Your documents, handled with respect.
A calm PDF app for iPhone and Android. Annotate, sign, merge, split, scan and compress — entirely on your device. No account, no cloud, no subscription.
One purchase. No subscription, ever.
Everything a PDF needs. Nothing it doesn't.
The full toolkit, done cleanly — no upsells hiding behind a paywall.
Read & annotate
Open any PDF, search the text, and mark it up — highlight, underline, ink, notes and shapes.
Fill & sign
Tap into form fields and type, then draw or place your signature and flatten it in.
Organise pages
Merge several PDFs, split one apart, reorder by dragging, rotate, delete or extract pages.
Scan to PDF
Capture paper with edge detection, then make it a searchable PDF with on-device OCR.
Compress & protect
Shrink a heavy file for email, or add and remove a password — all on your device.
Search everything
Find any word across a document — even in scans, because the text is recognised on your phone.
Private because of how it's built, not because we promise.
PDF Bench has no network access at all. There is nowhere for your documents to go.
Stays on your device
Every file, edit and signature is stored only on your phone. No cloud, no account, no sign-up.
Works fully offline
On a plane, on the metro, anywhere. The app never touches the internet — there's nothing to load.
No ads, no tracking
No analytics, no trackers, no data collection. You paid for the app — you're not the product.
Pay once. That's the whole deal.
Most PDF apps rent you the basics by the week. This one doesn't.
Buy it once from the store. Yours forever, on every device you own.
- Every feature — annotate, sign, organise, scan, OCR, compress
- Free updates, no ads, nothing recurring
- Not $4.99 / week like most of the store — that's $260 a year
- No free-trial trap, no auto-renewal, no fine print
Good to know
Is PDF Bench a subscription?
No. It's a one-time paid app — buy it once from the App Store or Google Play and own it. No weekly trial, no subscription, no renewals.
Do my documents get uploaded anywhere?
Never. PDF Bench works entirely on your device. There's no account, no cloud, and the app has no network access — your documents never leave your phone.
What can it actually do?
Read and search PDFs, annotate them, fill and sign forms, organise pages (merge, split, reorder, rotate, delete), scan paper to a searchable PDF with on-device OCR, and compress or password-protect files.
Which devices does it run on?
iPhone (iOS 16+) and Android (10+), on both phones and tablets.