Crease is a focused, native Mac utility for the seven things you actually do with PDFs — merge, split, organize, compress, rotate, and convert to or from images. Everything runs on your Mac.
No feature bloat, no AI gimmicks, no upsell to a pro tier. Just the shortest path between a PDF problem and a fixed file on your Desktop.
Every operation — merging, splitting, compressing, converting — runs on-device. No uploads, no accounts, no telemetry. Works offline on a plane.
No subscription. Free updates for the life of the 1.x line.
Light and dark modes. Full keyboard control. VoiceOver-labeled. Respects Dynamic Type and Reduced Motion. Universal binary — fast on Apple Silicon.
Drop a PDF into any tool to start. Results are written to your Downloads folder by default — or any folder you pick.
Combine multiple PDFs into a single file. Drag the cards to set the order.
Break one PDF into several. By page ranges, every N pages, or extract a custom selection.
Reorder, rotate, and delete pages in one view. Drag to rearrange. Space to rotate.
Shrink PDFs for email and upload. Low, Medium, or High, with live output preview.
Flip every page by 90°, 180°, or 270°. Stored as page metadata — no re-encoding.
Turn photos or scans into a single PDF. JPG, PNG, HEIC, TIFF, BMP, WebP.
Export pages as PNG or JPG, at 72, 150, or 300 DPI. Organized into a clean folder.
Crease was built on a simple principle: if your PDF doesn't need the internet, neither should the app. Every feature works the same on a plane as it does in your office.
Files never leave your Mac. No upload, no proxy, no temporary server — the operation happens in-process and the result is written straight to your chosen folder.
Crease doesn't phone home, doesn't log usage, and doesn't embed any third-party analytics or advertising SDKs. Network entitlements are disabled in the sandbox.
Distributed via the Mac App Store, with the full App Sandbox. Crease only reads the files you hand it and only writes to folders you explicitly pick.