PDF Combiner vs PrivacyDocs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PDF Combiner
Easily manage PDF files with a user-friendly interface. Merge, split, and extract pages from documents offline. Convert images to PDF and secure your files with passwords.
- Merge PDF documents
- Split PDF into pages
- Extract specific pages
- Document scanner
- Set/remove PDF password
- Images to PDF converter
- Compress and resize images
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A practical PDF editor and PDF converter built for clear everyday document work. The app gives you a simple way to organize, edit, convert, and prepare PDF documents without relying on complicated software or web-based tools. It is designed for users who need a dependable PDF workflow for work, study, and personal files. Most tools work offline and process documents directly on your device. This helps you work with important files while keeping them under your control, especially when online PDF services are restricted. The only tool that requires an internet connection is Office to PDF, used for converting Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files to PDF. Base PDF tools: • Merge PDF. Combine multiple PDF documents and images into one PDF file. • Images to PDF. Create PDF documents from photos, scans, and image files. • Extract PDF Pages. Save selected pages from a PDF as a new document. • Edit PDF Pages. Reorder, rotate, or delete pages in a PDF document. • Split PDF. Break one PDF document into smaller PDF files. • Scan Documents. Capture documents with your camera and save them as high-quality PDF files. • Protect PDF. Add or remove password protection from a PDF document. Removing protection requires the correct password. • Add Page Numbers to PDF. Place page numbers where you need them in a document. • Align PDF Page Width. Align page width across a PDF document for a more consistent layout. • Text Recognition OCR. Recognize text in scanned documents and images. • Sign PDF. Add a signature to a PDF document. • Compress and Resize Photos. Reduce image file size and adjust image dimensions. Some tools are available in the Pro version: • Compress PDF. Reduce PDF file size for easier sharing and storage. • Office to PDF. Convert Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files to PDF. This tool requires an internet connection. • Photo Templates for PDF. Turn photos into styled PDF documents using templates. • PDF to Images. Export selected PDF pages or a full PDF document as image files. • Add Watermark to PDF. Add text or image watermarks to PDF documents. Privacy Policy https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ey7ZxLODDc1tQ1_N08LCTCwsi2jnHXEbMZugFv_AiUk/edit?usp=sharing Terms of Use https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BjWeGxiOgNmTs-eCTKq5Y0LfgDBe_sVHDS1h22ZsZ9w/edit?usp=sharing
PrivacyDocs
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The document scanner that earns your trust. Everything happens on your device, everything stays on your device. You have full control over your data: no cloud, no account, no tracking, no ads. The proof is not a promise on a website. Turn on airplane mode and scanning, recognition, search, editing and export all still work. CAPTURE - Scan with the camera: automatic edge detection, perspective correction, as many pages per session as you need - Import photos: pictures of paperwork become one proper document - Import PDFs from Files and search them like your own scans - Add pages later, by camera or import, so paperwork that arrives in parts stays one document PERFECT EVERY PAGE - Crop by dragging the four corners, with automatic detection one tap away - A magnified crosshair shows where the corner really sits, so your finger never hides it - Rotate in 90 degree steps, upright in the viewer and every export - Filters per page or for the whole document: color boost, grayscale, black and white, shadow removal - Nothing is overwritten. The original is always kept, so any change can be taken back EDIT AND ANNOTATE One Edit button gathers the whole page toolkit. - Marker in any color - Text boxes placed by tapping the page and typed right there - Redact: black out or white out anything. Tap a box to select it, drag it, pull any side to resize it - Sign with your finger once and reuse it anywhere, in any color, several to a page if you need them OCR & TRANSLATION - Recognize text in any area of a page and copy it out - Translate what you just read, on your iPhone, using Apple's own on-device translation - Both work without an internet connection (requires initial download of the language set) A REDACTION THAT ACTUALLY HIDES Blacking something out should mean it is gone. Here it is. - The black box sits on top of everything, your own notes and signatures included, on every screen that shows the page down to the library preview - Redacted words leave the search index. Black out an account number and you cannot find the document by typing it, not even in this app - Redacted words leave the exported PDF. A shared file never carries the hidden text underneath the black box ORGANIZE AND FIND - Text recognition runs on every page by itself, right after you save - Full text search: find the document by typing a word printed on it - Folders, drag to reorder pages, merge two documents or split one in two - Document Info: pages, size on disk, dimensions, dates and recognition status VAULT FOLDERS - Lock a folder with its own password - Contents are AES encrypted on the device and the password is never stored - Locked documents stay out of search while the folder is locked - There is no password recovery, because there is no account and no cloud. The app tells you that before you set one EXPORT AND SHARE - The standard PDF export hands you the file straight away - Searchable PDF with an invisible text layer, so any reader can select and search it - Password-protected PDF that opens only with your password, in any standard reader - Compressed PDF for email - Export pages as JPG, PNG or GIF - Share through Mail, Messages, AirDrop, Files and anything else PRIVATE, PROVABLY - The whole core flow works with the network offa - App lock with Face ID or Touch ID, and a privacy shield so the app switcher shows nothing of your documents - Pages are protected by iOS at rest, encrypted until you first unlock the iPhone - Decide whether documents ride along in your iPhone's device backup BACKUP & SYNC - You have the choice if you enable iCloud sync. Turn it ON, and your data will be synced fully encrypted with our strong AES encryption to your iCloud backup storage. Turn it OFF and nothing leaves your device. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
PDF Combiner and PrivacyDocs are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. PDF Combiner sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and PrivacyDocs sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | PDF Combiner | PrivacyDocs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (293 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 77.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 293 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Evgeniy Konev | Marvin Woller |
Bugs and requests
PDF Combiner
Reported bugs
2 issues- Password remover not working
- Saving/resolution issues
Requested features
5 requests- Add OCR function
- Implement cropping/resizing
- Extend PDF merge limit
- Improve free version features
- Clarify "forever" option
PrivacyDocs
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PDF Combiner
- Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Pro Weekly$4.997 Days
- Monthly$9.991 Month
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- Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Pro Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- PRO Forever Special$24.99
- PRO Forever$49.99
PrivacyDocs
- Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- Pro Yearly$22.991 Year
- Pro Lifetime$59.99
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