Scan an ID card, front and back, onto one A4 page

Overview

A card-shaped guide, sized to the standard 85.6 × 54 mm card, shows you exactly where to hold the front, then the back. iEdit lays both sides on one A4 page at true size and 300 DPI, so a printed copy matches the real card and anyone checking it sees both sides at once. The page is saved as a PDF in My files, and the text on each side is read on the device and stored as an invisible, searchable layer.

The 85.6 × 54 mm guide fits national identity cards, driving licences, residence permits, health insurance cards, bank cards and most membership cards, which share that size. Capture is a two-step flow, front then back, and the result is one page rather than two loose photos, so nothing goes missing in an e-mail. Passports and other booklets are better scanned a page at a time with the document scanner, which is one tap away.

Reach for it when a landlord, bank, employer or visa application asks for a copy of your ID, or to keep a copy of the cards in your wallet in case it is lost. Everything, including the text recognition, happens on your device; nothing is sent to a server, so an identity document is never uploaded anywhere. If you want extra protection, the Lock PDF tool can add an AES-256 password to the saved file.