I covered Scanbot in May, calling it a “fast and efficient scanner app for iOS 7” powered by a delightful UI, integration with cloud services, and a user-friendly experience:

Scanbot covers the basics of mobile scanners well: it’s got color schemes for captured scans; it can save PDFs at 200 dpi and automatically send them to a variety of web services (including Dropbox, Evernote, and Google Drive); and, it can handle multiple pages per scan as well as editing features such as manual border cropping and annotations. Scanbot looks fairly obvious on the surface, as it doesn’t reinvent the way a mobile scanner is supposed to work on iOS – the app’s features can be found in other similar apps, while more advanced ones haven’t been added to Scanbot yet.

Scanbot 2.0, released last week, doesn’t add the advanced features that I mentioned in my original review, but it brings a native iPad version and support for QR code scanning, both of which are welcome additions.

QR scanning is surprisingly well integrated in Scanbot: it doesn’t require a separate screen, and it works by simply holding the main camera view up to a QR code in front of the device. Scanbot is able to detect both QR codes containing plain text and web links; for the latter, the app will load the respective webpage in an embedded panel, allowing you to preview the contents of a QR code without necessarily opening Safari.

While I’ve come to like Launch Center Pro as a quick QR scanning utility, I like the visual approach in Scanbot and how the process has been integrated with the rest of the app without adding settings or extra screens.

The iPad app is a fairly obvious enlargement of the iPhone counterpart, but it’s functional and it gets the job done. A sidebar has been added to let you view your scans and previews at the same time, and buttons are larger and easier to tap.

Something that struck me as confusing on the iPad’s UI is the gesture to pull the screen away and open the camera: on the iPhone, you pull down and the app reveals the camera view in the upper portion of the screen; on the iPad (in landscape mode), you pull down the “+” button in the same way, but the camera appears from the side.

I like doo’s approach with Scanbot, and I’m a fan of the focus on simplicity and abstraction of complex features from the UI. There are still some functionalities that I believe the app needs to be a portable scanning solution for average and advanced users, and I’m looking forward to more updates.

Scanbot is available at $1.99 on the App Store.