ManualBook
Scan, search & ask manuals
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Scan your manuals and every word is instantly searchable. Ask the on-device AI for answers, or snap a product to find its manual — private, all on your iPhone.
Paper manuals pile up in drawers — and the one you need is never there. ManualBook turns that pile into a searchable library on your phone. Now it also answers your questions and finds the right manual from a photo.
Scan a manual with your camera, snap a photo, or import a PDF. ManualBook reads every word on the page — in English, Spanish, German, French, Chinese, Japanese, and more — entirely on your device, so you can find any detail in seconds.
How it works
• Capture: the built-in document scanner auto-detects edges and straightens the page. Or import straight from Photos or Files — images and PDFs alike.
• Recognize: on-device text recognition reads each page, including mixed English / Chinese / Japanese, with no internet and nothing uploaded.
• Search: full-text search across every manual and every page, with matches highlighted and a tap to jump right to the page.
• Ask: ask a question in plain language and get an answer drawn from your own manuals — generated by on-device AI, with page citations, and nothing uploaded.
• Identify: not sure which manual you need? Snap a photo of the product and ManualBook matches it to the right manual — on-device.
• Organize: group manuals into folders, add tags, and keep brand and notes together.
• Share to ManualBook: send a PDF or photo from any app — Safari, Files, Mail, Photos — straight into your library, scanned and filed automatically.
• Export: turn any manual back into a shareable PDF.
Private by design
• Everything runs on your iPhone. Text recognition and AI answers happen on-device — your manuals are never uploaded to us, and there are no accounts, servers, analytics, or trackers.
• Optional iCloud Sync keeps your library in your own private iCloud, encrypted by Apple, so it's there on all your devices. We never see it.
Free to start
• Your first manuals are on the house. A single one-time purchase unlocks unlimited manuals and AI answers — no subscription.
Stop hoarding paper. Scan it once, find it forever.
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What's new in 1.1
• Search results now open the manual at the exact page.
• Ask your manuals finds the right pages for questions written in Chinese or Japanese.
• Identify by camera shows more realistic match scores.
• Long PDFs import using less memory.
• A warmer look that matches the app icon, plus fixes throughout.
AI answers and unlimited manuals are included in the one-time unlock. Thanks for using ManualBook!
The developer, Hashing LLC, 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 Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Hashing LLC
- Size
- 2.8 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 3 more
- English, French, German, Spanish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Unlimited Manuals $5.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Hashing Corp