PhotoScan by Google Photos

3.8
200K reviews
50M+
Downloads
Content rating
PEGI 3
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About this app

PhotoScan is a scanner app from Google Photos that lets you scan and save your favorite printed photos using your phone’s camera.



Picture perfect and glare free



Don’t just take a picture of a picture. Create enhanced digital scans, wherever your photos are.



– Get glare-free scans with an easy step-by-step capture flow



– Automatic cropping based on edge detection



– Straight, rectangular scans with perspective correction



– Smart rotation, so your photos stay right-side-up no matter which way you scan them



Scan in seconds



Capture your favorite printed photos quickly and easily, so you can spend less time editing and more time looking at your bad childhood haircut.



Safe and searchable with Google Photos



Back up your scans with the Google Photos app to keep them safe, searchable, and organized. Bring your scans to life with movies, filters, and advanced editing controls. And share them with anyone, just by sending a link.
Updated on
Jul 24, 2023

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 3 others
Data is encrypted in transit
Data can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

3.9
199K reviews
Paul Smith
April 23, 2024
I have thousands of photos, many really old and poor quality. They are all in albums which take up too much space. Family never look at them. Before throwing them all away, I wanted a cheap, quick and simple way of digitising them. PhotoScan meets my needs. Place the photo on a sheet of white paper, frame the image and take the photo. The app crops the image and rotates. In most cases the resulting image is great for my needs. I do t use the flash and 4 image method.
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Madison Scott
December 17, 2024
I am gifting a video of past holiday photos for my grandparents & the oldest photo is 1967! I can lay them all out on a table & take a scan one-by-one, yet it's really fast & super easy! You can rotate/crop right in the app & no matter how shaky my attempt is, they turn out great! I was rating 4 stars because I wasn't sure where to get the photos after scanned (no share option) & realized they're all right there on my Google photos! This tool is 11 out of 10!!!! SOo TIME SAVING & AWESOME!
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Jesus
November 25, 2022
Anything more than 2 seconds to scan a photo is mediocre. I will most definitely update my review as soon as you are there. See the Oppo default text scanner mode. I can scan a full album in minutes. With this PhotoScan it would take me days. The single-shot mode is the one you need to fix. I don't need perfection, just to be able to digitalise and share good-enough photos with my loved ones. Please fix it so I don't need to to back to Oppo... Their support is horrible.
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What’s new

Easier capture and save

Scanned photos are saved to your device on capture.



Improved corner editor

In addition to the corners, you can now drag the edges to adjust the automatic cropping of your scanned photo.