TinyWow alternative
The TinyWow alternative that keeps the document on your device.
TinyWow is a genuinely useful and genuinely free service: no registration required, a catalogue that stretches far past PDFs into image, video, file-conversion and AI writing tools, and a deletion promise printed plainly on its tool pages. Filozy is narrower on purpose — 39 PDF tools and nothing else — and the difference between the two is architectural rather than commercial. TinyWow's own terms describe a site that lets users upload files onto its server for processing; Filozy runs the same PDF jobs inside your browser tab, so the document never travels and there is nothing on a server to delete. Below is the honest comparison, including the places where TinyWow is the better choice.
What TinyWow says about your files
These summaries link to TinyWow's published information. Plans, features and wording change; check the linked sources before choosing a service.
- TinyWow's privacy policy states that "Whenever you upload a file to our servers for processing, we delete the file 1-hour after the processing of that file is complete", that using the same file again in a different tool restarts that 1-hour window, that new files created from the originally uploaded file are subject to the same 1-hour deletion time, and that "The files sent to TinyWow are uploaded via HTTPS." TinyWow privacy policy
- TinyWow's Terms & Conditions describe TinyWow, LLC as a Tennessee limited liability company running a site that "allows Users to upload files on to the Site server for processing", state that "The Site does not currently require any registration or fees for usage", and add under Fees that TinyWow "reserves the absolute right to begin charging for such fees and services at any time for any reason". The same document says TinyWow "makes all reasonable efforts to delete all User Content uploaded to the Site or through the Services fifteen (15) minutes after the processing of that User Content is complete" — a shorter window than the one hour described in its privacy policy. TinyWow Terms & Conditions
- TinyWow's privacy policy states that tinywow.com "is hosted on servers in and subject to the laws of the United States of America" and that information will be collected in and/or transferred to the United States and subject to U.S. law. It also states "We do not sell information on our users or the documents, videos, images, or other file types that may be uploaded when using one of our tools", while adding that TinyWow does "use analytics tools and third-party tracking to enhance the user experience and personalize the ads served to our users", followed by an opt-out section listing browser, mobile and advertising-platform opt-outs. TinyWow privacy policy — jurisdiction and tracking
- TinyWow's plans page carries the line "Unlock powerful tools with no registration required" and then offers per-category subscriptions alongside an all-tools plan: "PDF Unlimited" is described as "Unlimited access to 45+ PDF tools", and "TinyWow Unlimited" as covering "250+ premium tools". The features listed against the paid plans — "No daily limits", "No ads", "Faster processing" and "No ads & no captcha" — are the clearest published statement of what the free tier trades away. TinyWow plans
- TinyWow's Terms & Conditions include an E-Signatures clause stating that User Content containing electronic signatures "is neither maintained nor stored by TinyWow beyond the fifteen (15) minute period", that the user thereafter "bears the sole and absolute responsibility for keeping and safeguarding said User Content", and that the user "releases TinyWow from any and all liability in the event that an electronic signature created through the Site or Services is deemed invalid for any reason or no reason". TinyWow Terms — e-signatures
What Filozy does instead
Filozy's document tools process the files on your device and save the results locally, without uploading your document to our server. Multi-step workflows can temporarily store a result in your browser to carry it to the next tool; see the privacy policy for cleanup details. The website and supporting engine files still require ordinary web requests.
Tools for similar tasks
Each row pairs a task, not identical features or output. Check the tool's limits and your exported file.
| On TinyWow | On Filozy |
|---|---|
| Merge PDF | Merge PDF |
| Split PDF | Split PDF |
| Compress PDF | Compress PDF |
| Edit PDF | Edit PDF |
| Rotate PDF | Rotate PDF |
| Rearrange PDF | Organize PDF pages |
| PDF Page Deleter | Delete PDF pages |
| Crop PDF | Crop PDF |
| PDF to Word | PDF to Word |
| Word to PDF | Word to PDF |
| PDF to Excel | PDF to Excel |
| Excel to PDF | Excel to PDF |
| PDF to JPG | PDF to JPG |
| JPG to PDF | JPG to PDF |
| Extract images PDF | Extract images from PDF |
| Extract Text | PDF to Markdown |
| Protect PDF | Protect PDF |
| Unlock PDF | Unlock PDF |
| eSign PDF | Sign PDF |
| Add Watermark | Watermark PDF |
| PDF to Powerpoint | Not offered |
| PDF Translator | Not offered |
| Summarize Pdf | Not offered |
| Background Remover | Not offered |
When TinyWow is the better choice
- You need anything that is not a PDF. TinyWow's catalogue runs across image, video, file-conversion and AI writing tools as well as PDF — background removal, photo restoration, video trimming, YouTube transcripts, essay and caption writers. Its plans page even sells separate Image, Video, Write and Files subscriptions next to the PDF one. Filozy is PDF-only and has no equivalent to any of them.
- You need a PDF tool Filozy simply does not have. PDF Translator, Summarize Pdf, URL to PDF, PDF to Powerpoint, PDF to EPUB, PDF to MOBI and a PDF Watermark Remover all appear on TinyWow's tools page today. None of those exist on Filozy, and no amount of privacy makes up for a tool that isn't there.
- Your file is larger than your device can comfortably hold. TinyWow's terms describe a site that "allows Users to upload files on to the Site server for processing", so the heavy lifting happens on their machines and your phone's memory is not the ceiling. Filozy does everything inside the browser tab, and a very large scan can exhaust a phone until the tab simply gives up.
- You are working in a language other than English. TinyWow has a PDF Translator and an Image To Text tool. Filozy's OCR is English only and it has no translation tool at all, so for a Spanish contract or a Japanese scan TinyWow is the right answer and we would rather say so than waste your time.
- You want an account that remembers your work, or a paid tier that clears the friction away. TinyWow offers sign-in including Google, a "My Files" panel with a "Delete All" button, and premium plans whose listed features include "No daily limits", "No ads", "no captcha" and "Faster processing". Filozy has no account at all, so there is nothing to sign into, nothing saved between visits and nothing to sync to another machine.
Questions people ask
Does TinyWow upload my files, and how long does it keep them?
Yes, it uploads them, and it says so openly. TinyWow's privacy policy states that "Whenever you upload a file to our servers for processing, we delete the file 1-hour after the processing of that file is complete", that reusing the same file in another tool restarts that 1-hour window, and that files created from your original are covered by the same rule; its tool pages repeat the line "Uploaded and generated files are deleted 1 hour after upload". Worth knowing that its Terms & Conditions state a different figure — that TinyWow "makes all reasonable efforts to delete all User Content ... fifteen (15) minutes after the processing of that User Content is complete". Both are TinyWow's own published wording, and either way it is a clear, short retention promise. Filozy's difference is that there is no upload step to begin with: the PDF is opened and rewritten inside your browser, so no retention window applies because nothing was ever received.
Is Filozy free like TinyWow, and what forces an upgrade?
Both are free to start, and neither makes you register to use the basic tools — TinyWow's terms say "The Site does not currently require any registration or fees for usage" and its plans page carries the line "Unlock powerful tools with no registration required". What the free TinyWow tier costs you is spelled out by what the paid plans remove: the listed premium features include "No daily limits", "No ads", "no captcha" and "Faster processing", so ads, CAPTCHAs, daily caps and slower queues are what you accept for free. Its terms also reserve "the absolute right to begin charging" at any time. Filozy has no account, no daily quota, no watermark and no size cap that we impose — but there is a real ceiling and it is your hardware, because the work happens in your browser. A big scan that a laptop handles easily can exhaust a phone.
Which one is better for PDF to Word, or for a scanned document?
TinyWow, on both, and this is the honest weak spot on our side. Filozy's PDF-to-Word converter struggles with multi-column layouts — academic papers, newsletters and two-column reports come back with the reading order scrambled, and you should check the result before sending it anywhere. Plain single-column documents convert well. On scans it is starker: Filozy's OCR is English only, with no option for any other language and no translation tool at all, while TinyWow offers a PDF Translator and an Image To Text tool and does the work server-side. If your document is multi-column, or in any language but English, use TinyWow.
Can either one give me a legally certified signature?
No, and it is worth being blunt. Filozy's sign tool places a drawn, typed or uploaded signature image onto the page — there is no certificate authority, no identity check and no trusted timestamp behind it. TinyWow's eSign is candid about the same limitation in its terms, which say the user "releases TinyWow from any and all liability in the event that an electronic signature created through the Site or Services is deemed invalid for any reason or no reason", and that signed content is not kept beyond its stated deletion window. So this is not a reason to choose one over the other. If you need a signature carrying legal proof of who signed and when, neither tool is right — use a certificate-based signing service.
How can I check that Filozy really does not upload my document?
Open your browser's DevTools, switch to the Network tab, and run a job — you will see the document go nowhere. Every Filozy job also finishes with a receipt reading something like "3 pages · 412ms · 0 document bytes sent". To be precise about what that does and does not claim: loading the page itself obviously fetches the page's own files, which are served by Cloudflare, so the site does make network requests. As of 17 September 2026 it loads no third-party script at all. The claim is narrower and testable — your document, its contents and its filename never leave the device.