Comparison

Random Selector 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

Random Selector

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Random Selector lets you pick randomly from custom lists, roll dice, and play word games—all in one app. KEY FEATURES • Custom Lists — Create groups for names, numbers, colors, and games. Add items one at a time or in bulk. • Animated Dice — Roll a single 6-sided die, two dice for Backgammon, or dice for board games, with built-in animations. • Games — Built-in Boggle 4×4 letter grid, Charades word list, and Pictionary word list. • Smart Colors — Use color categories and see the background change to the selected color. • Number Ranges — Pick random numbers in any range, from 1–6 to 1–1000 and beyond. • Flexible Input — Choose tap or swipe to select the next item. Enable a timer for automatic cycling. • Personalisation — Choose from multiple fonts, font weights, and color themes for the display. ADDITIONAL FEATURES • Optional selection animation that cycles through items before stopping • Adjustable animation speed • Haptic feedback and sound effects • Option to allow or avoid repeats • Last used group remembered for quick reuse • Timer mode (1–60 seconds or minutes) for hands-free selection • Light and dark mode • watchOS support to use Random Selector from your Apple Watch FREE FEATURES Random Selector has no in-app purchases or subscriptions. All features are included: custom lists, animated dice, game presets, colors, number ranges, timer mode, and all settings. Use it for team picks, classroom tools, game nights, workouts, menu ideas, or any quick random choice.

About

Compress PDF

Easily reduce the size of PDF files for better storage and sharing. This tool also allows you to resize pages to various standard formats and convert images or text into PDFs. Advanced features include OCR and annotation.

Highlights
  • PDF compression with adjustable quality
  • Resize pages to standard and custom dimensions
  • Convert photos and text to PDF
  • Smart document scanner
  • OCR for text extraction
  • PDF annotation and markup
  • Merge and extract PDF pages
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Compress PDFs and make PDFs smaller easily. Optimize PDFs for storage and sharing. Need to format a document for printing, work, or official submission? Resize PDF pages to A4, Letter, Legal, Tabloid, A3, and Custom Dimensions. Features: • Adjustable Quality: Use a simple slider to balance file size • Target Size: Set a goal size • Live Preview: Compare original vs. compressed file size instantly • Quick Share: Easily save to Files or share via email and messages • Smart Document Scanner: Capture and crop documents cleanly right from your camera • Photos to PDF: Convert your images and photos directly into a clean PDF document • Quick Text Creator: Convert plain text typed on your keyboard directly into flat, print-ready text documents • Advanced Organizer: Merge separate files together or cleanly extract specific pages into a new document • Live Text OCR: Instantly lift editable text directly out of captured images • PDF Markup: Annotate documents by drawing, highlighting, and adding text directly to the page PDFs are flattened during export. Text, links, and bookmarks will no longer be selectable. Free users: • Standard PDF Compression (1 per day) • Standard A4 Resizing (1 per day) • Photos to PDF conversion (1 per day) • Quick Text to PDF documents (1 per day) • PDF Markup & Annotation tools (1 per day) Premium unlocks: • Target File Size mode (specify KB/MB) • Merge separate PDFs together • Extract specific pages into a new file • Live Text OCR Extraction • Custom Page Sizer & All Page Formats • No Daily Limit Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://shotexstudio.com/compress-pdf-resize-pdf/ On-Device Processing: Private and secure—no files ever leave your phone.

Screenshots

Random Selector4 screens
Compress PDF3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Random Selector at none against Compress PDF's 5. 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. Compress PDF sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Random Selector asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Random Selector versus Compress PDF: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRandom SelectorCompress PDF
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—17 — better
Update frequency—Every 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB7 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAndrew TurnerPremiumAl Limited

In-app purchases

None

Random Selector

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Compress PDF

Subscriptions2
  • 会员7 Days trial3 variants$1.997 Days
  • 会员3 Days trial$1.997 Days
One-time1
  • Premium$4.99

Questions

Is Random Selector free?
Random Selector is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Compress PDF free?
Compress PDF is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Random Selector or Compress PDF have ads?
Neither Random Selector nor Compress PDF shows ads.

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