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MakeACopy

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Purpose
MakeACopy is an open-source Android document scanner that digitizes paper documents with offline OCR.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com
Intended users
The project describes MakeACopy as suited to users seeking privacy-friendly document workflows with local processing and self-hosted storage.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com
Free plan
YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · github.com
Android app
YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · github.com
Compatibility
The F-Droid listing says Android 10 or newer is required.Read 11 Oct 2026 · f-droid.org
Distribution
The PaddleOCR flavor is published on F-Droid and Google Play; the Tesseract flavor and Light edition are available through GitHub Releases.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com
Document workflows
Inbox Mode saves scans to a predefined folder for workflows involving paperless-ngx, Nextcloud, or Syncthing.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com
Editions and size
The Full edition includes 23 OCR languages and is listed at about 99 MB for arm64-v8a, while Light includes English and German and is about 58 MB.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com
iOS app
NoRead 22 Sep 2026 · github.com
Multipage PDF
YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · github.com
OCR
The published PaddleOCR version runs OCR offline and supports language groups covering English, Latin-script languages, Chinese, Russian, Thai, Arabic, Hindi, and Greek.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com
Offline privacy
The project says the app works fully offline without cloud services, telemetry, tracking, or third-party API dependencies.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com
Review tools
OCR results can be reviewed and corrected with word-level editing, dictionary suggestions, confidence highlighting, and re-OCR for individual words.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com
Scanning and export
It supports camera scanning, automatic edge detection, perspective correction, searchable PDF export, and JPEG export.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com
Searchable PDF
YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · github.com
Security support
The security policy asks users to report vulnerabilities privately and says it aims to acknowledge reports within 3–5 business days.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com
Security verification
The project says official releases are signed and provides APK signature verification details and signing certificate fingerprints.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Plans and prices

Free and open source Free Read 11 Oct 2026 · f-droid.org

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