Comparison

Captured! vs PDF Fit

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

Head to head
About

Captured!

This app acts as a universal clipboard, saving links, photos, videos, audio, files, and texts shared from other applications. It offers on-device processing for previews, AI descriptions, OCR, and transcription, with smart organization and full-text search capabilities.

Highlights
  • Universal content capture from any app
  • Automatic previews and AI enrichment
  • On-device OCR and transcription
  • Smart organization with folders and views
  • Full-text search and Spotlight integration
  • iCloud sync for selected folders
  • JSON backup and restore
Features
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Tired of losing links, photos, videos, audio, files or texts shared from your apps? Captured is your universal clipboard. Tap Share from any app and choose Captured — everything is instantly saved, previewed and enriched, on-device by default. UNIVERSAL CAPTURE Accepts URLs, photos, videos, audio, files and text from any app. Automatic source detection (Safari, YouTube, Instagram, X, Photos...). AUTO-GENERATED PREVIEWS Every item gets a thumbnail: web pages via live browser, photos/videos from first frame, files via QuickLook, audio as waveform, text as typographic render. Thumbnail gallery with on-demand regeneration. AI DESCRIPTION, OCR & TRANSCRIPTION AI image/video description: Apple Vision (free, on-device), OpenAI GPT-4 Vision or Anthropic Claude. Built-in OCR on photos and videos. Audio speech-to-text transcription — all on-device by default, no cloud required. SMART ORGANIZATION Folders with batch move/delete and drag-and-drop reorder. Smart Views: All, Recent (7 days), Unread, With Location, With AI. Configurable sort: manual, newest, oldest, title, source. Filter by type: URL, file, photo, video, audio, text. FULL-TEXT SEARCH & SPOTLIGHT Instant search across titles, URLs, notes, AI descriptions and transcriptions. All items indexed in system Spotlight — searchable from the home screen. RICH METADATA Auto-fetch of web page title and last-modified date (bold title signals updated content). Reverse geocoding of GPS coordinates in photos. WIDGET WidgetKit widget in small, medium and large sizes showing unread items in real time. BACKUP & RESTORE Full JSON export/import (items, folders, settings, thumbnails) with Replace or Merge mode. PRIVACY All your data stays on your device. No account, no server, no ads. Network calls only when you explicitly enable web fetching or AI description via your own API key. iCloud sync, folder by folder Choose exactly which folders you want to find on your other devices. A long press on a folder offers "Sync with iCloud": its photos, videos, files and links — including previews — automatically appear on your iPhone, iPad and Mac linked to the same Apple account. Folders that are not synced remain strictly local. A "Resync iCloud" option lets you reconcile state across devices in one gesture. Link previews: lock, zoom, crop You can now lock a link's preview so it never changes, or enlarge the preview by a factor of 2 to better see thumbnails from your favorite sites. A new setting automatically crops the white or black bands surrounding some previews. Organization: everything by drag-and-drop Reorganize your folders by dragging them in the sidebar. Move an item from one folder to another simply by dragging it onto the destination folder. No more drop-down menus. Paste a link from the clipboard A new menu entry lets you directly add the currently copied link, without going through another app's "Share" menu. Manage your space better The info panel now shows the space used in iCloud when sync is active. A long press on each line gives access to quick actions. The "Delete local data only" option frees up space while keeping your synced folders intact.

About

PDF Fit

Features
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PDF Fit makes it easy to compress PDFs to fit your selected file size while preserving the best achievable document quality. Simply import or create a PDF, scan a paper document, or add photos, choose your target file size, and let PDF Fit do the rest. Intelligent Compression automatically analyzes each page to optimize compression for text, mixed content, and photos, delivering the best possible balance between quality and file size. Professional Scan automatically detects document boundaries, corrects perspective, optimizes readability, and creates each PDF page in the detected format while preserving content near the edges. Import photos and create clean, professional PDFs with automatic page sizing, preserved proportions, and document-aware optimization. Whether you need to reduce a PDF for online submission, email attachments, or file size limits, PDF Fit makes PDF compression fast, simple, and reliable. Built-in file size presets for email attachments, messaging apps, visa applications, job applications, and more make it easy to choose the right file size in seconds. Features • Compress PDFs to fit your selected file size limit • Intelligent Compression with the best possible document quality • Import or create PDFs • Scan paper documents using your camera • Import photos and create clean, professional PDFs with automatic page sizing • Advanced document detection • Automatic perspective correction • Automatic page format detection • Built-in file size presets • Preview PDFs before saving or sharing • Rename PDFs before saving or sharing • Save PDFs to Files • Share PDFs using the iOS Share Sheet • Fast, private on-device processing • No subscriptions Lifetime Pro Unlock unlimited exports of compressed PDFs, scanned documents, and PDFs created from Photos with a one-time purchase. No subscriptions. Privacy PDF Fit processes all documents entirely on your device. Your PDFs are never uploaded to external servers.

Screenshots

Captured!3 screens
PDF Fit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Captured! at none against PDF Fit's 1. Captured! also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). 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. PDF Fit sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Captured! asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Captured! ships an update fortnightly, PDF Fit monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Captured! versus PDF Fit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCaptured!PDF Fit
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB4 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperAlexandre FenyoOctavian Petrescu

In-app purchases

None

Captured!

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

PDF Fit

One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Captured! free?
Captured! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PDF Fit free?
PDF Fit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Captured! or PDF Fit have ads?
Neither Captured! nor PDF Fit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Captured! or PDF Fit?
Captured! ships an update fortnightly, and PDF Fit monthly. Most recently, Captured! was updated on November 13, 2026 and PDF Fit on November 10, 2026.

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