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Scan to PDF

Snap pages with your phone camera (or add photos) and get one clean PDF: each page straightened, trimmed to the paper and evened out to white. Colour, grayscale or black & white.

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At a glance

works in your phone’s browser
No app
uploaded: the PDF is made on your device
0 bytes
from your camera or photo library
JPG or PNG
no sign-up, no watermark
Free

Paper to PDF in three steps

All you need is your phone’s camera and a browser.

  1. 1

    Snap the page

    Tap the drop zone and choose your camera, or pick a photo you already took.

    Scan to PDF drop zone on a phone
  2. 2

    Convert

    Each photo is straightened, trimmed to the page and evened out to white paper, then becomes one page of the PDF.

    Document photo loaded and ready to convert
  3. 3

    Save or send

    Download the PDF to your phone and attach it wherever it needs to go.

    Scanned PDF ready to download
Scan to PDF

A scanner that’s already in your pocket

  • Made for phones.

    Open the page, tap, shoot. Tap + for the next page and the camera opens straight away.

  • Photo in, scan out.

    Pages come out straight and white, like a scanner made them. Pick colour, grayscale or black & white, or switch clean-up off.

  • Nothing leaves the phone.

    IDs, signed forms and receipts are converted in the browser, never uploaded.

  • Make it searchable.

    Run the PDF through OCR PDF to add text you can search and copy.

  • No sign-up.

    Open the page and start.

  • Works on laptops too.

    Add a photo from your computer.

Private by design

Scan IDs and forms without uploading them

Upload-based converters send your photo to a server first. Here the PDF is built in your browser, so a passport page, a lease or a medical form stays on the device you photographed it with.

  • No upload, no account
  • Works on phones, tablets and laptops
  • Pair with OCR PDF for searchable text

On your phone

Your camera is the scanner

No flatbed, no app store. Open Pagestro in Safari or Chrome, tap the drop zone and choose to take a photo. For the cleanest result, shoot from straight above in good light and fill the frame with the page.

  • Shoot from directly above the page
  • Use even light and avoid shadows
  • Fill the frame with the document
Scan to PDF tool on a phone

Paper that needs to go digital, now

  • Person photographing a signed form with a phoneScanA

    Renters and applicants

    Signed forms, sent back fast.

    Sign on paper, photograph it and send a PDF the same minute.

  • Traveler holding a passport and phonePrivateProtected

    Travelers

    A PDF copy of a document.

    Keep a PDF of a booking printout or visa letter on your phone.

  • Parent photographing a school formDocument

    Parents

    School forms without a printer.

    Return permission slips as PDFs straight from your phone.

How Pagestro compares

  • Photo stays on your device

    Pagestro
    Yes
    Desktop software
    Yes
    Upload-based sites
    No

  • Nothing to install

    Pagestro
    Yes
    Desktop software
    No
    Upload-based sites
    Yes

  • Works in a phone browser

    Pagestro
    Yes
    Desktop software
    No
    Upload-based sites
    Yes

  • Automatic cropping and cleanup

    Pagestro
    Yes
    Desktop software
    Varies
    Upload-based sites
    Varies

  • Price

    Pagestro
    Free
    Desktop software
    Often a paid license
    Upload-based sites
    Often free with limits

Scan to PDF questions

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How do I scan a document to PDF with my phone?

Open this page in your phone’s browser, tap the drop zone and choose to take a photo. Snap the page, press Scan to PDF and download the result.

Can I scan several pages into one PDF?

Yes. Add a photo per page (tap + to shoot the next one) and they all go into one PDF, in the order shown. Drag the pages to reorder them.

Does it crop or straighten the page?

Yes. Clean-up straightens a tilted page, trims the desk around it and evens out shadows. It doesn’t fix a page shot at a steep angle, so shoot from straight above. Turn clean-up off to keep the photo exactly as it is.

Can I make the scan searchable?

Yes. Run the PDF through OCR PDF to add a text layer you can search, select and copy.

Will my scan come out sideways?

No. Phones often store photos sideways with a note to turn them on display; Pagestro follows that note, so every page comes out upright.

Is my photo uploaded?

No. The PDF is created in your browser, so the photo never leaves your device.

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