OCR
OCR is a free, open-source utility app for Android. OCR based on Tesseract 5. It has 618 GitHub stars and is released under the Apache-2.0 license, and you can install it from F-Droid.
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About OCR
# OCR An Android OCR app based on Tesseract that can recognize texts on images. This app is now based(Since v3.0) on Tesseract 5 and the first of android app which is based on Tesseract 5. ###After downloading the Training data, the app does everything offline on your device. Translate this app on Hosted Weblate. Features * Highest accuracy and fastest result. * Extract text from images. * Copy data to clipboard. * Select any part of the data. * Process multiple languages in single image(Required changes in settings). * Based on latest Training Data. * 120+ recognized languages. * 3 Type of data i.e Standard, best, fast for more info click here.
Privacy and F-Droid
F-Droid builds OCR from its published source code and flags anti-features such as ads, tracking or reliance on non-free services.
No anti-features flagged on the latest F-Droid build.
Screenshots
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Is OCR free and open source?
Yes. OCR's source code is public on GitHub under the Apache-2.0 license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free. F-Droid, which builds it from source, flags no anti-features such as ads or tracking on its latest build.
How do I install OCR?
You can install OCR from F-Droid (package io.github.subhamtyagi.ocr); the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: v6.1).
Is OCR still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Aug 6, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Aug 10, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.