A teacher wants your homework as a PDF, a landlord wants your documents in one file, and all you have is a phone. You don't need an app: GrovePDF works in your phone's browser, and the photos never leave your phone.
Option 1: scan paper pages with the camera
Best for paper documents: receipts, forms, handwritten notes.
- Open Camera Scanner in your phone's browser.
- Tap Open camera and allow the camera when your browser asks.
- Hold the phone above the page: a green outline shows the page is found, and Auto capture takes the photo when you hold still. Repeat for each page. Took a bad shot? Tap the × on its thumbnail.
- Tap Make PDF. GrovePDF straightens each page, turns it upright and cleans it up like a scanner app, then gives you the PDF to download or share.
Tips: photograph on a dark, plain surface so the page edges stand out, and use daylight. More in our full guide to scanning with your phone.
Option 2: combine photos you already have
Best for screenshots, pictures and photos already in your gallery.
- Open JPG to PDF and tap Choose file.
- Pick your photos (up to 30 JPG, PNG, WEBP or HEIC images).
- Put them in order, and choose a page size: Fit image keeps each photo's shape, A4 or Letter is best for printing.
- Tap Create PDF and download your PDF.
iPhone photos (HEIC)
iPhones save photos as HEIC by default, which many websites and Windows programs can't open. GrovePDF reads them: pick them in HEIC to PDF (or JPG to PDF) and they're converted to a PDF on your phone. The first time, browsers other than Safari download a small decoder, so the first photo takes a few seconds. To avoid HEIC altogether, set Settings › Camera › Formats to Most Compatible.
Is the PDF too big to send?
Photos make big PDFs. Run the result through Compress PDF with a target size such as 1 MB. See how to compress a PDF under 1 MB.
Make the text searchable
A scan is a picture of text. In Scan to PDF, tick Make the text searchable (OCR); for other PDFs, use OCR PDF.