MakeACopy: Scan & OCR

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About this app

MakeACopy is an open-source document scanner for Android that lets you digitize paper documents fully offline — with on-device OCR, no ads, and no tracking.
Your scans, text, and data stay 100 % on your device.

Main features
• 📸 Camera scanning – Capture documents with your device camera
• 🖼️ Edge detection – Automatic document boundary detection using OpenCV
• 📐 Perspective correction – Adjust document shape automatically or manually
• 🔠 Offline OCR – Recognize text on-device using the open-source Tesseract engine
• 📄 Searchable PDF export – Save as searchable PDF or plain text
• 💾 Share & save – Export locally or share with other apps
• 🌙 Dark mode – Material 3 theme with light and dark appearance
• 🔒 Privacy-first – No ads, no tracking, no cloud — everything stays local

Open source & reproducible
MakeACopy is F-Droid compliant. All OpenCV native libraries are built from source during the build process — no prebuilt binaries, no hidden dependencies.
Every component is open source and respects your privacy.

License: Apache License 2.0
Updated on
Dec 27, 2025

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
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No data collected
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What’s new

* Improved accessibility with clearer guidance and haptic feedback
* Accessibility-friendly page reordering (move pages left/right)
* Completed scans are now grouped in a default collection
* More consistent image rotation across the entire workflow
* Improved OCR auto-rotate handling during export

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About the developer
CHRISTIAN WILHELM MATHIAS KIERDORF
christian.kierdorf@schliweb.de
Germany

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