Scan Documents
Scan paper documents with your iPhone camera and save them as PDF files.
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PDF Scanner, OCR & PDF Tools
Everything you need to scan, recognize, convert, compress and organize PDF documents.
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Essential workflows
Getting Started
Start with a document, image or PDF and choose the tool that fits your task.
Extract Text with OCR
Recognize text from PDFs and images using on-device OCR.
Create Searchable PDFs
Create PDFs with a searchable text layer using OCR.
Images to PDF
Convert JPEG, PNG, HEIC and HEIF images into PDF documents.
Focused utilities
PDF Tools
Practical tools for creating, converting and organizing your documents.
Compress PDF
Reduce PDF file size.
Merge PDF
Combine multiple PDF files.
Split PDF
Extract pages into separate PDF files.
Organize Pages
Rotate, delete or reverse PDF pages.
Protect PDF
Add password protection to PDF files.
PDF to Images
Export PDF pages as images.
OCR Export
Export recognized text as TXT or Markdown.
Recent Outputs
Access recently generated files and results in PDFWay.
Help center
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I scan a document?
Open Scan in PDFWay, use your iPhone camera to capture the document, review the scanned pages, choose the desired quality, and create the PDF.
How does OCR work?
PDFWay uses on-device text recognition to extract text from supported PDFs and images.
How do I create a searchable PDF?
Open the Searchable PDF tool, select your document, and PDFWay will use OCR to create a PDF with a searchable text layer.
How do I compress a PDF?
Open Compress PDF, select a PDF file, choose the available compression option, and save the compressed result.
How do I merge PDF files?
Open Merge PDF, select the PDF files you want to combine, arrange them as needed, and create the merged PDF.
How do I split a PDF?
Open Split PDF, select a PDF file and choose the pages you want to extract.
Can I organize PDF pages?
Yes. PDFWay includes tools for rotating pages, deleting pages and reversing page order.
Can I export OCR results?
Yes. Recognized text can be exported as TXT or Markdown.
Is PDFWay Pro a subscription?
No. PDFWay Pro is a one-time Lifetime purchase. It is not a recurring subscription.
How do I restore my PDFWay Pro purchase?
Open PDFWay Settings and use Restore Purchases while signed in with the Apple Account used for the original purchase.
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