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Top 20 Scanners and OCR SDKs Used in Android Apps on Google Play
Last update: 6 Jul 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, 74.02% 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
407.18k
Google Play
App Share
74.02%
Google Play
Apps
365.80k
Games
41.38k
Total Downloads
391.38b
Google Play
Download Share
69.67%
Google Play
App Downloads
231.03b
Game Downloads
160.36b

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

Among all apps utilizing scanners and ocr SDKs, 31.88% have integrated ML Kit by Google. This accounts for 39.74% of app downloads within the scanners and ocr SDK category.

Total Apps
175.38k
Google Play
App Share
31.88%
Google Play
Apps
174.87k
Games
511
Total Downloads
223.25b
Google Play
Download Share
39.74%
Google Play
App Downloads
221.41b
Game Downloads
1.84b

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

Among all apps utilizing scanners and ocr SDKs, 19.55% have integrated ZXing Android Embedded. This accounts for 7.66% 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
107.54k
Google Play
App Share
19.55%
Google Play
Apps
107.21k
Games
331
Total Downloads
43.03b
Google Play
Download Share
7.66%
Google Play
App Downloads
42.53b
Game Downloads
495.76m

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

Among all apps utilizing scanners and ocr SDKs, 4.72% 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
25.97k
Google Play
App Share
4.72%
Google Play
Apps
25.92k
Games
53
Total Downloads
1.18b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
1.18b
Game Downloads
5.16m

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

Among all apps utilizing scanners and ocr SDKs, 4.33% have integrated Barcode Scanner Views. This accounts for 1.29% 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
23.82k
Google Play
App Share
4.33%
Google Play
Apps
23.75k
Games
77
Total Downloads
7.27b
Google Play
Download Share
1.29%
Google Play
App Downloads
6.85b
Game Downloads
418.42m

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

Among all apps utilizing scanners and ocr SDKs, 3.08% have integrated Code Scanner. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the scanners and ocr SDK category.

Total Apps
16.93k
Google Play
App Share
3.08%
Google Play
Apps
16.91k
Games
23
Total Downloads
3.52b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
3.49b
Game Downloads
31.69m

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

Among all apps utilizing scanners and ocr SDKs, 1.11% 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
6.09k
Google Play
App Share
1.11%
Google Play
Apps
6.07k
Games
19
Total Downloads
2.55b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
2.48b
Game Downloads
75.23m

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
2.09k
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
2.07k
Games
19
Total Downloads
1.24b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
1.23b
Game Downloads
11.46m

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
18
Total Downloads
1.20b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
1.19b
Game Downloads
11.46m

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
1.82k
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
1.81k
Games
1
Total Downloads
1.24b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
1.24b
Game Downloads
173.27k

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
1.37k
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
1.37k
Games
0
Total Downloads
485.64m
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
485.59m
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
895
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
895
Games
0
Total Downloads
121.12m
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
121.12m
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
731
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
730
Games
1
Total Downloads
1.49b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
1.49b
Game Downloads
6.98k

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
386
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
386
Games
0
Total Downloads
10.67m
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
10.65m
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
322
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
320
Games
2
Total Downloads
179.64m
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
179.64m
Game Downloads
6.28k

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
248
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
248
Games
0
Total Downloads
24.48m
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
24.48m
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
104
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
104
Games
0
Total Downloads
35.81m
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
35.81m
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
84
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
84
Games
0
Total Downloads
724.89m
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
724.89m
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
1.73m
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
1.73m
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
617.13k
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
607.97k
Game Downloads
9.15k

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

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