SHEAFLY
Document scanner
Every paper you own, filed where it belongs.
Scan with your camera. Sheafly straightens the page, cleans it up, reads the text, and saves the file to a cloud drive you already own.
Free to use. Sheafly Pro adds search inside every page, unlimited people and unlimited PDF tools, and removes ads.
How it works
Scan, store, find.
Three steps, and none of them need an account with us.
Scan
Edges are found for you; adjust the corners whenever the guess is off. Filters clean up shadows and paper tone, on one page or all of them. Add, reorder, rotate or retake pages, or import from Photos.
Store
Files go straight into your own Google Drive, iCloud, OneDrive or Dropbox, in a Sheafly folder with a folder for each person. Sheafly keeps no copy of its own.
Find
Find any paper by name, person or folder. Text is read on your device, and with Sheafly Pro search reaches inside every page: the policy number, not just the file name.
Privacy
Your papers are shared with no one.
There is no Sheafly server holding your documents. Scans move between your phone and the drive you chose, and nowhere else.
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No third partiesScans, recognised text and the names you file them under stay between this device and your drive. Your drawn signature never leaves the device. No analytics on what a document says, and no training.
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The text is read hereRecognition runs on your phone. Page images are never sent anywhere to be read.
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Works offlineCapturing, cropping, cleaning up, signing and search all work without a connection. Uploads wait until you have one, or until Wi-Fi if you prefer.
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Honest about adsThe free version shows a few Google AdMob ads. The ad network sees your device and app usage, as ad networks do. It never sees your documents or their text. Sheafly Pro removes ads.
Made for real paperwork
The details that save you a trip to the drawer.
A folder for everyone
Keep your own papers or the whole household's. Pick whose each scan is and it lands in their folder in your drive.
ID cards, both sides
Card mode captures the front then the back and lays them out at true size on one printable A4 page.
Sign any PDF
Draw your signature once, then place it on a scan or on any PDF from your files. It is drawn into the file and kept only on your device.
Password-protect PDFs
Share a PDF that opens only with the password you choose. Sheafly does not keep the password.
Merge PDF files
Put several PDFs from your device into one, in the order you choose. Text, links and drawings are kept, nothing is re-scanned.
Combine scans
Scanned a contract in two sittings? Select both, put the pages in order and file them as one document.
Share as PDF
Small, balanced or original quality, with the real file size shown before you send. No location or device details travel with the pages.
Export as images
Save pages to Photos, share them one by one, or as a single long image with every page one under another.
Locked when you want
Require Face ID, fingerprint or your device passcode before the library opens. Light and dark themes follow your phone.
Pricing
Free for your papers. Pro for everything else.
Scanning, filing, text recognition and your drive stay free, and everything you have filed stays yours either way.
Free
Sheafly
- Unlimited scans and pages
- On-device text recognition
- Find documents by name, person or folder
- Google Drive, iCloud, OneDrive or Dropbox
- Papers for up to 3 people
- Try the PDF tools: 3 signed PDFs, 3 password-protected PDFs, 3 PDF merges and 2 card sheets
- Share PDFs at small or balanced quality
- A few ads, never over your documents
Monthly, yearly or lifetime
Sheafly Pro
- Everything in Free
- Search inside every page
- Unlimited people
- Sign, password-protect and merge PDFs as often as you like
- Unlimited ID and card sheets
- Share PDFs at the original quality they were scanned
- No ads, not in the library and not after you save
Bought through the App Store or Google Play, with prices shown in the app in your local currency. Subscriptions renew until cancelled; lifetime is a single payment.
Questions
Good to know
Do I need to create an account?
No. You sign in to your own cloud drive, with that provider, so Sheafly can write files there. There is no Sheafly account and no Sheafly server.
What can Sheafly see in my Google Drive?
Only the files Sheafly itself created. It asks for Google's narrowest Drive permission, which covers files you use with the app and nothing else in your Drive.
Can I use it without a cloud drive?
Yes. Choose "keep scans on this device" during setup. You can connect a drive later and Sheafly will upload what you have.
Is search inside pages free?
Every page's text is read on your device for free, and you can always find documents by their name, person or folder. Searching the words inside pages is part of Sheafly Pro.
Can I sign a PDF someone emailed me?
Yes. Open "Sign a PDF" from the library, pick the file, draw your signature and tap where it goes. The free version signs 3 PDFs; Pro has no limit.
What happens to my files if I stop using Sheafly?
They stay in your drive as ordinary image files, one folder per document, inside a folder called Sheafly. You can also export everything, with each page's text and how it is filed, as one zip. Disconnecting erases the local copy only.
Which languages can it read?
Text recognition uses your phone's built-in engine and reads printed Latin-script text (English, Spanish, French, German and similar). Handwriting and other scripts can't be read yet: those pages are marked as unclear rather than filled with guesses, and are still saved and filed.
I already bought Pro. How do I get it on a new phone?
Open Sheafly Pro in the app and tap "Restore purchases", signed in with the same Apple ID or Google account you bought it with.
Clear the drawer.
Scan the pile once, and find any page of it in seconds.