PDF Expert: Editor & Reader

PDF Expert: Editor & Reader

Create, Edit & Sign Documents

216K ratings
1127 reviews
#60 in top-grossing Productivity
💼 Business
📊 Productivity
Free
In-App Purchases

Details

  • Released
  • Updated
  • December 3, 2013
  • September 14, 2026

Features

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About

This app allows you to edit, annotate, fill out forms, and convert PDF documents. It offers AI-powered summarization and analysis, along with tools to merge, sign, and protect your files. Work seamlessly across Apple devices with a user-friendly interface.

Edit PDF text and images
Annotate and highlight PDFs
Fill out PDF forms
Convert files to and from PDF
AI-powered summarization and analysis
Merge and combine PDF files
Sign documents with e-signatures
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What's New in PDF Expert

7.26.0

September 14, 2026

PDF Expert is getting a fresh new look and smarter ways to work on iOS 27! Enjoy a more seamless Liquid Glass experience across the document viewer and navigation. Apple Pencil Pro users can now squeeze to instantly access annotation tools and adjust their settings without interrupting their workflow. And handwritten notes are now searchable, so you can find handwriting just like typed text, within a PDF or across your entire library. Update PDF Expert to try everything new, and share your feedback with us, we’d love to hear what you think!

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Subscription plans

PDF Expert Mac & iOS Pro

Essential + Sign, convert, measure, protect

$79.991 Year
7 Days trial
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In-App Purchases

$9.99

PDF Expert Basic

Edit PDF text, change images and links

Charts

Top Grossing

📈 60+1

Productivity

This app rose +1 position in Productivity chart.

Last updated on September 19, 2026.

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User reviews

Sep. 15th update broken

Since the iOS 27 update, the presentation view is broken. Instead of showing only the current page to the AirPlay receiver, it only enters the “limited interface” view, and still shows the editing interface and swipe page transitions to the audience. I contacted support yesterday and have not yet heard back.

Before this, I had a minor bug or two, but was largely quite happy with the features and ability to customize the app.
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Keeps getting worse and worse

From UI to buggy Dropbox integration to the subscription and paywall we feature nagging.

Corrupts PDFs

I have been trying to use this and I have the Pro version, but it keeps corrupting my PDFs when I edit them. I am opening from Files > OneDrive. At this point, I have to use another editor. I really hope this issue gets fixed soon.

Subscription !!

It’s a great app, probably the best, however, I would prefer to buy the app outright instead of subscription…

I paid extra years ago to have an unlocked version

PDF Expert is trying to get me to pay for a subscription when I paid to have everything fully unlocked as a bundle years ago. What a rip off. why is it that every time there is an update you take away my services that I had before when I bought the bundle years ago and paid extra so that I had no restrictions and I could convert my PDFs. Now I keep getting these stupid notices to get a subscription when I already had the service to convert PDFs unlimited. I will never ever get a subscription I'm glad a reviewer mentioned Ilovepdf.com, it's free. Your app pro bundle that I bought years ago is not worth paying for over and over, again and again and again! I don't do subscriptions for anyone
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Reported Bugs

4 issues

Corrupted PDFs after editing

Bug

Sync issues with cloud storage providers

Bug

Unexpected loss of annotations and edits

Bug

Unreliable performance on older iPad models

Bug

Requested Features

5 requests

Improved palm rejection for Apple Pencil

Feature

Customizable toolbar and annotation presets

Feature

Better integration with other productivity apps

Feature

More flexible file management and organization

Feature

Ability to create fillable PDF forms

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FAQ

What can I do with PDF Expert?

PDF Expert allows you to read, highlight, and annotate PDFs, fill out forms, convert files to and from PDF format, merge multiple documents, add notes, and sign contracts. It also features AI tools for summarizing and analyzing large PDFs, and editing scanned documents.

What are the premium features?

Premium features include the ability to edit existing text and images directly within a PDF, add links, create outlines, and utilize the AI-powered PDF Copilot for summarization, main point extraction, and contextual explanations. You can also convert PDFs to various formats like Word, Excel, and JPG.

Is PDF Expert free to use?

The app offers a free version with core functionalities for reading and basic annotation. However, advanced editing, conversion, and AI features are available through PDF Expert Premium, which is offered as a subscription or one-time purchase.

What devices is PDF Expert compatible with?

PDF Expert is designed for Apple devices, including iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro. It allows for seamless work across all your Apple devices, letting you complete PDF tasks on the go.

How can I use PDF Expert for signing documents?

You can easily sign contracts and documents using e-signatures directly within the app. You can also create custom stamps or import existing ones from images to apply to your PDFs.