Pdftool vs Creator Keyboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pdftool
Easily manage, read, and annotate PDF documents with intuitive tools. Highlight text or images, crop, merge, and export pages. Optimized for large collections and supports keyboard shortcuts for efficient navigation.
- Manage PDFs with tags and lists
- Crop, erase, and merge pages
- Highlight text and images
- Export PDF pages
- Batch operations
- Keyboard shortcuts support
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Designed to provide a visually pleasing and intuitive way to manage/read/highlight PDF documents on iPhone or iPad. Highlighter works for both text based and image based PDF. You can crop, erase area, merge, and export PDF pages. Crop operation is enhanced to support long document, such as those single page web content in PDF. You can zoom in and out to reposition document to make cropping large document a breeze. PDF documents can be easily shared to other apps or other compatible devices via AirDrop. ## Main Features - Manage PDF documents by Tags and Short List - Crop, Erase Area, Merge PDF pages - Export - Highlighting - Batch operations - Optimized to work with large collection of PDF documents - Keyboard shortcuts support for page navigation (when using external keyboard) ## Supported keyboard shortcuts - Cmd/alt + Left/Right arrow for previous/next page - Arrow keys to move around page - Cmd + plus/minus for zooming in/out - H for highlighter - T for thin highlighter - E for eraser - ENTER for committing changes Note: The app does not come with sample PDFs. Please add PDF files (such as via AirDrop) for them to show up in the app.
Creator Keyboard
This app offers a custom keyboard to quickly send pre-written messages and links across any application. It helps users save time by storing and accessing frequently used text, social media links, and more.
- Create and store unlimited pre-made responses
- Send social media and other links instantly
- Access a library of 'thank you' phrases
- Organize responses into folders (paid feature)
- Import/export responses for backup and sharing
- Adjustable button size
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Creator Keyboard is designed for content creators, marketers, coaches, and anyone who writes the same messages over and over. Creator Keyboard makes responding faster and easier than ever. Create, store, and send pre-made responses in any app or website where text input is accepted. Free Features: • Unlimited responses and social media links. • Keyboard themes. • Mark a response as favorite to prioritize it in the keyboard. • Save time by writing a response once and using it whenever needed. • Access the Thanks-o-Matic with 100 unique ways to say thank you—never get stuck on how to respond again! • Add and instantly send social media links, affiliate links, or invite links for Discord, Slack and other messaging apps. • Adjust button size. • iPhone and iPad compatible. • Import/Export responses to back up your responses or share to another device. Paid Features: • Organize responses into folders for a better experience. • Sort folders by color. • Show favorited responses in folder view. • Separate responses in folders from replies for a cleaner responses tab. • Add recommended YouTube videos to responses without leaving the app. (Up to 200 videos searched per 24 hour period.) Stop wasting time typing the same things over and over. Get the keyboard that’s built to save content creators like you time!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Creator Keyboard at Free against Pdftool's $1.99. Creator Keyboard also leads on rating (4.5 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 weeks). Pdftool's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Creator Keyboard is free to download; Pdftool costs $1.99 up front. Creator Keyboard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pdftool asks for nothing beyond the download.
Creator Keyboard holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Creator Keyboard has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Pdftool ships an update every 6 weeks, Creator Keyboard every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pdftool | Creator Keyboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.5 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zhiguang Han | Nick Nimmin, LLC. |
Customer experience
Pdftool
Creator Keyboard
In-app purchases
Pdftool
No in-app purchases
Creator Keyboard
- Creator Keyboard Pro$9.99









