PDF to Markdown: PDF Lift

PDF Lift turns any PDF into clean, editable Markdown, right on your iPhone or iPad, completely offline. Open a PDF and get back well-structured Markdown in seconds, with headings, lists, tables, links, and images all preserved. It works on ordinary text PDFs and on scanned or photographed documents alike. Parse image-only pages, so you can pull text out of a scan without sending anything to the cloud. Review the result side by side with the original, make any tweaks, and export. Whether you're lifting quotes from a research paper, turning a scanned handout into notes, or getting a document into your favorite Markdown editor, PDF Lift does the tedious formatting for you. Nothing ever leaves your device. Features - Convert any PDF to Markdown, with headings, lists, links, and structure preserved - On-device OCR for scanned and image-only PDFs - Side-by-side review: original PDF · Markdown source · live preview - Full-screen review mode for distraction-free reading and editing - Tables reconstructed as Markdown, including bordered and grid tables - Images extracted and exported right alongside your Markdown - Export your Markdown and share it or save to Files - Previous Conversions: every conversion is saved on your device so you can reopen it anytime - Open password-protected PDFs - Import options: choose whether to extract images or limit the page range - Scan Document: scan paper documents with your camera and convert them to Markdown, entirely on your device - Works on both iPhone and iPad Also handles - Blockquotes, inline code, and code blocks - Emoji baked into PDFs as images, recovered back into real text - Words split across line breaks, automatically rejoined - Bare links turned into clickable Markdown links Private by design Every conversion runs on your device using Apple's on-device frameworks. There are no accounts, no cloud upload, and no data collection, so your documents stay yours. Free & Pro Pro removes the per-document page limit, so you can convert entire PDFs of any length. Choose a monthly or yearly plan with Family Sharing, or buy Lifetime once and keep it forever on every device you own. By downloading this app, you agree to Apple's Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/