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iOS and iPadOS 17 or later

Scan, sign and edit PDFs on iPhone and iPad

Camera scanning with edge detection, Apple Pencil markup, on-device OCR and AI. Free to start — the wider free tier is what the ads pay for.

Flourish PDF for iPhone & iPad

iOS and iPadOS 17 or later

apps.apple.com/app/id6794034781

On iPhone & iPad

What works on iPhone & iPad today

  • Camera scan with edge detection, then on-device OCR in the same step
  • Apple Pencil drawing and highlighting
  • The same ribbon on iPad as on the Mac, a bottom toolbar on iPhone
  • One subscription covers every device you sign in on
  • The free tier shows ads (banner and optional rewarded); any paid plan removes them

Add text anywhere on a pageFree

Type a text box onto any page, then move, resize and restyle it.

Font and colour controls vary by platform.

Marks you add stay editableFree

Everything you place is an object until you save: move, resize, rotate, group and undo it.

Reorder, rotate, duplicate and delete pagesFree

Drag pages into order in the gallery; rotate, duplicate or delete any of them.

Insert a blank pageFree

Merge PDFsPlus · Free on mobile

Join PDF files into one, in the order you pick.

PDF files only; page ranges and images are on the way.

Extract pages into a new PDFPlus · Free on mobile

One page at a time on Apple devices; several at once on Windows and Android.

Crop pagesPlus · Free on mobile

Windows offers three presets: trim 5%, 16:9 and square.

Page numbers, headers and footersPlus · Free on mobile

Bottom-centre page numbers and one centred header and footer today.

Text watermarkPro

Windows watermarks the selected page for now.

Recognize text in a scan (on-device OCR)Free

Apple Vision, Google ML Kit or Windows' own recognizer reads the page on your hardware. 5 pages a month free, 250 on Plus, unlimited on Pro.

Make a scan searchableFree

Lay the recognized text invisibly over the scan so the PDF can be searched.

Android saves the text as a separate file for now. Windows adds one text block per page.

Sign with a saved signature and dateFree

Draw or type your signature once, reuse it on any document, and add a date that moves with it.

Android supports a drawn signature.

Stamps such as Approved or DraftFree

Type any word; a preset stamp library is on the way.

Turn a flat or scanned form into a fillable onePlus

Finds boxes and ruled lines, names each field from the text beside it, and asks you to confirm before writing real form fields.

Text and checkbox fields everywhere; radio buttons and dropdowns are added by hand on Mac and iPad.

Flatten forms and markup into the pagePlus

Android flattens by turning pages into images.

Lock the app with Face ID, Touch ID, fingerprint or Windows HelloFree

Export pages as PNG imagesPlus

Summarize a documentPro

A short summary generated on your device.

Needs Apple Intelligence (macOS 26 or iOS 26) or an Android phone with Gemini Nano. Reads the opening pages of a long document.

Translate text or a documentPro

Returns text; a translated PDF is on the way.

Read, zoom and searchFree

On Mac and iPad a results list shows every match with the sentence around it.

Day, Sepia and Night reading themesFree

Highlight textFree

Android draws a highlight rectangle rather than snapping to text.

Draw and handwrite with a pen, finger or Apple PencilFree

Pen colour and width choices are on the way.

Sticky notesFree

Read aloudFree

On a scan it uses your OCR allowance first.

Version history: your original plus the last 15 savesFree

Kept on the device, outside the PDF.

PrintFree

Partly there

Works in part on iPhone & iPad

Edit text that is already in the PDFPro

Take over a line of existing text and retype it, matched to its font.

Line by line, on Mac and Apple mobile devices. Paragraph reflow is on the way.

Select and delete original text, images and shapesPro

Not on iPhone yet.

Split a PDF into one file per pagePlus · Free on mobile

Not on iPhone yet. Splitting by page range is on the way.

Bates numbering for legal documentsPro

Not on iPhone yet.

Scan paper with the cameraFree

Edge detection, auto-capture and multi-page scanning, all on the device.

iPhone today; iPad is on the way.

Batch OCR over many filesPro

Not on iPhone yet.

Fill in form fieldsPlus

Filled through a field-name dialog today; click-to-type on the page is on the way.

Password-protect a PDFFree

Not on iPhone yet. Windows lists it under Pro for now.

Restrict printing and copyingPro

Not on iPhone yet.

Redact selected content permanentlyPro

Android removes the content from the page itself. Mac, iPad and Windows redact the selection and flatten pages to images. Redaction by area or by search is on the way.

Remove metadata, scripts and hidden dataPro

Mac and iPad clear the document info; Windows also removes XMP, scripts and embedded-file names.

Create a PDF from photos and imagesPlus

iPhone creates PDFs by scanning; Android through the scanner's gallery import.

Reduce file sizePro

Batch compress with fixed settings; a quality slider and single-file compress are on the way.

Batch OCR, images, compression and watermarkingPro

Four fixed operations per run. Not on iPhone yet.

Ask a question about a documentPro

Single questions about the opening pages. Conversation, citations and images are on the way.

Compare two PDFsPro

Shows added and removed words per page, with both documents side by side; visual difference highlighting is on the way.

Accessibility audit and reportPro

Checks title, language, text and outline and exports a report; full PDF/UA tagging is on the way.

Write LaTeX and compile it to PDFFree

A bundled engine — no TeX install. 3 builds a month free, 100 on Plus, unlimited on Pro.

iPad edits and drafts; compiling runs on Mac and Windows. The first compile of a package needs a network connection.

Reopen a compiled PDF's LaTeX sourcePro

The source travels inside the PDF, encrypted to your account on Pro.

Windows keeps the source unencrypted for now.

Draft and repair LaTeX with on-device AIFree

Apple Intelligence on Mac and iPad.

Flourish PDF for Mac

macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Apple silicon and Intel

apps.apple.com/app/id6794034781

Flourish PDF for iPhone & iPad

iOS and iPadOS 17 or later

apps.apple.com/app/id6794034781

Flourish PDF for Android

Phones and tablets

play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.softflourish.flourishpdf

Flourish PDF for Windows

Windows 10 version 2004 (build 19041) or later, and Windows 11 · x64 and ARM64

apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nk1x0qr2vz6

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Flourish PDF for iPhone & iPad

Free to download. Your documents stay on your device.