# Chat with PDF - AI Summary — user reviews > 56 indexed App Store user reviews of Chat with PDF by Mirkan Caliskan, rated 4.50/5 from 484 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chat-with-pdf-ai-summary/id6457365457/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chat-with-pdf-ai-summary/id6457365457.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 391 · 4★ 37 · 3★ 16 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 34 ## What do users think of Chat with PDF? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Excellent summarization and analysis capabilities - 🚀 Fast and efficient document processing - 💡 Innovative AI-powered features **Cons** - 🐛 Inconsistent performance and reliability issues - 🔒 Concerns about privacy and data security - 💰 Expensive subscription model **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes and freezes when opening certain documents - Inaccurate content extraction and summarization - Inability to restore premium subscription **Most requested features** - Improved multilingual support - Ability to view and interact with documents within the app - Enhanced question-answering capabilities - Seamless integration with cloud storage services ## Newest reviews (13 of 56) ### 2/5 — Potential *2025-10-13, version 2.0.0* 1. Conversation history is not retained; each conversation starts anew. 2. During the conversation, the AI asks questions, but these questions are too simple, short, and superficial. The AI needs to ask more in-depth and detailed questions, such as those focusing on the intrinsic connections between concepts and the connections between concepts and reality. Furthermore, these questions are often asked in English by default; they should always be in the same language as the conversation text. 3. Besides PDFs, which can be viewed in the app, other formats cannot be viewed in the app, making it inconvenient to interact with the AI and evaluate the quality of its responses. When viewing, the summary, explanation, or conversation should be added to a floating menu. ### 2/5 — A lot to improve *2025-05-01, version 1.8.1* The AI in this app is very limited; it doesn’t respond properly to requests. For example, if I ask it to make a list with just the topics, it ignores the prompt and gives a simple answer instead. It doesn’t delve into the PDF, ignores a lot of information, and the responses lack depth. When asked for more demanding tasks, it’s unable to respond adequately. Maybe it will improve in the future, but for now, it behaves in a very basic way—even with 5-page PDFs I’ve tested, it still fails to grasp the essence of the document. ### 1/5 — Scam *2024-12-08, version 1.7.6* Does not respect their own promotion free premium Very unfair ### 1/5 — Fraud app NO UPDATES *2024-11-25* This developer has gotten rich off this app! No upgrades still and locked into the premium for $100!!! Not one capability touched free AI app. This was a disgusting move. I tried to stop the auto-renew and still stuck. NOT WITH USING . 4.6 starts is FAKE!!! Paid reviews on this useless app. Not one update in nearly a year. Apple and this developer are grifters stealing money. USE FREE CHATGPT!!!! **Developer response:** Dear Zandaroth, We appreciate your feedback, though we're concerned about some inaccuracies in your review. Our app has received regular updates, and all subscriptions can be managed through App Store settings. We maintain strict policies against fake reviews. While ChatGPT is a great free option, our app offers different features. Feel free to contact support for subscription assistance. ### 3/5 — Long time waiting for？ *2024-11-13, version 1.6.8* It’s hard to believe your app could not open with latest version of so-called improvements ,I was notified with your advertising,however it back me with full blue cover still. ### 1/5 — Faulty program *2024-11-11, version 1.6.8* Always asks for me to purchase Premium even though I have paid for it. ### 2/5 — ads and issues after update *2024-11-09, version 1.6.7* I've been a lifetime subscriber for a while now. Since I updated the app yesterday, I now have ads. It also forces you back to the main screen to pay for the in-app subscription. You have to constantly restore your purchase when you close the app in this new version. ### 3/5 — Pretty Good, but can use improvement *2024-11-06, version 1.6.5* I wanted this to work for my work. It’s fine with individual documents, but it doesn’t take into consideration all of the documents uploaded. When using it, you have to ask it only specific questions about the document I am currently under. I wanted it to be able to take all the documents I feed it into consideration when answering a question. It does not. It is very compartmentalized and does not have the ability to take all the information it has into consideration. Therefor, I will not be able to use it for my business needs. ### 3/5 — Still Can not open this App *2024-09-06, version 1.6.1* in this new version, I even couldn’t open and enter in this App, so upset!!! I use my iPhone 13 pro max still can not open…Stuck from the start ### 4/5 — The application displays a black screen *2024-08-27, version 1.6.0* I installed the application on macos Ventura 13.6.8 but the application only displays a black window and nothing else, I can't interact on macos. But on the phone it works very well. It's just that I'm using the Vietnamese language, so the font display is not friendly, but it's still readable. ### 1/5 — Will not Work with PDF or Word Doc *2024-08-14, version 1.6.0* First effort to use fail please cancel subscription ### 4/5 — Can not open this App *2024-06-21* my iPhone is XR, in this new version, I even couldn’t open and enter in this App, so upset!!! ### 1/5 — Trash app *2024-06-14* Stuck with this by app that can’t compete with FREE CHATGPT!!! DO NOT EVEN USE THE TRIAL! Impossible to CANCEL. App can’t handle prompts, no features this app is garbage. Needs up be dismissed from the App Store. No exporting, copy and paste function don’t work. 0 outta 5 for this app. **Developer response:** Zandaroth, this review seems unfair. Users can cancel trials or subscriptions anytime through Apple's system. We have no control over that process. Thank you for your feedback on exporting - we'll definitely work on improving that feature. Your input helps us enhance the app for all users. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — "Summarize," "Explain," and "Ask" should appear in the floating menu on the document's reading pages *2025-09-28, version 2.0.0* The premise of text-based conversation is reading. More scenarios should involve reading and conversing simultaneously. This allows not only information extraction from the text but also verification of the accuracy of the extracted information. Therefore, when opening a document, the reading experience should be highlighted, and options such as "Summarize," "Explain," and "Ask" should appear in a floating menu on the page. Selecting these options will open a dialogue window, which can occupy half the screen, with an option to expand to full-screen. ### 1/5 — Terrible app *2025-09-26, version 2.0.0* If I could go no stars I would. For how much you pay the app has so many glitches and limitations I also hate that you aren’t notified by the app itself that your week trial is ending… will never recommend it to anyone. ### 1/5 — No es satisfactorio el resultado *2025-05-15, version 1.8.7* Subí un manual de una máquina de hacer pan que está en inglés. Fui clara pidiendo respuestas en español, pero todas las respuestas estaban en inglés como un copypaste del manual Hice preguntas de las recetas que yo misma copié y pegué del documento dentro de la misma App y dice que no está en el documento. Borrando ### 1/5 — failure *2025-05-15, version 1.8.7* every question responds with "an unexpected failure occurred " ### 1/5 — Useless *2025-03-18* The software's interaction with PDFs is limited, providing content that is mostly unhelpful. The summaries offered by the software fail to capture the key points. The answers to questions are only based on the content contained within the PDF itself, resulting in responses that are overly superficial and lack depth and core insights. If the PDF does not contain the answer to a question, the software refuses to respond. However, when chatting with PDFs or other document formats, the user's primary goal is to inquire about concepts they do not understand in order to expand their knowledge. Users should be able to ask for examples, request explanations in simpler language, and receive answers that are deep and comprehensive. This is what would truly be helpful. **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback. The app is intentionally designed to provide grounded answers based strictly on the contents of your PDF, ensuring accuracy and avoiding AI hallucinations. For broader explanations, examples, or simplified answers, we’ve recently added a web fallback feature—this allows the app to optionally enhance answers with additional context when needed. You can enable this in settings. We appreciate your suggestions and are always working to improve the experience. ### 1/5 — Need refund *2025-03-12, version 1.8.7* Total waste of money ### 1/5 — 3rd time back *2025-02-09, version 1.8.1* Still a GARBAGE app. 4.5 is ridiculous and the app is fraud. USE DEEP SEEK OR CHATGPT! Never even use the trail. No updates in a year. ### 1/5 — Please fix ‼️ *2025-01-26, version 1.7.6* I download the pro premium when app first launched and download it again to see if the app works and has been fixed. Unfortunately it still doesn’t work. The app won’t restore pro premium page. Very annoying and frustrating ### 1/5 — It’s not like , they describing *2025-01-19, version 1.7.6* It’s not a worthy app to spend money don’t try, No QA, No flash cards, and the summery very poor, it needs to be developed . ### 1/5 — Worst AI program I’ve ever used *2025-01-07, version 1.7.6* This is a scam or something. I want my money back. I asked it to summarize a pdf and it spelled names incorrectly and inaccurately described the substance of the PDF. It’s a terrible program. BEWARE!!!! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Wow! ❤️ it! *2025-07-19, version 1.9.15* 10 stars for this fantastic resource! It's incredible. Just now tried a 200+ page online PDF and it worked! You can get a brief summary, create flashcards or a quiz; and best of all, you can ask all the questions you desire. I will find this extremely helpful for many tasks. Highly recommended. ### 5/5 — Todo bien *2025-01-29, version 1.7.6* Está bien ### 5/5 — Issues after Nov.24 Update *2024-11-25, version 1.7.6* As a long-time subscriber, the app kept asking me to pay for a premium subscription. There was an “already paid” button, but it didn’t work. ### 5/5 — good *2024-09-29* Please add these functions: 1.summarize the content of a paragraph in the PDF ；translating the content of a page in the PDF; summarizing the content of a chapter in the PDF, etc. 2. The option to open in chatpdf can be provided when sharing files. 3. Multilingual support is provided, and input and output languages can be set for reading. **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback. Can you describe #3 little bit more? App has already 6 languages and answers should come in same language of the question. ### 5/5 — good *2024-09-16* Please add these functions, such as summarize the content of a paragraph in the PDF ；translating the content of a page in the PDF; summarizing the content of a chapter in the PDF, etc. ### 5/5 — Wow! *2024-08-27* Just got for free today and tried the summarize website (mine) feature. It did an excellent job summarizing it--I'm impressed! 5 stars already. No doubt I will find more to love as I continue to use the app. ### 5/5 — 令人印象深刻 *2024-08-26, version 1.6.1* 使用了视频分析功能，提出了两个问题，一个纲要提取，一个细节问题。软件都做了很好的回答。真是令人印象深刻。五星好评！ ### 5/5 — Very cool *2024-04-09, version 1.4.5* Thanks pretty cool app yo! ### 5/5 — Superb app and very useful tool. *2024-04-09, version 1.4.5* This app is extremely useful and is invaluable for summarising documents and creating action points for further research. My only regret is that I hadn’t found the app sooner. ### 5/5 — Life means Life…yet to start my life sentence proper *2024-04-08, version 1.4.5* Onboarding was pleasing and I look forward to delving in deeper and shall update with more on what I did once done. Massive thanks for the app tho as it looks much fresher and easier than a bunch of old apps that I used for pdf files and docs which one by one fell apart usually down to silly pricing & as a very occasional user they weren’t feasible for me. Seems AI is unstoppable and entering into just about every app there is so look forward to having that extra help when needed with docs especially. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*