Camera scanning
Use the iPhone camera flow to capture paper documents and save them locally.
No-watermark PDF scanner
Export clean PDFs without watermark tricks.
Flatscan lets you scan or import documents and share normal PDFs without stamping your file.
The scanner category often hides clean export behind ads, watermarks, or confusing trial screens. Flatscan keeps the basic PDF job simple: scan or import, review, save, and export a clean PDF.
Clean PDF first
A scanner should not punish basic export.
Clean PDF export is the first useful loop for a document scanner. If you only need to scan a form, save a receipt, or send a signed page, Flatscan should not make you fight a watermark before the document is useful.
What Pro is for
Pro is for unlimited OCR/search and searchable PDF export. It is not a charge to remove a watermark from ordinary clean PDFs.
PDF scanner workflow
Useful even before you upgrade.
Import existing files
Add pages from Photos, Files, PDFs, and documents sent from other apps.
Review before saving
Keep the document workflow focused on the pages you actually want to save.
Export normal PDFs
Share clean files for saving, printing, emailing, or uploading where you choose.
No ads or watermark wall
The free clean PDF path is not built around ads, fake urgency, or watermark removal pressure.
Upgrade for OCR power
Use Pro when you need unlimited local OCR, search, and selectable-text PDF export.
FAQ
No-watermark PDF scanner questions.
Can I export a PDF without a watermark?
Yes. Clean PDF export is available without a watermark.
Does free PDF export include OCR text?
Clean PDF export creates a normal image-based PDF. Searchable PDF export with selectable text is part of the Pro workflow.
Does Flatscan show ads?
No. Flatscan is designed without an advertising SDK.
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Private document scanner
Keep scans and OCR text local by default.
Receipt scanner
Save receipts and search them later.
OCR PDF scanner
Create searchable PDFs when you need selectable text.