# Preview mini: Image & PDF tool — Edit files like on desktop PC

> Desktop-inspired image and PDF editor for iOS devices. (iPhone/iPad app by Marian Koenig.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/preview-mini-image-and-pdf-tool/id1593078015 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Marian Koenig](https://appshunter.io/developer/1394020504)
- Category: Graphics & Design, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.30/5 from 211 App Store ratings · 67 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 103 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Indonesian, Italian, European Portuguese, Russian, European Spanish
- Released: 2022-01-26
- Data updated: 2026-08-01
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/preview-mini-image-and-pdf-tool/id1593078015/reviews.md

## What is Preview mini?

Preview mini is a powerful tool for working with images and PDFs on iPhone and iPad. Inspired by macOS. Created for iOS. 
Preview mini combines the convenience of editing images and PDFs into a single application, offering advanced features for viewing, annotating, and converting files.

The macOS-inspired desktop experience, featuring the brand-new File Desktop, familiar window controls, drag and drop, keyboard interaction, and even more to fall in love with.

IMAGE EDITING

– Highlight and crop image fragments
– Rotate, flip, and resize
– Add text, notes, and shapes
– Support for blank templates with resolution selection

PDF HANDLING

– Edit and annotate PDF documents
– Highlight text and create custom annotations*
– Duplicate, convert, and manage PDF pages*
– Add and remove passwords to protect files*

IMPORT, EXPORT, AND INTEGRATION

– Export images in HD quality*
– Export JPEG/PNG with file size preview*
– Support for keyboard shortcuts and trackpad for convenient use*

*Features available in the full version of the application.

Using Preview mini significantly simplifies the processing of images and PDF documents. You can quickly edit files, highlight important details, fill out forms, and add signatures without the
need to switch between different applications. This saves you time, increases productivity, and makes working with documents convenient and intuitive!
Download Preview mini and manage images and PDFs with macOS convenience on your iPhone and iPad!

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Legal notice

This application is NOT an Apple product. Preview mini is an independent development, inspired by macOS but not affiliated with Apple Inc.

Images in the screenshots are provided by artists:
Pok Rie (https://www.pexels.com/de-de/@pok-rie-33563)
Fabian Wiktor (https://www.pexels.com/de-de/@fabianwiktor)

## Key features

- Image editing and cropping
- PDF annotation and editing
- File conversion
- Drag and drop support
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Password protection for PDFs

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Preview mini PRO | $4.99 | one-time |
| Fullversion | $8.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Preview mini?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 👍 Useful application, replaces MS Paint
- 💡 Video tutorials are helpful
- 🚀 Makes life easier
- 👍 Wonderful and powerful iPad app
- 👍 Great replacement for Preview (almost)
- 👍 Very clean and straightforward app
- 👍 Makes iPad more versatile
- 👍 Good value for money
- 👍 Easy to use and practical
- 👍 Mimics Mac's Preview app
- 👍 Brilliant for PDFs on iPad
- 👍 Excellent and independent
- 👍 Great for editing PDFs
- 👍 Easy to use, glad to find it
- 👍 Always using it, great app
- 👍 Exports to other apps
- 👍 Invaluable for business travel
- 👍 Removes passwords on PDFs
- 👍 Helps with transition from Mac to iPad
- 👍 One-time payment appreciated
- 👍 Nice, just what I needed
- 👍 Fills a gap on iPad
- 👍 Perfect tool for Mac to iPad transition
- 👍 Useful for smaller image edits
- 👍 Developer responsive to suggestions
- 👍 Great utility, works like a charm
- 👍 No other app does this
- 👍 Super app, super developer
- 👍 Easy to use, clear user guidance
- 👍 Great for quick edits on iOS
- 👍 Clean and straightforward

**Cons**

- 🐛 Changes not saved on iPad
- 🐛 Does not export PDF as picture
- 🐛 Difficult to use on iPad
- 🐛 Crashing the app on large PDFs
- 🐛 Only allows acting on one page at a time
- 🐛 Not better than glorified Apple version
- 🐛 Application is useless
- 🐛 App is garbage, unable to do anything
- 🐛 No common features with Mac Preview
- 🐛 Missing split-screen capability
- 🐛 Missing tiled printing option
- 🐛 Missing export multiple edited images
- 🐛 Markup options lack straight line
- 🐛 Hidden IAP for full version
- 🐛 Overly inflated prices
- 🐛 High cost for non-professionals
- 🐛 Missing advertised IAP
- 🐛 Copy & Paste transparent objects missing
- 🐛 Image editing options basic
- 🐛 Undo functionality (Ctrl-Z) missing
- 🐛 Cannot paste one image on top of another
- 🐛 Slide show functionality missing
- 🐛 No presentation modes
- 🐛 Continuous glitches, app shuts down
- 🐛 Basic, iPhone has built-in features
- 🐛 PDF cropping not same as Preview
- 🐛 Cannot paste as shown in preview
- 🐛 PDF editing difficult, cannot rotate/crop
- 🐛 App hangs, lost work
- 🐛 File export only in paid version
- 🐛 Payment issues with Apple
- 🐛 No difference between free and full version
- 🐛 Cannot type letter 'y' in documents
- 🐛 No free trial period
- 🐛 Errors when trying to buy full version
- 🐛 Basic image editor, nothing great
- 🐛 No option to select fonts
- 🐛 Does not support share dialog
- 🐛 Light UI mode looks strange
- 🐛 Cannot do to PDF what can be done to images

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Changes not saved when attaching to email
- App errors out on large PDFs and crashes
- App shuts down during photo editing, unsaved work lost
- Cannot type the letter 'y' in documents
- Payment issues with Apple, requires new credit card data
- Pro version not activated after deduction, amount not refunded
- Errors when trying to buy the full version
- Small glitch with 'cut' upon install
- PDF cropping is not the same as Preview
- Cannot paste as shown in preview videos
- App hangs during PDF editing, lost entire work
- No difference found between free and full version after purchase
- File export only works with paid version

**Most requested features**

- Split-screen or slide-over capability
- Export PDF as picture (JPG, etc.)
- Ability to paste one image on top of another
- Ctrl-Z for quick undo
- Straight line option for markup
- Tiled printing option
- Export multiple edited images at once
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
- Ability to add PDF to share sheet
- Copy & Paste transparent objects
- More advanced image editing options
- Slide show functionality
- Presentation modes for PDFs
- Ability to rotate and crop PDFs
- Full screen slide mode
- PDF filling functionality
- Selectable fonts
- Improve PDF cropping
- Use in extension window for quick edits
- Allow users to quickly edit inside the extension window
- Support for share dialog
- Improve light UI mode
- Allow users to do to PDF what can be done to images (rotate, cut, add text)
- Ability to change font size
- Ability to remove highlighting
- Better file management applet

## Recent user reviews (10 of 67)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/preview-mini-image-and-pdf-tool/id1593078015/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Most useful Application ❤️

*2026-05-17, version 5.4*

This is one of the most useful application.Before this i had to use Ms Paint on windows but thats over now.The video tutorial  is very helpful , and finally the updates that keep this alive so many years. You are one of the Best Developers.

### 4/5 — Great but needs split screen capability

*2025-11-12, version 5.2*

I love this app it works great, but it desperately needs split-screen or slide-over capability. I like to have a pdf open on one side and to write summary notes in another app. But there would be lots of other useful applications for that feature too.

### 1/5 — Changes not saved

*2025-08-15, version 5.1*

On iPad . I open pdfs, make changes. But when I attach it an email, the changes have not been saved.

### 5/5 — Awesome

*2025-07-31, version 5.0.1*

I love this app

### 4/5 — Thanks

*2025-06-20, version 4.6*

Thank you! Makes my life easier!

### 1/5 — Scam - does not do what it claims

*2025-05-01, version 4.4*

Just a warning.  This is really not better than a glorified version of what Apple does.  It does NOT let you export a pdf file as a picture - jpg or otherwise like claimed and like you can easily do with Preview app on laptop with MacOS.   Save your money!   I got scammed, you don’t need to.

### 4/5 — Etwas schwieriger zu benutzen als auf dem Desktop

*2025-02-14, version 4.0*

Sobald es ans Umsortieren von Seiten geht, hakelt es etwas. Liegt allerdings auch an der eigenwilligen iPad-Interaktion generell. Insgesamt jedoch ein brauchbares Helfertool.

### 4/5 — Very Familiar

*2025-02-09, version 3.9.3*

It’s not quite Apple’s Preview, but it’s great for redistributing pages or removing a few pages. It’s not perfect yet; one large PDF errors out when I scrub through it in edit page mode (crashing the app, and logging me out). Likewise, it only allows acting on one page at a time.

### 5/5 — Wonderful and powerful iPad app

*2025-01-24, version 3.9.3*

Extremely useful photo editing app for iPad

### 1/5 — Une appui qui ne sert à rien

*2024-12-03, version 3.9.1*

Je croyais pouvoir constituer des dossiers pdf. Mais ce n’est pas le cas. Une application totalement inutile. $$$ de perdu.

## Frequently asked questions about Preview mini

### What does Preview mini do?

Preview mini is a powerful tool for working with images and PDFs on iPhone and iPad. It allows you to view, edit, annotate, convert, and manage your files with a desktop-inspired interface.

### What are the key features of Preview mini?

Key features include image editing (highlighting, cropping, rotating, resizing), PDF annotation (highlighting text, custom annotations), file conversion, password protection for PDFs, and integration with desktop-like features such as drag and drop and keyboard shortcuts.

### Is Preview mini free to use?

The application is free to download and use, but some advanced features, indicated by an asterisk (*), are available in the full version, which can be purchased through in-app purchases.

### What devices is Preview mini compatible with?

Preview mini is designed for iPhone and iPad devices, offering a macOS-inspired experience tailored for iOS.

### How does Preview mini simplify working with documents?

It simplifies document processing by allowing you to edit files, highlight details, fill forms, and add signatures within a single application, saving time and increasing productivity.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 5.4 — 2025-12-14

Streamline your workflow with Preview mini, a powerful tool inspired by macOS and made for iOS.
Version 5.4: Flexible window sizes on iPadOS 26. The app now dynamically adapts to any window size - for even more flexible multitasking on the iPad.

### 5.3.1 — 2025-11-23

Streamline your workflow with Preview mini, a powerful tool inspired by macOS and made for iOS.
Version 5.3.1: Minor bug fixes, optimization, and refinements.

### 5.3 — 2025-11-23

Streamline your workflow with Preview mini, a powerful tool inspired by macOS and made for iOS.
Version 5.3: Minor bug fixes, optimization, and refinements.

### 5.2 — 2025-10-21

Streamline your workflow with Preview mini, a powerful tool inspired by macOS and made for iOS.
v5.2: This update introduces automatic saving of user-defined pixel templates and fixes a bug when importing files.

### 5.1.1 — 2025-09-17

Streamline your workflow with Preview mini, a powerful tool inspired by macOS and made for iOS.
v5.1.1: Hello iOS 26.

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