Pdftool vs TaskFrame | Task Manager
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.
TaskFrame | Task Manager
Organize your life with smart task management. Set start and due dates, use powerful filters, and color-coded tags to categorize your to-dos. Advanced features include recurring tasks, priorities, and detailed notes.
- Smart organization with start/due dates
- 10+ filtering options
- Color-coded tags for categorization
- Recurring tasks with customizable intervals
- Priority marking for urgent tasks
- Detailed notes and subtasks
- Dashboard customization (Pro)
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Smart Organization * Start & Due Dates: Tasks don't clutter your view until you need them. * 10+ Filtering Options: See just the tasks you need with powerful filters, like what’s ongoing, recurring tasks, and more. * Color-Coded Tags: For separating your tasks into groups and projects based what makes sense to you. Advanced Task Features * Recurring Tasks: Automatically repeat with customizable intervals * Priority: Mark urgent tasks so what needs attention first always gets done first * Notifications: Alarms and notifications to be notified of something when you need to be notified * More Details: Add notes, URLs, and subtasks to keep all of your information in one place Free Features * Unlimited tasks and tags * Start and due notifications * Subtasks * Recurring tasks * Priority * iCloud sync Pro Features * Dashboard Customization: Reorder dashboard items and pin your most used tags to the top * Time Presets: Create custom time presets with unlimited options * Notification Upgrade: Set custom reminder notifications and add system alarms to tasks
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: TaskFrame | Task Manager at Free against Pdftool's $1.99. TaskFrame | Task Manager also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 weeks). Pdftool's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On ratings volume, 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
TaskFrame | Task Manager is free to download; Pdftool costs $1.99 up front. TaskFrame | Task Manager sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Pdftool asks for nothing beyond the download.
TaskFrame | Task Manager holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Pdftool ships an update every 6 weeks, TaskFrame | Task Manager every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pdftool | TaskFrame | Task Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zhiguang Han | Bradley Rothbaum |
Customer experience
Pdftool
TaskFrame | Task Manager
In-app purchases
Pdftool
No in-app purchases
TaskFrame | Task Manager
- Time Presets$0.99
- Notification Upgrade$1.99
- Location Reminders$2.99
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- Dashboard Customization$2.99
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