The Simple OCR is an Android app developed by Generic Co (서울시 중랑구 망우동 583 우편번호 02065). Others apps created by Generic Co are: Barcode QR Scanner, Simple Compass.

The Simple OCR first became available on 17 Apr 2014. It is estimated that The Simple OCR has been downloaded between 500000 and 1000000 times from the Play Store.

The Simple OCR 52 requires the following permissions:

Allows applications to access information about networks.

Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.

Required to be able to access the camera device.

Allows an application to install a shortcut in Launcher.

Allows applications to open network sockets.

Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.

Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.

Allows an application to write to external storage.