Comparison

MSRX PDF Compressor vs PDF Compressor Offline

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

Head to head
About

MSRX PDF Compressor

Features
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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 β€” 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 β€” 5, 10, 20 or 25 MB β€” 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 β€” "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 β€’ Compress several PDFs at once, with per-file results β€’ History, with a running total of everything you have saved β€’ Greyscale conversion for scans and photographs β€’ Compress from any app's share sheet, without opening this one β€’ A Shortcuts action, for compressing as part of an automation β€’ 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.

About

PDF Compressor Offline

Features
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PDF Compressor Offline helps reduce PDF file size directly on your device. Your PDF files are not uploaded to our servers, and the original document is not modified. Choose one PDF or several PDFs, compress them, review the result, then save or share the new compressed copy. Before compression, the app also checks whether there is enough available storage to create the output safely. Highlights: β€’ On-device PDF compression β€’ PDF files are not uploaded to our servers β€’ Original files remain unchanged β€’ Save to Files, share, or preview compressed PDFs β€’ Batch PDF compression support β€’ Free users can process 2 PDFs per day β€’ Free limits: up to 50 MB for one PDF, or 2 PDFs / 100 MB total per batch β€’ Premium unlock: larger PDFs up to 1.5 GB, batches up to 75 PDFs, and no daily PDF limit β€’ No account, no ads, no ad tracking PDF processing works offline. Privacy Policy: https://akifacet.github.io/info/pdf-compress/en/privacy/ Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

MSRX PDF Compressor4 screens
PDF Compressor Offline4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MSRX PDF Compressor at none against PDF Compressor Offline's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. PDF Compressor Offline sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MSRX PDF Compressor asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
MSRX PDF Compressor versus PDF Compressor Offline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMSRX PDF CompressorPDF Compressor Offline
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size7 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMrinal Singh RajaAkif Acet

In-app purchases

None

MSRX PDF Compressor

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

PDF Compressor Offline

One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$9.99

Questions

Is MSRX PDF Compressor free?
MSRX PDF Compressor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PDF Compressor Offline free?
PDF Compressor Offline is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MSRX PDF Compressor or PDF Compressor Offline have ads?
Neither MSRX PDF Compressor nor PDF Compressor Offline shows ads.

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