When it comes to sharing photos (of objects, people or documents), we have different methods to do it. The first thing to avoid is to use WhatsApp, since compress images so much so that, if it is a document, we will not be able to read the text if we enlarge the image.
We can attach the images by email, however, it is not the best option since the recipient will not know how to follow the order of the images if it is, once again, a document. The solution, transfer photos to PDF.
If you want to share photos from your iPhone or iPad in PDF format, then we show you the best applications to convert photos to PDF.
To consider
As I mentioned above, many of the applications available in the App Store that allow us to convert images to PDF format, do not perform this action on the deviceInstead, they upload it to their servers to later send us the converted document.
Although most of these applications claim that the documents they are sent encrypted to their servers and they are returned using the same encryption method, no one assures us, as they claim, that once we have downloaded the files, they have been automatically deleted from their servers.
The funniest thing of all is that most of them, they are not free, Instead, they offer this feature as part of a subscription or through an in-app purchase.
In the following list of applications that I show you below, I have not included any of these applications or at least at the time of publishing this article, December 2021, they perform the entire process on the device. It never hurts to read the description to be sure.
With the Shortcuts app
Thanks to the iOS Shortcuts, we have the possibility to do a large number of functions without having to install third-party applications. When converting all to PDF, we also have a shortcut to do it.
The shortcut Photo (s) to PDF, which you can download from this link, allows us create a PDF file with the photos that we select.
If the shortcut shows you an error in which it informs you that it cannot access the photo library, you have to enter the privacy options of the shortcut and modify the permissions so that it can access all the photos stored in the Photos application.
Convert from photo to PDF
Converting from photo to PDF is one free application without any in-app purchase that allows us to convert images in batches or individually to PDF format.
The application allows us to use all the photographs we have stored in the Photos app, including albums in addition to offering us the possibility of using the camera of our device.
It puts at our disposal a large number of predefined layouts, allows us to add text to the images, crop the image if we do not want to display it in full, change the order of the images in the PDF and, finally, it also allows us to share the document once we have created it.
Unlike other apps, Convert Photo to PDF performs the entire process on the device.
All the files that we create with this application are stored in it, although we can send them directly to the Apple Files app in order to access them from any device that uses the same Apple ID.
Convert Photo to PDF is available for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch with iOS / iPad 12.1 or later and for Apple Macs that are managed by the Apple M1 processor starting with macOS 11.
The application is located fully translated into Spanish and you can download it completely free of charge through the following link.
PicSew
En Actualidad iPhone We have previously talked about this application, an application that allows us add frames from apple devices to the captures we make with our device.
But, in addition, it also allows us join captures, an ideal function for when we want to share a conversation on WhatsApp or any other messaging platform, an email, an article ...
In addition to all these functions, it also allows us to work with files in PDF format. That is, it allows us create and share all the content we create with the application in PDF format. Not only the content that we create with the application, but also all the content that we have stored on our device.
PicSew is available for your download completely freeHowever, it includes two in-app purchases that allow us to unlock the different functions it offers us.
The price of each of them is $0,99, and does not include any type of subscription. If you regularly have a need not only to share PDF images, but also to stitch screenshots together, you should give PicSew a try.
Pro Scanner
Scanner Pro is one of the applications more complete when creating PDF documents from our camera or photo album. This application, which is available in two versions and is one of the most complete that we can find in the App Store. Behind, are the guys from Readdle (same developer as the Spark mail client).
With Scanner Pro, we can not only create PDF documents from any image, but also includes a system of text recognition and allows us to protect with a password the documents we create in this format. Some of. These functions are paid, however, the one that allows us to convert images to PDF is completely free.
In addition, it includes a recognition system that scans the edges of the document to remove them in the conversion and allows us to export the images in black and white, so that the final size of the file is smaller and easier to share.
All the content we create with this application, compatible with both iPhone and iPad uploads directly to iCloud, which allows us to access it from any device associated with the same ID.
The whole process of converting images to PDF it is done on the device itself. If you are usually forced to share documents through your iPhone or iPad, with this application is a breeze.
PDF scanner
If the price or functionality of Scanner Pro is out of your budget, you can make use of the application PDF Scanner - Scan all, an application completely free that allows us to convert all the photos that we have stored into PDF format, as well as using the camera itself to create new documents in this format.
Like Scanner Pro, PDF Scanner detects the edges of the document To eliminate them in the conversion, it allows us to apply gray filters to make the document as clear as possible, it is compatible with multiple photographs and it is compatible with both iPhone and iPad.
PDF scanner has a Average rating of 4,7 stars out of 5 possible after receiving more than 3.500 reviews. The only negative point of this application is that they have recently included ads in the form of banners. If they could be removed by making an in-app purchase, that would be ideal.
