Comparison

Smash PDF vs PDFPress

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

Head to head
About

Smash PDF

Features
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Meet Smash PDF, the tiny gym for bulky PDFs. Your one tap compressor. Pick a heavy PDF document, tap Smash, and instantly reduce its size while keeping the text and layout intact. No accounts. No ads. No cloud compression. Everything stays private and local. Whether you need to email a large file, free up space, or just tidy up your library, Smash PDF makes it super simple. ### Bring PDFs from anywhere ### • Files app: browse and pick in a tap • Share Sheet: from Mail, WhatsApp, Safari, and more • Wi-Fi Drive: turn your device into a wireless drive and transfer PDFs over Wi-Fi • Browser Sharing: move PDFs wirelessly using your web browser • iCloud Drive: sync your PDF library across all your Apple devices ### Why you’ll love it ### • Private by design: 100% on-device compression. Your PDFs never touch a server • Same content, smaller size: layout and text stay intact • Ridiculously simple: pick a preset, tap Smash, done • Works offline: no internet required • No ads. No tracking. No account needed • Built-in file manager: organize with folders, rename, move, search, and share Go Pro with a one time purchase. Unlock unlimited compression. No subscriptions. No renewals. Buy once, enjoy forever.

About

PDFPress

Features
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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/

Screenshots

Smash PDF4 screens
PDFPress4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Smash PDF at every 6 days against PDFPress's fortnightly. Smash PDF also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Smash PDF sells 1 one-off in-app purchase 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smash PDF ships an update every 6 days, PDFPress fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Smash PDF versus PDFPress: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmash PDFPDFPress
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerchaman chlachMD TAUFIQUR RAHMAN

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Smash PDF

One-time1
  • Smash PDF Pro Lifetime$2.99
2 purchases

PDFPress

Subscriptions1
  • PDFPress Premium - Yearly$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • PDFPress Premium - Lifetime$14.99

Questions

Is Smash PDF free?
Smash PDF is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PDFPress free?
PDFPress is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Smash PDF or PDFPress have ads?
Neither Smash PDF nor PDFPress shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Smash PDF or PDFPress?
Smash PDF ships an update every 6 days, and PDFPress fortnightly. Most recently, Smash PDF was updated on October 11, 2026 and PDFPress on October 17, 2026.

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