On a day-to-day basis, many documents have to be signed, especially if you work surrounded by papers at work. Thanks to technology, it is no longer necessary to have them always printed to sign them with a ballpoint pen and then send them. Right now there are many applications to perform this operation digitally on both the iPhone and the iPad. In this article we tell you the best options that can be found in the App Store.
Is it legal to sign documents with an iPhone?
One of the big questions that may come to mind when using these applications is whether it is totally legal. The documents that are signed must be legal so that it can have the necessary validity for it. And the truth is that many of these applications contain the necessary standards to be able to have an electronic certificate that gives the guarantees of authentication before the different organizations.
This means that you can always save the printing, signing and scanning process to be able to send it. Although on some occasions the digital signature may be required through the electronic DNI or the official certificate of some body, although for the more traditional procedures with these applications it will be more than enough.
Sign on your iPhone or iPad comfortably
SignEasy
Application that allows you to sign all the documents you need in a very simple way. You will be able to sign, fill out and send any document format including PDF, Word, Excel among others. But it does not remain in the documents that you have stored locally on the iPhone or iPad but also extends to cloud services. You will be able to access Dropbox or Google Drive to be able to download them and have them signed and filled out.
But what is really interesting is being able to access the signature remotely, being able to send documents to another person who also has the application so that they can sign them comfortably. In addition, with the synchronization through the SignEasy account you can have all the documents on any device where you log in.
Adobe Fill & Sign
Free Adobe proprietary application that will help you fill out and sign any type of document quickly. But it is not limited only to those digitized documents, but you can also take a photograph on a piece of paper to fill it in with the iPhone or iPad and sign it electronically.
Premium above all for the sobriety of the application, limiting itself to its main function of signing documents and being able to send them to anyone. In this way you can forget about the scanner since with the application and your finger or the Apple Pencil if you are on the iPad you can easily make a signature saving a lot of time.
SIGNply
Use the app to be able to make the handwritten digital signature of PDF documents from your iPhone or iPad without ads or subscriptions. You can select the document from the local storage device or take it directly from iCloud. Once this is done you can sign with your own finger or with the Apple Pencil in the box that will appear easily.
When you have signed you will be able to place your rubric wherever you want in the document and adjust the size and its own dimensions. In addition, it can be configured with e-Signature guaranteeing the legal validity of the signature by going with your own personal credentials. In this way, any official body will be able to accept your document signed in this way.
DocuSign
Application that is designed for large employees with the aim of sharing documents with colleagues. Anyone can send you a document to sign just like you can do the same task yourself. The interface quickly shows the tasks that you have pending to sign and why so that you always know what you are dealing with.
Once you enter the signature, you can easily choose where you want to place it and if there are several people who are going to sign the document, you can easily label them. The sending is done through email as well as through the different cloud services with which it is linked, such as Dropbox or Google Drive. The problem is that if you want to send unlimited documents, you will have to do with a premium subscription.
signNow
Sign and send documents for free to this simple application compatible with PDF or Word files among many others. All the documents that you have uploaded to the application will give you the possibility to invite other people to sign easily. You will only have to enter the email of the person you are interested in to do the same operation.
The signature system is fully customizable by quickly adding the signature wherever you want as well as the type of stroke you need. It is fully compatible with electronic signature systems in order to have the best guarantees in terms of security. To this is also added the advantage of having a totally offline option in which an internet connection is not required to sign documents.
PDFelement
In addition to being one of the best multiplatform PDF file managers, it is also an ideal tool for signing documents. As its name suggests, it is designed above all for signing PDF files in a really efficient way. You simply have to choose where you want to insert it and make the path within the box that will appear, being able to do it with your finger or with the Apple Pencil.
The only problem that can arise is that to enjoy all the benefits it is necessary to have a subscription to increase productivity. Obviously, in addition to signing, you can also fill out all the forms that you have in front of you.
iLovePDF
Application that has endless tools to work with all PDF files. One of them is the possibility of filling in the forms and signing them digitally with your own signature that can be stored in the application itself so that it can be reused in the future.
Once it has been signed, you can make the shipment through different platforms. This includes email or uploading it to the clouds to share with others. The problem is that it cannot be shared quickly with colleagues as it can be done in some of the applications that we have discussed.
iSignature
Application that has a very simple functionality. It will allow you to make your signature comfortably in a box that has different design tools. Among these you can find the thickness of the section or the colors you want to have. But it does not have a document manager integrated to be able to integrate the signature that you have made with the application.
What you can do with the signature you have created is export it in an image to your cloud or to email. In this way you can copy and paste it into any document in an easy way to sign it without having to pass the document through an application. Something quite simple and useful but it does not have any authentication standard.
pdfFiller
If you have to fill out and sign forms, this is your ideal application to do it wherever you are. In addition to filling in all the fields that are automatically detected, you can also comfortably sign them with all the signatures you want and that you will have stored. Once you make one, it is registered so that you can use it again in future forms.
When you have filled it out correctly, you can share it through the means you need, such as uploading it to the cloud or sending it via email. Although you can also print it once it is already filled in through AirPrint technology.
