MSRX PDF Compressor vs PDF Compressly

MSRX PDF Compressor makes PDFs smaller without turning your text into pictures. Most PDF compressors flatten every page to an image. The file shrinks, but you lose selectable text, search, links, and anything a screen reader can use. This one looks at each page first. Pages with real text keep it. Pages that are scans or photographs get re-encoded, which is where nearly all the saving in a scanned document lives anyway. TEXT STAYS TEXT A 135-page workbook came out 33% smaller with all 138,000 characters still selectable and searchable. A 224-page scanned textbook went from 100 MB to 9 MB. The difference is the document, not the setting — and the app tells you which one you have before you commit. FIT UNDER A LIMIT Tell it the limit your email or upload form imposes — 5, 10, 20 or 25 MB — and it works out the settings for you, testing real pages rather than guessing. If it cannot reach your limit, it says so and hands back the smallest file it managed. It will not pretend it succeeded. SEE WHERE THE MEGABYTES ARE Before you compress, the app breaks the file down: images, fonts, page content, overhead. Then it tells you plainly what to expect — "10 of 28 pages are scans. Those compress well; the rest keep their text." COMPARE BEFORE AND AFTER Put the original and the result side by side, page by page, and confirm for yourself that nothing was lost. ALSO IN THIS VERSION • Compress several PDFs at once, with per-file results • History, with a running total of everything you have saved • Greyscale conversion for scans and photographs • Compress from any app's share sheet, without opening this one • A Shortcuts action, for compressing as part of an automation • Full Dark Mode, Dynamic Type, and VoiceOver support HONEST ABOUT WHAT IT CANNOT DO Compression works on images. A document that is mostly text and embedded fonts has very little to give, and the app says so up front instead of letting you find out afterwards. Scanned documents are where you will see the dramatic numbers. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything happens on your iPhone or iPad. Your files are never uploaded, and the app has no analytics, no accounts, and no network access at all. FILE LIMITS Up to 500 MB and 2,000 pages per document. Free. No ads, no subscriptions, no in-app purchases.

PDF Compressly is a fast, simple and privacy-focused PDF compressor for iPhone. Reduce the size of your PDF files in just a few taps. Whether you need to send a document by email, share it with another app, save storage space or meet an upload limit, PDF Compressly helps you create lighter PDF files quickly and easily. Import documents from multiple sources: • Files • Photos • Clipboard • Camera scan You can also scan paper documents with your iPhone camera and convert them into PDFs, ready to compress, preview and export. Choose how you want to compress: • Minimal compression for higher quality • Medium compression for a balanced result • Maximum compression for smaller files • Custom maximum output size PDF Compressly gives you control over the final file. Use one of the built-in compression presets or set the maximum file size you want for the output PDF. Your documents stay private. All processing happens locally on your iPhone. PDF Compressly does not upload, store or send your files to external servers. This makes it useful for sensitive documents such as invoices, contracts, reports, IDs, business files, school documents and personal records. After compression, export your PDF wherever you need it: save it to Files, send it by email, share it with other apps or transfer it to nearby Apple devices using AirDrop. Key features: • Compress PDF files on iPhone • Reduce PDF file size quickly • Import from Files, Photos and Clipboard • Scan documents with the camera • Convert scans into PDF files • Choose Minimal, Medium or Maximum compression • Set a custom output file size • Preview original and compressed PDFs • Export to Files, email, AirDrop and other apps • Local on-device processing • No external uploads • Clean and easy-to-use interface PDF Compressly is designed for work, school, travel, administration and everyday document sharing. Make your PDFs smaller. Keep your files private. Terms & Conditions: https://pdfcompressly.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://pdfcompressly.com/privacy.html