ID Card and Passport Scanner
Small cards are the documents people ask for most and the ones hardest to photograph well. Scanner App crops them precisely, keeps both sides together, and never sends them anywhere.
- Precise cropping for ID cards, passports, licences, and business cards
- Capture front and back into one clean document
- Sensitive by nature, so processing is fully on-device
How card scanning works
- 1. Pick the card mode: the crop is tuned for card-sized documents rather than A4 pages.
- 2. Capture the front: edges are detected automatically, so you do not have to line anything up.
- 3. Flip it over: add the back so both sides live in the same file.
- 4. Save: export a PDF ready to send to a landlord, an employer, or an embassy form.
Why cards need their own treatment
Photograph a passport on a desk and you get a small rectangle lost in a big frame, usually with a shadow across the photo page and a reflection on the laminate. Whoever receives it asks for it again.
Card scanning crops tightly to the document, corrects the angle, and evens out the lighting, which is exactly what makes the difference between a file that gets accepted and one that gets rejected.
The documents that most deserve to stay on your phone
An ID scan is the single most sensitive file most people ever create. It is worth knowing where it goes: Scanner App processes cards on your iPhone, with no account and no upload path, and the app works with no internet connection at all.
Once scanned, you can extract the text from a business card, sign a form that needs the ID attached, or file everything into folders such as a visa application.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I scan an ID card or passport on iPhone?
Open Scanner App, choose card scanning, and hold the phone over the card. It is cropped and straightened automatically, and you can add the back so both sides are in one document.
Can I get both sides of a card in one file?
Yes. Capture the front, flip the card, capture the back, and both pages are saved into the same PDF.
Is it safe to scan sensitive documents?
Scanning runs entirely on your iPhone with no upload and no account, so the file exists only where you save it. As always, be careful who you send the finished file to.
Does it work for business cards?
Yes, and it pairs well with OCR: scan the card, recognize the text, then copy the phone number or email straight into your contacts.
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