Comparison

PDF Breeze vs PDF Target

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

Head to head
About

PDF Breeze

This app is a comprehensive PDF toolkit that operates entirely on your device, offering features like signing, scanning, compressing, merging, and protecting documents. It ensures all file processing happens locally for maximum privacy and security.

Highlights
  • Sign PDFs
  • Scan documents to PDF
  • Compress PDFs
  • Merge multiple PDFs
  • Password protect PDFs
  • Extract pages
  • Convert images to PDF
  • Annotate and highlight
  • OCR text extraction
  • Convert Word to PDF
Features
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YOUR FILES NEVER LEAVE YOUR IPHONE. PDF Breeze is the only all-in-one PDF toolkit that works 100% on your device. No cloud. No uploads. No account required. Whether you're signing a contract, scanning a receipt, or compressing a file before sending it — everything happens on your iPhone, instantly. SIGN ANY PDF IN SECONDS Draw your signature or type it. Place it anywhere on the document. Export as a clean, signed PDF — no printer, no scanner, no fuss. Works on contracts, forms, NDAs, lease agreements, and any document that needs your name on it. SCAN DOCUMENTS TO PDF Point your camera at any document — contracts, letters, receipts, forms — and PDF Breeze instantly detects edges and creates a crisp, clean PDF. Multi-page scanning supported. Everything processed on your device. COMPRESS WITHOUT LOSING QUALITY Reduce your PDF file size before emailing or sharing. Choose your compression level — low, medium, or high — and get a smaller file without destroying the readability. Perfect for email attachments with size limits. MERGE MULTIPLE PDFs INTO ONE Combine two or more PDFs into a single document in seconds. Drag to reorder pages before merging. Great for combining chapters, reports, or multi-part forms into one clean file. PROTECT WITH A PASSWORD Add password encryption to any PDF to prevent unauthorized access. Your documents stay private and locked — only accessible to those who know the password. SPLIT & EXTRACT PAGES Select specific pages from a PDF and extract them into a new document. Perfect for pulling out individual pages from a large report or form pack. CONVERT IMAGES TO PDF Select photos from your library and convert them into a multi-page PDF instantly. Receipts, whiteboards, notes — anything you photograph becomes a shareable PDF. ANNOTATE & HIGHLIGHT Highlight text, draw freehand, add typed annotations. Everything you need to mark up a document without leaving the app. EXTRACT TEXT WITH OCR Use built-in OCR to extract all readable text from any PDF. Copy it, edit it, or search within it — even from scanned documents. CONVERT WORD TO PDF Open a .docx or .doc file and convert it to a clean PDF document, entirely on your device. No Microsoft Office required. 100% PRIVATE BY DESIGN Most PDF apps upload your documents to their servers. PDF Breeze never does. Every action — signing, scanning, compressing, merging — happens locally on your iPhone. • No cloud uploads • No account required • No data collection • Works fully offline Your contracts, tax documents, medical records, and personal files stay exactly where they belong: with you. SUBSCRIPTION INFO PDF Breeze Pro is available as a monthly or annual subscription. The annual plan includes a 7-day free trial with full access to all features. • Annual plan: 7-day free trial, then auto-renews yearly. Cancel anytime before Day 7 and you won't be charged. • Monthly plan: no trial, billed monthly. • Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. • Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Manage or cancel your subscription anytime in iOS Settings → Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://www.penguinlabs.cc/products/pdfbreeze/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

PDF Target

Features
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Your upload limit is exact. Your PDF should be too. PDF Target compresses scanned and image-based PDFs to fit the file size you choose—without uploading your documents to a server. BUILT FOR REAL UPLOAD LIMITS Choose a common target or enter the exact maximum size required by a work portal, government form, recruiting system, email provider, or document service. VERIFY BEFORE YOU SHARE • See the original and final file sizes • Verify that every page is still present • Keep page order and physical page size • Receive a clear result when the target is too aggressive PRIVATE BY DESIGN Compression happens entirely on your iPhone or iPad. PDF Target has no account, no analytics SDK, no advertising SDK, and no document upload service. HONEST COMPRESSION Some limits cannot be reached without making a scanned document unreadable. PDF Target uses a minimum quality floor and tells you when a safer target is needed instead of silently returning a damaged file. YOUR ORIGINAL STAYS UNTOUCHED The app always creates a separate PDF. Share or save the result wherever you need it while keeping the source unchanged. Try three successful compressions at no charge. If PDF Target solves the problem for you, unlock unlimited use with one lifetime purchase. No subscription.

Screenshots

PDF Breeze4 screens
PDF Target3 screens

Verdict

The call

PDF Breeze and PDF Target are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 Breeze sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and PDF Target sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
PDF Breeze versus PDF Target: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDF BreezePDF Target
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPenguin LabsArthur Borges

In-app purchases

2 purchases

PDF Breeze

Subscriptions2
  • PDF Breeze Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • PDF Breeze Pro Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
1 purchases

PDF Target

One-time1
  • PDF Target Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is PDF Breeze free?
PDF Breeze is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PDF Target free?
PDF Target is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PDF Breeze or PDF Target have ads?
Neither PDF Breeze nor PDF Target shows ads.

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