Apexkit vs iLovePDF
Need more than PDFs? Apexkit is iLovePDF + 75 other tools, same price.
iLovePDF is a great single-category tool — if your job is ~95% PDFs, their PDF tools are slightly more polished than ours. But the moment you also need image, video, AI writing, dev utilities, or SEO tools, you're back to juggling 5 subscriptions. Apexkit ships every PDF tool iLovePDF has, plus the rest of the AI/utility surface, at the same price point.
TL;DR
iLovePDF: PDF tools for PDF lovers. (From €7/mo (Premium) · €15/mo (Pro))
| Feature | Apexkit | iLovePDF |
|---|---|---|
Number of tools | 100+ (across 10 categories) | ~25 (PDF only) |
Entry price | £7.99/mo (Basic) | €7/mo (Premium) |
AI tools beyond PDF (resume, headshot, slides) | Yes | No |
UK + EU data residency | Yes | Yes |
Free tier | 1 use of every tool | Limited daily quota with ads |
Full feature comparison
| Feature | Apexkit | iLovePDF |
|---|---|---|
PDF Compress | Yes | Yes |
PDF Merge / Split | Yes | Yes |
PDF to Word / Excel / JPG | Yes | Yes |
PDF Chat (ask questions) iLovePDF added an AI Chat in 2024 but it's premium-tier only and limited to short docs. | Yes | No |
Image Background Remover iLovePDF separates this into iLoveIMG; same parent, different bill. | Yes | No |
AI Resume Tailor | Yes | No |
AI Cover Letter Writer | Yes | No |
Auto-Subtitle Generator | Yes | No |
AI Slide Deck Generator | Yes | No |
API access | From £17.99/mo (Pro) | Separate iLoveAPI plan |
Bulk batching | Yes | Yes |
Watermark-free output on free tier | No | No |
Mobile app | Coming month 6 (PWA) | Yes |
Choose Apexkit if…
You touch PDFs sometimes but you also use AI for writing, image work, slide decks, or transcription. One bill for the lot.
Try freeStick with iLovePDF if…
Your job is 95%+ PDFs, you never need AI writing / image tools / slides, and you already have a sub-€15/mo iLovePDF plan that does the job.
We'd rather you stay where you're best served than churn next month.
Things iLovePDF still does better
We won't pretend we beat them on everything. Three honest wins for the competition:
- iLovePDF has been doing PDFs since 2010. On obscure edge cases (specific PDF/A variants, malformed PDFs from old scanners), their decade-deep tooling occasionally beats ours.
- Their mobile app is shipped today; ours is a PWA target in month 6.
- They have a much larger user base — useful if you trust 'used by millions' as a quality signal.
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Comparison last reviewed May 2026. Information about iLovePDF reflects publicly available pricing and feature lists at that time and may change. Apexkit is a trademark of Apexkit Ltd; iLovePDF is a trademark of its respective owner; this page is independent comparison content, not endorsed by iLovePDF.