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Top 20 Scanners and OCR SDKs Used in Android Apps on Google Play
Last update: 31 May 2025 CET
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Top 20 Scanners and OCR SDKs Used in Android Apps on Google Play

We at 42matters have identified the 20 most popular Scanners and OCR SDKs leveraged by Android apps available on the Android app market.

Scanner and OCR SDKs enable apps to scan and process texts and QR codes from images and documents. While Scanner SDKs provide apps with the ability to scan, crop, rotate, and color correct documents and QRs, OCR (Optical Character Recognition) SDKs recognize text in scanned images and documents and convert them into machine-readable texts. These SDKs may also provide tools for language detection, spell checking, and formatting.

This list is based on our analysis of the millions of mobile applications – and the 2,300+ SDKs they use – that constitute the vast inventory of the Google Play Store. The accompanying data provides readers with a glimpse into the rich mobile application insights generated by the 42matters technology. This data is also available via our APIs, file dumps, Explorer, and SDK Explorer.

The intended purpose of this article is to assist app builders in their search for the perfect Scanners and OCR SDK to leverage in their app, as well as to give SDK developers insight into their biggest competitors and potential customers. This data collected by our technology may also serve as a useful tool for folks researching the wider mobile app market.

Among all apps utilizing scanners and ocr SDKs, 74.83% have integrated ZXing. This accounts for 69.67% of app downloads within the scanners and ocr SDK category.

ZXing ("zebra crossing") is an open-source, multi-format 1D/2D barcode image processing SDK implemented in Java, with ports to other languages.

Total Apps
406.58k
Google Play
App Share
74.83%
Google Play
Apps
365.00k
Games
41.58k
Total Downloads
384.03b
Google Play
Download Share
69.67%
Google Play
App Downloads
227.87b
Game Downloads
156.16b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use ZXing.

Among all apps utilizing scanners and ocr SDKs, 30.92% have integrated ML Kit by Google. This accounts for 39.75% of app downloads within the scanners and ocr SDK category.

Total Apps
167.97k
Google Play
App Share
30.92%
Google Play
Apps
167.50k
Games
474
Total Downloads
219.10b
Google Play
Download Share
39.75%
Google Play
App Downloads
217.29b
Game Downloads
1.81b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use ML Kit by Google.

Among all apps utilizing scanners and ocr SDKs, 19.70% have integrated ZXing Android Embedded. This accounts for 7.72% of app downloads within the scanners and ocr SDK category.

ZXing Android Embedded is a barcode scanning SDK for Android, using ZXing for decoding.

Total Apps
107.05k
Google Play
App Share
19.70%
Google Play
Apps
106.72k
Games
322
Total Downloads
42.55b
Google Play
Download Share
7.72%
Google Play
App Downloads
42.03b
Game Downloads
523.44m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use ZXing Android Embedded.

Among all apps utilizing scanners and ocr SDKs, 4.78% have integrated Phonegap Barcode Scanner. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the scanners and ocr SDK category.

Phonegap Barcode Scanner is SDK that enables barcode scanning.

Total Apps
25.98k
Google Play
App Share
4.78%
Google Play
Apps
25.93k
Games
53
Total Downloads
1.18b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
1.17b
Game Downloads
5.15m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Phonegap Barcode Scanner.

Among all apps utilizing scanners and ocr SDKs, 4.35% have integrated Barcode Scanner Views. This accounts for 1.31% of app downloads within the scanners and ocr SDK category.

Android library SDK that provides easy to use and extensible Barcode Scanner views based on ZXing and ZBar.

Total Apps
23.62k
Google Play
App Share
4.35%
Google Play
Apps
23.54k
Games
78
Total Downloads
7.23b
Google Play
Download Share
1.31%
Google Play
App Downloads
6.81b
Game Downloads
417.76m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Barcode Scanner Views.

Among all apps utilizing scanners and ocr SDKs, 3.11% have integrated Code Scanner. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the scanners and ocr SDK category.

Total Apps
16.88k
Google Play
App Share
3.11%
Google Play
Apps
16.86k
Games
23
Total Downloads
3.45b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
3.42b
Game Downloads
29.62m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Code Scanner.

Among all apps utilizing scanners and ocr SDKs, 1.15% have integrated ZBar. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the scanners and ocr SDK category.

ZBar is an open source software suite for reading bar codes from various sources, such as video streams, image files, and raw intensity sensors.

Total Apps
6.25k
Google Play
App Share
1.15%
Google Play
Apps
6.23k
Games
19
Total Downloads
2.54b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
2.46b
Game Downloads
75.21m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use ZBar.

Among all apps utilizing scanners and ocr SDKs, <1% have integrated Tesseract OCR. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the scanners and ocr SDK category.

The Tesseract OCR SDK contains an OCR engine — libtesseract and a command line program — tesseract. Tesseract 4 adds a new neural net (LSTM) based OCR engine which is focused on line recognition, but also still supports the legacy Tesseract OCR engine of Tesseract 3 which works by recognizing character patterns.

Total Apps
2.08k
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
2.06k
Games
20
Total Downloads
1.23b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
1.21b
Game Downloads
11.27m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Tesseract OCR.

Among all apps utilizing scanners and ocr SDKs, <1% have integrated tess-two. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the scanners and ocr SDK category.

tess-two offers a fork of Tesseract Tools for Android (tesseract-android-tools) that adds some additional functions. Tesseract Tools for Android is a set of Android APIs and build files for the Tesseract OCR and Leptonica image processing libraries.

Total Apps
2.00k
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
1.98k
Games
19
Total Downloads
1.19b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
1.18b
Game Downloads
11.27m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use tess-two.

Among all apps utilizing scanners and ocr SDKs, <1% have integrated QRCodeReaderView. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the scanners and ocr SDK category.

The QRCodeReaderView SDK is a modification of the ZXING Barcode Scanner project for easy Android QR-Code detection and AR purposes. This project implements an Android view which shows the camera and notifies users when there's a QR code inside the preview.

Total Apps
1.90k
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
1.90k
Games
2
Total Downloads
1.23b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
1.23b
Game Downloads
172.13k

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use QRCodeReaderView.

Among all apps utilizing scanners and ocr SDKs, <1% have integrated Scandit. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the scanners and ocr SDK category.

Scandit develops software for mobile enterprise apps with the highest quality barcode scanning, text and objects recognition, and augmented reality solutions.

Total Apps
1.35k
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
1.35k
Games
0
Total Downloads
490.21m
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
490.16m
Game Downloads
54.63k

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Scandit.

Among all apps utilizing scanners and ocr SDKs, <1% have integrated Genius Scan. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the scanners and ocr SDK category.

Total Apps
889
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
889
Games
0
Total Downloads
118.81m
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
118.81m
Game Downloads
0

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Genius Scan.

Among all apps utilizing scanners and ocr SDKs, <1% have integrated PSPDFKit. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the scanners and ocr SDK category.

PSPDFKit is the best framework for working with PDF files. The PSPDFKit SDK provides first-rate PDF solutions for your application with features like annotating, signing, and form filling.

Total Apps
718
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
717
Games
1
Total Downloads
1.49b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
1.49b
Game Downloads
6.96k

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use PSPDFKit.

Among all apps utilizing scanners and ocr SDKs, <1% have integrated Zebra Scanners. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the scanners and ocr SDK category.

Total Apps
379
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
379
Games
0
Total Downloads
10.29m
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
10.27m
Game Downloads
14.20k

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Zebra Scanners.

Among all apps utilizing scanners and ocr SDKs, <1% have integrated Scanbot. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the scanners and ocr SDK category.

Total Apps
301
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
299
Games
2
Total Downloads
116.24m
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
116.23m
Game Downloads
6.27k

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Scanbot.

Among all apps utilizing scanners and ocr SDKs, <1% have integrated Anyline SDK. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the scanners and ocr SDK category.

Anyline is a mobile OCR SDK that enables you to scan numbers and short text within your application.

Total Apps
241
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
241
Games
0
Total Downloads
25.87m
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
25.87m
Game Downloads
327

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Anyline SDK.

Among all apps utilizing scanners and ocr SDKs, <1% have integrated Cortex Decoder. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the scanners and ocr SDK category.

Total Apps
111
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
111
Games
0
Total Downloads
147.64m
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
147.64m
Game Downloads
0

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Cortex Decoder.

Among all apps utilizing scanners and ocr SDKs, <1% have integrated ABBYY. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the scanners and ocr SDK category.

Mobile document capture and on-device text recognition. Create smooth self-service experiences for customers.

Total Apps
85
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
85
Games
0
Total Downloads
724.64m
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
724.64m
Game Downloads
0

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use ABBYY.

Among all apps utilizing scanners and ocr SDKs, <1% have integrated Docutain. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the scanners and ocr SDK category.

Total Apps
28
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
28
Games
0
Total Downloads
1.69m
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
1.69m
Game Downloads
0

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Docutain.

Among all apps utilizing scanners and ocr SDKs, <1% have integrated Dynamsoft Barcode Reader. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the scanners and ocr SDK category.

Total Apps
17
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
12
Games
5
Total Downloads
612.03k
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
603.78k
Game Downloads
8.24k

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Dynamsoft Barcode Reader.

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