PDFExtract

Extract pages, text, and images from PDF files in a few taps.

PDFExtract turns PDFs into clean Markdown and image files on your iPhone. It reads a PDF’s own text layer when it has one, falls back to on-device OCR for scanned pages, rebuilds headings, lists and (with Pro) tables, and pulls out the embedded images. Nothing is uploaded.

Download In AppStore

No account. No ads. No analytics SDK. PDF parsing, OCR, layout analysis and table recognition all run on the device.

Key Features

Import standard and password-protected PDFs (also from the Share sheet)
Text extraction with reading order, headings, lists and merged paragraphs
On-device OCR for scanned and image-only pages, chosen per page
Tables rebuilt as real Markdown tables (Pro)
Embedded images extracted as PNG at their original resolution
Preview the original PDF, the images and the rendered Markdown or its source
Tune OCR: recognition level, render resolution (200, 300 or 400 DPI), languages, automatic detection and language correction
Choose the Markdown style (Structured, Raw line breaks, Plain text), page headings and document title
Projects you can reopen and extract again with new settings
Copy Markdown, share it as a file, or export Markdown and images together as a ZIP (Pro)

Free & Pro

Free: text, Markdown and OCR for the first 5 pages of a document; the first 10 extracted images (the rest are blurred); every OCR and Markdown setting; copy and share Markdown
Pro: every page, every image, table rebuild and ZIP export, as a monthly or yearly subscription or a one-time Lifetime purchase. People who bought the earlier paid version keep Pro

Why You’ll Love It

For research papers, reports, scans and meeting packs, it gets structured, editable text and the original figures out of a PDF, ready for Obsidian, Notion, Bear or any Markdown tool, without sending the document anywhere.