Comparison

Local PDF Toolbox vs QuickMark

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

Head to head
About

Local PDF Toolbox

Features
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PDF Toolbox is a complete set of PDF tools that runs entirely on your iPhone. No account, no subscription, and nothing to buy โ€” every tool is free. Your documents never leave your device. There is no server to upload to, so contracts, statements, and anything else private stays private. ORGANISE โ€ข Merge โ€” combine several PDFs into one, in any order you like โ€ข Split โ€” break one document into several, by page range or in fixed chunks โ€ข Organise pages โ€” reorder, rotate, and delete pages with live page previews โ€ข Compress โ€” reduce file size so a document is easy to email or upload CONVERT โ€ข Images to PDF โ€” turn photos into a document, with each page sized to its picture โ€ข PDF to images โ€” render any page as a PNG or JPEG, at up to 300 DPI SECURE & SIGN โ€ข Protect โ€” add AES-256 password protection and choose what readers may still do โ€ข Unlock โ€” remove a password you already know โ€ข Sign โ€” draw your signature and place it anywhere on the page โ€ข Watermark โ€” stamp text across every page, with a live preview as you adjust it โ€ข Page numbers โ€” add numbering in the position, font, and size you choose READ & EXTRACT โ€ข Read โ€” open, zoom, and search any PDF on your device โ€ข Extract text โ€” pull selectable text out of pages and photos, including Latin, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Devanagari scripts BUILT FOR IPHONE Designed to feel at home on iOS, with grouped menus, familiar controls, and full light and dark appearance support. Large jobs run in the background so the app stays responsive, and any operation can be cancelled midway. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Text recognition uses on-device models. Nothing you open is uploaded, analysed, or shared, and we run no analytics of our own. FREE, WITH OPTIONAL ADS Every tool is free. Saving, opening, and sharing your finished documents never requires watching an ad. A short rewarded video is offered for a single convenience โ€” sharing a large batch of exported images at once โ€” and can always be skipped, since each image can be shared individually for free. That last paragraph is deliberate: it pre-answers the 2.1 question in the listing itself, so a future reviewer sees the model before asking.

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QuickMark

Features
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Write Markdown and watch it render beautifully - code, math, and diagrams all looking exactly right, then share it as a clean web link or export it anywhere. EVERYTHING BELOW IS FREE - Beautiful live rendering - Mermaid diagrams and KaTeX math appear inline as you type, no plugins, no setup - Write and preview with one tap; on iPad, work side by side with synced split view - 37 code themes plus 6 reading themes: Light, Dark, Notion, Essay, Terminal and more - Syntax highlighting for 30+ languages, find-in-page, one-tap copy on code blocks - Tabs are free and unlimited - keep every note open and switch in a tap QUICKMARK PRO - ONE-TIME, NOT A SUBSCRIPTION - Export your document to PDF, HTML, DOCX, EPUB, PNG, or Rich Text (free: 10 exports a month per device) - Publish to Web - turn any document into a clean shareable link at quickmarkmd.com (free: up to 3 live pages, links expire 30 days after publishing) - Pro removes every limit: unlimited exports, unlimited pages, links that never expire One one-time purchase of $9.99 unlocks Pro on all your Apple devices - Mac, iPhone and iPad. No subscription, ever. PRIVACY YOU CAN TRUST Your documents stay on your device. Reading and editing never upload a thing. Anonymous crash reports help us fix bugs - never your content. Nothing leaves your device unless you choose to publish it. PERFECT FOR - Writing notes, READMEs, and technical docs on the go - Reading Markdown with code, math, and diagrams that look right - Sharing a document as a clean web link in one tap - Exporting polished PDFs and more from your phone or iPad REQUIREMENTS iOS and iPadOS 17 or later.

Screenshots

Local PDF Toolbox4 screens
QuickMark4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Local PDF Toolbox at none against QuickMark's 1. Local PDF Toolbox also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. QuickMark sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Local PDF Toolbox asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Local PDF Toolbox versus QuickMark: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLocal PDF ToolboxQuickMark
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS13.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size69 MB12 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMuhammad Yousuf KhanDoan Nguyen

In-app purchases

None

Local PDF Toolbox

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

QuickMark

One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is Local PDF Toolbox free?
Local PDF Toolbox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is QuickMark free?
QuickMark is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Local PDF Toolbox or QuickMark have ads?
Neither Local PDF Toolbox nor QuickMark shows ads.

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