Scanning guides
How to scan, clean up, search and share paperwork with your iPhone, one task at a time.
Scanning
How to scan documents on your iPhone
Scan paper documents with your iPhone camera and get a clean, straight PDF: automatic capture, shadow removal, no watermark and no scan limit.
How to scan a document to PDF on iPhone
Turn paper into a PDF with your iPhone in seconds. Scan, clean up and share a multipage PDF by email or save it to Files, with no watermark.
How to scan multiple pages into one PDF on iPhone
Scan a multipage contract, statement or report into a single PDF on your iPhone. Add pages as you go and reorder, retake or delete them before saving.
How to convert a photo of a document to PDF on iPhone
Already took a picture of a document? Import it from Photos or Files and turn it into a cropped, cleaned-up PDF on your iPhone, free.
How to scan book pages on iPhone without curved lines
Scan pages from a book or bound notebook with your iPhone and get straight, readable lines instead of text curving into the spine.
Cleaning up
How to remove shadows from a scanned document
Phone scans often catch your own shadow or a lamp's. Here's how to scan without shadows, and how ScanMojo evens them out automatically.
How to remove fingers, staples and punch holes from a scan
Holding a page flat leaves fingertips in the scan. ScanMojo erases fingers, staples and punch holes from page edges automatically on iPhone.
Text & search
How to copy text from paper or a picture on iPhone
Point your iPhone at a page, photo or PDF and copy the words out as text. Free, on-device text recognition (OCR) with ScanMojo.
How to make scanned documents searchable on iPhone
Find a scanned receipt, letter or warranty by typing a word that's on it. ScanMojo recognizes the text in every scan on your iPhone.
Everyday paperwork
How to scan and keep receipts on your iPhone
Scan paper receipts with your iPhone before they fade. Keep them in a folder, search them by store name, and send PDFs for expense reports.
How to scan an ID card or driver's license on iPhone
Scan the front and back of a driver's license or ID card with your iPhone, cropped to the card and kept behind Face ID.
How to scan your passport with your iPhone
Scan your passport's photo page with your iPhone for visa and travel forms, flattened and printable at real size, and locked behind Face ID.
How to keep loyalty, gym and library cards on your iPhone
Scan the barcode on a loyalty, gym or library card and show it from your iPhone at checkout. Works from a photo or screenshot of the card, too.
How to scan and organize tax documents on iPhone
Scan W-2s, 1099s, receipts and statements with your iPhone, keep them in one folder, and send clean PDFs to your accountant, all without uploads.
How to scan homework and worksheets to PDF on iPhone
Turn handwritten homework and printed worksheets into a clean, readable PDF to upload to Google Classroom, Canvas or email, with your iPhone.
A free document scanner with no watermark and no scan limit
Many free scanner apps stamp a watermark on your PDF or cap how many pages you scan. ScanMojo's free scanning has neither, and needs no account.
A private document scanner that works offline
Scan bank statements, medical forms and IDs without uploading them anywhere. ScanMojo processes and stores scans on your iPhone and works offline.
Pro tools
How to sign a document on your iPhone
Scan a paper form or open a PDF, add your signature and fill in text on iPhone, then send it back, with no printer needed.
How to merge PDFs and scans into one file on iPhone
Combine several scans or PDFs into a single PDF on your iPhone, in the order you choose. Handy for applications that accept only one upload.
How to convert a scan to an editable Word document on iPhone
Scan a printed page and export it as a Word (DOCX) file you can edit, laid out like the original page. On iPhone, with on-device text recognition.
How to scan a printed table into Excel on iPhone
Turn a printed table, statement or price list into an Excel (XLSX) spreadsheet with your iPhone, with rows and columns kept in place.
How to password-protect a PDF on iPhone
Lock a scanned document or any PDF with a password on your iPhone before emailing it, so only someone with the password can open it.
How to put both sides of an ID on one page with your iPhone
Make a photocopy-style PDF of your driver's license or ID, front and back on one page at real size, ready to print, using only your iPhone.