NAPS2 vs Quick Scan
NAPS2
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| Figure | NAPS2 | Quick Scan |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 0 |
| Spec score · Scanner Software | 8.6 (#4) | 6.9 (#21) |
| Platforms | The latest NAPS2 release is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux; the current Mac version requires macOS 12 or later and current Windows versions support Windows 10 and 11. | Prebuilt binaries target Windows 11, Windows 10 version 1607 or later, Windows 8.1, Windows 7 SP1, and specified Windows Server versions. |
| Purpose | NAPS2 is free, open source scanning software for scanning documents and saving them as PDF, TIFF, JPEG, or PNG. | Quick Scan scans images from WIA-compatible scanners and automatically saves them with minimal user interaction. |
| Scanner support | It supports WIA and TWAIN drivers and can scan from a flatbed or automatic document feeder, including duplex scanning. | Quick Scan requires a WIA-compatible scanner and does not support the TWAIN interface. |
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In their own words
NAPS2
NAPS2 is free, open-source software for scanning documents and saving them as PDF, TIFF, JPEG, or PNG. It runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux, and supports WIA and TWAIN drivers with flatbed or automatic document feeder scanners, including duplex scanning. Users can reorder, interleave, rotate, crop, deskew, and adjust scanned pages’ brightness and contrast. OCR makes scans searchable, supports more than 100 languages, and can add text recognition to imported PDFs. NAPS2 can share scanners across a local network using ESCL, including with compatible Android and iPhone apps, but it must remain running on the server for sharing to work. It can send email through Gmail and Outlook, with the email address and secure sending token kept on the user’s computer and sent only to the relevant provider. Optional developer tools include a command-line interface for automation and a .NET scanning library. The free plan has no ads or restrictions, though OCR results cannot be saved directly to a text file.