Nitro PDF Pro User Reviews

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App keeps on crashing after yesterday‘s update.

The app crashes when closing a document. Thus, all editing is lost prior to the crash. This is extremely annoying. It needs fixing.

Response from developer

iThank you for your review of Nitro PDF Pro for iPad & iPhone. Your satisfaction with the software is important to us. We are very sorry to hear you are having problems and take all concerns seriously. In order to properly troubleshoot and address your issues specifically, please provide more details regarding the crash via our Community Forum: https://community.gonitro.com/. For example, does this occur with a particular document or multiple different documents? We are committed to providing the best possible user experience and look forward to helping you resolve your issue ASAP.

The download is “free” but the app is not

I downloaded via iOSnoops and app was free instead of usual $9.99. After launching, you cannot do anything unless you purchase the app.

Response from developer

Thank you for your review of Nitro PDF Pro for iPad & iPhone. Your satisfaction with the software is important to us. We appreciate your feedback. We are taking steps to improve the user experience and are keen to opening up app access to different sets of users and meeting their needs, which includes those with (as well as without) a Nitro account. Currently, users without a Nitro account must purchase a license through Apple to use the application. Please provide more details on improvements you would like us to make add via our Community Forum: https://community.gonitro.com/. We are committed to providing the best possible user experience and look forward to helping you resolve your issue ASAP.

Not free!!!

The app can download now without purchasing…
BUT, if you download and enter the app, you have to choose two options; Log in or continue without account.
THEN, if you choose CONTINUE WITHOUT ACCOUNT, you have to buy the whole access with 9.99$…
OMG!!! So amazing marketing… LOL…
DON’T DOWNLOAD
DON’T WASTE YOUR TIME
DON’T FILL THIS TRASH IN YOUR PURCHASE APP… 🙂
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Response from developer

Thank you for your review of Nitro PDF Pro for iPad & iPhone. Your satisfaction with the software is important to us. We appreciate your feedback. We are taking steps to improve the user experience and are keen to opening up app access to different sets of users and meeting their needs, which includes those with as well as without a Nitro account. Please provide more details on improvements you would like us to make add via our Community Forum: https://community.gonitro.com/. We are committed to providing the best possible user experience and look forward to helping you resolve your issue ASAP.

Not Worth It

I paid for this as I wanted to support the company. Signatures do not work! No upgrades from old PDFPen version.

Response from developer

Thank you for your review of Nitro PDF Pro for iPad & iPhone. We value your support--your satisfaction with the software is important to us. Sorry to hear you are having problems and take all concerns seriously. In order to properly troubleshoot and address your issues specifically, please provide more details on your issues adding a signature via our Community Forum: https://community.gonitro.com/. We are committed to providing the best possible user experience and look forward to helping you resolve your issue ASAP.

Nowhere near the Mac app — look elsewhere

Like ‘ideopraxist’, I like Nitro PDF Pro on the Mac, but the iPad version is so disappointing I switched to PDF Viewer by PSPDFKit.

I am also worried about the Mac version under the new ownership. Smile’s support was great. Nitro’s doesn’t exist.

Response from developer

Thank you for your review of Nitro PDF Pro for iPad & iPhone. Your satisfaction with the software is important to us. We take all concerns seriously. We are working to continually update the app; however, in order to address your issues specifically, please provide more details on your needs via our Community Forum: https://community.gonitro.com/. We are committed to providing the best possible user experience and look forward to collaborating to ensure the app provides you want you want.

Is there a user manual?

I have PDF Pen on my desktop and thought the Nitro app might be useful on a tablet. However, the iPad OS app works differently than the desktop and I can’t find a user manual for it. Is there one?

Also, I am mostly interested in OCR and conversion to text documents. It seems like tablets these days have enough power to do that, so will these functions be included? Or are they already included but I don’t know how to find them??
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Response from developer

Thank you for your review of Nitro PDF Pro for iPad & iPhone. Your satisfaction with the software is important to us. A User Guide is indeed available online (you can also access it via a link from within the product): https://pdfpen.com/user-guide/iosFor feature-specific questions, requests, or support issues, please send us a message via our Community Forum: https://community.gonitro.com/. We are committed to providing the best possible user experience.

Crashes during every session

I’ve used PDFPen for years. The latest iPad OS version is a disaster, however. Every time I try to annotate a document, the app crashes without saving the annotations. This is extremely frustrating.

I hope that Nitro will fix this app and support it properly. I hope that Nitro’s purchase of the app from Smile does not presage the destruction of once-great software.
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Response from developer

Thank you for your review of Nitro PDF Pro for iPad & iPhone. Your satisfaction with the software is important to us. We are very sorry to hear you are having problems and take all concerns seriously. In order to properly troubleshoot and address your issues specifically, please provide more details regarding your issue e.g. does this problem occur with a particular document or multiple different documents, etc. via our Community Forum: https://community.gonitro.com/. Details help us better narrow in the problem. We are committed to providing the best possible user experience and look forward to helping you resolve your issue ASAP.

No choice but to write a review

I use Nitro PDF Pro at work for editing documents and document control. So when I saw this app I thought great, I can do some editing while on the couch at night. The description said I could work seemlessly between the desktop version and this app, which lead me to believe that I could do what I do often on the desktop app, add text boxes for users to fill in and add other things like combo selection boxes and tick boxes.

Well I'm afraid it doesn't do anything like that. Basically all you can do is the same as many free form filler apps do. Not what I thought.

So after 5mins I had worked out it was nothing like I gathered from the description and tried for a refund. After many attempts to use the links provided by Apple and the app developer I found that there is practically no way to contact anyone. I ended up in some mindless endless loop and so here I am, leaving a review on a product that is really not what I expected.
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Response from developer

Thank you for your review of Nitro PDF Pro for iPad & iPhone. Your satisfaction with the software is important to us. We are very sorry to hear you are having problems and take all concerns seriously. In order to properly troubleshoot and address your issues specifically, please provide more details via our Community Forum: https://community.gonitro.com/. Currently, only the advanced desktop versions of the app allow uses to design interactive forms for others to fill out. We are open to feedback and feature requests and are committed to providing the best possible user experience and look forward to providing you the help that you need.

Not all functionality available. No product support

Some of the functionality does not seem to be available on the (paid for app) - cant rearrange or rotate pages. Cant add to the library. Functions are visible but greyed out. There is no product support for the iOS app (only the desktop version) - if there is support I could not locate it. I opened a ticket and posted these issues on the community forum without any success. There are no dedicated iOS product areas. The user guides are hard to locate and only relate to the old PDF pen product. The app doesn’t cost much for a pdf editor but it’s still not worth the money.
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Response from developer

Thank you for your feedback of Nitro PDF Pro for iPad & iPhone. Your happiness with the software is important to us. We are very sorry to hear you are having problems and take all concerns seriously. Our Community Forum provides support for everyone, include for users who are working with the iOS app: https://community.gonitro.com/. Please continue to post your issues there for troubleshooting. We are working to make the User Guide easier to locate. Meantime, the User Guide is currently available here: https://pdfpen.com/user-guide/ios. We are committed to providing the best possible user experience and look forward to helping you resolve your issue ASAP.

So disappointed !

I have licensed PDFPro since Smile owned it. Since I switched to Nitro PDF Pen Pro on the Mac, I thought I should have the PDFPen version on iOS. What a mistake. I paid $10 for the exact same program and the same no support for the Apple Pencil. As a user, I can’t even supply a support request since they require a serial number to ask for help. No serial numbers in iOS. The link page about styluses brings up a 404 error. What an incredible boondoggle.
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Response from developer

Thank you for your review of Nitro PDF Pro for iPad & iPhone. Your satisfaction is important to us. We take all concerns seriously. The Mac and iOS applications are two different products sold separately. Nitro PDF Pro for iPad & iPhone supports Apple Pencil and the connexion is automatic. To properly troubleshoot and address your issues specifically, please provide more details regarding Apple Pencil via our Community Forum: https://community.gonitro.com/. For example, what are your current Scribble tool settings e.g. opacity and color? Please make sure opacity is at 100%. Additionally, if you can provide us the broken link, we will take a look. We are committed to providing the best possible user experience and look forward to helping you resolve your issue ASAP.

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