Scan it once. It files itself.

Unlimited scanning, unlimited saved documents, edge auto-detection, export as JPEG, PDF or DOCX, category folders (Receipts, Invoices, Contracts, Medical, Identity, Financial, Legal, Work, Personal, Other), your own custom folders, Face ID / Touch ID app lock, merge, sign, passport & ID photos, and on-device search. AI assistance is included with a weekly quota.

No ads, ever. Unlimited AutoName (AI-suggested document titles). Unlimited Recall (ask a question and the AI answers using your scanned documents). AutoSort (AI smart-folder sorting) unlocked. Searchable text inside exported PDFs and DOCX unlocked. Key dates found across your whole library instead of just your two newest documents, plus date reminders. Pro is one auto-renewing subscription with a weekly plan and a yearly plan; the yearly plan starts with a 7-day free trial for first-time subscribers.

All users can export as JPEG (image). NativeScan Pro unlocks searchable PDF (with an OCR text layer so other apps can search inside the document) and DOCX (Microsoft Word, editable). Tap the share icon on any document to choose a format.

These are three of NativeScan's five AI features.

• AutoName generates a short title for a document from a page image. Free users get 5 per week; Pro is unlimited.
• AutoSort picks a category for a document (Receipts, Invoices, Medical, Identity, etc.) so it lands in the right smart folder automatically. AutoSort is a Pro feature.
• Recall lets you ask a question and get an answer based on the text in your scanned documents. Free users get 3 conversations per week; Pro is unlimited.

All three of these features send the relevant content to a third-party AI service for processing — see the AI Use Disclosure for what is and isn't transmitted, and how to decide whether a document is appropriate to scan with an AI-powered app.

The free quota resets every 7 days on a rolling basis. You can see your remaining AutoName and Recall credits for the week inside Account → AI Usage. Pro removes both quotas.

AI features cost real money to run, so we cap free usage at 5 AutoName and 3 Recall requests per week. AutoSort and the searchable text layer inside exports are also Pro-only. Everything else — scanning, saving, organising into folders, JPEG export, app lock, search — is unlimited on the free plan and not gated by a paywall.

Tap the Pro button on the home screen, on the AutoSort prompt, or when you turn on searchable text for an export. You'll see two subscription options: a weekly plan and a yearly plan. The yearly plan begins with a 7-day free trial for first-time subscribers; you can cancel any time during the trial without being charged.

If you've subscribed before and re-installed the app or switched devices, open the Pro screen and tap Restore Purchases. Make sure you're signed into the same Apple ID you used to subscribe.

Open the iOS Settings app → tap your name at the top → Subscriptions → NativeScan → Cancel Subscription. You can also manage it from the App Store app (your profile photo → Subscriptions). Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period; we can't issue partial refunds for unused time.

All scanned documents are stored locally on your iPhone. NativeScan does not keep a server-side copy and does not sync documents between devices. When you use an AI feature, the relevant content is transmitted for processing — see our AI Use Disclosure for details.

NativeScan itself does not perform backups, and we have no ability to recover lost data. Export the documents you care about as JPEG, PDF, or DOCX through the share sheet and store copies in iCloud Drive, Files, Photos, email — wherever you trust. If your device is lost or wiped and you haven't exported a document, it's gone.

No. NativeScan does not currently sync documents across devices. Each device's library is independent. If you need a document on another device, export it and share it manually.

In the Scanned Docs list, swipe left on any document to reveal Edit / Rename / Delete actions. Tap Delete to remove it permanently from your device.

Because NativeScan stores everything locally, deleting the app from your iPhone removes all scanned documents, custom folders, and app preferences. There is no server-side account to delete. If you'd like, you can also clear individual documents in-app first.

Open Account → Privacy & Security and turn on App Lock. The app will require Face ID or Touch ID every time you open it (or after a short background period). The biometric check is handled entirely by iOS — NativeScan never sees your face or fingerprint data.

Yes — in five places: AutoName, AutoSort, Recall, automatic key-date extraction, and automatic Recall suggestions. All are powered by a third-party large language model (Google Gemini) accessed through a secure proxy we operate on Cloudflare. Several of them run automatically in the background, so content from a document may be sent for processing as soon as you scan it. AI processing is integral to NativeScan and cannot be separately disabled. By installing the app you agree to it as described in the AI Use Disclosure, Terms of Service, and Privacy Policy. AI output can be wrong — never rely on it for legal, medical, financial, immigration, or other important decisions.

NativeScan first looks for dates entirely on your device. If it doesn't find any, it sends the document's recognised text to the AI to look more carefully. Found dates appear on the Home dashboard — free covers your two newest documents, Pro covers everything. Treat extracted dates as a convenience, never as your only reminder. A date can be misread, attached to the wrong thing, or missed completely. Always verify against the original document and keep important deadlines somewhere you control.

Pro subscribers can turn on date reminders in Account. They're scheduled locally on your device — nothing is sent to a server, and we can't see them. Note that the reminder text includes the document's name, which iOS may show on your lock screen; if your document names are sensitive, either leave reminders off or set iOS to hide notification previews when locked. Reminders can also be delayed or suppressed by Focus modes, Low Power Mode, or your notification settings, so please don't rely on them for anything critical.

Very little, and none of it identifies you. The app sends one anonymous "app opened" signal per hour containing a random ID it generated for itself, the app version, and your iOS version — that's how we count how many people use NativeScan. It is not your advertising ID or device ID, it exists nowhere else, and deleting the app destroys it permanently. Separately, our server records technical failures (error codes and timestamps, no content and no IDs) so we can spot outages. Free users also see Google AdMob ads, and Google does its own data collection under its policies. Full detail is in the Privacy Policy.

When you dictate a question, the app uses Apple's speech recognition. Depending on your device, language, and iOS settings, Apple may process that audio on its servers rather than on your device — that's Apple's system, governed by Apple's privacy policy. We never receive the audio itself, only the resulting text. If you'd rather no audio ever left your device, just type your Recall questions instead.

Free users see ads served by Google AdMob — a banner on the document list and an occasional full-screen ad after exporting. Pro subscribers see no ads anywhere in the app. Advertising preferences (including personalised-advertising consent) are managed through iOS Settings and Apple's App Tracking Transparency prompt.

Unfortunately no — NativeScan does not keep server-side copies and cannot recover data once it has been removed from your device. We strongly recommend exporting any important documents through the share sheet, and enabling iCloud Backup in iOS Settings so your device backups include the app's data.

NativeScan is built for iPhone and requires a recent version of iOS. It uses native iOS document-scanning, OCR, and speech-recognition frameworks, so it benefits from the latest iOS improvements automatically. There is no separate iPad or Mac app at this time.

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