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OCR That Never Sees Your Documents

Most scanner apps send your contracts, IDs, and receipts to their servers for text recognition. Clearcan recognizes text directly on your iPhone — powered by Apple's on-device Vision framework. Nothing is uploaded, ever.

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Cloud OCR vs. on-device OCR

Typical scanner apps

  • Documents uploaded to company servers
  • Recognition requires an internet connection
  • Your data subject to their retention policies
  • OCR often locked behind a subscription
  • Account required to use smart features

Clearcan

  • Recognition runs on your iPhone's own chip
  • Works fully offline — airplane mode included
  • Documents never leave your device
  • OCR is free, like everything else
  • No account, no analytics, no tracking

What on-device text recognition gives you

Every document you scan is recognized at save time — in about half a second, silently, on your phone. The recognized text stays with the document and powers three things:

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Search by content

Find documents by the words inside them, not just their names. Search for "lease" and find the contract even if it's called "Scan 042".

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Smart names

New scans name themselves from their content — "Lease Agreement No. 45" instead of "Document 14".

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Copy text

Grab text from any scanned page — an address, an ID number, a paragraph — without retyping it.

Recognition supports English, Russian, and Romanian, including diacritics — and search is diacritic-insensitive, so "inchiriere" finds "închiriere".

Frequently asked questions

Does Clearcan upload my documents to recognize text?

No. Recognition runs entirely on your iPhone using Apple's built-in Vision framework. Clearcan has no servers and works fully offline.

Which languages are supported?

English, Russian, and Romanian, including diacritics. Quality depends on Apple's on-device models available on your iOS version.

Can I search scans by their content?

Yes — every new scan becomes searchable by the text inside it, not just by its name.

Is OCR a paid feature?

No. Like everything in Clearcan: no ads, no subscriptions, no locked features.

Why is on-device OCR more private than cloud OCR?

Cloud OCR means your contracts and IDs are processed on someone else's servers. On-device OCR happens on your phone's own chip — the document never leaves your hands.

Smart scanning, zero uploads

Free on the App Store. No account, no ads — your documents stay yours.

Download on the App Store