Most phone PDF work is five jobs
A PDF toolkit app earns a download when it finishes the file you have open. The jobs that show up over and over are combining PDFs, pulling pages out, making a file small enough to send, turning a sideways scan upright, and copying the words off a page. A catalogue of extra tools does not help if those five are clumsy, or if each one uploads the document.
ViaPDF is those five tools, offline, on Android:
- Merge files, and reorder pages while you are there.
- Split or extract pages into a new PDF.
- Compress and reduce the size after you see the real number.
- Rotate every page, or one page.
- Copy text, or OCR a scan and save a searchable PDF.
What this toolkit does not try to be
ViaPDF is not a form filler, a signature product, a camera scanner, or a converter that turns PDFs into office documents. If that is the job, this is the wrong app, and installing it will waste the download. If the job is one of the five above, you can do it on the phone you have, with the first export free and a one-time unlock after that. Pricing is spelled out in PDF app with no subscription. How the files stay on the device is in offline PDF app.
Pay once when you need it. Preview every tool. The first export is free. Then unlock the full toolkit. No subscription.
How to pick the tool in ViaPDF
- Start from the job, not from a menu of fifty toolsIf you are combining files, open Merge. If a form rejected the size, open Compress. If you need words from a scan, open OCR.
- Bring the file inChoose it from Files, or share it into ViaPDF. A banner tells you the file is ready so you can pick the tool.
- Check the result on screenPage order, selected pages, the real compressed size, or the recognized text. Then Share or Save.
- Find it againThe Recents tab lists files you have processed. Filter by file name. The list keeps the last 100.
Do this job on your phoneFree to download. The first export is free. Then $14.99 once. The file stays on the device until you share it.
What a phone PDF toolkit should do FAQ
Is ViaPDF a full PDF editor?
No. It merges, splits, compresses, rotates, and copies or recognizes text. It does not fill forms, collect signatures, or convert a PDF into a Word file.
Does it scan paper with the camera?
No. You bring an existing PDF. If that PDF is already a scan, OCR can read the text and Rotate can turn the pages upright.
Which phones does it run on?
Android 7.0 or later, from Google Play. The iPhone version is coming soon.