PhotoScan by Google Photos

Jacob Leatham

Worst thing about this app is the resolution of the scanned photos. I have a pixel 4 and quality is bad. In most cases it fails to fully remove all glare, and so you would probably be better off taking a picture of the photo to get better, more usable resolution. App is cluncky, and results always vary. Larger and darker photos are especially bad. There is no mass export, making it difficult to do a lot of photos at once. Lastly, it's disrespectful to add a watermark on my family's photos.

Ernie Ramirez Photos

This app works half of the time. When it does work it is a quick user friendly app that provides good results. The issue with this app is the requirement to move a central circle to four circles in each corner. This is a great theroy but unfortunately half of the time the central circle is imoveable. This results in an error message stating the app cannot complete the scan. I've tried reinstalling the app but the issue persists. Half of the time it requires 4-5 scan attempts in order to get a s

Gail Longdon

First time use was okay. Then it began not get the scan. You have to move the phone to the four circles to complete the scan. An you only have about 30-40 seconds to do. Which is difficult since your not supposed to tilt the phone. Was unable to find any settings to increase the time frame or adjust the scan time. I am looking for another app that is easier to use.

Courtney M

Occasionally this will cut off random corners and you'll need to adjust them or try again. That's honestly not too bad since it's usually due to the background or the tilt of the camera. However, the photo quality can be - and usually is - horrible, even with a good quality camera. Sometimes it's so blurry you can't read the text on the document you're scanning, which completely defeats the purpose. I'd be better off to just take a normal photo of my document and crop it myself.

A Google user

This is a very good app for scanning a picture for a picture. It helps get rid of glare that a single picture would not get rid of. Picture should be flat, and well lit for best results. It does not do perspective control, and it is not an image editor - it didn't claim to be. What would make it better (for me) is that since it is sort of taking five pictures to make one, the option to save the picture at a higher resolution. A very good program for its intended job, and it's free.

Ben L

Great app. Instantly can scan any printed old photo quickly in a few seconds. Quality is very good. Saves a lot of time compared to a scanner and results are comparable with my scanner. Scanned photos go directly to Google Photos app. I think you can improve the quality of the scan by adjusting the light and using the flash function or not. Also, quality may depend on how good your phone camera is.

Steve Kinholt

I love the Google Photo Scan app. I've been using it to scan old family photographs. I find easy to use and much quicker than a flatbed scanner and the quality seems to be nearly the same. Suggestion for improvement - add an option that would capture the back of the photograph. Many of photographs have messages that describe who is in the photograph or other important information.

A Google user

Works pretty well. Not a replacement for a printer/scanner, but if you can place a photo in bright light (don't use flash!), without too large an area of glare, you can make a pretty nice, quick scan of a photo anywhere you happen to be. Nice for dropping in on relatives and looking through the family album. Might take one or two tries to eliminate glare and haze.

Dante Crossroad

I dunno if the app itself is flawed or if I'm just not using it right, but the very first scan I did came out perfect on the first try whereas scans after that have taken several attempts and still end up a little wonky. I don't think that whole "Place the circle inside the circle" thing is the best way to scan, although it certainly seems like a great idea on the surface.