Is Adobe Scan: PDF & OCR Scanner Safe for Kids?
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What Adobe Scan: PDF & OCR Scanner's age rating means
Adobe Scan: PDF & OCR Scanner holds a family-friendly 4+ rating on the App Store. It is broadly appropriate, but a low age rating does not remove every risk: check whether it has chat, ads, or in-app purchases below.
What parents and users report about Adobe Scan: PDF & OCR Scanner
Users frequently complain about the app's forced login and cloud dependency, making it difficult to save or share PDFs locally. Many report recent updates removing key features like multi-document downloads and reliable cropping, while others highlight bugs, crashes, and poor OCR accuracy. Subscription pressure, high costs, and intrusive ads are also common frustrations.
Summarized from 107 recent 1-3 star reviews. These are user reports, not verified claims.
How to keep your child safe with Adobe Scan: PDF & OCR Scanner
Settings, Screen Time, Content & Privacy Restrictions. Set an age limit for apps, require Ask to Buy for purchases, and restrict or remove Adobe Scan: PDF & OCR Scanner if it is above your child's age.
Use Google Family Link to approve installs, set a Play Store content rating limit, require purchase approval, and block or uninstall Adobe Scan: PDF & OCR Scanner on your child's device.
Adobe Scan: PDF & OCR Scanner for kids: frequently asked questions
Is Adobe Scan: PDF & OCR Scanner safe for kids?
Adobe Scan: PDF & OCR Scanner carries a family-friendly official rating (4+) on the App Store. That makes it broadly suitable, but even family-rated apps can include chat, ads, or in-app purchases, so check the factors below.
What age rating does Adobe Scan: PDF & OCR Scanner have?
The App Store rates Adobe Scan: PDF & OCR Scanner as 4+. This is the store's own content rating, set from the app's features and content, not our opinion. Use it as the starting point for whether it fits your child's age.
Can my child use Adobe Scan: PDF & OCR Scanner safely?
If you decide to allow it, use device parental controls: Screen Time and Content & Privacy Restrictions on iPhone, or Family Link and Play Store parental controls on Android. Turn on purchase approval, set age-appropriate content limits, and keep the account under your family group so you can see activity.
How do I block or remove Adobe Scan: PDF & OCR Scanner from my child's phone?
On iPhone, open Settings, Screen Time, Content & Privacy Restrictions, then restrict or delete the app and block reinstalling it. On Android, open Family Link, select your child, find Adobe Scan: PDF & OCR Scanner and block or uninstall it. You can also set a store age limit so apps above your child's age cannot be installed.