iPhone · Private PDF Scanner & OCR

Crisp document scans.
100% on your device.

Turn receipts, whiteboards, contracts, and notes into crystal-clear, searchable PDFs. Built on Apple's Neural Engine Vision framework—your private documents are never uploaded to any cloud server.

iOS 16+ · Neural Engine Vision · Face ID Protected

Paperbeam crisp scanned document render
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Scanning Made Effortless

Point, shoot, and preserve

Paperbeam automatically locates paper edges, straightens skewed perspectives, and balances lighting.

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Automatic Edge Detection

Real-time machine learning detects document borders instantly. Holds still and captures automatically without hand blur.

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On-Device Vision OCR

Recognizes every word on the page using Apple's Neural Engine. Search your documents by text content or copy paragraphs directly.

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Face ID Document Vault

Lock confidential contracts, tax returns, and medical records behind biometric Face ID or your device passcode.

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Clean Document Filters

High-contrast B&W document filter, smooth grayscale, and color photo modes make faded ink look brand new.

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Multi-Page Searchable PDF

Scan 20-page packets easily. Reorder, rotate, or append new sheets anytime with embedded searchable text layers.

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Watermarks & Stamps

Add confidential stamps, approval marks, or custom dates prior to exporting and sharing via AirDrop or Mail.

Designed for iPhone

Built with Apple-grade precision

A fast, distraction-free document workflow designed to live naturally on your Home Screen.

Intelligence

Search inside every scanned page

Ever spent twenty minutes looking for a paper receipt? Paperbeam indexes every scanned word on your iPhone so you can find anything in seconds.

  • Instant Full-Text Search: Search by vendor name, invoice number, or part description.
  • Select & Copy Text: Copy tabular data or long paragraphs straight to your clipboard.
  • Universal Searchable PDF: Files you export can be searched in Apple Books, Adobe Acrobat, or Preview.
Paperbeam on-device Vision OCR extracted text render
100% Offline

Your documents belong to you

Many scanner apps upload your tax forms and passports to remote cloud servers to perform OCR. Paperbeam executes all OCR and image processing on your iPhone processor.

✓ Zero cloud server uploads ✓ No accounts or registration ✓ Sandboxed local storage ✓ No analytics or telemetry

Turn your paper into a clean, searchable archive.

Available for iPhone running iOS 16.0 or later.

Available now on the App Store for iOS 16+. Part of the independent suite by Rakesh Kode

Part of Mac Upgraded by Rakesh Kode — Paperleaf · Pathway · Paperbeam · NFC Pocket · Brickr · Murmur