Turn one photo or a whole set of JPGs into a single PDF on your iPhone in Safari — no App Store download, no account, no upload. Pick images straight from Photos or Files, drag the thumbnails to set the page order, and save the PDF to Files or iCloud Drive. Works on iOS 14 and newer.
vastiko.com/jpg-to-pdf/. Chrome, Firefox, and Edge on iOS also work — they all run on the same WebKit engine.Honest look at your options — what each one does well and where it falls short.
Built into iOS. Open Files, long-press a selection of JPGs (must be saved in Files, not Photos), tap More → Create PDF. Free and offline. Drawbacks: photos have to be moved into Files first, output order follows filename not your choice, no preview before save.
Select photos in Photos, tap Share → Print, then pinch-zoom on the print preview to "peek" it into a PDF. Works but is a hidden gesture that many users don't know exists, and you can't reorder within the preview.
Apple's Shortcuts app has a Make PDF action you can feed photos into. Powerful once built, but setup takes 10-15 minutes and order is set by the input array, not a drag UI.
Free tiers available. Good for document scanning with auto-crop, but most upload to the vendor's cloud by default. Many ask for subscriptions to remove watermarks or export multi-page PDFs.
Opens in Safari, no install. Drag to reorder, preview before save, output goes to Files through the share sheet. No watermark, no signup. Each image becomes one page at its original aspect ratio.
Free browser tier uploads the JPGs to their servers. Fine for holiday snapshots but a concern for ID documents, receipts, or medical photos. Paid tier $7-$9/month.
| Operating system | iOS 14 or newer. Also works on iPadOS 14+. |
|---|---|
| Browser | Safari (recommended), Chrome, Firefox, Edge on iOS |
| Input | JPG, JPEG, PNG, WebP from Photos, Files, or iCloud Drive |
| Install needed | None — it's a web page |
| Account needed | None |
| Network | Only to load the page. Conversion itself is offline. |
| Practical limit | 30-50 full-size photos per PDF on iPhone 12 or newer |
Tap below — the picker opens with the right input types already set.
Open the JPG to PDF tool on iPhone
Safari, Chrome, Edge — all supported on iOS.
Yes. Open Safari, go to vastiko.com/jpg-to-pdf/, tap the upload zone, and pick one or more photos from your Photo Library or Files. The conversion runs entirely in Safari — no App Store download, no signup, no upload. When it's done, the PDF is saved through the standard share sheet to Files, iCloud Drive, Mail, or anywhere else.
Yes, the first time. iOS asks whether Safari can see your Photo Library when you tap the file picker. You can choose Selected Photos to share only the ones you need. The picked images are read into the browser tab — they are not uploaded anywhere. If you'd rather skip the Photos prompt, use the Files app picker instead.
The iOS Files app can turn images into a PDF if you long-press a selection — but only if the images are in Files (not Photos), and the output order follows filename rather than a drag-to-reorder UI. Our tool lets you pick straight from Photos, drag thumbnails into the exact order you want, and preview the PDF before saving.
No. Each image is decoded into pixels and re-embedded into the PDF without EXIF. Location, timestamps, and camera metadata are not carried across. If you need EXIF preserved, convert in a dedicated native app.
No. Everything runs inside your Safari tab with pdf-lib. The JPGs are read into memory and a PDF is built locally. Zero network requests during conversion. Close the tab and the images are gone from memory.