RME: Private PDF Scanner is a free, open-source Android scanner built around privacy, local processing and document ownership.

Scan documents, import PDFs and images, recognize text on-device, search your library and create searchable PDFs without uploading documents to an RME server.

Key features:
• Multi-page scanning
• Multilingual on-device OCR
• OCR review and correction
• Full-text document search
• Searchable PDFs
• Merge, split and extract PDF pages
• Share-Safe copies with blackout redaction and watermarks
• Fit PDFs to upload-size limits
• Two-sided ID/card copy
• Folders, backup/restore and app lock

Privacy by design:
• No account required
• No ads or tracking
• No RME cloud backend
• No INTERNET or ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE permission requested by the app

Licensed under Apache 2.0. Available on Google Play and GitHub.

Features

  • On-Device Document Scanning
  • Multilingual On-Device OCR
  • Searchable PDF Creation
  • PDF Import and Export
  • PDF Merge, Split and Page Extraction
  • Text Extraction
  • Document and Folder Management
  • OCR Review and Correction
  • Privacy-First Local Processing
  • No Ads or Tracking
  • Open-Source Android Application
  • Full-Text Document Search
  • Image Import
  • Page Extraction
  • Share-Safe Copies
  • Irreversible Blackout Redaction
  • PDF Watermarking
  • Fit PDFs to Upload Size Limits
  • Two-Sided ID / Card Copy
  • Folders/Subfolders explicit
  • Backup and Restore
  • App Lock with Device Authentication
  • No RME Cloud Backend

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License

Apache License V2.0

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Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

Android

Languages

English

Intended Audience

End Users/Desktop

User Interface

Android

Programming Language

Kotlin

Related Categories

Kotlin OCR Software, Kotlin Document Management System, Kotlin Image Processing Software

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2026-10-08