Adobe Scan review

Adobe Scan is a document scanner first, but its listing names photos among the things it scans and it saves printed images as JPEG as well as PDF. That makes it useful when a family archive is a mix of prints, letters, certificates and recipe cards. Magic eraser removes thumbs, shadows, stains and creases, and the Straighten tool fixes curved or tilted pages even without all four corners in view. You can crop, rotate, resize and adjust colors, and scans save to Adobe Document Cloud. What it lacks is anything aimed at photos specifically: no multi-print detection, face sharpening, colorizing or photo tagging. The app is free; the US App Store lists Adobe Scan Plus at $4.99 a month and Premium at $9.99 a month, mainly for combining scans and more OCR. We compared documented features and published prices.

Who it is for

people scanning photos together with letters and documents

Price

Free; Adobe Scan Plus from $4.99 a month or $19.99 a year on the US App Store.

Adobe Scan Plus - Monthly $4.99
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 12, 2026.

Key features

• Converts paper documents or printed images into PDF or JPEG files
• Magic eraser removes thumbs, shadows, stains and creases
• Straighten tool fixes curved or tilted pages
• Crop, rotate, resize and color adjustments in the Modify tool
• Scans save to Adobe Document Cloud

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Free to download, with a paid tier only for extras
• Strength: Rated 4.9 from 1.6M ratings on the US App Store
• Strength: Handles the letters, certificates and recipes that sit next to old photos
• Weakness: Built for documents, with no face repair or colorizing
• Weakness: Free OCR is capped at 5 pages, with 100 pages on a subscription
• Weakness: Scans go to Adobe Document Cloud, which needs an Adobe account

Key facts

• Developer: Adobe Inc.
• Free version: Yes
• Paid tiers: Adobe Scan Plus $4.99 a month; Premium $9.99 a month (US App Store)
• Output: PDF or JPEG
• App Store rating: 4.9 from 1.6M ratings (US)

Where it ranks

Adobe Scan is No. 6 in our Best Apps to Scan Old Photos verdict.