# PDF Reader - Editor & Scanner — user reviews > 27 indexed App Store user reviews of PDF Reader by DAOWEI NETWORK TECHNOLOGY PTE.LTD., rated 4.70/5 from 665 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pdf-reader-editor-and-scanner/id6739480825/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pdf-reader-editor-and-scanner/id6739480825.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 575 · 4★ 36 · 3★ 12 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 36 ## Newest reviews (7 of 27) ### 1/5 — Abofalle *2025-11-22* Wurde von meiner vorherigen App Camscanner hier rüber geschickt, da die App wohl nicht mehr verfügbar sei. Angeblich ändere sich nichts. Tja, wollte ein Dokument scannen und gleich Aufforderung Abo abzuschließen sonst funktioniert das einscannen nicht. **Developer response:** Sorry for any confusion. PDF Reader does offer some pro features, but we clearly indicate which ones are free and which require a purchase. If you haven’t upgraded to the pro version, you can still enjoy a wide range of free features. Feel free to explore these powerful free tools! ### 1/5 — アップデートしたら文字入れできなくなった *2025-11-20* 文字入れ用にアプリ使ってたのに残念です。 **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback that you are not satisfied with the app. Please let us know the specific aspects that you are not satisfied with, such as functions, interface, etc. Thank you. ### 1/5 — Teurer Abofalle *2025-11-03* Vorsicht, für den Umfang, den die App bietet, ist sie sehr teuer. **Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback! Our pricing reflects the advanced features we offer, including AI-powered scanning, smart editing, and secure cloud access—all designed to make PDF work easier and faster. ### 1/5 — Abofalle! *2025-10-07* Nach, über einem Jahr wird man nun in ein Abo gezwungen! Und meine ganzen bisherigen Dokumente kann ich nicht mehr Aufrufen! Ungeheuerlich ! **Developer response:** Is the document inaccessible even if it's not deleted? Is there any message when it can't be opened? You can contact us by email at pdfreader.feedback@outlook.com ### 1/5 — Do not want *2025-09-02* I do not want an update that is going to cost any money but thank you anyway **Developer response:** Sorry for any confusion. PDFreader does offer some pro features, but we clearly indicate which ones are free and which require a purchase. If you haven’t upgraded to the pro version, you can still enjoy a wide range of free features. Feel free to explore these powerful free tools! If you’re enjoying the app, we’d greatly appreciate a five-star rating on Google Play. Your support makes a difference! ### 1/5 — New version won’t compress *2025-07-30* Was working perfectly fine before you updated it. Now every time I try to compress it says failed! Smh **Developer response:** Hello, can you send us a screenshot of the prompt that says compression failed? Our technicians will fix it. Please contact us pdfreader.feedback@outlook.com ### 1/5 — Subscription 🤮🤮 *2025-06-21* Where’s lifetime?? 👎👎 **Developer response:** Currently, we don't offer a lifetime membership for the app. However, we truly appreciate your suggestion and will definitely take it into consideration for future updates. Thank you for your feedback! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Ridiculous amount of ads *2026-08-09* Horrible experience, ads every 2 seconds. DO NOT GET THIS APP get CamScanner instead it’s great. ### 1/5 — Cancel *2026-07-08* I don’t understand how to use this, and it won’t even set up my login. Cancel and don’t charge. **Developer response:** If you want to cancel your Apple subscription, you can refer to this article： https://support.apple.com/en-us/118428 ### 1/5 — 悪質 *2026-04-05* 勝手に有料にしようとする悪質なアプリ。 **Developer response:** こんにちは。当アプリは、お客様の許可なく手数料を差し引くことは一切ありません。すべての決済取引は、お客様の確認と完了が必要です。明細書についてご不明な点がある場合は、まずお支払い履歴をご確認ください。問題の確認と解決に向けて、弊社が最善を尽くしてサポートいたします。 ### 1/5 — Scammer *2026-02-19* This app popped up as I tried to open another app. It wouldn’t allow me to do anything but accept! Don’t charge **Developer response:** Sorry for the misleading impression. Our app is a PDF reader designed to help users open, view, and manage PDF documents efficiently. It supports reading PDFs directly within the app, organizing files, and accessing documents anytime through a built-in file viewer. Users can easily browse their PDF files and enjoy a smooth reading experience on their devices. We hope you can give it a try! ### 1/5 — Review *2026-02-07* This is too confusing… I want to change back the way it was! It was perfect! **Developer response:** Sorry for any confusion. PDF Reader does offer some pro features, but we clearly indicate which ones are free and which require a purchase. If you haven’t upgraded to the pro version, you can still enjoy a wide range of free features. Feel free to explore these powerful free tools! ### 1/5 — 糞広告やめれ *2025-12-16* 他のアプリで、新しいバージョンがありますという通知に偽装して誘導されてきました。使う気はありませんが星1つけときます。 **Developer response:** Sorry for the misleading impression. Our app is a PDF reader designed to help users open, view, and manage PDF documents efficiently. It supports reading PDFs directly within the app, organizing files, and accessing documents anytime through a built-in file viewer. Users can easily browse their PDF files and enjoy a smooth reading experience on their devices. We hope you can give it a try! ### 1/5 — アップデートって、何やってんのコレ💢 *2025-12-16* 何これ、強制的に金取ろうとしてんの？いつもの日記が書ければ良いんだから余計なことすんなよいかり **Developer response:** Sorry for any confusion. PDF Reader does offer some pro features, but we clearly indicate which ones are free and which require a purchase. If you haven’t upgraded to the pro version, you can still enjoy a wide range of free features. Feel free to explore these powerful free tools! ### 1/5 — Review *2025-12-15* This is too confusing… I want to change back the way it was! It was perfect! **Developer response:** Sorry for any confusion. PDF Reader does offer some pro features, but we clearly indicate which ones are free and which require a purchase. If you haven’t upgraded to the pro version, you can still enjoy a wide range of free features. Feel free to explore these powerful free tools! ### 1/5 — Fraud *2025-12-10* This app doesn’t work as is advertised. The app was supposed to compress pdf,s however it does not . Warning not to use this app **Developer response:** Sorry for the inconvenience. The PDF compression feature is working properly on our end. Could you please let us know what issue you encountered while compressing the PDF (for example, whether the file failed to compress, the size did not change, or an error message appeared)? ### 1/5 — Useless *2025-12-09* Ignore later request. **Developer response:** Can you describe your problem in detail? In order to facilitate the understanding of your question, please send us more details. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Works Great *2026-07-29* After trying three other apps before this one, to simply split a file so that I could move it in a smaller denomination of megabytes. Several claimed they could split, compress, and make the file smaller. All of them crashed or were glitchy had bugs. This one worked great I really appreciate it. Thank you. ### 5/5 — Good App *2026-06-23* Easy to use! ### 5/5 — Very user friendly and polished *2026-03-20* This app is very user friendly and makes pdf editing simple. ### 5/5 — Nice PDF Reader App *2026-02-25* I am happy with this PDF reader!! ### 5/5 — Love this *2026-02-09* It’s so easy to use compared to most I love it so far! ### 5/5 — GET IT! *2026-02-04* You will not be disappointed ### 5/5 — Good *2025-11-12* Espectacular cubre mis expectativas ### 5/5 — Becky *2025-10-26* Love it ### 5/5 — Nahhh *2025-09-12* T R A S H ### 5/5 — Useful *2025-07-29* Brings new point of view. --- *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 2026-09-01.*