You can use the online tools for merging pdf files. I use the one from foxit software. https://www.foxitsoftware.com/merge-pdf/
For appending images saved as pdf files, use latex.
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=6in]{image1.pdf}
\end{center}
You can also use the standard image options in knitr
.
{r, fig.align="center", fig.cap=c("Caption"), echo=FALSE}
knitr::include_graphics("image2.pdf")