Paper. Meet PDF.
Scan with your iPhone or iPad camera. Flatten a photo you already took. Turn one image, or a whole stack, into a PDF.
A PRIVATE PDF TOOLKIT. NOTHING ELSE.
Your documents.
Nobody else’s.
Scan, merge, split, and export.
Everything stays on your device.
Download on theApp StoreBuild it yourself
$1.99 on the App Store. One time. No subscription.
Do not want to pay? The source is public. Check it, then build Beaver on your own Mac for free. Inspect the code. Build it yourself. Either way, processing stays on your device.
BUILT FOR YOUR APPLE DEVICESmacOS 14+ / iOS & iPadOS 17+
01 / THE TOOLKIT
Less friction.
More done.
From a paper receipt to the pages that matter. A small, focused set of tools that gets out of your way.
CAMERA SCAN / IMAGE TO PDF
Make every page count.
Merge documents. Split a PDF. Pull out just the pages you need as a new PDF, or export them as PNG or JPEG.
A little more clarity.
Review corners, rotate, reorder, retake and rename. Choose Original, Enhanced, Grayscale or Black & White. OCR runs on your device, too.
02 / A CLOSER LOOK
All tool.
No noise.
Real screens. Real work.
No learning curve disguised as a feature.
Everything in its place.
Get the details right.
Choose your next move.
A LITTLE MORE ROOM
Same focus.
Bigger canvas.
A workspace that feels at home on iPad. Bring in PDFs and photos from Files, or drag them straight in.
03 / A DIFFERENT DEAL
A scanner.
Not a service.
Popular scanners like CamScanner build around ads, accounts, and the cloud: an ad-heavy free tier, subscription pushes, and documents processed on remote servers.
Beaver takes the opposite approach.
Why we built it this wayNo ads. No account.
No analytics. No tracking. Just open the app and work with your files.
On your device. Always.
Processing happens on your Mac, iPhone or iPad. Your documents never leave it.
Your originals stay yours.
Imported files are never changed. Open source means you can read how it all works.
04 / PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Some things are
nobody’s business.
Your visa. Your contract. Your medical records.
They belong on your device, not someone else’s server.
Pay $1.99 on the App Store, or build it yourself for free from the source.
NO ACCOUNT. NO ADS. NO TRACKING.$1.99 ON THE APP STORE. OR BUILD IT FREE.
05 / STRAIGHT ANSWERS
Good questions.
Short answers.
A private PDF scanner. Merge and split PDFs. On-device OCR. No account.
What is Beaver?
Beaver: PDF Scanner & OCR is an open-source PDF scanner and toolkit for Mac, iPhone and iPad. Scan paper, turn images into PDFs, merge, split and export pages with on-device OCR.
Does Beaver upload my files?
No. All processing runs on your device. Files never leave it, and imported originals are never changed. No account, ads, analytics or tracking.
What does Beaver cost?
The App Store build costs $1.99 one time. No subscription. The source is free to inspect and build. The App Store listing link is not available yet.
Can I build Beaver myself?
Yes. Get the source from GitHub and follow the repository build instructions on your own Mac for free. Both the App Store build and the self-built app process documents on device.
Which platforms does Beaver support?
Beaver supports macOS 14+, iOS 17+ and iPadOS 17+. Camera scanning is available on iPhone and iPad.
How is Beaver different from CamScanner?
Beaver is an open-source alternative to CamScanner for people who want local processing without ads, accounts or subscriptions. Beaver has no analytics or tracking, and does not upload documents for processing.
Is Beaver open source?
Yes. The source is public at https://github.com/31d4r/Beaver. You can inspect how it works and build it yourself for free on your own Mac.