Nutbox vs PDFPress
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nutbox
Easily save and organize content from any app or browser, including screenshots, links, and text. Organize with collections, favorite, hide, or archive items, and search your stash. Your data is securely stored in iCloud with no ads or trackers.
- Save screenshots, images, GIFs, text, and links
- System-wide Share extension integration
- Organize with collections
- Favorite, hide, or archive items
- Search items and notes
- Secure iCloud storage
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Welcome to Nutbox, the simplest way to save and organize content from any app or browser. See something you want to remember? Stash it in Nutbox. Use Nutbox to keep track of the things that inspire you: new recipes to cook, articles you want to read later, travel tips and video links for your next adventure, moments of entertainment to revisit — and anything else you don't want to forget. • Save screenshots, images, GIFs, text, and links for easy access anytime • Add items from anywhere with the system-wide Share extension, or quickly paste from your clipboard or pull in from Photos • Snap a photo right in the app and save it instantly • Organize your items with collections, and add items to multiple collections at once • Favorite, hide, or archive your items — and filter your view by any of these options • Search your items and notes to quickly find what you need Nutbox is designed to be pleasant and intuitive to use, because how software feels matters just as much as what it does. It's free to download and allows up to 5 items to be saved. To save unlimited items, upgrade to Nutbox Pro with a one-time lifetime purchase or a monthly or yearly subscription. — Your data stays yours. Nutbox stores everything securely in your iCloud account and never collects personal information. There's no third-party code, no ads, no trackers, and no analytics — just a private space that's entirely yours. If you have any feedback, I'd love to hear it — please use the app's 'Send feedback' feature or email me at hey@getnutbox.app. Privacy policy: https://getnutbox.app/privacy Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
PDFPress
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PDFPress is a private, on-device PDF toolkit for iPhone and iPad. Scan, compress, merge, split, organize, sign, OCR, convert and protect PDFs — no uploads, no tracking, no account required. SCAN TO PDF Turn paper documents, receipts, notes and forms into clean PDFs using your camera with automatic document edge detection. IMAGES TO PDF Convert photos, screenshots, JPG, PNG and HEIC images into a single PDF. Reorder pages and choose the page size before exporting. COMPRESS Shrink large PDFs before emailing or sharing. Choose from Maximum, Balanced or Best Quality compression and see exact file size savings. MERGE Combine multiple PDFs into one clean document. Add files, review page counts and merge them on your device. SPLIT Extract selected pages or split pages into individual PDFs using a visual page picker. ORGANIZE PDF Reorder pages, delete unwanted pages and rotate pages before saving a clean new PDF. SIGN PDF Draw your signature, choose the page, set the placement and export a signed copy. OCR TEXT Recognize text from PDF pages on device. Export extracted text and create a searchable PDF copy. PASSWORD PROTECT & UNLOCK Add password protection to PDFs or remove passwords from files you can unlock. PDF TO IMAGES Export PDF pages as high-resolution JPEG or PNG images. BATCH COMPRESS Compress multiple PDFs in one flow, perfect for cleaning up heavy folders. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No internet connection required. No server uploads. No account needed. Your documents stay on your device. FREE TO TRY Compress, merge and split PDFs for free with generous daily limits. Upgrade to Premium for unlimited access to all tools. PREMIUM INCLUDES: • Unlimited compress, merge and split • Password protect and unlock PDFs • PDF to Images • Batch compress • Scan to PDF • Images to PDF • Organize PDF pages • Sign PDF • OCR text extraction • No ads, ever Choose Yearly or Lifetime — one purchase, all features. Terms of Use (EULA): https://tcse9.github.io/pdfpress-privacy/terms.html Privacy policy: https://tcse9.github.io/pdfpress-privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Nutbox at every 4 days against PDFPress's fortnightly. PDFPress's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Nutbox sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month and PDFPress sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Nutbox ships an update every 4 days, PDFPress fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nutbox | PDFPress |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anders Klausen | MD TAUFIQUR RAHMAN |
In-app purchases
Nutbox
- Nutbox Pro — Monthly$1.491 Month
- Nutbox Pro — Yearly$9.991 Year
- Nutbox Pro — Lifetime$19.99
PDFPress
- PDFPress Premium - Yearly$4.991 Year
- PDFPress Premium - Lifetime$14.99









