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What’s New Version 1.8.0
- Scan paper documents, receipts, notes, and study material into PDF
- Open scanned PDFs right away and find them again in recent files
- Updated scan usage tracking, free scan limits, and stability
Description
PDF Scanner & Simple Reader helps you scan paper documents into PDF, then read, bookmark, and keep them offline on your device.
Use your camera to save receipts, handwritten notes, contracts, study papers, manuals, certificates, and everyday documents as PDFs. Open scanned files right away, return to them from recent files, and continue reading without a complicated editor.
KEY FEATURES
Document Scan to PDF
• Scan paper documents with your camera
• Save receipts, notes, contracts, and study material as PDF
• Create multi-page PDFs from scanned images
• Open the scanned PDF immediately after saving
Simple PDF Reader
• Fast PDF opening for everyday documents
• Smooth vertical scrolling and pinch-to-zoom
• Page-by-page navigation
• Clean reading screen with a floating toolbar
Continue Reading & Bookmarks
• Keep recently opened PDFs in one place
• Continue from the last page you read
• Bookmark important pages
• Jump back to saved pages quickly
Offline & Private
• Read PDFs offline
• Files are stored locally on your device
• Open password-protected PDF files
• No account required for basic reading
PDF Tools
• Extract selected pages into a new PDF
• Merge PDF files
• Save only the pages you need
• Use scan, export, and merge as part of your document workflow
PRO BUNDLE
Upgrade to Pro for more room to work:
• Unlimited document scanning
• Unlimited PDF export
• Unlimited PDF merge
• Clean ad-free reading
PERFECT FOR
Students
• Scan handouts, notes, textbooks, and study papers
• Read saved PDFs offline
• Bookmark important pages for review
Work & Business
• Scan contracts, receipts, reports, and forms
• Keep documents easy to reopen
• Extract or merge pages when needed
Everyday Documents
• Save receipts, certificates, manuals, and letters
• Turn paper documents into PDFs you can read later
• Keep a simple local document library
WHY SIMPLE READER?
• Scan first: turn paper documents into PDF
• Read right away: open scanned PDFs instantly
• Simple: no complicated menus
• Offline: keep files on your device
• Accessible: clean reading UI
• Flexible: scan, read, bookmark, extract, and merge PDFs
Download PDF Scanner & Simple Reader and start turning paper documents into readable PDFs.
FEEDBACK & SUPPORT
Send us your feedback through the in-app feature.
Your input helps us improve the reading and scanning experience.
PRIVACY PROTECTION
PDF files are stored only on your device.
No PDF content is sent to external servers.
TERMS & POLICIES
• Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
• Privacy Policy: https://general-beaufort-538.notion.site/Pdf-2853c0f6ead280999815c6b541866c07
Capabilities
In-App Purchases
Accessibility
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Version history 16 versions
Build 886115976v1.8.02026-05-28 19:51:50
- Scan paper documents, receipts, notes, and study material into PDF
- Open scanned PDFs right away and find them again in recent files
- Updated scan usage tracking, free scan limits, and stability
Build 885492236v1.7.52026-05-11 16:59:50
- Open PDFs from other apps more reliably
- Premium users now enjoy a fully ad-free PDF viewer
- Minor bug fixes and stability improvements
Build 885233949v1.7.42026-05-04 18:18:41
- Improved opening PDFs from other apps
- Premium users no longer see ad space in the PDF viewer
- Enhanced PDF viewer stability
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
Build 883130431v1.7.12026-03-12 07:40:12
- Added tag-based file organization
- Added bookmark notes and favorites
- Stability improvements and bug fixes
Build 883312060v1.7.22026-03-12 23:48:21
- Fixed password-protected PDF extraction issues
- Stability improvements and bug fixes
Build 882667509v1.6.22026-02-22 23:19:58
- Open PDF files directly from other apps and Files app
- Improved swipe actions and PDF viewer experience
- Fixed stability issues when switching view modes
- Performance improvements and bug fixes
Build 882122814v1.6.12026-02-17 12:31:28
- Redesigned PDF viewer UI with floating toolbar for a more immersive reading experience
- Added premium subscription option (ad-free)
- Improved password-protected PDF dialog
- Enhanced theme and UI
- Performance optimizations and bug fixes
Build 882035256v1.4.02026-02-02 04:29:15
- Merge PDFs: Combine multiple PDF files into one
- Reorder before merge: Arrange PDFs in your preferred order
- Onboarding tour: Spotlight guides for key features
- Stability and performance improvements
Build 882075715v1.4.12026-02-02 19:56:22
- Added iPad support
Build 881928473v1.3.12026-01-29 01:58:45
v1.7.4 Update
- Improved in-app review request timing
- Stability and performance improvements
Build 881862741v1.3.02026-01-26 22:45:03
- Added bookmark list feature
- Accessibility improvements (screen reader support)
- Stability improvements
Build 881820606v1.2.02026-01-25 23:05:01
- Save PDF pages to photo library
- Stability improvements
Build 881715465v1.1.02026-01-22 01:58:31
- enforced stablity
Build 878963135v1.0.22025-10-16 14:20:46
- enforced stablity
Build 878929358v1.0.12025-10-15 14:52:19
- fix trivial bug
Build 878727135v1.0.02025-10-14 00:03:35
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Change log 20 changes · US
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releaseNotes updated
- Scan paper documents, receipts, notes, and study material into PDF
- Open scanned PDFs right away and find them again in recent files
- Updated scan usage tra
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description updated
PDF Scanner & Simple Reader helps you scan paper documents into PDF, then read, bookmark, and keep them offline on your device.
Use your camera to save receipt
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subtitle updated
Scan, Read, Save Offline
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name updated
PDF Scanner & Simple Reader
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Version 1.8.0 released
- Scan paper documents, receipts, notes, and study material into PDF
- Open scanned PDFs right away and find them again in recent files
- Updated scan usage tracking, free scan limits, and stability
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Version 1.7.5 released
- Open PDFs from other apps more reliably
- Premium users now enjoy a fully ad-free PDF viewer
- Minor bug fixes and stability improvements
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Version 1.7.4 released
- Improved opening PDFs from other apps
- Premium users no longer see ad space in the PDF viewer
- Enhanced PDF viewer stability
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
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Version 1.7.2 released
- Fixed password-protected PDF extraction issues
- Stability improvements and bug fixes
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Version 1.7.1 released
- Added tag-based file organization
- Added bookmark notes and favorites
- Stability improvements and bug fixes
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Version 1.6.2 released
- Open PDF files directly from other apps and Files app
- Improved swipe actions and PDF viewer experience
- Fixed stability issues when switching view modes
- Performance improvements and bug fixes
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Version 1.6.1 released
- Redesigned PDF viewer UI with floating toolbar for a more immersive reading experience
- Added premium subscription option (ad-free)
- Improved password-protected PDF dialog
- Enhanced theme and UI
- Performance optimizations and bug fixe
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Version 1.4.1 released
- Added iPad support
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Version 1.4.0 released
- Merge PDFs: Combine multiple PDF files into one
- Reorder before merge: Arrange PDFs in your preferred order
- Onboarding tour: Spotlight guides for key features
- Stability and performance improvements
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Version 1.3.1 released
v1.7.4 Update
- Improved in-app review request timing
- Stability and performance improvements
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Version 1.3.0 released
- Added bookmark list feature
- Accessibility improvements (screen reader support)
- Stability improvements
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Version 1.2.0 released
- Save PDF pages to photo library
- Stability improvements
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Version 1.1.0 released
- enforced stablity
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Version 1.0.2 released
- enforced stablity
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Version 1.0.1 released
- fix trivial bug
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Version 1.0.0 released