Comparison

PDF Compressor vs Compress PDF

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

PDF Compressor

Easily compress PDF files to reduce size without quality loss. This tool also allows scanning documents, merging PDFs, editing pages, and adding e-signatures. Optimize your documents for sharing and storage with a comprehensive offline PDF toolkit.

Highlights
  • Compress PDF files
  • Scan documents to PDF
  • Merge multiple PDF files
  • Edit PDF pages
  • Add e-signatures
  • Extract text with OCR
  • Protect PDFs with watermarks
Features
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PDF Compressor: Scan & Edit is the easiest way to compress PDF files and reduce PDF size without losing quality. This powerful PDF Compressor helps you shrink large PDF files, optimize documents, and share them instantly. You can also scan documents to PDF, merge PDF files, edit PDF pages, and sign PDF documents in seconds. Compress PDF files, merge multiple PDFs, scan documents, and sign contracts — all in one powerful PDF editor. Reduce file size without losing quality. Combine PDF files instantly. Convert, edit, and secure documents in seconds. Compress your PDFs, save disk space, and speed up uploads and downloads or sharing without losing quality with PDF Compressor: Scan & Edit. Compress, scan, and edit PDF files instantly — all offline! PDF Compressor: Scan & Edit is the fastest, easiest, and most powerful PDF tool for help you. Reduce file size, convert images to PDFs, extract text with OCR, add watermarks, sign documents, and more — all with just a few taps. Features: - Compress PDF file - Save Compress PDF file - Share Compress PDF file - Scan Document to PDF file - Protect PDFs with Watermarks - Apply an E-Signature to PDF Files - Images To PDF - Merge Multiple PDF Files - Image To Text - PDF To Images - PDF Page Remove - PDF Lock - PDF Unlock - PDF To Text - Text To PDF - Add Page Number • Images to PDF Converter Quickly combine your images into a single, high-quality PDF. • Smart Photo to PDF Convert images to PDFs with advanced tools like rotation, filters, and more. • PDF Compression Reduce PDF size with adjustable quality (High, Medium, Low) for faster sharing and storage savings. • Text Recognition (OCR) Extract text from images or scanned PDFs into editable, searchable content. • Add Watermark Insert custom text watermarks with control over font, size, and color. • Add eSign Sign PDFs electronically—draw or type your signature and place it anywhere. • Merge Multiple PDFs – Combine Files in Seconds Easily merge multiple PDF files into one single document with just a few taps. Whether it’s invoices, notes, scanned documents, or reports — combine everything into one organized PDF instantly. • Extract Images from PDFs Easily pull all images from any PDF file. • Lock & Unlock PDFs Add or remove passwords to secure your PDF files. • PDF Page Remover Delete selected pages and save a clean, new PDF. • Text to PDF Convert your written content into a polished PDF document. • PDF to Image/Text Export PDFs as high-quality images or editable text. • Add Page Numbers Number your PDF pages for easy navigation and a professional look. • Bonus Photo Editing Tools - Crop, rotate, resize, and adjust images - Add filters, blur, and text overlays - Draw, write, and add stickers • Why Choose PDF Compressor: Scan & Edit? - All-in-one PDF toolkit for scanning, compressing, and editing - Works completely offline — no internet required - Perfect for students, professionals, and anyone managing PDFs • Perfect For - Students compressing notes or assignments - Professionals sharing contracts or scanned docs - Anyone looking to save storage and manage documents efficiently - PDF Compressor - Compress PDF - Reduce PDF Size Subscription Info PDF Compressor: Scan & Edit offers an auto-renewing weekly, monthly and one time purchase subscription. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account on confirmation of purchase. Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You may manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal in your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of free trail period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription, where applicable. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/developer-info/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://sites.google.com/view/developer-info/terms-of-use Download PDF Compressor: Scan & Edit today and simplify your PDF workflow!

About

Compress PDF

This app allows you to reduce the file size of PDF documents while maintaining text selectability and searchability. It offers various editing tools like merging, splitting, and reordering pages, all processed on your device for enhanced privacy. A subscription is needed to save or share your work.

Highlights
  • Reduce PDF file size
  • Preserve text and layout
  • On-device processing
  • Merge and split PDFs
  • Reorder and remove pages
  • Password protect PDFs
  • Convert images to PDF
Features
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Compress PDFs and reduce PDF document size while keeping text selectable and searchable. Perfect for email attachments, messaging, uploads, and storage - with everything processed on your device for maximum privacy. Reduce PDF Size Choose a compression level to shrink PDF file size with minimal quality loss. Unlike "print to image" solutions, your text stays text - searchable, selectable, and copyable. How it works • Open Compress PDF and import a PDF from Files. • Compress PDF. • Save to Files or share to any app. Core features • PDF compression that preserves text and layout • Fast on-device processing - works offline, no uploads • Smart algorithm to reduce size while preserving clarity PDF editor tools (all on device) • Merge PDFs into one file • Split PDF by page ranges • Reorder pages • Remove pages you don't need • Crop pages to the right framing • Rotate pages for correct orientation • Add page numbers for clean documents • Protect PDF with a password • Unlock PDFs (when you know the password) • Convert images to PDF (Photos to PDF) • Convert PDF to images (PDF to PNG/JPG) Made for everyday tasks • Compress large PDFs for fast sharing • Clean up and organize paperwork • Combine multiple documents into one PDF • Remove sensitive pages before sending Subscription required to save or share results To save or share compressed/edited files, a subscription is required: - Weekly (3-day free trial) - Lifetime Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy: https://img2pdf.org/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

PDF Compressor4 screens
Compress PDF4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: PDF Compressor at free with in-app purchases against Compress PDF's subscription. PDF Compressor also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18). Compress PDF's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PDF Compressor sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Compress PDF sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PDF Compressor against 5.0 for Compress PDF. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PDF Compressor has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PDF Compressor versus Compress PDF: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDF CompressorCompress PDF
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better18
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB14 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperRahul AlagiyaArtiom Yakoventsev

Customer experience

PDF Compressor

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%

Compress PDF

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

PDF Compressor

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Subscription$2.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
One-time1
  • Convert Images To PDF$14.99
2 purchases

Compress PDF

Subscriptions1
  • Weekly Premium3 Days trial$3.997 Days
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$19.99

Questions

Is PDF Compressor free?
PDF Compressor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Compress PDF free?
Compress PDF is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PDF Compressor or Compress PDF?
PDF Compressor and Compress PDF are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do PDF Compressor or Compress PDF have ads?
PDF Compressor shows ads; Compress PDF does not.

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