Convert JPG to PDF on iPhone

How to convert JPG to PDF on iPhone

1. Open Scanfone and choose to import photos.
2. Select the JPGs or photos you want, in any number.
3. Reorder, rotate or delete pages so the document reads correctly.
4. Pick a filter if you like: Original, Color, Gray or Black & white.
5. Save the PDF, then share it, print it or save it to Files.

Why you'd want photos as a PDF

A photo is fine for showing a friend a receipt. For anything official, a PDF is better. Upload forms often accept only PDF. Several pages in one file are easier to send than nine separate images. A PDF keeps pages in order, prints at page size and opens the same way on every phone and computer.

Converting JPG to PDF is also how you rescue documents you snapped in a hurry: the delivery note photographed on the doorstep, the whiteboard after a meeting, the school letter you took a picture of before it vanished into a backpack.

Photos to PDF, free and without limits

In Scanfone, converting JPG and photos to PDF is free. Import as many images as you need, combine them into one multi-page PDF and save it. There is no image limit, no ads and no paywall at the save step, which is where plenty of converter apps like to spring their surprise.

You don't need an account either. Open the app, pick the photos, save the PDF. If you'd rather start from paper, the document scanner uses Apple's document camera to find the edges and fix the perspective for you, which usually gives a cleaner result than a regular photo.

Make photo PDFs look like real scans

Photos of paper often look grey or tinted. Scanfone's filters help: Original keeps the photo as it was, Color brightens colour documents, Gray gives a neutral look and Black & white makes text documents crisp and easy to print.

You can also rotate pages, reorder them and delete the ones you don't want before saving. If the finished file is too big for an email or upload form, compress the PDF in the same app.

Searchable text, not just pictures

A PDF made from photos is normally just pictures in a file. Scanfone runs on-device text recognition (OCR), so the words become searchable and you can copy text out of the PDF. Search across all your documents, including their text, to find that receipt by the shop name. Read more on how to make a PDF searchable.

Need the words only? Use PDF to text to export a plain TXT file.

Common things people convert

• Receipts for expenses and tax, best with the receipt scanner.
• Whiteboards after meetings, see the whiteboard scanner.
• IDs that need front and back on one page, see the ID card scanner.
• Handwritten notes, homework and letters photographed earlier.
• Screenshots of confirmations and tickets that need to be sent as one document.

Going the other way

Sometimes you need images out of a PDF, for a slide or a message. PDF to JPG turns PDF pages into images, also free. For editable documents, Scanfone Pro exports PDF to Word and PowerPoint.

Free PDFs carry one small "Scanned free with Scanfone" line under each page, not over the content. Pro removes it: $2.99 for the first year, then $19.99 a year, no weekly plans.

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