# PDFGenius — The PDF Manipulation Toolkit > Powerful PDF manipulation utility for combining, splitting, compressing, converting, and editing PDFs. (iPhone/iPad app by RootRise Technologies Pvt. Ltd..) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pdfgenius/id1194023259 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [RootRise Technologies Pvt. Ltd.](https://appshunter.io/developer/594431033) - Category: Productivity, Utilities - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Rating: 4.30/5 from 35 App Store ratings · 24 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 15.6 · 12 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2017-01-20 - Data updated: 2026-08-24 - Monetization: free with in-app purchases - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pdfgenius/id1194023259/reviews.md ## What is PDFGenius? PDFGenius is an easy-to-use, intuitive and powerful PDF manipulation utility app that you will ever need. PDFGenius offer features like combining PDFs, splitting PDFs into multiple files, PDF compression to reduce file size, convert PDF into images, extract pages from a PDF to create another PDF and extract text from PDF document. * * * PDFGenius for Mac is also available on the Mac App Store. * * * PDF editing features that allows you to insert new pages from images and PDF files, delete, rotate and reorder pages within PDF. In addition, you can crop and divide PDF pages, remove links, modify metadata, add/remove password security. PDFGenius performs all manipulating operations on PDF by preserving contents (i.e. structure of the file, color profiles, fonts, links, bookmarks) without losing document’s integrity and does it very fast. ◆ MERGE : Combine multiple files into single PDF document. Alternate page merge supported. ◆ SPLIT : Split PDF into multiple PDF files. Five divide criteria along with file labelling options 1) Split by number of pages per file. 2) Split by file size. 3) Split by outline level. Use outline titles as PDF filenames. 4) Split by page size. 5) Split by comma separated page range. ◆ CONVERT: - Convert PDF into each page as images (JPG, PNG, TIFF). - Specify JPEG image quality, resolution and color model. - You can save converted images into Photos Album. - Include annotations control to enable display annotations into converted images. ◆ COMPRESSION: - Compress large image and graphics heavy PDF using extensive set of options. - Controls to change JPEG quality, color model, image resolution and Optimise graphics level to decrease the file size dramatically. New Optimize graphics option removes superfluous information to reduce vector graphics heavy PDF. - Inbuilt side-by-side preview to compare original and compressed PDF for iPad. ◆ COPY/PASTE PDF pages between PDF documents. You can duplicate selected pages within PDF. ◆ EXTRACT PAGES: Reuse selected pages from one PDF document to create new PDF document. - Open to extract each PDF page as separate PDF document. ◆ INSERT: Insert new pages into existing PDF by inserting images and pages from another PDF. - Tool to insert blank page. ◆ DELETE: Delete pages from PDF file. Tool to delete blank pages. ◆ PASSWORD SECURITY: - Add or remove password security with file restriction controls. ◆ PAGE BOXES: Set CropBox and other display box margins of the PDF pages. - Options to remove white margins. - Option to divide(cut) PDF pages horizontally and vertically. ◆ REMOVE LINKS: Remove annotations, internal links, external hyperlinks. ◆ PAGE SELECTION: Most helpful page selection variations to speed up page manipulations. ◆ ARRANGE, SHUFFLE, REORDER and ROTATE PAGES ◆ Modify PDF document METADATA. ◆ Extract plain text. Much more… PDF VIEWER: - Very powerful and fast PDF reader with fully selectable and searchable text contents. - Pinch out and Pinch in to ZoomIn and ZoomOut view. - Navigate within PDF using slide over thumbnail view, outlines and Go to page feature. ◆ TRANSFER AND SHARE FILES - You can share new generated files or archive multiple files into zip. You can send file(s) as Mail attachment, Open In… another app and Send to cloud storage. - Use Copy to iTunes to save and share files with your computer. - Fully supports iPad Drag & Drop feature across the app to transfer files and images between apps. Note: PDFGenius is standalone application running natively to manipulate PDF documents securely on your iOS device. *The free version allow you to open, view and work with PDF using various operations and manipulating tools. Get Premium to enable sharing of resultant PDFs, Images and text documents without any restrictions. Privacy Policy: http://rootrisetech.com/app-privacy-policy Terms of Use(EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ ## Key features - Combine multiple PDFs - Split PDFs by various criteria - Compress PDF file size - Convert PDF to images (JPG, PNG, TIFF) - Extract text from PDFs - Edit pages (insert, delete, reorder, rotate, crop) - Add/remove password security ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Premium : Yearly Access | $6.99 | per year | | Premium : Monthly Access | $0.99 | per month | **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Premium : Lifetime Access | $9.99 | one-time | ## Recent user reviews (10 of 24) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pdfgenius/id1194023259/reviews.md ### 1/5 — Gekaufte Version funktioniert nicht *2026-06-12* Gekaufte Version ändert sich plötzlich wieder zur free Version nach wenigen Monaten des Kaufs. Kauf nicht wiederherstellbar. Das sieht nach Betrug und arglistiger Täuschung aus. ### 2/5 — File delete / File löschen *2026-02-08* Dateien lassen sich in PDFGenius nicht per Wischgeste löschen. Zum Entfernen oben rechts den Kreis antippen (Bearbeiten aktivieren), Dateien markieren und unten rechts auf den Papierkorb tippen. Vielleicht hilft dieser Hinweis anderen Nutzern, die ebenfalls nach der Löschfunktion suchen.“ -------- Files cannot be deleted by swiping in PDFGenius. Tap the circle in the top right to enter edit mode, select the files, then tap the trash icon in the bottom right. This may help other users who are looking for the delete function. ### 1/5 — Abandoned App *2025-10-09* The app hasn’t been updated in over 2 years so changes to Apple Files are not reflected. You can’t delete imported scans from the app, nor can you delete optimized versions. Looking at a few other apps by this developer, it seems he/she has stopped iOS development. Shame, this was a convenient way to optimize iPhone’s insanely large (file size) scanned PDFs. ### 1/5 — Lacking *2025-05-15* The app cannot edit text in documents, nor even annotate documents with overlays. It can only rearrange or insert whole pages. Does not integrate with iOS Files well, and instead has its own browser for the app’s folder. ### 2/5 — App not launching on iOS 18.0.1 *2024-10-13* Dear developers, your app has stopped launching on iOS 18.0.1. It simply freezes during launch and does not respond to any activity. The same thing is happening with your other app called PDFOptim. Pls check and fix this issue. ### 5/5 — BESTES PDF-Schweizer-Taschenmesser, das ich kenne *2024-09-04* Mehr Möglichkeiten bei relativ einfacher Bedienung bietet keine mir bekannte App, und ich habe schon viele ausprobiert. ### 1/5 — Must pay *2024-03-10* This app doesn’t allow you download your altered pdfs unless you pay. It is useless. ### 3/5 — File browser outdated *2024-01-19* I wish the file browser feature of the app would look like (or integrate with) the native Files app, a la Pixelmator. Aside from the looks, the custom implementation leads to some bugs, such as lists not getting updated in real time. For example: I remove password security from a PDF, and I tap save (not Save As), which overwrites the original, after going back to the file browser, I notice there are two entries of the PDF I just unlocked. One blacked out and one with a thumbnail. So I delete the blacked out. I attempt to view the one with a thumbnail. It’s blank. So I close and relaunch the app. Both are gone. It turns out, because the list isn’t updated, the blacked out one I deleted was the one that already has password security removed. ### 5/5 — Prix d’excellence ! *2023-09-29* Enfin trouvé l’application idéale de compression de pdf, et pas seulement car c’est un outil complet et pour un prix dérisoire. Félicitations ! ### 4/5 — SF Symbols glyphs *2023-08-17* Please use SF Symbols glyphs so as to have cohesion across iOS and to avoid confusion as the current glyphs of some buttons used on the app aren’t clear on the functions they carry. ## Frequently asked questions about PDFGenius ### What are the main functions of PDFGenius? PDFGenius allows you to combine, split, compress, convert PDFs to images, extract pages, and edit existing PDF content. It also offers features like password protection and text extraction. ### Can I combine multiple PDF files with PDFGenius? Yes, PDFGenius has a 'MERGE' feature that allows you to combine multiple files into a single PDF document, including alternate page merging. ### How does PDFGenius handle PDF compression? PDFGenius offers extensive options for compressing large and image-heavy PDFs. You can adjust JPEG quality, color model, image resolution, and optimize graphics to significantly reduce file size. ### Does PDFGenius allow me to extract text from PDFs? Yes, PDFGenius has a feature to extract plain text from PDF documents, making the content searchable and usable elsewhere. ### What editing capabilities does PDFGenius offer for PDF pages? You can insert new pages from images or other PDFs, delete pages, reorder them, rotate them, and crop or divide existing pages. It also supports inserting blank pages and deleting blank pages. ### Is PDFGenius available on multiple devices? PDFGenius is supported on iPhone and iPad devices. A version for Mac is also available on the Mac App Store. ### What are the subscription options for PDFGenius? PDFGenius offers premium monthly access for $0.99 and yearly access for $6.99, which includes a 3-day free trial. ### How often is PDFGenius updated? The latest version of PDFGenius is 3.0, and it was last updated on January 26, 2026. This indicates a recent update, suggesting ongoing development and support. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 3.0 — 2026-01-26 - Bug fixes and UI improvements to streamline with latest iOS. We are thankful to all users for their valuable feedback :) ### 2.0 — 2023-05-18 • Introducing new Auto Compression Mode. PDFOptim analyze document’s contents and apply algorithm to generate a smallest possible PDF by maintaining the document’s visual quality. Choose one of the four predefined Auto compression methods and let the app do the hard work for you. No further user interaction required to provide technical compression options. •Bug Fixes ### 1.10 — 2022-10-06 - [FIXED] Compressed PDF side-by-side comparison view not working after OS upgrade to new iOS 16. - [FIXED] PDF compression for JPX encoded images with transparency get distorted. - [FIXED] A file specific issue taking longer time to compress. - [FIXED] A file specific crash when compressing a PDF containing JPX encoded image with YUV color model. - UI improvements and fixes to streamline with latest iOS 16. Thank you all users for your feedback :) ### 1.9 — 2022-01-18 - Added PDF to image conversion control to include or exclude annotations from PDF page into converted image. This enables display of all types of annotations from PDF into respective converted images. - Switch ON "Include annotation" conversion option checkbox to display filled PDF form fields into converted images. - [Fixed] "Save 'n' Images to Albums" activity action saving multiple copies of converted images into Photos Album on iOS 15.0 and later. - Minor bug fixes and improvements. Thank you all users for your feedback :) ### 1.8 — 2021-10-30 - Improved PDF parsing and exception handling to process and rectify incorrect PDF files to avoid any tool operation failures. - Fixed issues those could fail merging PDF files. - Now form fields in merging PDF files will be retained in merged PDF file with its original values. - UI improvements and optimized for iOS 15. - Other bug fixes and improvements. 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