FirstSeed Notes vs PDF Craft

FirstSeed Notes is a beautifully designed note-taking app that helps you capture and refine your daily thoughts and insights. By writing down the words in your mind and organizing your ideas, you can naturally build them up over time. It supports your everyday thinking and actions, from taking notes and keeping records to organizing ideas, managing ToDos, and reflecting on important sentences. Main Features - Create and edit notes (simple and comfortable writing experience) - Organize tasks with a ToDo list - Highlight important sentences to record and review them later - Supports recording and transcription - Create summaries, meeting minutes, study notes, action lists, and more from transcriptions - Categorize and organize notes with tags - Quickly access important notes with bookmarks - Fast access to recent notes - Share individual notes or entire notebooks - Sync across devices - Customize font size and line spacing - Markdown support - Smart formatting feature - Display character and line counts Data can be synced and shared via iCloud servers. Some of the above features require a subscription or lifetime license. About Subscription: Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. Terms of Use: https://firstseed.io/terms.html

PDF Craft is a one-time purchase PDF toolkit that handles all your PDF needs entirely on your iPhone - no subscriptions, no cloud uploads, no privacy risks. CORE TOOLS - Merge PDF: combine multiple PDFs into one, drag to reorder pages - Split PDF: by page range or tap to select specific pages - Compress PDF: 3 quality levels with real-time estimated size preview - Document Scan: camera scanning with automatic edge detection and perspective correction - OCR Recognition: extract text from PDFs and images in English, Chinese and Japanese PAGE EDITING - Rotate and Reorder: thumbnail grid view, multi-select, drag to sort - Add Watermark: baked-in text watermark with 7 positions and live first-page preview - Encrypt PDF: password protect or remove protection with strength indicator FORMAT CONVERSION - Image to PDF: import photos from your library, choose A4, Letter, or original size - PDF to Image: export pages as high-resolution PNG or JPEG (up to 300 PPI) WHY PDF CRAFT? - One-time purchase: pay once, own forever. Zero subscription, zero hidden fees. - Completely offline: your documents never leave your device. Perfect for contracts and sensitive files. - Native Apple design: built with SwiftUI for a smooth, responsive experience that feels at home on iOS. - Multilingual OCR: recognizes English, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese text. - Files tab: all processed files saved locally for easy access, preview, and sharing.