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CamScanner - PDF Scanner App

Monetization rage Self-contained

INTSIG Information Co., Ltd · Productivity · Free · v7.27.0

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Review-rating drop
0.36

2026-Q4 3.10 → last 90 days 2.74, text reviews

Peak quarter
3.10

2026-Q4, text reviews

Last 90 days
2.74

text reviews

Store rating
4.84

all 1948590 ratings, incl. star-only

Store gap
2.10

store minus reviews

Est. MRR
$837k

#7 top-grossing, Productivity

store 4.84 · reviews 3.10 → 2.74 · gap 2.10 store 4.84 reviews 2.74

Store ratings include star-only taps from in-app prompts, which skew high. The peak and recent figures come only from people who wrote a review, which skews low. Compare each against itself: the drop is the signal, and a big gap between the two usually means heavy rating prompting is masking unhappy users.

Average rating by quarter from 500 text reviews

2★3★4★5★ 1★ 2026-Q3: 2.63★ from 381 reviews 2.63 2026-Q3 2026-Q4: 3.10★ from 119 reviews 3.10 2026-Q4
Faint bars have fewer than 8 reviews. Text reviews skew negative versus star-only ratings; read the direction, not the level.
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QuarterAvg stars Reviews
2026-Q32.63 381
2026-Q43.10 119

Recent 1–2 star reviews

5 billion popups

★ · v7.27.0 · Oct 14, 2026

5 Billion Buttons and popups and ads just to scan some pages

Confusing purchase options

★ · v7.27.0 · Oct 13, 2026

I purchased a year subscription that said it was $20.99, and then when I went to use it it came back with other purchase options and didn’t seem to recognize the original purchase. Still trying to sort it out. It’s very poorly done.

Disgustado

★ · v7.27.0 · Oct 13, 2026

Nasty!!!

Add a watermark to files

★ · v7.27.0 · Oct 13, 2026

Not free

The sheer number of adds

★ · v7.27.0 · Oct 13, 2026

The app worked great at first but recently it’s taken me 10+ min per scan because I get 3 sports betting adds per scan, would not recommend, go to another scanning app until they remove the excess of video adds that take over your screen

Compre hace años la app básica y ahora me ponen publicidad como fuera gratis

★ · v7.27.0 · Oct 12, 2026

Compre hace años la app básica y ahora me ponen publicidad como fuera gratis Es por eso estoy migrando a otra

SUBSCRIPTIONS

★ · v7.27.0 · Oct 10, 2026

I cannot even begin to review because I can’t get past “SUBSCRIPTIONS/ RENTING”… SERVICES REVOCABLE AT THE WILL OF THE PROVIDER. SO DONE WITH SUBSCRIPTIONS.

Update: It sucks again

★ · v7.27.0 · Oct 10, 2026

They updated it again and it sucks if you enjoyed the previous update. Now if you add a signature it creates a second document file. So now you have to merge the two files together if you want the pdf file names to match. Then an error pops up saying you already have a file with that name. The ease of this app was why I paid yearly for it even though my kids said there are free apps on my iPhone that do the same thing. Guess I will now try those.

Great Tool

★ · v7.27.0 · Oct 10, 2026

I love this app for scanning paperwork when I’m on the road. The only thing that I had a problem with is Apple. Unless you plan on subscribing to this app for a long time, watch Apple. They’ll charge you way before it expires and not let you cancel it.

Way to many adds

★ · v7.27.0 · Oct 9, 2026

It never used to be this bad with adds. I am seeing 3-5 sets of adds per each scan attempt. If it doesn’t change I will be deleting and replacing with something else.

Scam

★ · v7.27.0 · Oct 9, 2026

Something as ubiquitous in modern technology like “copy” and “paste” are blocked behind a paywall. And it is not a one time payment it is a monthly subscription fee simply to drain your wallet even further. Do not download this app it is not worth your money

Mr. Nizam Uddin

★★ · v7.27.0 · Oct 9, 2026

Excellent

0 estrellas

★ · v7.27.0 · Oct 8, 2026

Una mierda

Horrible

★ · v7.27.0 · Oct 8, 2026

Useless and so slow

It now makes you subscribe for basic features and shows way too many ads

★ · v7.26.6 · Oct 8, 2026

I hope the greedy people who made this app and made the stupid update will get thrown into a volcano with hungry sharks in it and they will be swallowed whole and inside there is a screen that plays infinite ads and they get payback and then they get sucked into the ads and they realize how stupid they are but it is too late because now they are becoming an ai generated piece of garbage and no one cares about them not even their own mommy’s and especially not the people who need this app but are too broke to by the dang subscription.

Fortnite battle pass

★ · v7.26.6 · Oct 8, 2026

You turned pdf scanning into a 60 dollar per year subscription. Just thanks

Paywall

★ · v7.26.6 · Oct 7, 2026

Was good until they put a paywall over their batch scanning now it is unusable

It was good until began ads

★ · v7.26.6 · Oct 7, 2026

It was good until began ads

Too difficult

★ · v7.26.6 · Oct 7, 2026

This app was perfect before but now it is too difficult and time-consuming to use due to having to navigate all the spam. I find myself giving up in most of the time. Why am I paying to be bombarded with advertisements that make the app impossible to use?

Great till latest update - now useless

★ · v7.26.6 · Oct 6, 2026

Great till latest update. Now I can’t send pdfs via email. Time to find another option. Used CamScanner since the beginning. :-(

Terrible

★ · v7.26.6 · Oct 6, 2026

Had issues saving as pdf, was 1 minute late when submitting an assignment because of this inconvenience.

Sucks

★ · v7.26.6 · Oct 6, 2026

Another subscription

Once Great, Ruined By Add

★ · v7.26.6 · Oct 6, 2026

I have used cam scanner for years, but recent updates forcing 30 second ads every page have made it completely unusable. Very disappointing.

Shouldn’t charge!

★ · v7.26.6 · Oct 5, 2026

What use to be free is now a cost.

How the mighty have fallen

★ · v7.26.6 · Oct 5, 2026

Use to love this app but now ever since the update it has been completely unusable along with all my saved documents I had on the app

The opportunity

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