What it does
Medical papers pile up as PDFs, phone photos and scans with names like IMG_2041. Drop them all here and the tool finds a date for each, guesses what kind of record it is, and lets you sort them by date. Then it saves everything as one PDF with a contents page at the front, or as a ZIP of files with clear names such as “2026-03-14 Lab - report.pdf”.
The date and type are only guesses, so check them. You can change any date, type or title. Nothing is uploaded and nothing is stored: close the page and the list is gone. When the merged file is too large to send, shrink it with file compressor, rearrange pages with organise PDF, or look up unfamiliar words with medical words explainer.
How to use it
- Add PDFs and JPG or PNG photos. HEIC photos need converting first with the file converter.
- Check the Date and Type of each row. Small grey text says where the date came from.
- Pick the order, and tick Group by type first if you want labs, scans and bills together.
- Save the PDF, the ZIP or the index CSV.
What each option does
- Dates like 03/04/2026 mean: day first or month first. It re-reads dates you have not typed yourself.
- Sort by date: oldest first or newest first.
- Group by type first: Lab, Imaging, Bill, Prescription, Letter, Other, each sorted by date inside.
- Title in contents: the line shown on the contents page; it starts as the file name.
Worked example
You drop a blood test PDF containing “14/03/2026”, an invoice PDF containing “2026-01-05” and a photo named “chest xray 2026-02-10.png”. The rows sort as 5 January (Bill), 10 February (Imaging) and 14 March (Lab). If the blood test has 2 pages, the invoice 1 and the photo 1, the merged PDF has 5 pages: the contents page and then every page in order.
FAQs
Does it read text in photos? Yes, if you tick Read the words in photos and scans before adding files. It reads the first page on your device (the reader, about 4 MB, loads once) to find a date and a type. Without it, photos use the date in the file name or the file date. Check them either way.
Are my files uploaded? No. Everything happens in your browser.
Why is a date wrong? The first date-like text in the file is used, which may be a birth date. Type the right one.
Where the numbers come from
- Dates are read from the file's own text, its name or its file date; types are guessed from common words. Files are merged with pdf-lib and zipped with fflate, both open source.
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Last updated 2026-11-10.