FormatBox vs HexaConverter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
FormatBox
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Your all-in-one toolbox for photos, videos, PDFs, audio, and archives. Convert, compress, resize, sign, and organize β 100% on your iPhone. No cloud, no uploads, no account, no data collection, ever. WHAT YOU CAN DO QUICK CONVERT β’ HEIC to JPG, HEVC to H.264 β for universal compatibility β’ Open modern web images (WebP, AVIF, JPEG XL) and convert to JPG β’ Convert camera RAW files (DNG, CR2, NEF, ARWβ¦) to JPG or HEIC, in batch IMAGE TOOLS β’ Resize by percentage, dimension, or target file size in KB β’ Remove the background from any photo β transparent, white, or black β’ Add a text watermark to photos and videos β’ Batch rename files with a custom prefix, suffix, and numbering pattern β’ Extract text from any photo with on-device OCR β copy it or export as .txt β’ Crop, rotate, and adjust brightness/contrast before you share PDF TOOLS β’ Scan documents with your camera β automatic edge detection and perspective correction β’ Combine photos into a PDF, or export every PDF page as an image β’ Merge, split, reorder, and rotate PDF pages β’ Draw a signature and stamp it onto any page β’ Add a searchable, invisible OCR text layer to scanned PDFs β’ Compress image-heavy PDFs to a fraction of the size VIDEO & AUDIO β’ Compress video to a target size β 10 MB, 25 MB, 50 MB, or custom β’ Trim the start or end of any video, losslessly β’ Extract audio from video as M4A β’ Convert audio between M4A, WAV, FLAC, ALAC, and MP3 (128/192/320 kbps), with trimming ARCHIVE TOOL β’ Zip files together for sharing or backup β’ Create password-protected ZIP files β’ Extract ZIP, RAR, 7Z, and TAR archives EBOOK, VECTOR & FONT TOOLS β’ Convert PDF to EPUB and EPUB to PDF β’ Convert SVG to PNG/JPG, or vectorize simple icons into SVG β’ Convert TTF and OTF fonts with the bundled offline font engine PRIVACY β’ Strip GPS location, timestamps, and camera info from photos before you share them β see exactly what's embedded first IPHONE SPECIAL β’ Split Live Photos into a still JPG/HEIC and a motion MOV β’ Turn animated GIFs into MP4 video BATCH PROCESSING Select 100+ files at once and convert them all in one tap. Mixed photos, videos, and formats welcome. PRIVACY FIRST Everything runs on your iPhone. No cloud uploads. No tracking. No ads. No accounts. Terms of Use: https://taxlite.net/format_box/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://taxlite.net/format_box/privacy.html
HexaConverter
This app converts various file types directly on your device, ensuring privacy as no data is uploaded. It supports image, PDF, document, audio, video, and archive conversions, with options for resizing, merging, splitting, compressing, and more.
- On-device file conversion
- Supports images, PDFs, documents, audio, video, archives
- Image resizing, cropping, quality adjustment
- PDF merging, splitting, compression, text extraction
- Audio conversion with bitrate selection
- Video container change, trimming, compression
- ZIP, TAR, GZ archive creation and extraction
- Metadata stripping from images
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HexaConverter converts your files entirely on your device. Nothing is uploaded, nothing touches a server, and there is no account to create. The app declares no internet permission at all β so it is not technically capable of sending your files anywhere. That is not a promise, it is a property you can check. WHAT IT CONVERTS Images β PNG, JPG, BMP, GIF and TIFF, with WebP read as input. Resize to a bound, crop to a shape, and set JPEG quality. PDF β merge several documents, split into single pages, rotate, compress, and extract the text layer to a file. Documents β Markdown, HTML, plain text, CSV and JSON, in the pairs that convert faithfully. Plus text to PDF. Audio β MP3, AAC, FLAC, WAV and OGG, at a bitrate you choose. Convert a batch and it keeps going while you use the rest of the app. Video β change the container, trim without re-encoding, compress, or pull out the audio track. Archives β create and extract ZIP, TAR and GZ. Protect a ZIP with AES-256, which opens in 7-Zip, WinZip and Keka. Scan β photograph pages one after another and bind them into a single PDF. Reorder by dragging, and add a line of text under any page. Erase metadata β strip EXIF, XMP and IPTC from a JPEG or PNG without recompressing the picture. The pixels are copied across untouched. FREE, AND THAT IS ALL Every feature is free. No ads, no subscriptions, no in-app purchases, no trial. GOOD TO KNOW Some limits are real, and we would rather you read them here than discover them after installing: β’ Office formats β DOCX, XLSX and PPTX β are not supported. There is no faithful way to convert them on a phone, and doing it properly would mean uploading your file to a server. That would break the one thing this app is for. β’ Video re-encoding produces WebM. HexaConverter links an LGPL build of FFmpeg, which carries no H.264 encoder, so "compress to MP4" is not something it can honestly offer. β’ Changing a video container copies the existing streams rather than re-encoding them, so it works only where the target format can carry those codecs. β’ Trimming a video cuts on keyframes, so the cut may land slightly before the point you set. β’ Text exported to PDF uses a standard font covering Latin characters only. Files stay on your phone. Convert them there.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HexaConverter at none against FormatBox's 4. HexaConverter also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). FormatBox's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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
Both are free to download. FormatBox sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. HexaConverter asks for nothing beyond the download.
FormatBox ships an update every 5 weeks, HexaConverter weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FormatBox | HexaConverter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | β | 100.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly β better |
| Ads | No β better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No β better |
| Monetization | β | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod β better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ZHENGQIAO JIANG | ROSHAN GHANSHYAMBHAI HIRAPARA |
In-app purchases
FormatBox
- Weekly3 Days trial$1.997 Days
- Monthly$4.991 Month
- Yearly$29.991 Year
- Lifetime$79.99
HexaConverter
No in-app purchases
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