Comparison

Compress PDF vs PDF Converter

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

Head to head
About

Compress PDF

This app allows you to reduce the file size of PDF documents while maintaining text selectability and searchability. It offers various editing tools like merging, splitting, and reordering pages, all processed on your device for enhanced privacy. A subscription is needed to save or share your work.

Highlights
  • Reduce PDF file size
  • Preserve text and layout
  • On-device processing
  • Merge and split PDFs
  • Reorder and remove pages
  • Password protect PDFs
  • Convert images to PDF
Features
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Compress PDFs and reduce PDF document size while keeping text selectable and searchable. Perfect for email attachments, messaging, uploads, and storage - with everything processed on your device for maximum privacy. Reduce PDF Size Choose a compression level to shrink PDF file size with minimal quality loss. Unlike "print to image" solutions, your text stays text - searchable, selectable, and copyable. How it works • Open Compress PDF and import a PDF from Files. • Compress PDF. • Save to Files or share to any app. Core features • PDF compression that preserves text and layout • Fast on-device processing - works offline, no uploads • Smart algorithm to reduce size while preserving clarity PDF editor tools (all on device) • Merge PDFs into one file • Split PDF by page ranges • Reorder pages • Remove pages you don't need • Crop pages to the right framing • Rotate pages for correct orientation • Add page numbers for clean documents • Protect PDF with a password • Unlock PDFs (when you know the password) • Convert images to PDF (Photos to PDF) • Convert PDF to images (PDF to PNG/JPG) Made for everyday tasks • Compress large PDFs for fast sharing • Clean up and organize paperwork • Combine multiple documents into one PDF • Remove sensitive pages before sending Subscription required to save or share results To save or share compressed/edited files, a subscription is required: - Weekly (3-day free trial) - Lifetime Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy: https://img2pdf.org/privacy-policy/

About

PDF Converter

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PDF Converter turns your PDFs into editable Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files — and back into PDFs — then compresses, merges, and splits them, all in one app. Shrink a bulky file, pull out the pages you need, or hand off a clean document in seconds, no desktop software required. CONVERT PDF ⇄ WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT & IMAGES • Convert PDF to and from Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and images in a tap • Layout, fonts, and formatting kept intact so the document looks right • Files are deleted from our server the instant conversion finishes COMPRESS PDF • Shrink scanned and image-heavy PDFs to a fraction of their size • Three quality levels: Smallest, Balanced, Sharpest • See before/after sizes and exactly how much you saved MERGE PDFS • Combine contracts, scans, invoices, and reports into one file • Reorder files before merging SPLIT PDF • Extract exactly the pages you need into a new PDF PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Compress, merge, and split run 100% on your device • Conversions upload over an encrypted connection, are never stored, and are deleted immediately after • No account, no ads, no third-party tracking PDF TOOLBOX PRO • Pro unlocks every tool — convert, compress, merge and split • Weekly, Monthly, or Yearly auto-renewable subscription; payment is charged to your Apple Account and renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends Perfect for students, teachers, accountants, lawyers, freelancers, and anyone who works with documents every day. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Compress PDF4 screens
PDF Converter3 screens

Verdict

The call

Compress PDF and PDF Converter are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and PDF Converter sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Compress PDF versus PDF Converter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCompress PDFPDF Converter
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS1817.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB10 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperArtiom YakoventsevRANA RESIDOGLU

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Compress PDF

Subscriptions1
  • Weekly Premium3 Days trial$3.997 Days
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$19.99
3 purchases

PDF Converter

Subscriptions3
  • Pro Weekly$3.997 Days
  • Pro Monthly$10.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$57.991 Year

Questions

Is Compress PDF free?
Compress PDF is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PDF Converter free?
PDF Converter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Compress PDF or PDF Converter have ads?
Neither Compress PDF nor PDF Converter shows ads.

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