Comparison

PDF Splitter + PDF Merge vs PDF Toolbox

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

Head to head
About

PDF Splitter + PDF Merge

Easily combine multiple PDF files into a single document or extract specific pages from existing PDFs. This tool supports merging password-protected files if the password is known.

Highlights
  • Extract pages from PDF
  • Merge specified pages of multiple PDFs
  • Merge password-protected PDFs
  • Combine PDFs into one
Features
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PDF Merge & PDF Splitter + is a very easy-to-use app that allows you to quickly merge specified pages of multiple PDFs into one pdf. You can also use it to extract pages from pdf.   Key Features: ● Extract page(s) of PDF. ● Merge specified pages of multiple PDFs into one PDF. ● Merge password-protected PDF, but you must know the password. ● The name is also PDF Merge & PDF Splitter + on the MacOS platform, more powerful and easier to use. ● Contact us If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us by email. Email address : tzq17888@163.com.

About

PDF Toolbox

Features
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Fifteen tools, one app, bought once: - Split a PDF by page ranges (1-3,7,9-12) or every N pages - Merge several PDFs into one — in order, interleaved, or reversed - Compress a PDF and see the real before/after size - Add a watermark — text, angle, opacity, placement - Add Bates numbers — prefix, starting number, zero-padding - Set or remove a password and its permissions - Read the words off a scan, so they can be selected and searched - Run split, compress, watermark, page numbers, Bates, rotate, password or form-fill across many files The real problem with a PDF app is not whether it works offline. It is what it does to your file once you trust it: corrupted files, blank saves, lost annotations, disappearing pages. PDF Toolbox is built around one rule: your file is never modified, and every PDF it writes is checked before you see it. WHAT'S IN 2.0 - Pages — split by ranges or every N pages, extract, reorder, delete, rotate, duplicate a page - Convert — scan with your camera, photos into a PDF, a PDF into JPEG, PNG, or HEIC images - Reduce — compress while keeping text selectable, or rasterize the pages for the smallest file - Mark — watermark, page numbers, Bates numbering, headers and footers - Mark up — highlight, underline, strike through, note, or draw on the page - Sign — draw or type a signature, then place and scale it - Forms — fill in a PDF form, or lock the answers in - Text — copy, search, and extract all the text in a document - Files — open from Files, iCloud, Mail, or Safari; recents one tap away - Home, Tools, Scan and Settings tabs; every tool in its own colour - iPad — full support, either orientation HOW WE PROTECT YOUR FILE Your original is opened read-only and is never the file PDF Toolbox writes to. Every job builds a new file in a private, temporary location, checks it, and only then hands it to you — through the share sheet or Save to Files. If a check fails, you get a plain error and no file — never a broken one labeled as done. What gets checked on every PDF this app writes: it opens correctly in two independent PDF readers, it has exactly the pages it should, no page comes out blank that wasn't blank in your original, the text you had is still there and still selectable wherever the job promises it, and your original is confirmed untouched — the same SHA-256, byte for byte, before and after. Above 64 MB it is checked on size, date and its first and last megabyte instead, and the receipt says "size and date unchanged" when that is what ran. Two things get fewer than nine, and say so: the strongest compression rasterizes the pages, so its receipt reads "pages rasterized — text no longer selectable" instead of the text clause; and page images and extracted text are not PDFs, so they arrive named and sized under "Saved" rather than "Verified". You see it before you export: the file, named and sized, every check ticked off beneath it. HONEST LIMITS Signing draws your signature onto the page. It is not a legal e-signature service — no identity verification, no audit trail, no certificate. Reading the words off a scan is never perfect. PDF Toolbox lays what it read invisibly over the picture and never alters the page you scanned. Locking a form's answers in flattens dropdown fields showing their first choice rather than the one you picked. Type the answer into a text field if the exact wording matters. PDF Toolbox does not convert Word or Office files to PDF, and it never will. iOS has no on-device way to do that correctly, and we will not upload your file to a server to fake it. Compression can only shrink pictures — a document that is already just text and lines has nothing left to squeeze, and PDF Toolbox says which of those it found rather than inventing a percentage. THE TERMS Bought once. No subscription, no in-app purchases, no ads. Fully offline — no account, no analytics, no network requests. Already own PageSplit? It is now PDF Toolbox, and 2.0 is a free update — no new charge.

Screenshots

PDF Splitter + PDF Merge4 screens
PDF Toolbox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PDF Splitter + PDF Merge at Free against PDF Toolbox's $2.99. PDF Splitter + PDF Merge also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). PDF Toolbox's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). On ads 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

PDF Splitter + PDF Merge is free to download; PDF Toolbox costs $2.99 up front. PDF Splitter + PDF Merge sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. PDF Toolbox asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PDF Splitter + PDF Merge ships an update every 3 months, PDF Toolbox every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
PDF Splitter + PDF Merge versus PDF Toolbox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDF Splitter + PDF MergePDF Toolbox
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.5 (139 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings139 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer青青 余NOSHU, llc

Bugs and requests

PDF Splitter + PDF Merge

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Corrupts text in merged PDF documents
  • Paid version does not work as expected

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add page preview functionality
  • Allow merging of other file types (not just PDFs)
  • Improve file sorting/reordering capabilities
  • Provide more customization options

PDF Toolbox

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

PDF Splitter + PDF Merge

One-time2
  • Unlock(without restriction)$3.99
  • Unlock iOS without restriction$3.99
None

PDF Toolbox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PDF Splitter + PDF Merge free?
PDF Splitter + PDF Merge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PDF Toolbox free?
PDF Toolbox costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do PDF Splitter + PDF Merge or PDF Toolbox have ads?
Neither PDF Splitter + PDF Merge nor PDF Toolbox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PDF Splitter + PDF Merge or PDF Toolbox?
PDF Splitter + PDF Merge ships an update every 3 months, and PDF Toolbox every 5 weeks. Most recently, PDF Splitter + PDF Merge was updated on October 14, 2026 and PDF Toolbox on October 12, 2026.

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