Recent updates
What’s new in ConduitTools.
A short record of shipped improvements. Each update is tied to a tool or part of the site, so you can see what changed and try it yourself.
Invoice Generator: invoices that read and add up everywhere
On a phone, unit prices no longer print over the amount beside them. In Dark mode the striped rows of the Bold header and Ledger designs are readable again, and printing from Dark mode gives a crisp black-on-white invoice. A unit price typed finer than a cent, such as $0.0125, is shown as typed, so every line multiplies out. The PDF only carries a signature line when you add one, Letterhead downloads look like their preview, and long notes or payment terms carry on to a new page instead of running off the bottom.
Payroll and tax calculators
Every salary field now accepts amounts written the way payslips show them, such as ₱25,000.00 or P25,000, and the MP2 rate accepts 7%. The BIR withholding tables, the SSS schedule and the MP2 year-by-year table fit a phone without cutting off a column. In the Per payday and Yearly views, each deduction note now names the monthly amount it comes from, and loans and other deductions have their own pattern in the pay breakdown. We checked every rate against the current SSS, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG and BIR schedules.
PDF tools
Image to PDF keeps WebP photos as compact JPEG pages, so the PDF is no longer around ten times bigger, and its settings are spaced out properly. A PDF with no pages now says so instead of reading forever. When compression cannot make a file smaller, the advice no longer suggests the mode you just used, and a page range error shows in red.
Search, menus, dark mode and the rest of the site
Tool search lists every match instead of the first eight, keeps the highlighted result in view as you use the arrow keys, and returns you to where you opened it. The Tools menu and search close when you go Back. Links on the About, FAQs, Changelog and Privacy pages are blue again in Dark mode, and the contact form keeps Enter for its tool picker and no longer turns away a message written in a tab left open for hours. The Canvas Resizer keeps a focused setting clear of its tabs, the G then H, T or F shortcuts work straight after a page change, and phones get a close button they can tap in the search and a tidier footer.
Dark-mode contrast improvements
PDF file icons, selection feedback, and compression results now use the same readable colors in Light and Dark modes. The Pomodoro task completion checkmark stays visible on its green background, and form focus rings follow the active theme. Dark-mode scrollbars are easier to find against dark panels.
FAQs and quicker keyboard navigation
A new FAQ page answers common questions about file privacy, first-use downloads, browser support, limits, and troubleshooting. Press / to search from any page, or G then H, T, or F to open Home, all tools, or FAQs. The keyboard shortcuts guide now explains search navigation and lets you turn off single-key shortcuts.
Cleaner, more reliable background removal
Detailed quality no longer fails or keeps you waiting: if the graphics card cannot run it, Balanced runs there in seconds and you can still choose to run Detailed on the processor. The AI starts loading as soon as you pick a photo, edges are refined at full size so hair stays fine and no pale fringe is left, and logos and other flat artwork are recognized and cut out exactly without any AI download, with the insides of letters cleared and a white logo previewed on a dark checkerboard so you can see it. The Background Remover, Image Canvas Resizer and Drawing Pad all use the same engine.
Alarms for any country’s time
The alarm clock in Stopwatch & Timer has a time zone picker with every country and its flag. Set an alarm for 9:00 AM in New York and it rings at the right moment wherever you are, even when clocks change for daylight saving, and it shows when that is for you. Alarms can repeat on the days you choose, or ring once.
Fixes across the tools
A review of every tool fixed dozens of problems. Phone photos come out upright in Image to PDF, locked PDFs open where they can, passport photos print at their true size, and HEIC photos can be downloaded one at a time. The invoice generator draws every currency correctly, and the calculators accept entries such as 12% or 1,250. Text tools read files in any encoding, keep very large numbers exact and handle accents, Chinese, Japanese and emoji properly. Barcodes have proper margins, contrast suggestions work on mid-tone backgrounds, the CSS filter generator reaches colors it used to miss, and small controls are easier to tap on a phone.
New: QR Code Reader
Read a QR code from a photo or a screenshot, paste one with Ctrl+V, or point your camera at it. The tool shows exactly what the code holds, says whether it is a link, Wi-Fi details, a contact or plain text, and lets you copy it. Links are never opened for you, and the camera only starts when you ask and stops once a code is found. Nothing is uploaded.
Faster background removal and cleaner cutouts
Background Remover now offers a faster AI option and a detailed option for trickier edges. Compare the original and cutout, follow progress, cancel a job, and choose your download file name. Updates also improve transparency and preserve the original image dimensions and subject colors.
The improved background removal engine is shared with Image Canvas Resizer and Drawing & Sketch Pad.
More usable image editing on desktop and mobile
Refined the Image Converter & Compressor, Image Cropper, and Background Remover workspaces with clearer controls and more practical previews. The image metadata tools also have a cleaner layout and better download controls on small screens.
Sharper default exports from Image Cropper
Cropped images now keep their original pixels by default with lossless export, avoiding unnecessary quality loss when saving a crop.
New: Branded QR Code Generator
Add your logo to a QR code as a woven silhouette or a centered badge. Choose rounded, dotted, or square patterns and your brand colors, then download a PNG or SVG with a file name of your choice. The tool checks that the artwork scans to your link before saving, and your logo stays on your device.
New: Image Canvas Resizer, and name your downloads
The Image Canvas Resizer puts an image on a canvas of any size, in pixels, inches, centimetres or millimetres, or on a ready-made one such as a product square, A4 or US Letter. Drag the image, pull a corner to resize it, add as many pages as you need, and save them as PNG, JPG, WebP or one print-ready PDF.
Every tool that saves a file now lets you type its name before you download it. The extension follows the format you choose.
A page can hold several images as layers, each with its own size, place and opacity, and Remove background uses the Background Remover's engine right on the canvas.
New: MP2 Calculator, and a clearer salary payslip
The MP2 Calculator shows how Pag-IBIG MP2 savings grow over the five-year term, saved monthly or once, with each year's declared dividend rate since 2017 and a side-by-side comparison of the compounded and yearly payout options.
The Philippines Salary Calculator now lays out its answer like a payslip, with earnings, total deductions and net pay, and can show it per payday, per month or for the year.
New: Payroll & Tax tools
A new Payroll & Tax category brings the Philippines Salary Calculator, the SSS, PhilHealth and Pag-IBIG contribution calculators, the BIR Withholding Tax Calculator and the 13th Month Pay Calculator. Each one follows the agencies' current official tables, shows its working and links to its sources. The new VAT Calculator adds or removes VAT and GST at the standard rate of dozens of countries.
The Business Days Calculator can now add the Philippine national holidays for 2026 and 2027 in one tap, and the Passport / ID Photo Maker points out the 1x1, 2x2 and passport sizes Philippine forms ask for.
Remove metadata from one photo or a batch
The EXIF / Image Metadata Remover now explains the metadata it removes, handles up to 50 images at a time, and lets you choose the cleaned format before downloading individual results or a ZIP. Processing stays in the browser.
More control in Drawing & Sketch Pad
The drawing board has clearer mobile controls, more brush and color options, editable marks, and browser-based restore after a reload. That makes it more useful for working through a sketch, not just making a quick first mark.
Clearer calculations and easier tool discovery
The Discount Calculator now includes more currencies and flag markers, with a breakdown for stacked discounts and tax. The tool directory has also had its filters and small-screen layout refined to make a growing collection easier to browse.