.
From the journal
Notes on the practice.
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Scanning Is the Easy Part: How to Keep Documents Findable for Years
Capturing a document takes seconds; finding it in two years is the real test. A practical paperless filing system built around search, light sorting, and upkeep.
2026-06-11
7 min read
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How Long to Keep Documents: Building a Retention Schedule You'll Actually Follow
Wondering how long to keep documents before you shred them? Learn to build a simple personal retention schedule so paper stops piling up and nothing important goes missing.
2026-06-11
7 min read
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PDF or Photo? Choosing the Right Format for a Document
Sometimes a quick photo is fine; sometimes you need a real PDF. Here is how to decide PDF vs photo for documents, and why the format you send quietly says a lot.
2026-06-09
6 min read
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Scanning Hindi and Tamil Documents: Getting OCR That Actually Reads the Script
Most scanner apps turn Indian-language pages into gibberish. Here's why Hindi document OCR fails, and how to scan Hindi and Tamil into searchable text that's actually right.
2026-06-08
6 min read
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How to Scan Documents on Your Phone Without Uploading Them Anywhere
Most scanner apps quietly send your documents to a server. Here's how to scan documents without uploading them — and why on-device scanning matters for anything private.
2026-06-08
5 min read
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How to Scan and Organize Receipts Before They Fade
Thermal receipts fade to blank in months. Here is how to scan receipts for taxes and expenses, capture the totals automatically, and keep them findable all year.
2026-06-04
7 min read
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Document Scanning for Beginners: What Actually Happens to a Page
New to scanning with a phone? This beginner's guide to document scanning explains the journey from paper to searchable PDF in plain language — no jargon left behind.
2026-06-01
6 min read
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Why Going Paperless Usually Fails — and How to Make It Stick
Most people try going paperless and quietly give up. Here is why going paperless fails, the trap of the perfect system, and a workflow that actually survives.
2026-05-27
7 min read
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Why Paper Piles Up: The Quiet Psychology of the Document Pile
The stack on your desk is not a failure of discipline. Understanding why paper piles up — the real psychology of deferred decisions — is how you finally clear it.
2026-05-21
7 min read
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What OCR Actually Does (and the Myths That Confuse Everyone)
Scanning a page does not automatically make its words searchable. Here is how OCR actually works, why it sometimes fails, and what 'searchable PDF' really means.
2026-05-15
7 min read
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How to Scan a Document With Your Phone So It Looks Like a Real Scan
A phone photo of a page is not a scan. Here is how to scan documents with your phone properly — clean edges, even light, and a flat, readable PDF every time.
2026-05-09
7 min read