Smart naming
SMART-PDF reads your scan and automatically suggests a fitting name. No more “Document 17”.
Document scanner for iPhone · Version 4
Your documents.
Organized.
Scan it, let it name itself, find it instantly. SMART-PDF is the scanner that thinks along and keeps your paperwork where it belongs: on your device.
Free download, Premium is optional.
For iPhone, iOS 17 or later.
100 % localno cloud
Rebuilt from the ground up · Update 4.0
The app now thinks along.
Version 4 is a complete rewrite: faster, more modern, and with features that do the filing and finding for you.
Full-text search & Spotlight
Search the content of all your PDFs, right from iOS search, too.
Document dates
Cancellation deadlines and due dates directly on the document, with reminders and calendar export.
AI summary
Summarize documents and folders on-device (Apple Intelligence, iOS 26+). Your content never leaves the device.
Live Text
Select, copy and translate text right inside your scans. Tap an IBAN instead of retyping it.
Quick Scan everywhere
Scan without detours: via Siri, Action Button, Lock Screen widget or Control Center. There is also a share extension for PDFs from any app.
Spotlight · § 1
The name writes itself.
Right after the scan, SMART-PDF reads the document and suggests a name that actually means something: sender, subject, date. One tap, and the scan is filed under a name you will recognise.
Spotlight · § 2
One word is enough.
Full-text search knows the content of every PDF, not just the title. Type any word from the document, and there it is. Even straight from iOS search, without opening the app.
⏰ Cancellation deadline Sep 30
Spotlight · § 3
Deadlines that speak up.
The cancellation deadline in a contract, the due date on an invoice: attach the date right to the document. SMART-PDF reminds you in time and can add it to your calendar.
Move page 3 up
Spotlight · § 4
Every page in its place.
The page editor lays out every page as a thumbnail: drag them into a new order, delete the ones you don't need, add bookmarks. Only need pages 2 and 5? Select them and save them as a PDF of their own. And several documents merge into one with two taps.
Everything included · Overview
From paper pile to archive, in four chapters.
01
Scan & Import
Camera scan with automatic edge detection, import from Photos, iCloud Drive, Dropbox and co. Multi-page, straightened, done as PDF.
02
Edit & Sign
Sign right on the display, plus comments, highlights and symbols. In the page editor you reorder pages, delete them or pull single ones out into a PDF of their own.
03
Organize & Protect
Folders and collections, sorted your way. Password folders with Face ID and an app lock for everything that is nobody else's business.
04
Share & Export
E-mail, AirDrop, messengers, optionally protected with a PDF password. There is AirPrint printing too, and your whole library as a ZIP archive.
Privacy
Your documents stay.
Right here.
Contracts, statements, invoices: they don't belong in other people's clouds. SMART-PDF stores everything on your device, with no account, no forced sync and no sharing of your content. Even the AI summary runs on the iPhone itself.
✓ No cloud required
✓ No account needed
✓ OCR & AI on-device
✓ Face ID protection
A closer look · Screenshots
Looks tidy. Is tidy.
Voices · App Store
On the record: delighted.
“Finally an app that has all the important features, without forcing a subscription. And all data is stored locally on your own device.”
“I mainly use this app in everyday life, but also for work. It is super easy to use.”
“Easy to use and perfectly usable in the free version, too. I use it to quickly scan important documents for work or for my tax return.”
“Finally managing all my paperwork digitally. Great usability, I’d give it 6 stars if I could!”
“Really good, clear app. Finally no cost trap. Keep it up!”
Keeping it fair · Free & Premium
Start free. Stay free, if you like.
The free version has no fixed costs: collect coins and redeem them for individual actions. Premium makes everything unlimited and ad-free.
Free
With coins and ads, no monthly costs
- Scan, import & organize
- Smart naming & full-text search
- Quick Scan, Live Text, ZIP export
- Folders, dates and page editing: free of charge
- Collect coins and redeem them for actions
sign (1), share (1 per PDF), merge (2), AI summary (1) - Displays advertising
Coins can be earned, or purchased if you prefer.
Ad-free
Premium
from €7.99/month
Subscription with 1, 3, 6 or 12 months
- Everything in Free, unlimited
- No ads
- Unlimited folders, documents & pages
- Unlimited signing, merging & exporting
- Collected coins are kept safe
Price may vary by region; details in the app. Cancel anytime; renews automatically unless cancelled 24 h before the period ends.
Bring order to your paperwork.
Free on the App Store. Your first scan is filed within a minute.