PDF Breeze vs why?
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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/
why?
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why? We don’t think your phone is the enemy. And we don’t think every minute on your screen is a minute wasted. Sometimes you open Instagram because you need to reply to someone. Sometimes you open YouTube because you want to watch something. Sometimes you just want to do nothing. That’s okay. The problem isn’t using your phone. The problem is using it without choosing to. We unlock. We tap. We scroll. And somewhere along the way, we stop knowing why we started. So we built why? Not to block you. Not to shame you. Not to tell you how many hours of your life you’ve wasted. Just one small question, at the moment it matters: Why? Why are you opening this? What are you looking for? What do you actually want to do? Sometimes, asking the question is enough. Sometimes, you’ll realize you do want to continue. Good. Continue. Sometimes you’ll realize you don’t. Good. Close it. Both are wins. Because the goal isn’t less screen time. The goal isn’t perfect discipline. The goal isn’t becoming someone who never scrolls. The goal is something much simpler: To put you back in the driver’s seat. A phone should be a tool you pick up, not a place you disappear into. So pause. Ask yourself. And choose. Why? FREE & PRO why? is free for two apps. Pro removes the two-app limit. The yearly plan includes a 7-day free trial. Monthly and yearly subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase and, for renewals, within 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Lifetime is a one-time purchase and does not renew. REQUIREMENTS why? requires Screen Time access, which iOS requests during setup. You can withdraw this permission at any time. Showing all three answers together requires iOS 26.4 or later. On earlier versions, the question still appears with one answer and a way back. Fifteen minutes is the shortest access window Apple’s system allows. PRIVACY No account. No sign-up. No ads. No tracking. Your data stays on your device. TERMS Privacy Policy: commalabs.co/why/privacy Terms of Use: commalabs.co/why/terms Apple Standard EULA: apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: why? at every 5 days against PDF Breeze's every 4 weeks. PDF Breeze's advantage is iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. PDF Breeze sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and why? sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PDF Breeze ships an update every 4 weeks, why? every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PDF Breeze | why? |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Penguin Labs | Comma Labs |
In-app purchases
PDF Breeze
- PDF Breeze Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- PDF Breeze Pro Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
why?
- Monthly$2.991 Month
- Yearly$9.991 Year
- Lifetime$24.99









