Straight, sharp, any length.
Automatic edge detection and perspective correction, for as many pages as you need.
No page limit
Chartra: Unlimited PDF ScanneriPhone
LiveBlacked out means gone.
Scan a page, fill it in, sign it. And when you black something out, it’s really removed, not hidden under a box someone could drag away. Nothing is uploaded, ever.
What it can do
Everything a scanner should do. Nothing it shouldn’t.
Even your handwriting.
It recognises printed text and handwriting, so every scan is searchable.
OCR included, freeType onto any form.
Type straight onto a scan, even one that has no form fields.
Any documentDraw it once.
Your signature is remembered and placed wherever you want it. Every document after the first is two taps.
Two tapsRedaction that’s real.
The redaction is burned into the page. The words underneath are removed, not covered. Search the export and see.
Gone for goodPDF or Word.
A PDF with a searchable text layer, or Word with editable paragraphs.
Searchable PDF · Word
Chartra 1.1 · In review
Meet Chartra, your business assistant.
Ask about your paperwork, or how to start and grow your business, and get next moves from your own records. Chats are saved on your iPhone.
Know what you oweA running federal tax estimate for the self-employed, with quarterly payments, due dates and reminders. Estimates, not tax advice.
Every receipt, readReceipts, pay stubs, W-2s, 1099s and business cards turn into data you can search.
Miles that countTurn on drive tracking and your drives log themselves; swipe business or personal.
Invoices in a minuteInvoices and estimates, sent from your phone.
Chartra ProA one-time purchase: no ads, no limits.
What the others charge
Pay once. Or don’t pay at all.
No account, no subscription, no page limit. Prices checked August 2026.
CamScannerAbout $9.99 a month after the promo
Scanner App$7.99 a month, or $24.99 a year
Genius ScanFree to scan, but OCR is behind the paywall
Adobe ScanFree app; premium needs an Acrobat subscription
ChartraFree, with OCR. $19.99 once to drop the ads
Free to scan, with OCR. $19.99 once if you want the ads gone. That’s the whole deal.