Comparison

PDF Editor & Files Converter 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 Editor & Files Converter

Edit, fill, and sign PDF documents with ease. This app allows you to modify text and images, merge or split pages, and export your files in various formats. It's a comprehensive tool for managing your documents on the go.

Highlights
  • Edit text, images, and layout
  • Fill and sign forms
  • Merge, split, and reorder pages
  • Export and share documents
  • Digital form filling
Features
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Manage your documents effortlessly using a powerful and intuitive PDF editing app. Whether you're reviewing contracts, filling out forms, or annotating files, this tool offers everything you need in one place. Key Features: – Edit text, images, and layout within PDF documents – Fill and sign forms digitally – Merge, split, and reorder pages – Export and share your documents seamlessly Subscription Details: – Weekly Plan: $4.99/week with a 3-day free trial – Annual Plan: $19.99/year – Payment deducted from your Apple ID account upon purchase confirmation. – Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. – Account charged for renewal within 24 hours before the current period concludes. – Manage and cancel subscriptions in your account settings on the App Store after purchase. Privacy Policy - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SjkM6Rx1Bgpo_X-McIpDoXA7fHmOMMIPeJ1QGQiN_g8/edit?usp=sharing Terms of Use - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mRnmTd0Pyt8Q5v7Siu6SitFJQWmucPdGjiDerRp5lus/edit?usp=sharing

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 Editor & Files Converter4 screens
PDF Toolbox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PDF Editor & Files Converter at Free against PDF Toolbox's $2.99. PDF Editor & Files Converter also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). PDF Toolbox's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8). On 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

PDF Editor & Files Converter is free to download; PDF Toolbox costs $2.99 up front. PDF Editor & Files Converter sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. PDF Toolbox asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PDF Editor & Files Converter ships an update every 2 weeks, PDF Toolbox every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PDF Editor & Files Converter versus PDF Toolbox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDF Editor & Files ConverterPDF Toolbox
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.6 (68 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings68 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHALLY SHARPNOSHU, llc

In-app purchases

8 purchases

PDF Editor & Files Converter

Subscriptions8
  • PDF Editor – File Manager3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • PDF Editor – File Manager$4.997 Days
  • PDF Editor – File Manager$9.991 Year
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  • PDF Editor – File Manager3 Days trial$14.993 Months
  • PDF Editor – File Manager$19.991 Year
  • PDF Editor – File Manager3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • PDF Editor – File Manager3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • PDF Editor – File Manager$29.991 Year
None

PDF Toolbox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PDF Editor & Files Converter free?
PDF Editor & Files Converter 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 Editor & Files Converter or PDF Toolbox have ads?
Neither PDF Editor & Files Converter nor PDF Toolbox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PDF Editor & Files Converter or PDF Toolbox?
PDF Editor & Files Converter ships an update every 2 weeks, and PDF Toolbox every 5 weeks. Most recently, PDF Editor & Files Converter was updated on October 2, 2026 and PDF Toolbox on October 12, 2026.

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