How to Turn Text Message Screenshots Into One PDF
Pick the screenshots in Kept Texts. It reads them on your iPhone, removes the overlap between them, and puts every text in order in one PDF, with who sent it and the times Messages showed.
Steps
- Take screenshots of the chat from top to bottom, each one overlapping the last a little.
- In Kept Texts, tap New Record, then Screenshots, and pick them.
- Check anything Kept Texts marked against the screenshot it came from, then preview the whole PDF for free.
- Save, print or share it with a pass. Print sends it straight to a printer.
Good to know
- If two screenshots don't overlap, the PDF says texts may be missing there.
- Screenshots only show the times Messages puts above each group of texts, so some texts say "after 6:12 PM". For an exact time on every text, use Messages › Choose a Chat instead.
- Turn on Screen Pictures to add the screenshots at the end of the PDF, so anyone can compare.
- Photos in the chat aren't printed. Their places are marked, and Screen Pictures shows them.
Questions
Does it work with screenshots I took months ago?
Yes, as long as they're in Photos. Kept Texts reads the dates and times Messages showed in them.
What if a word is read wrong?
Anything Kept Texts wasn't sure of is marked. Tap a text to compare it with the screenshot and fix it. Every fix is listed at the end of the PDF.
Kept Texts is coming soon to the App Store, for iPhone with iOS 26 or later. It's free to make, check and preview your whole PDF. A pass to save, print and share costs $9.99 for 30 days or $29.99 for a year, and never renews.
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Updated November 13, 2026.