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PDF tools
Work on your PDFs without leaving them anywhere
Compress, merge, split, convert and edit — in one web app for businesses and individuals in Switzerland. Files will be processed in Switzerland, in memory, and nothing is stored.
For now, it is an idea.
The problem
A quote is too large to email, three scans need to become one document, a contract still needs a signature. For small jobs like these, PDFs often end up with an online service where it is hard to tell where it runs, how long it keeps the file, or how it makes its money. Yet these files hold names, prices, salaries and addresses.
Our approach
We are building the PDF tools as a web app run in Switzerland. A file should exist only for as long as the work takes: it is processed in memory, the result comes back to you, and nothing is stored. For especially confidential documents, a separate mode will do selected jobs directly on your device, so the file never leaves it.
Who it is for
For small businesses in Switzerland that send quotes, invoices, contracts and forms as PDFs every day — and for individuals who want to shrink a tax return attachment or turn a few scans into one document.
What is planned
Compress, merge, split
The three most common jobs will each take one step: make a file smaller, combine several into one, or split one into single pages or ranges. You choose how strongly it is compressed.
Convert both ways
Word documents and images will convert to PDF, and PDFs back into images. The result is ready to download straight away.
Arrange and add to pages
Rotate, reorder or delete pages, add text and place a signature: the small corrections you would otherwise install a separate program for.
Processed, then gone
A file is processed in the memory of a server in Switzerland and is not written to disk. Once the result is with you, there is nothing left on our side to delete.
Confidential mode on your device
For selected jobs, the app will move the processing entirely into your browser. The file then does not leave your device — not even to Switzerland.
No ads, no tracking
The app will show no advertising, follow no visitors and sell no data. It is meant to live from what it does, not from the files that pass through it.
Your data in PDF tools
The same commitments apply to every app that grows out of our ideas.
Data in Switzerland
Our apps store your data on infrastructure in Switzerland. Where exactly is stated on one page – not spread across several documents.
Your data is not for sale
We do not sell, rent or pass on your data. We earn from the app, not from what you entrust to it.
No AI training on your data
Your data is not used to train AI models. Not ours, and not anyone else’s.
Swiss data-protection law as the standard
We design to the Swiss Data Protection Act and build privacy in from the start – not as an adjustment at the end.
Frequently asked questions
Is your question not answered here? Write to us – we read every message.
ContactWhere will my files be processed?
On servers in Switzerland — or, in confidential mode, directly in your browser. This website itself is delivered through an international provider; what is held where is set out in the privacy policy.
Will my files be stored?
No. The app is being built so that a file is processed in memory only and discarded afterwards, never written to disk. That describes how it is built, not a guarantee; we will publish the technical details before launch.
What is confidential mode?
A mode in which selected jobs such as merging, splitting or reordering pages run entirely in your browser, so the file is never uploaded. Which jobs are included depends on what a browser can do reliably; we will publish the list at launch.
Will my data be sold or used to train AI?
No. We do not sell, rent out or pass on your data, and we do not use it to train AI models. The app will also show no advertising and use no tracking.
When will the app be available?
There is no date yet. For now it is an idea we are working on; when it launches we will tell you once, if you would like us to. How many people are waiting for an idea helps us decide the order in which we build.
What will it cost?
The price is not set yet. It will be shown in CHF and be clear enough for a small business to decide on without a procurement process. We will name a figure once it is real.
Does signing up commit me to anything?
No, signing up is non-binding. You receive a single message when the app launches, and nothing else. We use your email address for that and nothing more; what we store is set out in the privacy policy.
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This idea is still being planned. Sign up and we will write to you once, when it becomes an app. Signing up is non-binding – no newsletter, no advertising.