Simple Pdf Utils vs LiteDoc

Your documents never leave your iPhone or iPad. Simple Pdf Utils merges, edits, and compresses PDFs, photos, and Word files entirely on your device — no uploads, no account, no ads, and literally no networking code. It even works fully in Airplane Mode. It's free, with no subscriptions and no "premium" tier. WHAT IT DOES • Combine PDFs, photos, and Word documents (.docx) into one file • Reorder pages by dragging, or swipe a row left/right to mark it for removal • Add text to any page — pick font, size, and color; drag to reposition • Rotate any page 90° clockwise with one tap • Preview any page full-screen with pinch to zoom — swipe up or down to move between pages, and rotate right from the preview • See each page's byte cost to find what's bloating your file • Compress oversized pages instantly — choose page-by-page • Combine multiple photos onto a single page in a grid layout • Save through the share sheet to wherever you want — Files, Mail, iCloud Drive, Messages, or anywhere else PRIVATE BY DESIGN Built for the documents you'd never want sitting on someone else's server — contracts, receipts, medical records, scans, and IDs. Most PDF tools online, and many on the App Store, upload your file to a server to do their work. Simple Pdf Utils never does: • No accounts, no sign-up, nothing to log in to • Does not collect, transmit, store, or share any data • Contains no networking code at all • A strict Content Security Policy blocks every outgoing connection from inside the app • Asks for no special permissions — the system file picker and share sheet handle everything You can verify all of this with Airplane Mode. The app works identically. GOOD FOR • Combining receipts before submitting an expense report • Tidying up scans of paperwork • Stripping irrelevant pages from contracts before sharing • Merging photos from your camera roll into a single PDF • Adding a handwritten note or signature line to a document • Shrinking image-heavy PDFs that are too big to email • Converting a Word draft to PDF when you only have the file HOW IT WORKS • The app uses the system document picker for input. • Images you pick (including HEIC from your iPhone or iPad Photos) are converted to JPEG and wrapped as PDF pages, all on-device. • Word documents are converted to HTML locally (via the open-source mammoth library) and rendered to PDF using the device's built-in print engine — no third-party cloud involved. • When you add multiple photos at once, you can choose to lay them out as a grid on a single page rather than one page per photo. • Text annotations are baked into the page at export time using pdf-lib, a fully on-device PDF library. • When you save, the result goes to the standard share sheet. You decide where it ends up. • Per-page compression rasterizes the chosen page to a JPEG sized to fit the budget — useful for image-heavy scans (compressed pages become image-only, so text is no longer selectable). NOTE ON WORD DOCUMENTS .docx conversion works best for straightforward documents (body text, simple tables, headings). Complex formatting — multi-column layouts, text boxes, charts, headers/footers — may look different or be omitted. The app shows a warning when a Word file is loaded. NO CATCHES Free. No upsells. No ads. No subscriptions. No "premium" tier. The app is what's on this page. Have a question or a bug to report? See the support page linked below.

LiteDoc is a fast, private toolkit for everyday PDF and image tasks — compress, merge, split, convert, rotate, and crop, all without an internet connection. Every tool runs entirely on your iPhone. Your files are never uploaded to a server, because there is no server. LiteDoc doesn't make a single network request. No account, no sign-up, no ads, no tracking. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Compress PDF - shrink file size for email or portal uploads • Merge PDF - combine multiple PDFs into one file • Image to PDF - turn photos or scans into a PDF • Split PDF - extract just the pages you need • PDF to Image - convert PDF pages into PNG images • Compress Image - reduce photo file size • Convert Format - convert images to PNG • Rotate Image - fix sideways photos and scans • Crop Image - trim images down to exactly what you need WHY LITEDOC • 100% private - nothing ever leaves your device • No sign-up, no account, no ads • Works completely offline • Fast - no waiting on uploads or a processing queue Whether you're prepping documents for a visa or tax portal, shrinking a resume for a job application, or just cleaning up photos, LiteDoc handles it in a few taps and keeps every file exactly where it belongs on your phone.