Use Case
Your kid hands you a form at 7:45 AM. The bus comes at 8:00. You don't have a pen that works. Here's how to sign it in 30 seconds from your phone.
Some schools use online portals for forms. But many still email PDFs or send paper forms home in backpacks. When you get a PDF permission slip, Apple Markup technically lets you sign it, but it can't fill in the emergency contact section, can't check the 'I agree' boxes, and can't add the date. If the form is on paper, you need to scan it first — Markup can't do that either. DocuSign and other enterprise tools are massive overkill for a permission slip. You don't need a $15/month subscription to sign a field trip form. You need something that's fast, free to try, and works at 7:45 AM with one hand while holding coffee.
Paper form in your kid's backpack? Scan it with eSign PDF's built-in camera scanner. PDF from the school email? Import it directly. Place your saved signature in seconds. Fill in emergency contacts, medical info, and dates with the text tool. Check agreement boxes. Export and email it back to the school or hand your phone to your kid to show the teacher. At 30 seconds per form, you can sign a week's worth of permission slips during your morning coffee. Create a School folder to keep everything organized by child. Your kids' medical info stays on your device — not on some signing platform's server.
Open eSign PDF, tap +, select Scan Document. Point your camera at the form. Auto-crop captures it cleanly. The scanned form is now a signable PDF.
Place your saved signature. Check the permission checkbox. Add today's date. Fill in emergency contact if needed. 30 seconds total.
Export and email to the school, or hand your phone to your kid to show the teacher the signed PDF. Save to your School folder.
Open the multi-page enrollment PDF. Fill in child's info, medical details, emergency contacts across multiple pages. Sign and date. Export and email back. Save a copy.
Create folders for each child to keep school documents organized
Save your signature on day one so every future form is just tap-and-place
Keep the app on your home screen for quick access during morning rush
Use the camera scanner for paper forms — faster than taking a photo and importing
Back up signed enrollment and medical forms to iCloud for long-term records