With
the advent, portability and popularity of mobile phones more and more people now
use mobile devices to process digital documents.
However,
having many different file formats means requiring a lot of different apps to
open these mobile documents.
PDF
is probably the best choice as it is a stable file format that allows you to read
text and images as they are without alteration and blur.
There
are already plenty of apps you can use to view PDF on your mobile devices but
what about converting these files into PDF on the device itself?
Well,
that’s what this post is for! Below are hand-picked 10 free apps to convert
PDF on your smartphone or tablet, be it iOS or Android.
Able2Extract
PDF Converter is a free cross-platform app which allows you to create PDF
documents from MS Office documents. It also lets you convert PDF documents to
PowerPoint, Word, and Excel in just two simple taps. Converted files can be
stored on your local phone storage so you can easily use or share them via
other apps.
Convert
most of your files on your smartphone and tablet with this app. The conversion
will be done in a secure Cloud and converted files can be downloaded back to
the app. Supported file formats include video, documents, audio, ebooks, images
and archives, and over 100 source formats are supported.
To
PDF is a free iPad app that convert iWorks and MS Office documents, web pages,
emails, images, contacts, SMS, clipboard content and even Dropbox
content to PDF format. Besides that you can also use its extra features to
annotate, organize and share PDF files.
iFiles
Converter Lite lets you convert documents to PDF right on your iPhone. You can
easily import files from online storage like Dropbox,
Google Drive or other cloud storage applications. Supported file formats
include MS Office documents, iWorks documents, HTML pages, pictures and text
files.
Here’s
one that turns your hard copy into PDF. Doc Scan turns your hard copy documents
into PDF format with your iPhone or iPad. Simply take a picture of your hard
copy documents, scan it with the app, and convert the image into a
high-resolution PDF on the fly.
DocToPDF
is an Android app that converts doc, docx, xls, xlsx, rtf and txt file formats
to PDF. You can then share the converted PDF documents via email or bluetooth.
There’s also a built-in PDF viewer that lets you to view and check the
converted PDF file.
Want
to convert MS Office documents on your Android phone? Try Office Converter. It
converts Word, Excel and PowerPoint file formats to PDF documents. However,
conversion will be done online so an Internet connection is required. You can
also add password protection to your converted PDF files.
Web
to PDF is an add-on for the Dolphin browser that allows users to convert a
webpage to PDF file, view or share it anytime.
PDF
Converter is a lightweight app that converts any document into a PDF file.
Conversion is done on a server and converted PDF documents will be saved on
your SD Card storage in the "Download" folder.
If
you have more, do share them with us in the comments section.