Smart PDF Compressor Offline vs Tara Scan

PDF Compress reduces your PDF file sizes directly on your iPhone — no uploads, no cloud, no internet required. Your documents never leave your device. Whether you need to email a large report, share a scanned form, or free up storage, PDF Compress gives you full control over quality vs. size with three intuitive compression levels. KEY FEATURES • Up to 80% smaller — Shrink large PDFs dramatically while keeping them readable • Three compression presets — Choose between High Compression, Recommended (balanced), or High Quality • Batch compression — Select multiple PDFs at once and compress them all in one tap • 100% on-device — Powered by Ghostscript, a professional-grade PDF engine, running entirely on your iPhone • Instant sharing — Share or save compressed files directly from the results screen • Recent files — Quickly access your previously compressed documents • No size worries — Supports PDFs up to 500 MB COMPRESSION PRESETS High Compression — Up to 80% smaller. Best for files where size matters most, like email attachments. Recommended — Up to 50% smaller. The ideal balance of quality and file size for everyday use. High Quality — Up to 25% smaller. Minimal compression that preserves crisp text and sharp images. PRIVACY FIRST PDF Compress processes everything locally on your device using native iOS technology. No account needed. No data sent anywhere. What's on your device, stays on your device. PERFECT FOR • Students sharing assignments and research papers • Professionals emailing contracts and reports • Anyone managing scanned documents or forms • Reducing storage used by large PDF libraries

Tara Scan turns paper into clean, searchable PDFs — and keeps every page on your phone. Point the camera at a document: the edges are found automatically, the page is cropped and straightened, and you can keep scanning page after page. Text recognition runs right on the device, so your contracts, receipts and notes never go to a server. SCAN • Automatic edge detection with crop and perspective correction • Dedicated modes for ID cards, driving licences and passports (front and back on one page) • Multi-page documents in a single scan session • Import from your photo library with automatic document detection • Reorder, rotate and delete pages at any time CLEAN UP • Filters: Original, No Shadow, Vivid, Lighten, Gray and Black & White • Black & White uses an adaptive threshold, so shadows across the page disappear instead of turning into grey patches RECOGNISE TEXT • On-device text recognition (OCR) — works offline • Copy or share the recognised text in one tap • Powered by Google ML Kit, running on your device TOOLS • Merge documents into a single PDF • Add a signature to a page • Add a watermark • Extract text from an image EXPORT • Searchable PDF: the page looks exactly like the scan, with an invisible text layer so you can search, select and copy text in any PDF viewer • Image-only PDF when you just need the picture • Plain text (.txt) ORGANISE • Library with folders • Rename, move and delete documents • Search by title and by the text inside your documents • Dark theme (Light / Dark / System) PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Everything happens on your device • No account, no sign-in • No ads, no analytics, no tracking • No servers — a document leaves your phone only when you share it • The camera is used only for scanning; photos are read only through the system picker, and only the ones you choose FREE No subscription and no in-app purchases. No forced watermark on your exports. Available in English, Turkish, Simplified Chinese, Hindi, Spanish, Arabic and French. Questions or ideas? Write to mejelsoft@gmail.com — we read every message.