Create PDF Documents on the Fly

I like taking lots of snapshots with my iPhone. But when I want to share these photos by email, I only can send 5 photos at a time. With the “Pocket Scanner”, I can send as many images as I want in one PDF file.

Price: $0.99
Would I buy again: Yes.
Learning Curve: Beginner-Intermediate
Who is it for: Whoever wants to send a bunch of photos from his/her device in one file.
Version tested: 1.1 on iPhone 3G, OS 3.1.3
Comparable Apps: JotNot Scanner, Scanner Pro
Available Languages: English
This App was tested by Kira
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This is how it works:

In the main menu you tap “Camera”
You can either choose to insert photos from your photo library by just tapping them
or use the camera to take a new photo (this didn’t work on my device, though).
After defining the photos you want in your PDF, you hit “cancel” (yes, the wording is a bit strange),
Next, you call up “Gallery” and see all the photos you chose previously.
By tapping “edit” you can reoder the photos or delete the ones you don’t want in the PDF.
By tapping the photo you can adjust the exposure or convert it to black and white which is qute cool for text.
Back in the Gallery you can tap “Make PDF” and title your document.
The PDF is created and saved.
Now you must go back to the ome screen and tap “View” in order to check the new PDF.
You can add bookmarks to different pages
Now cou can to share the PDF by email.
You can also have the device connect with your computer via WiFi and share the PDF via the wireless network.

I’m really glad that I found a work-around for sharing more than five photos at once. Still, it hurts to spend money because of Apple’s limitations.

What I like about “a Pocket Scanner”:

Finally I can share as many images as I want by email.

What I don’t like so much:

It would be cool if the app would support services like Evernote.
The user interface design can be improved.
Text recognition is missing, though this feature would probably make the app more expensive.

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Rating: 4.8/5 (5 votes cast)