List of Apps That Support Open In

Submitted by T. Reid Lewis on April 20, 2011 - 3:17pm
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iOS doesn't have a user-accessible file system. But apps are often narrowly focused, and they ought to work together. For example, how can you annotate a PDF from your cloud-hosted private storage? Ether your PDF annotating app must support your particular cloud, or your cloud app must support PDF annotation. Or, alternatively, your cloud app should be able to pass a file to your favorite PDF annotator, which can send the file back when done.

The best feature we have for this now is the "Open In..." button increasingly present in apps. Although not ideal (it ought to be called "Send a copy to...") it is what it is.

This is a list of apps that support saving copies of their files into other apps via the iOS "Open In..." functionality. Please add your favorite apps.

App Category Vendor Version Explanation
Adobe CreatePDF Business Adobe 1.0.2 Accepts supported document types via Open In...CreatePDF which converts them to PDF files via a cloud service; Exports converted PDF files via Open In for viewing/editing in other Apps
Adobe Reader Business Adobe 10.3 Adobe's PDF viewer for iOS; Exports PDF files via Open In for viewing/editing in other Apps
Box.net Business Box.net TBD TBD
Breezy Print and Fax Productivity Breezy All Provides secure printing and faxing functionality for documents opened in the app.
Coaxion Productivity Moprise All Coaxion is a priority inbox for documents. It supports real time sharing of documents to iPads and access to SharePoint, Office365, BOX and others. Supports Open In and Save Back.
Documents to Go Productivity DataViz TBD VIEW/EDIT/CREATE Word & Excel files(Office 2007/2008/2010)
VIEW PowerPoint, PDF, iWork, Text, .RTF
DropBox Productivity DropBox TBD TBD
Evernote Productivity Evernote 4.0.2 In the Preview pane only.
FileApp Business DigiDNA TBD TBD
FileBrowser Utilities Stratopherix TBD TBD
Filer Lite Productivity Hammock District TBD TBD
GoodNotes Productivity GoodNotes 2.5.1 TBD
GoodReader Productivity Goodiware 3.6.0 TBD
iAnnotate Productivity Aji Dev 1.5 TBD
iFortress Utilites CommandHub TBD The App allows users to make notes and take pictures, as well as import, organize and view documents. Once the data is inside the App, the user need no longer worry about data security, leakage and loss.
iPhoto 1.1 Apple Photo & video Can export JPG via Open In to all Apps registered for that file type.
iUnarchive Utilities De Voorkant 1.6.2 Extracts files from archives including Zip, rar, 7-zip, tar, gzip, bz2/BZip2, LhA and StuffI! including passworded files
Keynote 1.6.1 Apple Productivity Can export Keynote, PowerPoint or PDF via Open In to all Apps registered for the selected file type.
Mail Built-in Apple TBD Can export nearly any file type via Open In to all App registered for that file type.
mobilEcho Business GroupLogic 4.2 Exports all file types via Open In for viewing/editing in any App registered for that file type; accepts all file types via Open In for saving in local or network file system
Numbers Productivity Apple 1.6.2 Can export Numbers, Excel or PDF via Open In to all Apps registered for the selected file type.
Office2HD Business Byte2 TBD TBD
Pages Productivity Apple 1.6.2 Can export Pages, Word or PDF via Open In to all Apps registered for the selected file type.
Papers Productivity Mekentosj TBD TBD
PDF Expert Productivity Readdle 2.5 TBD
Photos Pro Photography Applgasm-Apps 2.01 Can export photos via Open In to any JPG, NEF, RAW, PNG, BMP, or TIFF registered apps.
Photo Shack Photography Applgasm-Apps 3.4 Can export photos via Open In to any JPG, NEF, RAW, PNG, BMP, or TIFF registered apps.
Photo Shack Pro Photography Applgasm-Apps 5.75 Can export photos via Open In to any JPG, NEF, RAW, PNG, BMP, or TIFF registered apps.
PrintCentral Pro Productivity Eurosmartz 2.3 Can Import or Export nearly any file type via Open In to all Apps registered for that file type.
PrintnShare Pro Business Eurosmartz 5.3 Can Import or Export nearly any file type via Open In to all Apps registered for that file type.
Safari BuiltIn Apple TBD Can export PDFs via Open In to all PDF registered apps. Can save images into Photos.
Save2PDF Productivity Eurosmartz 1.4 Can Import or export nearly any file type via Open In to all App registered for that file type.
Scanner Pro Business Readdle 4.0 Can export scanned documents as either JPG or PDF via Open In and other methods
SignMyPad Productivity Autriv 3.9 Opens PDFs from Email, Dropbox, and has download feature. Can send files out to Email, DropBox, and other PDF registered apps.
SIGNificant Signature Capture Productivity xyzmo 1.1.6 Opens PDFs from Email, Dropbox, Evernote, Box. Can send files out to Email, DropBox, and other PDF registered apps.
WritePDF Business Eurosmartz 2.2 Can Import or Export nearly any file type via Open In to all Apps registered for that file type, view here.

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