Comparison

Peoplebox vs PDF Combine & Split

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

Head to head
About

Peoplebox

This app helps you remember the important people in your life by storing private notes and setting follow-up reminders. It offers smart organization, freshness indicators, and privacy features, keeping all your data on your device.

Highlights
  • Private notes timeline for contacts
  • Follow-up reminders
  • Smart tags for organization
  • Stale contact detection
  • Freshness indicators
  • Face ID app lock
  • CSV export
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Your contacts tell you who someone is. Peoplebox helps you remember the relationship — what matters, when to follow up, and who needs a check-in. Keep private notes on the people in your life, set follow-up reminders, and never lose touch with the ones who matter. Your relationship notes are stored locally on your iPhone. No account, cloud sync, or analytics. Calling, messaging, email, and exports use the system services or destinations you choose. KEY FEATURES - Private notes timeline for every contact, with optional interaction type (meeting, call, coffee, email, event) - Read-only access to your iOS Contacts so you can attach notes without changing your address book - Create contacts only in Peoplebox without Contacts permission. Names and optional phone, email, company and job title stay in Peoplebox; system contacts are never added or changed. - Smart tags to organize people by Client, Friend, Family, or any custom category you create - Follow-up reminders with multiple lead-time alerts (3 days, 1 day, day-of) - See each follow-up's contact, task, and due date, then tap to open the related person and follow-up - Start a message from a contact's page using the system message composer; choose a number and confirm sending yourself - Stale contact detection: get a gentle nudge when you haven't talked to someone in a while - Per-tag "haven't talked to" thresholds, so you can treat close family differently from acquaintances - Smart Groups that automatically surface favorites, overdue follow-ups, and contacts you have been neglecting - Freshness indicators at a glance: green for fresh, yellow, orange, red for long-silent - Home screen widgets showing your upcoming follow-ups - Face ID app lock for an extra layer of privacy - Readable CSV contact summaries with notes and follow-up history (not a restorable database backup) - No login, no account, no data collection PEOPLEBOX PRO Manage up to 20 contacts with private relationship records for free, counting Peoplebox-only contacts and system contacts with saved records together. Existing records remain editable if Pro expires. CSV export, Face ID / Touch ID app lock, home screen widgets, and all follow-up reminder intervals are available to everyone. Upgrade to Peoplebox Pro for unlimited contacts, custom tags and Smart Groups. - Annual: USD 14.99 per year (a 1-week free trial may be available to eligible subscribers, as confirmed by Apple) - Lifetime: USD 19.99 one-time purchase Prices may vary by region; the App Store shows your current localized price. Existing monthly subscriptions remain supported and can be managed in Apple Account settings. Payment will be charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period at the stated price. Manage or cancel in Account Settings. A free trial, if offered, automatically converts to a paid subscription unless canceled at least 24 hours before it ends. Lifetime access is a one-time, non-consumable purchase and does not renew. Privacy Policy: https://app-legal-pages.vercel.app/peoplebox/privacy Terms of Service: https://app-legal-pages.vercel.app/peoplebox/terms

About

PDF Combine & Split

Features
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Most PDF tools want an account and quietly upload your documents to a server to do the work. For a contract or a payslip, that's a non-starter. PDF Combine & Split does it on your phone. Nothing is uploaded. • Combine several PDFs — drag them into the exact order you want • Split a PDF into separate pages • Extract a page range • No account, no upload, no watermark • No ads. No subscription.

Screenshots

Peoplebox4 screens
PDF Combine & Split2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PDF Combine & Split at none against Peoplebox's 3. PDF Combine & Split also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Peoplebox sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. PDF Combine & Split asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Peoplebox ships an update every 3 months, PDF Combine & Split fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Peoplebox versus PDF Combine & Split: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPeopleboxPDF Combine & Split
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer慧慧 高keisuke haraguchi

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Peoplebox

Subscriptions2
  • Peoplebox Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Peoplebox Pro Annual7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$19.99
None

PDF Combine & Split

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Peoplebox free?
Peoplebox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PDF Combine & Split free?
PDF Combine & Split is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Peoplebox or PDF Combine & Split have ads?
Neither Peoplebox nor PDF Combine & Split shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Peoplebox or PDF Combine & Split?
Peoplebox ships an update every 3 months, and PDF Combine & Split fortnightly. Most recently, Peoplebox was updated on October 28, 2026 and PDF Combine & Split on October 22, 2026.

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