Software used to be something you owned
Somewhere along the way, converting a file became a monthly bill. We think that's backwards, and we're building the other option.
The jobs are small. Turn a clip into a GIF. Shrink a PDF so it emails. Put a QR code on a menu. Most people need each of these a few times a year. The tools that do them are decades old and run fine on any laptop.
The prices aren't. The big names charge by the month for software that doesn't need a server. The "free" sites pay for themselves with ads, a daily cap on how many files you may touch, a watermark on your work, or a file-size limit set just below what you have. Some QR services go further: the code you printed on a thousand flyers stops working the day your trial ends.
We do it the old way, with new tools. Every one of our tools runs on your own computer, and that is the whole business model. If your file never reaches us, there's nothing for us to pay for, so there's no reason to charge you every month. You pay once for the app, you keep it, and the free versions on this site stay free.
And if it's already free, we'll tell you. Plenty of excellent software costs nothing, made by people who give it away. We won't charge you for that. Here are the free apps we recommend, with links straight to their developers.
If that sounds fair, try the tools. If one saves you a subscription, tell a friend.
What we will and won't do
| We will | We won't |
|---|---|
| Keep the browser tools free, with no account and no ads | Put a tool that runs on your machine behind a monthly fee |
| Send you to a good free app when one already does the job | Rename someone's project and sell it as ours |
| Tell you the price before it changes | Switch off anything you've already paid for |
| Ship anything that needs our servers as an optional add-on | Upload your files from these tools |