NAPS2 vs SlideScan by Photomyne
NAPS2
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| Figure | NAPS2 | SlideScan by Photomyne |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 4 |
| Spec score · Photo Scanning Software | 8.6 (#5) | 7.3 (#26) |
| 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. | The maker links SlideScan downloads, and the app is listed for iPhone on the App Store and for Android on Google Play. |
| Purpose | NAPS2 is free, open source scanning software for scanning documents and saving them as PDF, TIFF, JPEG, or PNG. | SlideScan is an AI-powered app for scanning, revealing, and saving images from photographic slides. |
| Security | Scanner sharing uses HTTPS with an automatically generated self-signed certificate by default, may fall back to HTTP, and can be configured to require HTTPS or use a custom certificate. | Google Play reports that the developer says data is encrypted in transit and users can request deletion of their data. |
| Support | Users can file a support ticket and attach NAPS2 error logs to help diagnose a problem or report a bug. | Photomyne lists [email protected] for SlideScan questions. |
Plans
SlideScan by Photomyne
- SlideScan BasicFree
- Membership — monthly subscriptionPrice not published
- Membership — One-ShotPrice not published
- Membership — yearly subscriptionPrice not published
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.
SlideScan by Photomyne
SlideScan by Photomyne has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.