PDF OCR on iPhone
The iPhone scans documents constantly — Notes, camera, scanning apps — and every scan is unsearchable the moment it saves. Safari OCR fixes them where they live: searchable PDFs, on the phone. Free for everyone, within per-plan limits.
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Drag & drop your file here
or click to browse · Up to 15 MB
Select fileAccepted: PDF
Your files are processed temporarily and deleted automatically — there is no general cloud storage. File deletion.
How to ocr pdf
Simple steps — no software to install.
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Open PDF OCR in Safari
No app download.
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Upload the scan from Files
Language choice matters.
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Keep the searchable copy
Findable forever after.
Why use our OCR PDF
Secure & private
Files are encrypted in transit and deleted automatically after processing.
Fast results
Optimized processing returns your file in seconds.
Free to start
Core tools are free with daily limits — no install required.
Works anywhere
Runs in your browser on any device, anywhere in the world.
Close the scan-search gap
Phone scans pile into Files as image-only PDFs — findable only by filename and memory. OCR embeds their text, so searching "warranty" in Files actually surfaces the receipt that mentions it.
The iOS flow
Upload the scan from Files, pick the language, download the searchable version — text selectable, findable, copyable, on the phone that captured it. Free for guests too.
- Phone-scan searchability
- Files-app workflow
- Free for everyone incl. guests
- Many languages
- Files auto-deleted