# PDF Reflow — Read PDFs without zooming

> Mobile-friendly reader for PDF and Word documents with reflowable text. (iPhone/iPad app by AppBlit LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pdf-reflow/id1461144444 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [AppBlit LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/295536769)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases (on sale, was $7.99)
- Rating: 3.80/5 from 24 App Store ratings · 22 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 3 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2019-05-09
- Data updated: 2026-09-02
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pdf-reflow/id1461144444/reviews.md

## What is PDF Reflow?

Reading PDFs on your phone is frustrating.

Tiny text, constant pinching, horizontal scrolling, multi-column layouts, and research papers that never fit the screen make even simple reading feel like work.

PDF Reflow makes PDFs and Word documents easier to read on mobile by turning them into a clean, phone-friendly reading experience. Instead of zooming in and out or dragging the page left and right, you can read documents in a natural vertical flow that fits your screen width.

It’s especially helpful for:

- research papers
- reports
- manuals
- articles
- Word documents
- PDFs with figures, colors, and formulas

PDF Reflow keeps the look and structure of your document while making it much easier to read on a small screen.

You can also:
- select and highlight text
- search inside documents
- adjust text size up to 300%
- show the PDF in dark mode
- pick a PDF inside the app

If you read PDFs on your phone and hate fighting the layout, PDF Reflow is built for that problem.

Feedback: laurent@appblit.com

## Key features

- Mobile-optimized PDF and Word reading
- Reflows text to fit screen width
- Preserves original fonts, colors, and graphics
- Text search and selection
- Adjustable text size up to 300%

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| PDF Reflow PRO | $7.99 | one-time |


## Recent user reviews (10 of 22)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pdf-reflow/id1461144444/reviews.md

### 2/5 — A LITTLE FRUSTRATING

*2026-06-11*

The app. I just bought it. But it can’t highlight.  And I can’t bookmark. That makes it really less useful

### 4/5 — O melhor que encontrei

*2026-04-20*

Testei vários que prometiam fazer o reflow, mas este foi o único que apresentou resultados decentes.

### 5/5 — Now with highlights!

*2026-04-07*

Incredible I can also highlight the reflowed pdf papers and see all images and tables perfectly

### 3/5 — If only it held your place in the PDF

*2025-08-04*

The app does a very nice job reflowing the text of books and articles in PDF format. However, its usefulness is really undercut by the fact that it doesn’t hold your place in the text. Every time you reopen a PDF it takes you back to page one. If the devs find a way to resolve this it will be the perfect solution for reading long PDFs on iPhone, but for the time being the reading experience is quite limited by having to manually navigate back to your place in the text.

### 2/5 — No Bookmarks?

*2025-01-22*

Pretty nice app but a reader without bookmarks is a pretty grave omission.

### 5/5 — Great pdf reader

*2024-09-14*

Reflows really well. Has dark mode. Only pdf reflow app that doesn’t get confused with watermark text. 

Only wish it had highlighting.

### 5/5 — Works really well!!

*2024-08-13*

I’m a heavy academic researcher. I process 2,000 papers for CVPR each year, so I see a lot of PDF files.

This app is great! It isn’t perfect - no app that does this can be — but it gets darn close. Figures are somehow segmented and presented separately, and it even works with two-column PDFs emitted by LaTeX! Well worth the asking price.

There are some issues. In particular, papers under review tend to have line numbers on the margins of each line, which are sometimes relieved with the text in a way that’s hard to read.

Still, I personally believe this domain isn’t really possible to self completely, and this app gets darn close

### 4/5 — Pretty nice app, but….

*2023-09-12*

Needs a way to set bookmarks, so I can come back to my location later in long PDFs.

### 1/5 — Not practical

*2023-05-17*

Waited almost a year so developer will fix bug and will update so I can give it better rating but seems developer not interested in app. App is glitchy , doesn’t perform same with all types of pdf , consider TEXT in some pages as image and in other pages as TEXT. unable to scroll few pages vertically as its fitting them horizontally. Bought it so it can be used in split window on 10.5 screen iPad but no use .

### 4/5 — Works awesome, but unexpectedly deletes PDFs from their location

*2022-11-05*

The app reflows text in a great way which makes it very easy to read journal publications that are hard to read in their two-column format with tiny text. 

However, 
The app deletes PDFs from where they are stored, which is an unxpected and unwanted behavior. It was difficult to recover them, and I never want this to happen. Can you make the app so it does delete my files?

## Frequently asked questions about PDF Reflow

### How does PDF Reflow reformat documents?

PDF Reflow reformats documents to fit the width of your device, similar to a mobile-optimized web page. This eliminates the need for zooming and panning to read text.

### Does PDF Reflow preserve document formatting?

Yes, PDF Reflow preserves the original font, colors, and graphics of your documents, including figures and mathematical formulas.

### Can I search for text within documents using PDF Reflow?

Yes, PDF Reflow supports text search and text selection, allowing you to easily find and highlight specific content within your documents.

### What devices is PDF Reflow available on?

PDF Reflow is available on iPhone, iPad, and iPod devices.

### How often is PDF Reflow updated?

The latest version of PDF Reflow is 2.5.3, and it was last updated on July 10, 2022.

### What is the age rating for PDF Reflow?

PDF Reflow has an age rating of 4+.

### Does PDF Reflow have ads?

PDF Reflow does not contain advertisements.

### What is the user rating for PDF Reflow?

PDF Reflow has a rating of 4.1 stars from 18 ratings.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.5.8 — 2026-06-19

- Resume reading where you left off with a quick “Resume from page” shortcut (thanks Jörgen!)
- Export or share highlights as Markdown, including source information when available (thanks Matthew!)
- Organize PDFs into folders to keep your library cleaner (thanks CD!)
- Search across your PDF library, including document text
- Open a PDF from search results and automatically continue that same search inside the reader
- Improved PDF library layout with larger titles, highlight counts, and a cleaner search experience
- Better document title detection, including longer multi-line titles
- Imported PDFs are checked for duplicates
- Recently added documents now appear first without resetting their original added time every time you open them
- Better filename handling for PDFs opened from the share extension when the source app provides a suggested name
- Updated reader controls with zoom, share, theme, and highlighting actions arranged more cleanly across the app and share extension
- Improved dark/light theme controls and navigation bar appearance

### 2.5.7 — 2026-06-09

PDF Reflow now does a more complete App Store restore check for PRO access. If you previously received PDF Reflow PRO through a purchase, promotion, or the earlier paid version of the app, Restore Purchase will check both your current App Store entitlements and your historical App Store purchase records before deciding no purchase was found.

### 2.5.6 — 2026-06-04

- fixed issue to restore purchases from another device (thank you Stefano)

### 2.5.5 — 2026-04-06

- new option to pick a PDF inside the app (thank you Gavette)
- option to delete your highlights (select some word and tap the pen icon) (thanks Gavette)
- better margins around the pages
- upgrade to PRO bottom card explains clearly why you see a limited number of pages in the free version

### 2.5.4 — 2026-04-04

- free versions shows you 3 pages of the PDF documents (unlimited of course with PRO)
- new: you can highlight text in your PDF files!
- new: you can now search your PDF files, across iOS
- new: the main app keeps all the PDFs you opened with PDF Reflow
- fixed: ? icon is replaced with a proper Settings icon

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