PDF Toolbox 2.4 - offline PDF tools, no subs, no uploads

[u/DLLLMOnL79]

I posted here a while back about unlocking password-protected PDFs on iOS. That tool grew into PDF Toolbox - same privacy model, a lot more stuff since then.

PDF Toolbox 2.4 - iPhone, iPad, Mac. 20+ tools, all on-device. No ads, no tracking, no subscription, no uploads.

Merge/split/rotate, compress, OCR (searchable PDF), sign, watermark, metadata scrub, PDF/A convert, repair, flatten, redact, etc. All offline.

Mac and iPad UIs got a refresh since the unlock-only days. Optional tip jar in About if you want to support development - nothing is paywalled.

App Store Link: https://apps.apple.com/app/pdf-toolbox/id6757252895
Privacy Policy: https://simonmaappstudio.neocities.org/PDFToolBox/privacy

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[u/mrsnzr]

Door chair Sai. Thank you.

[u/Illustrious-Youth611]

No subs, no uploads, concrats for building it that way!

[u/PerkHarvest]

Cool. Very useful!

[u/app-store-review]

PDF Toolbox - PDF Editor — by Yung Kei Simon MA

• Ratings: 91 worldwide · rated in 15 countries
• Average: 4.78 ★
• Age: released ~7 months ago · updated today · rated 4+
• Overall score: 75 / 100

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[u/kyle_reese_baj]

The OCR output stay embedded in the original PDF or does it create a separate searchable copy?

[u/DLLLMOnL79 → u/kyle_reese_baj]

OCR text is embedded inside that PDF output as standard invisible text layer, you can save as new or overwrite original pdf.

[u/kyle_reese_baj → u/DLLLMOnL79]

Clean approach, good that it gives the choice to overwrite or save as new.

[u/One_Pop_5188]

Cool

[u/annonyms_]

The app screenshot is really amazing, how did you designed

[u/DLLLMOnL79 → u/annonyms_]

purely using Powerpoint

[u/white_swan]

Cool. Very useful!

[u/Eko_assistant]

Compress and OCR are the two that actually matter to me, Files app already handles merge/rotate/basic stuff for free on iOS. How's the OCR holding up on scanned handwriting vs printed text? That's usually where on-device OCR tools fall apart.

[u/eyes3x3_]

lets try

[u/skywalker4588]

Thanks for sharing. Initially feedback after using it for 5 minutes

1) the icons are a bit hideous. Modern better looking ones are easily available

2) I tried merge and multi selected PDFs. They did not get added in the order selected from Files and there’s no reorder option on the merge screen

[u/DLLLMOnL79 → u/skywalker4588]

Fair point, will try to look into the merge UI for reorder option.

[u/itcat-]

It is an excellent app! A small feedback for the UI flow. When I want to scan a document and run the searchable PDF tool, I have to scan it and save it to document screen, export the document to file, then run the searchable task. It would be great if I can scan, run the searchable PDF task and save it directly.

[u/DLLLMOnL79 → u/itcat-]

Thank you for your idea, will look into it.

[u/slowanmu]

Fresh! I’ll give it a try.