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PaperCrate: AI Scan & Chat
Private PDF Scanner & Summary
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Free scan-to-PDF with on-device Apple Intelligence. Papercrate analyzes documents privately on your iPhone with no cloud and full offline support.
Papercrate: Free Scan to PDF with On-Device Apple Intelligence
Papercrate is a free scan-to-PDF and document analysis app built for iOS 26. It uses the Apple Intelligence System Language Model to read, analyze, and understand your documents directly on your device. No cloud servers, no uploads, and no subscriptions.
Papercrate combines fast, high-quality scanning with private, on-device AI that works even when your phone is offline.
BUILT WITH APPLE INTELLIGENCE ON DEVICE
Document Chat (New):
Ask your documents questions and get clear answers with citations. Papercrate analyzes the full content using the on-device System Language Model and returns responses that point to the exact lines where the information was found.
Conversational Search:
Search your files using natural language. Ask questions such as “When does this warranty expire” or “List all expenses for transportation” and Papercrate interprets and answers based on the content of your documents.
Instant Summaries:
Turn long PDFs or scanned pages into short, concise summaries within seconds.
Auto Extraction:
Scan receipts and Papercrate automatically extracts prices, line items, dates, and totals into a structured digital table.
FREE SCANNING AND PDF TOOLS
Scan to PDF with fast edge detection
Clean PDF output
Organize, rename, and manage files
No paywalls or limits
PRIVACY AND OFFLINE PROCESSING
On-Device Analysis:
All understanding, summarization, extraction, and chat features are powered by the on-device System Language Model introduced with Apple Intelligence. Your data stays on your iPhone.
Offline Ready:
All AI features work without an internet connection.
No Cloud AI:
Papercrate does not upload your documents to servers or external services.
COMPATIBILITY
Papercrate requires:
iOS 26 or later
An Apple Intelligence capable device (iPhone 15 Pro or newer, older device will not get any AI features due to the lack of Apple Intelligence capabilities)
All scanning and AI features run on device.
Ratings & Reviews
- This app hasn’t received enough ratings or reviews to display an overview.
- Fixes on the content validation process for cleaning up uploads
- Implemented annonimized performance tracking telemetry
- Minor UI tweaks
The developer, Joseph Tsao, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Diagnostics
The developer indicated that this app supports the following accessibility features. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Joseph Tsao
- Size
- 4.5 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 10 more
- English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Vietnamese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2025 Joseph Tsao Hung Jin