Guides
How-tos for images and PDFs, and honest alternatives to the big upload-based tools.
How-to guides
How to Combine Photos into One PDF (Without Uploading Them)
Turn a stack of scans or phone photos into a single PDF you can email — in your browser, in the right order, with nothing sent to a server.
How to Compress a PDF Without Uploading It (2026)
Shrink a PDF that is too big to email — without sending the document to anyone else's server. Includes what actually makes PDFs large, and when compression won't help.
How to Convert HEIC to JPG (Windows, Mac & iPhone, 2026)
Three ways to turn iPhone HEIC photos into JPG — including a free, private, no-upload method that works right in your browser.
How to Remove Metadata (EXIF & GPS) From Photos Before Sharing
Photos carry hidden location and camera data. Here's what EXIF metadata reveals and how to strip it privately, without uploading your photos.
How to Get an Image Under a File Size Limit (2 MB, 500 KB, 200 KB)
Upload forms that reject your photo, and how to get under the limit without making it look bad — by resizing, compressing, or changing format.
WebP vs PNG vs JPG: Which Image Format Should You Use?
A practical guide to picking between WebP, PNG and JPG — what each one is good at, where each one falls down, and how to convert between them privately.
Alternatives & comparisons
A Free iLovePDF Alternative That Never Uploads Your Files
Looking for an iLovePDF alternative with no upload, no sign-up and no watermark? Here's a private, browser-based option for merging, splitting and converting PDFs.
A Free Smallpdf Alternative — No Watermark, No Task Limit, No Upload
Smallpdf's free tier limits you to a couple of tasks and watermarks some outputs. Here's a browser-based alternative with no limits, no sign-up and no upload.
A Squoosh Alternative for Batches, Screenshots and PDFs
Squoosh is excellent at tuning one image at a time. Here's a browser-based alternative for processing many files at once — and for the PDF jobs Squoosh doesn't cover.