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I got tired of losing copied text from PDFs, so I built a fix

Hey Indie Hackers 👋

I kept running into the same annoying problem — every time I read PDFs, I’d copy useful lines but had to switch apps just to paste and save them. It broke my flow and focus, and half the time I’d lose what I copied.

So I built PDF Snippets, a lightweight Android app that automatically saves anything you copy from a PDF — instantly, in the background.

✅ No switching between apps
✅ No losing copied text
✅ Everything stays neatly organized in one place

It started as a small tool for myself, but I realized this problem’s pretty common among students, researchers, and professionals.

Would love your thoughts:

Would you use something like this?

What features would make it more useful (exporting, translation, online lookup, text-to-speech, etc.)?

Here’s the app if you want to check it out:
📱 Amazon Appstore: https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0FD7BLMPT

🔗 Direct APK: https://sites.google.com/view/pdfsnippetsofficialsite/home

on October 4, 2025
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