RME PDF Scanner

Spec sheet

Purpose

RME is an Android document scanner with on-device OCR, searchable PDFs, library search, migration, and backup features.Read 12 Oct 2026 · synapseworks.org

Privacy

RME has no account, ads, document backend, cloud sync, or RME-operated analytics or tracking service, and it requests neither INTERNET nor ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE permission.Read 12 Oct 2026 · synapseworks.org

Support

Product support is available by email at [email protected].Read 12 Oct 2026 · synapseworks.org

License

RME PDF Scanner is published by SynapseWorks under the Apache License 2.0.Read 12 Oct 2026 · synapseworks.org

Android app

YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · synapseworks.org

App lock

Optional app lock uses Android device authentication but does not encrypt the local library at rest.Read 12 Oct 2026 · synapseworks.org

Availability and license

The product page links to Google Play and GitHub and identifies RME as open source under the Apache License 2.0.Read 11 Oct 2026 · synapseworks.org

Backup

Users can create and restore portable library backups, optionally password-protecting the backup; Android automatic cloud backup and device transfer are disabled.Read 11 Oct 2026 · synapseworks.org

Backups

Users can create portable backups and optionally protect them with a password; Android automatic cloud backup and device transfer are disabled.Read 12 Oct 2026 · synapseworks.org

Data handling

RME says it has no account, ads, document backend, proprietary cloud sync, or RME-operated analytics or tracking; saved documents and OCR content are processed locally.Read 11 Oct 2026 · synapseworks.org

Document editing

Users can reorder, rotate, remove, and add pages, and apply image filters before export.Read 12 Oct 2026 · synapseworks.org

Editing and document tools

Users can reorder, rotate, remove, or add pages, apply image filters, merge documents, and extract pages to split documents.Read 11 Oct 2026 · synapseworks.org

Export

RME exports standard or searchable PDFs and individual JPEG pages through Android’s file picker, and shares PDFs through Android’s Sharesheet.Read 12 Oct 2026 · synapseworks.org

Integrations and migration

RME uses Android file and sharing interfaces and supports migration from exported files from CamScanner, Adobe Scan or Acrobat, Genius Scan, Microsoft Lens, and other scanners; it does not connect to those services’ accounts.Read 11 Oct 2026 · synapseworks.org

Intended audience and platform limit

RME is an Android scanner; the maker describes a possible iOS version as an interest-gathering effort, with no committed release schedule.Read 11 Oct 2026 · synapseworks.org

iOS app

NoRead 22 Sep 2026 · synapseworks.org

iOS status

The maker invites interest in a possible iOS version but says this is not a commitment or release schedule.Read 12 Oct 2026 · synapseworks.org

Library and search

Saved documents can be organized in folders and searched by title or recognized text, with results linking to matching pages.Read 11 Oct 2026 · synapseworks.org

Migration

RME provides a guided workflow for moving exported PDFs and images from CamScanner, Adobe Scan or Acrobat, Genius Scan, Microsoft Lens, and other scanners.Read 12 Oct 2026 · synapseworks.org

Multipage PDF

YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · synapseworks.org

Network and third-party services

The app requests neither INTERNET nor ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE, but Google Play services may download scanner resources or optional OCR models, and ML Kit may send technical diagnostics to Google.Read 11 Oct 2026 · synapseworks.org

OCR

Latin OCR is built in; Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Devanagari models are optional, and recognition runs on the device.Read 11 Oct 2026 · synapseworks.org

OCR languages

Latin OCR is built in; Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Devanagari OCR use optional Google Play services models.Read 12 Oct 2026 · synapseworks.org

Scanning and import

It scans paper pages and imports JPEG, PNG, WebP, and PDF files through Android system workflows.Read 12 Oct 2026 · synapseworks.org

Search

The local library can be searched by title or recognized text, with results that can open the matching page.Read 12 Oct 2026 · synapseworks.org

Searchable PDF

YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · synapseworks.org

Security limits

Optional app lock uses Android device authentication but does not encrypt the local library at rest; optional portable-backup encryption protects the backup file with a user-chosen password.Read 11 Oct 2026 · synapseworks.org

Third-party diagnostics

Google ML Kit may send encrypted technical diagnostics to Google, while its documented disclosure says document images and recognized text are not sent to Google servers.Read 12 Oct 2026 · synapseworks.org

Where Specifiction places it

• Mobile Scanning Apps#65 of 767.3
• Scanner apps#66 of 767.1