Notes apps read Markdown, not PDF. Filemorph converts a PDF's text and structure into Markdown on your iPhone, so it drops straight into Obsidian, Bear or any plain-text notes app.
A PDF you want to actually work with — annotate, link, search across other notes — usually needs to live in a notes app first. Filemorph reads the PDF and rebuilds its headings, lists and paragraphs as Markdown, which every notes app understands natively.
Filemorph reads the PDF's text layer with Apple's PDFKit and infers structure from font size and layout: larger, bolder text becomes a heading, bulleted lines become a Markdown list. It is a structure conversion, not a pixel-for-pixel layout clone — tables and multi-column pages come through as best-effort plain text. For a scanned PDF, run OCR Overlay first so there is real text to work from.
In the app: Convert → To Markdown.
Markdown is plain text with light formatting, so it is portable, diffable and searchable across every notes app, from Obsidian to Bear to a plain text editor. Converting a PDF to Markdown is the fastest way to fold its content into a notes vault without fighting a PDF viewer to find a paragraph again.
Yes. Unlike web converters that upload your files to a server, Filemorph converts every file locally using Apple's frameworks. Nothing leaves your device, and it works with no internet connection. This operation is part of Filemorph Pro ($29.99/year, 7-day free trial on monthly and annual plans).
Yes, where the PDF's formatting makes them detectable — larger or bolder text becomes a heading, bulleted lines become a Markdown list.
Tables come through as plain text, not Markdown table syntax. For tables you need to keep as a spreadsheet, use PDF to Excel instead.
No. PDF to Text returns raw words with no structure; PDF to Markdown adds headings and lists back in, which is what a notes app needs to render it properly.
On-device, no upload. Plus 300+ more file operations.
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