Features
A short list of jobs, each with its real status
Every feature, what it does without a server, and its limits. A feature marked with a version number is planned for that release and is not in today's build.
At a glance
“Verified” means the app is built for that platform and its self-test passes inside the real app. “Verified in CI” means the same tests pass on build machines, and nobody has used it by hand on a PC yet. “Builds” means it compiles and has not been through hands-on testing.
| Feature | Status | Windows | macOS | iPhone, iPad | Android |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Add files once | Available now | Verified in CI | Verified | Builds | Builds |
| Merge | Available now | Verified in CI | Verified | Builds | Builds |
| System check | Available now | Verified in CI | Verified | Builds | Builds |
| Fit a size limit, searchable check, split to size | Version 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Split and reorder | Version 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Redact and scrub | Version 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Checklist and saved report | Version 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| PDF/A conversion | Version 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Make scans searchable | Version 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Scan to PDF with the camera | Version 1.1 | No | No | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| HEIC photos to JPG or PDF | Version 1.2 | If the codec is installed | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
In today's build
Add files once
Available nowFiles are added once, in one place, by choosing them or dropping them anywhere in the window. They sit in a tray showing each file's name, page count and size, and the tools are offered beside it.
A file is accepted on what it actually is, not on its name. Limits today: PDFs only, and password-protected PDFs are skipped until Version 1.0.
Merge
Available nowJoins the files in the tray into one PDF, in the order shown. Pages are kept exactly as they are: text stays text, nothing is recompressed.
Before the result is offered, the app re-opens it and checks that its page count equals the total of the files.
System check
Available nowA self-test of the app on the device. It runs nine checks in a few seconds, including reading, writing and merging a PDF, and confirming the network guard is active.
Use it after an install to confirm the app works there.
Coming with Version 1.0
The tools most businesses will use it for. None of these is in today's build.
Fit a size limit
Version 1.0Pick a limit of 2, 5, 10 or 25 MB, or one you set, and the app will make the document meet it. A clean copy is written first, which alone often fits. If not, only the heavy pages, usually scans and photos, will be rebuilt at the highest quality that fits. The file stays searchable.
When a file cannot get there at readable quality, it will split it into parts that each fit. It will never return a file larger than the original, and it will warn before changing a digitally signed PDF.
Redact and scrub
Version 1.0Redaction will remove content, not draw a box on top. Mark what to remove by drawing or by searching, including patterns such as Social Security numbers. Each redacted page will be rebuilt from pixels, and the result verified before it can be saved.
Scrub will remove what is hidden: metadata, earlier revisions and attachments. Redacted pages become images with a searchable text layer, and your original file is unchanged.
Split and reorder
Version 1.0A grid of page thumbnails for rearranging, rotating and deleting pages, and splitting a document by page range, every so many pages, or by size. Pages will be kept as they are.
Checklist and saved report
Version 1.0After every tool, the app will show what it checked and the result, for example “4.7 MB, under the 5 MB limit” or “132 of 132 pages searchable”. The checklist can be saved next to the file.
It checks size, searchable text and format. It cannot know every rule of a given court or portal.
Later releases
PDF/A conversion
Version 1.1Will produce image-based PDF/A, declared as PDF/A-3b. It looks identical and is searchable, but pages are no longer vector and files are larger.
Searchable scans
Version 1.1Will recognize the text on scanned pages and add it as a text layer, and on a phone photograph pages into a searchable PDF. Recognition uses the operating system's own engine on the device. No page is sent anywhere.
Photo conversion
Version 1.2Will convert iPhone HEIC photos to JPG or PDF, removing location data on the way, where the operating system can read HEIC.
Not planned
It does a short list of jobs. These are deliberately out of scope, so people who need them keep the software they have:
- Editing text inside a PDF, and filling in forms.
- E-signatures.
- Converting Word or Excel files. Export to PDF first.
- Cloud storage, sharing and collaboration.
- User accounts.
Try it free on your own machines
Free trials are open to businesses. No account to create, and your documents never leave your devices while you try it.