iLovePDF
A PDF toolkit with mobile apps and web tools; document each execution environment explicitly.
Extract pictures as part of a PDF toolkit
Choose it when image extraction sits alongside merging, splitting and conversion. The iPhone follow-up recovered the three unique pictures as JPGs.
Before you choose: JPG changes pixels and cannot retain transparency. Free tasks have limits; batch-sharing options are not yet established.
Visit the official product page →The essentials
- Platforms
- iPhone · iPad · Web
- Purchase model
- Free tier · Premium $5.49/month or $44.99/year
- Developer / project
- iLovePDF
- US App Store snapshot
- v4.1.0 · minimum OS 18.0 · Free to download. In-app purchases may be additional.
Checked 2026-10-18 · Verify current listing - App Store rating
- 4.8/5 · 52,025 ratings · US · 2026-10-18
Apple listing snapshot, not an iApp4Me score or a rating of one particular feature.
Price & purchase options
- Download: Free; free tasks have limits
- Premium: $5.49/month
- Premium: $44.99/year
Mobile listing offers; website and desktop entitlements may differ.
US App Store · USD · checked 2026-10-18 · Verify the current offer ↗. Taxes, promotions and checkout eligibility may change the amount.
Inside the app
Developer-published product images. Captions identify the platform and source; these are not our test captures.
iLovePDF
Who it suits
- Investigating a multi-tool PDF workflow
When to choose something else
- Assuming web and iOS tools have identical features or privacy properties
What reviewers and users say
Our summaries of linked accounts—not our own experience or a vote-based ranking. Older versions and different platforms are labeled. Sources reviewed October 18, 2026.
App Store · mbbrrr
US listing · Feb 15, 2025 · version not stated
A reviewer found assembly useful but criticized OCR output and the small free allowance.
Read in context: An older, mixed app/platform account—not a current iPhone image-extraction result. The developer replied that free tasks renew daily.
App Store · @twohouseandoneboy
US listing · Jan 13, 2021 · historical
A student valued the service for schoolwork and wanted free access to continue.
Read in context: This describes an app/site experience during remote schooling, not today’s mobile feature limits.
How to read disagreement
Different opinions can reflect different jobs, versions, devices or paid plans. We do not call a few comments “the consensus.” A consequential factual conflict that remains after checking those differences is a candidate for a focused hands-on test. A preference for one interface over another usually is not.
Features & tradeoffs
Features below come from the linked provider documentation. The recommendations above are our editorial interpretation.
- Mobile annotation and signing
- Mobile compression advertised
- Web embedded-image extraction as JPG
Our small-sample findings
Both apps recovered the three unique pictures. PDF Extractor saved PNGs to Photos; iLovePDF returned JPGs. Neither preserved the transparent sample. These findings apply to this iPhone run, not every PDF.
Read the test results, method and limitations
PDF Extractor 1.01 returned four PNGs; iLovePDF 4.1.0 successfully returned three JPGs in the follow-up. The fixture contains three unique raster assets placed four times, so three outputs are consistent with resource deduplication, not a missing unique picture. Both retained the sample dimensions; neither returned transparency. PDF Extractor matched the RGB/scan reference pixels, while iLovePDF JPG pixels differed. This limited sample is not an overall ranking; no comparative winner is established.
Known limitation: transparency was not preserved in this saved output. The input contains an RGBA image and a PDF soft mask; the returned 320 × 320 PNG is RGB, with every decoded alpha value equal to 255. We have not isolated whether the loss occurred during extraction, saving to Photos or subsequent transfer. Do not describe this path as lossless for transparent images.
PDF Extractor: returned PNGs
| Sample | Returned dimensions | Observed result |
|---|---|---|
| Repeated RGB picture | 640 × 480, twice | Both returned PNGs match the reference RGB pixels and dimensions. Their file hashes also match each other. |
| Transparency sample | 320 × 320 | Transparency not preserved: returned PNG is RGB, not RGBA. Color channels match, but the alpha channel is absent. |
| Synthetic scanned image | 800 × 1100 | Returned PNG matches the reference RGB pixels and dimensions. |
| Vector-only page | No raster picture expected | No additional vector-chart picture appears among the four returned exports. This is not a missing embedded raster image. |
Workflow and access
The PDF Extractor recording begins with the test PDF already open. It shows image selection, saving four images to Photos, the photo-add permission prompt and opening a saved result. No purchase prompt is visible in this run; the tester reports no paid entitlement. This demonstrates this four-image save only—not an unlimited free allowance or a verified import walkthrough.
iLovePDF: successful follow-up, three unique images
The first import attempt was blocked, but the follow-up recording shows importing the fixture through Documents, choosing PDF to JPG → Extract images, and completing extraction. Three JPGs were returned: 640 × 480, 320 × 320 and 800 × 1100. All three unique raster assets are represented; the repeated placement is not a fourth unique image. This is consistent with deduplication, not proof of a missing picture.
The JPGs retain those dimensions but do not match the reference pixels exactly. JPG output does not preserve alpha transparency. The recording shows one free task remaining out of two for that day after completion; this is an observed counter, not a guarantee of future pricing or allowances.
Sharing friction (tester-reported): saving to Photos was not straightforward, and the tester appeared to need individual AirDrop transfers to the Mac. The supplied recording ends at the results list; it does not demonstrate the sharing attempts or rule out a batch-share option. Batch saving and sharing remain unverified—not established as unsupported.
Device, method and remaining limits
iPhone Air · iOS 27.0.1 (tester-reported). App versions supplied by the tester: PDF Extractor 1.01; iLovePDF 4.1.0. The results apply to the supplied sample and recorded workflow.
We inspected the initial recordings, the successful iLovePDF follow-up, four returned PNGs and three returned JPGs. Comparisons use decoded pixels, not file size or thumbnail appearance. The table above describes PDF Extractor outputs; the iLovePDF findings are separately described below it. The two repeated RGB outputs are intentional placements of one source image, not two distinct source assets. Pixel equality here does not imply identical file encoding, metadata or color-profile behavior.
The recording visually identifies our four-page synthetic fixture, but no input PDF was returned for a byte-level identity check. The controlled reference has three raster assets placed four times, plus a vector-only page. These findings concern this sample and save path only.
Still untested: iPad, batch-sharing options, other save/share destinations, broader free limits, large and protected PDFs, offline operation and network traffic. No speed benchmark or privacy certification is claimed. Raw recordings are not published because they include personal gallery content.
Limitations & considerations
- The supplied extraction sample produced JPGs: dimensions were retained, but pixels changed and transparency was absent.
- Free tasks have limits. Mobile Premium, desktop and browser workflows are different entitlements and processing environments.
- The tester reported awkward saving/sharing; the recording does not establish that batch sharing is unavailable.
Documented features, attributed opinions and explicitly labeled hands-on observations are different kinds of evidence. We do not infer unmeasured performance or privacy guarantees.
Privacy & permissions
Check the provider’s policy for the exact feature you intend to use. A store privacy label is developer-reported; it is not an independent network audit. We only call processing offline when the evidence establishes that workflow.
Sources
Product facts checked October 18, 2026. Independent and user perspectives, where available, are attributed above. Missing external coverage is not treated as a negative verdict.
- iLovePDF Mobile
Mobile product overview; does not establish parity with every web tool.
- iLovePDF iOS App Store listing
Developer explicitly advertises image extraction and Premium subscriptions. This establishes a provider claim, not the current UI, free allowance or output quality.
- iLovePDF web PDF to JPG
Web interface explicitly separates whole-page conversion from embedded-image extraction as JPG.