Free & private
The iLovePDF alternative thatnever receives your file
Same jobs — merge, compress, split, sign. Different architecture: the file is processed on your device and never reaches a server.
Everything you came for, on this device
- Merge PDFCombine multiple PDFs
- Compress PDFReduce file size
- Split PDFSplit into separate files
- Sign a PDFAdd your signature
- Redact a PDFHide sensitive information
- Protect a PDFAdd password protection
Your files stay on your device. Always.
iLovePDF is a good product with a responsible privacy policy, and this page does not argue otherwise. The difference is structural rather than ethical. iLovePDF is a web service, so doing anything to your PDF requires sending it to their servers first; Docqify does the same work in the browser you are reading this in, so there is no upload, no queue and nothing to delete afterwards.
Side by side
Docqify vs iLovePDF
Every row about iLovePDF is either how a server-side service necessarily works, or something they publish themselves — sources are listed underneath.
| Feature | Docqify | iLovePDF |
|---|---|---|
| Where your file is processed | In this browser tab, on your device | On iLovePDF’s servers |
| Does the file leave your device | No — there is no upload step | Yes, transmitted to be processed |
| How long a copy is retained | No copy is ever made off-device | Deleted within 2 hours of processing |
| Works with no internet connection | Yes — every tool, offline | No, a connection is required |
| Used to train AI models | No | No — stated in their privacy policy |
| Encryption in transit | Not applicable — nothing is transmitted | Yes |
| Price | Free, with no account | Free tier, with paid plans |
What iLovePDF does well
This matters to the comparison rather than softening it. iLovePDF is not careless with your documents — the difference is that using them requires trusting a policy, and using Docqify does not require trusting anything, because the file never leaves the device it is already on.
iLovePDF states that files are deleted within two hours of being processed on their servers.
iLovePDF privacy policyThey state plainly that customer content is not used to train their own or any third party’s AI models.
iLovePDF privacy policyThey are a Spanish company and act as a data processor under the GDPR, with a data processing agreement attached to their policy.
iLovePDF privacy policy
Don’t take our word for it
Check it yourself in a minute
Privacy claims are usually unfalsifiable. This one isn’t — here is how to disprove it if it’s wrong.
Open your browser’s network panel
Press F12, or Cmd+Option+I on a Mac, and choose the Network tab. Leave it open.
Use any tool on this site
Merge, compress, sign — anything. Watch the request list while it runs.
Look for your file
There is no request carrying it, because there is nowhere for it to go. You can also switch your wifi off first and watch every tool keep working.
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The iLovePDF alternative that — the details
Every tool, one place
All PDF Tools, Right Here
Powerful tools, the same privacy, all in one place. Every one of them runs in your browser.
- Merge PDFCombine multiple PDFs
- Split PDFSplit into separate files
- Extract PDF PagesTake out specific pages
- Remove PDF PagesDelete unwanted pages
- Reorder PDF PagesDrag and drop to reorder
- Compress PDFReduce file size
- Crop a PDFTrim the margins
- Rotate PDFRotate pages easily
- Protect a PDFAdd password protection
- Unlock a PDFRemove password
- Redact a PDFHide sensitive information
- Sign a PDFAdd your signature
- Fill in a PDF FormEdit and fill PDF forms
- Flatten a PDFLock form fields and edits
- Add Page NumbersNumber your PDF pages
- Watermark a PDFAdd text or image watermark
- PDF to TextExtract text from PDF
- PDF to JPGConvert pages to images
- PDF to PNGConvert pages to PNG images