Amazed when devs ruin their apps like this
This is one of those situations when the once loyal users of a once great app are awestruck at the developers poor choices at seemingly every decision point when redesigning their app. Its mind boggling when they seem to get _everything_ wrong. Were they making decisions in a vacuum, did not solicit user input, or what?
I was a version 5 user, rated it 5-stars at the time, and mainly used the app to convert receipts to PDF, email them for expense reports, and archive on Google Drive or DropBox, but also whenever I needed to quickly generate an OCR PDF. So sad Ive lost a favorite app. Ive switched to "Genius Scan+" which doesnt support OCR, but its fast and directly exports to email, Google Drive, and Dropbox. Miss the OCR, but I can do without... Google Drive can generate the OCR.
Simply read the other "I hate version 6" reviews, and youll get the idea. This is not people resisting change. This is people complaining about a bad app redesign, simple as that. Ive read them, and generally agree, so I wont go in depth repeating them, but based on the 30 minutes Ive spent trying to navigate version 6, the major complaints I have are:
- Slow startup
- Starts in camera/scanner mode, which is probably why startup is so slow. Half the time, it auto-detects and auto-scans a picture before I can cancel out to the menu. I usually just want to view or re-export previously scanned documents, and would prefer it launch (quickly) to the doc view. Would prefer it give me the choice to start the camera if I want.
- Cannot re-export to DropBox or Google Drive directly from DocScanner after the doc is created, only when initially scanning/creating it. To re-export, you must either email or open it in DropBox iOS app, and then save it using the DropBox app. Why???
How did this app become so non-intuitive and user-unfriendly???
I used to believe in DocScanner so much that Ill check in occasionally for a version 7 that fixes this madness. It _WAS_ that good, so good that I wont uninstall and abandon it yet. One day soon, I hope to delete and rewrite this completely negative review with another positive 5-star review, but as for now, I am very, very disappointed.
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DocScanner 8, v6.0.13