FOR ZINES, HAND-BOUND BOOKS & EVENT BOOKLETS

Make the fold.
Skip the guesswork.

Turn your PDFs into a booklet you can understand before you print. Check finished spreads, inspect every sheet side, and leave with a clear print pack.

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Planned US $7.99 · One purchase · No subscription

Version 1.0 is being prepared for review. The store link becomes available after approval. Local App Store prices apply.

Actual QuirePilot interface showing corrected source pages 3 and 4 facing each other

Are those pages really facing?

Adjacent pages in a source PDF do not always become a spread. Select the first page, check the facing-page result, and insert the needed blank in one action. The finished-book preview updates immediately.

See the sheet, not just a diagram.

Inspect actual PDF artwork, margins and page order on fronts and backs. See both sides together, or focus on one side. Existing vector artwork is preserved where possible.

A print pack with a next step.

Booklet.pdf interleaves fronts and backs. Fronts.pdf and Backs.pdf support manual duplex. A two-page proof, CSV page map and localized instructions travel with every export. Each run creates a new folder.

TRY THE PAGE-ORDER CHECK

Why don’t pages 3 and 4 face?

Page 1 is the cover. Finished spreads pair positions 2–3, 4–5, 6–7. This is an illustrative demo; no files are read.

Source 3 → position 3Source 4 → position 4Back-to-back

For the last mile of a small publication.

Paper & binding: A4, A3, US Letter and Tabloid landscape. Left or right binding, one booklet or 4–32-page signatures, and an optional pinned back cover.
Sources & files: Up to 1,000 editable pages and 200 MB of source PDFs per project. Combine PDFs, reorder pages, insert blanks, and respect crop boxes and mixed rotations.
Mac & languages: macOS 14 or later. Apple Silicon and Intel. Interface and help in 15 languages. No account, PDF upload, analytics or subscription.

Check before you buy.

This is PDF imposition for personal booklets. Encrypted or print-restricted PDFs, interactive forms and non-link annotations are rejected; export a plain printable PDF from the authoring app first. Print PDFs do not preserve links, signatures, bookmarks or interactivity. No OCR, text editing, commercial bleed, creep compensation or arbitrary imposition.

Physical printer compatibility has not been verified. Print the included two-page duplex proof on one sheet first. Check feed direction, stack order and duplex flip before a full run. Reopen sources after quitting; this version does not save project drafts.

Make the first sheet a proof.
Not a guess.

A generated 10-page example is included. Start without finding a PDF.

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