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A Free PDF Scanner App for iPhone at Your Fingertips

Get your work done with a complete set of tools to read, edit, convert, annotate, sign, and share PDFs on iPhone/iPad/Android.

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Why choose InstaScan as Your Portable Scanner?

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Capture top-notch scans in seconds with the Multiple Scan Mode.

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Enhance the clarity of your scans with a range of scanning filters.

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Auto-identify and fine-tune the edges of scanned documents for a polished result.

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Simplify document management with search and arrangement features.

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Annotate, add text and handwritten/image signatures to your scans with ease.

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Share high-quality scans in multiple formats, including PDFs, PNGs, or long-form pictures.

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Capture top-notch scans in seconds with the Multiple Scan Mode.

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Enhance the clarity of your scans with a range of scanning filters.

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Auto-identify and fine-tune the edges of scanned documents for a polished result.

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Simplify document management with search and arrangement feature.

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Annotate, add text and handwritten/image signatures to your scans with ease.

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Share high-quality scans in multiple formats, including PDFs, PNGs, or long-form pictures.

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Rating of 4.9 out of 5 on the App Store.

Turn Paperworks to PDFs/PNGs in Seconds

Scan Any Docs to PDFs Easily.

Scan receipts, books, ID cards, invoices, and any other documents to PDFs/PNGs with flexible scanning options for single-page, double-page, or multiple-page documents, along with automatic edge detection.

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Make Scans Clearer

Achieve Sharper Scans with A Variety of Filters.

Looking to achieve sharper scans even when the original file lacks clarity? Look no further than InstaScan to experience the power of filters that enhance the overall sharpness and detail of your scans.

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Review Scanned Documents Anytime with Annotations and Signatures.

Annotate your scanned documents by adding text, highlighting important details, and applying custom markups. You can also include handwritten or image signatures as desired.

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Edit your scanned PDF with PDFelement for iOS

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Your Simple and Easy PDF Editor App

Improve your workflows with a complete set of tools to read, edit, convert, annotate, sign & share, and OCR PDFs on iPhone/iPad.

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"I really like its scan filters, which can make the text clearer after scanning. Good job!"

—— Briella

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"This scanner app worked flawlessly on my iPhone. I just needed to take a picture of a document and the app quickly converted it to a PDF file. I also used the app to crop and add markup on the PDF. It's really helpful."

—— Fiona

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"This InstaScan is amazing. I can use it to scan multiple pages in a batch and save them as one PDF. It's saved me a lot of time!"

——John

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Rating of 4.9 out of 5 on the App Store.

FAQs about how to scan a document on iPhone

How to scan a document on iPhone?

Follow these steps to scan a document on your iPhone with InstaScan:

Step 1: Open InstaScan on your iPhone.

Step 2: Click the green Scan button and shoot the document with the desired scan mode.

Step 3: Edit the image, e.g., adding filters, cropping the image, adding new pictures, etc.

Step 4: Save the scanned document to your iPhone.

Want to find a free scanner app? It is hard to find a totally free pdf scanner, most free PDF scanner apps come with advertisements or watermarks. In this situation, we recommend InstaScan - the one-stop scanning app for iPhone, which offers high-quality scanning, handy annotating and signing, easy sharing, etc. If you want to find more free scanners for iPhone, click free scanner apps to learn more.

To scan a book to PDF, you have two options.

First, use PDFelement, available for both Windows and Mac, to scan and convert books to PDF. Simply launch PDFelement, click Create PDF > From Scanner, and use your scanner to digitize the book. You can even utilize OCR to extract text from the scanned pages.

Alternatively, use InstaScan, an efficient mobile app, to scan books directly to PDF using your iPhone. Open the app, tap the green Scan button, select Multiple Scan Mode, capture each page, crop and apply filters if desired, then save the scanned book on your iPhone.

You can use PDFelement for iOS to effortlessly extract text from images:

Step 1: Create a PDF by capturing the image containing the desired text.

Step 2: Open the PDF and tap the three dots at the top right corner and choose Recognize.

Step 3: Select Text Only and tap Next. Choose the appropriate language(s) for extraction.

Step 4. After extraction, then tap Go to file. Switch to the Home tab to access the extracted text file.

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There are many PDF-to-Word apps on the market. You use PDFelement for iOS to OCR PDF to Word on your iPhone:

Step 1. Open the PDF using PDFelement for iOS, tap the three dots at the top right corner, and choose Convert.

Step 2. Select Word and initiate the conversion process.

Step 3. You can find the converted Word file on the homepage.

Note: For image-based PDFs, utilize the OCR feature of PDFelement for iOS to extract text. Simply open the PDF, tap the three dots at the top right corner, and select Recognize. Choose OCR PDF and select the desired target language(s).