Comparison

Tomodo vs PDF Merge & Split

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

Head to head
About

Tomodo

Features
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Tomodo: Your Minimalist Pomodoro Companion Stay focused and productive with Tomodo’s clean, modern design. While simple on the surface, Tomodo is packed with features: customize your timer, track your progress, and enjoy smart, intuitive controls that make your Pomodoro sessions seamless and distraction-free. Tomodo adapts to your needs and helps you achieve your goals, one session at a time. Thoughtful touches like gentle alert sounds and dark mode support elevate this free app above its paid competitors. Built by an experienced iOS developer who has been creating apps since 2009, Tomodo reflects over a decade of expertise and a commitment to high-quality, user-friendly design. Created for fun—not profit—Tomodo is **completely free: no ads, no hidden fees, and no subscriptions. Key Features: • Minimalist Design: A clean, distraction-free layout with large, bold countdown numbers and a sleek circular progress bar. • Customizable Durations: Adjust focus and break times to fit your work style and goals. • Progress & Goals: Track your completed sessions and set daily targets with just a tap. • Smart Controls: Start, pause, continue, or end your session easily. Tomodo remembers your settings and keeps running even if you switch apps. • Live Activity — keep an eye on your countdown from the Lock Screen and the Dynamic Island. • Never lose a session — the timer keeps going through app switches, force-quits and restarts. • Gentle Alerts & Reminders: Get notified when your session ends—no matter where you are in the app, so you never miss a beat. • Dark Mode & Dynamic Type: Enjoy a beautifully consistent look that respects your device’s settings and accessibility preferences. Focus better, achieve more, and enjoy a cleaner path to productivity with Tomodo.

About

PDF Merge & Split

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Organize the pages of a PDF into the order you actually want. Merge, split, reorder, rotate, crop and extract — all in one screen, by dragging thumbnails. Organizing pages is free, at any length. Only exporting the result needs Pro — so you can get the document exactly right, see that it is right, and only then decide. ■ Page-level editing you can see · A thumbnail grid shows the whole document at once; drag to reorder · Select several pages to rotate, delete or crop them in one undoable step · Every page is labelled with the file it came from, so merges never get confusing · The thumbnail is the export — what you see is what you get ■ Merge and split · Combine several PDFs into one, in any order · Split by page, every N pages, or before pages you choose · See exactly how many files you will get, and which pages are in each, before committing ■ Extract and export · Select pages and export them as a new PDF · Every export is verified before it is called a success: the file is reopened and checked page by page · No watermark. Save to Files or share with any app ■ Your original files are never modified Importing copies the PDF into the app, and everything happens on that copy. Whatever happens to your workspace, the file you picked stays exactly as it was. ■ Runs entirely on your device No network, no upload, no account, no ads, no data collection. Fully functional in airplane mode. ■ About cropping Cropping sets the PDF crop box, which hides content outside it. This is not redaction — the hidden content is still in the file and some PDF tools can recover it. To remove sensitive information permanently, use a tool built for redaction. The app says so in the crop editor, in Help, and in the Disclaimer. ■ Free includes · Unlimited editing: merge, reorder, rotate, delete, crop, duplicate and batch actions, at any length · Full preview, page-by-page browsing and undo · One watermark-free export: one source PDF, up to 10 pages · Your active workspace is always recoverable, even after an interruption ■ Pro unlocks · Export documents of any length · Export a document merged from any number of PDFs · Split and extract into separate files · Unlimited exports Pro is available as a one-time purchase or a yearly plan. No ads, and never a watermark on what you export. — In-App Purchase and Subscription — · The lifetime plan is a one-time purchase · The yearly plan renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends · Manage or cancel in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions · Family Sharing supported Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Tomodo4 screens
PDF Merge & Split4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tomodo at none against PDF Merge & Split's 2. PDF Merge & Split's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 11 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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 Merge & Split sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year. Tomodo asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tomodo ships an update every 11 months, PDF Merge & Split monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Tomodo versus PDF Merge & Split: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTomodoPDF Merge & Split
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKaroly Nyisztor荣晖 丁

In-app purchases

None

Tomodo

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

PDF Merge & Split

Subscriptions1
  • PDF Organizer Pro Annual$2.991 Year
One-time1
  • PDF Organizer Pro Lifetime$4.99

Questions

Is Tomodo free?
Tomodo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PDF Merge & Split free?
PDF Merge & Split is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tomodo or PDF Merge & Split have ads?
Neither Tomodo nor PDF Merge & Split shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tomodo or PDF Merge & Split?
Tomodo ships an update every 11 months, and PDF Merge & Split monthly. Most recently, Tomodo was updated on October 25, 2026 and PDF Merge & Split on October 24, 2026.

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