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PDFShaver vs Combine PDFs

Side-by-side comparison for macOS

PDFShaver

5.0
Productivity

Shrink PDF files to make them smaller

Combine PDFs

6.0
Productivity

PDF file editor

Metric PDFShaver Combine PDFs
Category Productivity Productivity
AI Score 5.0 6.0
30-day Installs 12 16
90-day Installs 31 64
365-day Installs 105 355
Version 1.0 5.6.1
Auto-updates No Yes
Deprecated Yes No
GitHub Stars 20 1
GitHub Forks 1 -
Open Issues - -
License Unlicense MIT
Language Objective-C Python
Last GitHub Commit 12y ago 2mo ago
First Seen Jul 11, 2014 Jan 3, 2015

Reviews

PDFShaver

PDFShaver is a simple macOS app that helps users reduce the file size of PDF documents. It's free, open-source, and ideal for anyone needing to manage PDFs, offering a straightforward solution for shrinking files without advanced features.

Reduces the file size of PDF documents.

Pros

  • + Free and open-source
  • + Simple and effective for reducing PDF size
  • + No cost to users

Cons

  • - Outdated with no recent updates
  • - Limited features compared to other tools

Combine PDFs

Combine PDFs is a free, open-source macOS app that allows users to merge multiple PDF files into one. It's a simple alternative to Adobe Reader for those who need a straightforward PDF combining tool without additional costs.

Combines two or more PDF files into a single PDF document.

Pros

  • + Free and open-source
  • + Simplifies PDF merging without Adobe
  • + Regular updates ensure functionality

Cons

  • - Limited feature set compared to paid alternatives
  • - Small community and limited support