LocalToolbox vs PillPetal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LocalToolbox
A privacy-focused utility app offering over 160 offline tools for daily tasks, work, and study. It provides a comprehensive suite of calculators, converters, text utilities, and specialized professional tools, all functioning locally without internet access or data collection.
- 165+ offline utility tools
- Privacy-first, no data collection
- Measurement, time, and date tools
- Text utilities and developer tools
- Finance and engineering calculators
- Local record and workplace tools
- Fun and everyday helper tools
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Local Toolbox is a privacy-first, fully offline utility app that now includes 203 practical tools for daily life, work, local records, study, image tasks, PDF and media handling, and professional use. It brings measurement tools, timers, date and unit converters, text utilities, developer tools, finance and record tools, field and workplace helpers, image tools, PDF and file tools, media tools, and fun utilities into one app. Many small tools that would normally require a separate download, or an upload to a cloud website, are already here and run entirely on device. Everything runs locally on your device. No login, no internet required, no cloud sync, no content upload, and no ads, subscriptions, or in-app purchases getting in the way. Text from image, document scanning and auto redaction are all done on device by iOS itself, so your photos, PDFs and videos never need to be handed to an AI service. It is built for people who want practical tools without privacy trade-offs. V2.3 adds ten local tools: Resize to Target (exact pixels or file size), Convert Image Format (JPEG/PNG/HEIC), Document Scanner (auto edge detection and shadow cleanup), Text from Image (offline OCR with txt export), QR & Barcode Scan (and Wi-Fi QR creation), Auto Redact (card numbers, IBANs, emails, phone numbers, IPs and faces), Images to PDF, PDF Page Tools (merge, split, rotate, delete, export pages), File Hash Check (SHA-256/SHA-1/MD5/CRC32) and Compress Video (size limit, trim, extract audio). Key features include: Measurement, timer, date, and unit conversion tools Text utilities, JSON, regex, UUID/ULID, JWT, URL parsing, Text Find and Replace, and Voice to Text Everyday helpers like bill split, unit price compare, work hours, time zone conversion, a general Date Calculator, and Exam Countdown Finance and record tools such as compound growth, fixed deposit, recurring investment, goal planning, mortgage comparison, Simple Ledger, savings records, gift records, and local logs for borrowing, inventory, warranty, recurring payments, receipts, and medication Image tools such as compression and resizing to target, format conversion, stitching, color picking, text watermark, EXIF viewing and stripping, screenshot and auto redaction, document scanning, text from image, and QR and barcode tools PDF and file tools such as Images to PDF, PDF merge/split/rotate/delete/page export, and file hash verification Media tools such as video compression and trimming, and M4A audio extraction Privacy tools such as a local authenticator, text redaction, photo metadata stripping, screenshot redaction, link tracking cleanup, and a privacy checkup checklist Professional tools for engineering, workplace, logistics, renovation, and field use Fun tools like Lucky Spinner, coin toss, reaction speed, color guess, a Yes / No Decider, Paid Slacking Tracker, and more Supports Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, German, and French. Have a feature idea or want a new tool? Tell us in an App Store review.
PillPetal
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PillPetal is a private medicine reminder and record-keeping app designed to make daily medication routines easier to organize. FLEXIBLE REMINDERS • Set multiple reminder times for each medicine • Schedule around breakfast, lunch, dinner, bedtime, or custom times • Create daily, selected-weekday, every-few-days, and interval schedules • Use standard notifications or optional audible alarms on iOS 26 • Open a reminder directly to the relevant medicine and scheduled dose CLEAR MEDICINE RECORDS • Mark doses as taken, skipped, or snoozed • Correct or undo an incorrectly recorded dose • Keep history after archiving a medicine • Track remaining quantities and record refills • Export history as CSV or create a local backup ON-DEVICE MEDICINE PHOTOS • Take a photo or choose one from Photos • Lift the medicine from its background using Apple Vision • Confirm the result or use the manual square crop • Use the saved image on medicine cards and notification attachments PERSONALIZE PILLPETAL • Choose English or Simplified Chinese • Select peony, hydrangea, delphinium, or mint themes • Use the widget to see the next reminder and record a taken dose • Choose Light, Dark, or System appearance PRIVATE BY DESIGN Medicine details, history, photos, text recognition, and subject extraction remain on your device. PillPetal has no account, advertising, analytics, cloud AI, or developer server. Data leaves the device only when you explicitly export or share a file. PillPetal is a reminder and record-keeping tool, not medical advice. Always follow instructions from your doctor, pharmacist, or medicine label.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PillPetal at Free against LocalToolbox's $4.99. On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
PillPetal is free to download; LocalToolbox costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | LocalToolbox | PillPetal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 鹏 杨 | Sheng Hong Chen |
In-app purchases
LocalToolbox
No in-app purchases
PillPetal
No in-app purchases









