Scan to PDF from your phone
Skip the scanner app. Photograph each page with your phone's camera, add the photos here, and export a single A4 PDF. Pages are processed in your mobile browser — useful when you don't want to install yet another scanner app that asks for cloud sync.
Pre-set to A4 portrait, normal margin. Works fully on Safari (iPhone) and Chrome (Android).
Your files stay on your device
All processing happens locally in your browser using JavaScript. We never upload, store or look at your files.
How to scan documents to PDF on a phone
- Photograph each page. Hold the phone parallel to the page, in good light, and fill the frame with the document. Take the photos in reading order so reordering is minimal.
- Open this page in your phone browser. Bookmark this URL or open it from your home screen. The whole tool fits on a phone screen — no install.
- Add the photos. Tap the upload area, pick the photos from your camera roll, and drag-reorder if needed. Each photo becomes one page.
- Export the PDF. Keep A4 portrait, tap Convert, then save the PDF to Files (iPhone) or Downloads (Android). From there you can email it or upload it to a portal.
Good fits for phone-scanning
Signing a contract you received by email
Print, sign, photograph each page, and convert to one PDF you can email back. No need to install Adobe Sign or a scanner app for a one-off.
Sending school enrollment forms
Schools often want a single PDF per child. Photograph all pages, drag into order, export — done in 2 minutes from a phone.
Submitting medical paperwork
Insurance portals usually accept one PDF per claim. Phone photos avoid a trip to a copy shop and keep the documents off third-party scan-to-cloud services.
Archiving old paper letters
Photograph the stack one evening, export one PDF per topic, and shred the originals. A searchable filename beats a shoebox.
Troubleshooting
Photos look skewed or trapezoidal
This tool does not auto-deskew like a dedicated scanner app. Hold the phone directly above the document and align the edges to the camera frame. If skew is unavoidable, a dedicated scan app is a better fit.
Pages have a yellow tint or shadow
That is the lighting in the photo. Move to indirect daylight, avoid casting your own shadow on the page, and avoid the phone's flash, which usually creates a harsh hot spot.
iPhone saves photos as HEIC and they are rejected
Either share the photos to yourself via Mail/WhatsApp first (HEIC becomes JPG automatically), or change the iPhone setting Camera → Formats → Most Compatible so new photos are saved as JPG.
PDF orientation is wrong on one page
If only one page is sideways, export the PDF and run it through the Rotate PDF tool — rotate just that page 90° and re-download.
File is too big to upload to a portal
Try fewer pages per PDF, lower your phone camera resolution before re-shooting, or keep the default A4 sizing which already downscales very large photos to fit the page.