There comes a time when all great apps must die, especially if Microsoft owns them. Redmond has taken many tools away from me, from Sunrise Calendar to Wunderlist, and now it’s hooking Microsoft Lens from the stage. The PDF scanner app made it easy to grab physical documents and transform them into digital copies without a bulky scanner. It was nothing fancy, but it did its job effortlessly.
While Lens is undoubtedly one of the more useful tools Microsoft has given Android, there are plenty of alternatives you should now turn to instead. For those office-related tasks of signing documents digitally, scanning book pages page by page, or keeping tabs of receipts, here are the best PDF scanner apps you should opt for instead.