PDF Reader vs iShia Note
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PDF Reader
This app offers a superior PDF reading experience with its innovative Liquid Mode, which optimizes documents for mobile screens. It also provides robust tools for annotating, signing, managing, and sharing your PDF files, catering to both work and study needs.
- Liquid Mode for optimized mobile reading
- Annotation tools (pencil, text, highlighting)
- Handwritten signature insertion
- File management (move, merge, copy, delete)
- Cloud service integration (Wondershare, iCloud)
- Create blank PDFs and folders
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PDFelement - PDF Reader is a PDF reader using the latest technology. The newly connected Liquid Mode function allows you to enjoy the best reading experience. In addition, there are various annotation tools, file management, signature, Various functions such as cloud services can meet your PDF needs in work and study. PDF VIEWER • Liquid Mode gives you the best PDF reading experience • Star files to find them quickly • Easily locate recently accessed files in the "Recent" list. • Enter the page number to navigate to the desired page for viewing LIQUID MODE • Get the best PDF Reading experience with Liquid Mode • PDF document fully fits the mobile phone screen, no need to zoom in and out repeatedly. • Easily adjust brightness, font size,style, and spacing. ANNOTATE • Using Pencil to annotate like writing on the paper • Add text annotations, freely modify the text and background, border colors, choose the appropriate font and font size. • Supports many annotating tools like highlighting, underlining, squiggly lines, or strikethroughs. MANAGE • Move, merge, copy or delete files SIGNATURE • Enables handwritten signatures to be inserted anywhere within the document, while also offering the ability to zoom in and out for greater flexibility. • Built-in commonly used stamps CREATE • Quickly create completely blank PDF documents • Creat blank folders. SHARE • Sharing document content with others is just a click away with capture feature. • Select sentence(s) or pragraph(s) to share CLOUD SERVICE • PDF Reader supports uploading or downloading docs via computer, Wondershare document cloud and iCloud. Please note that this app only supports editing native PDF files. It does not support editing scanned or raster PDF. If you find you cannot edit text in PDF, please check if it is scanned PDF. Thank you! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Need HELP? Please contact us! We'll feedback to you ASAP. Email: pdfelement@wondershare.com Support Center： http://support.wondershare.com Forum： http://forum.pdf.wondershare.com Official Website： https://pdf.wondershare.com If you think this App helps you, your positive review in the App Store would be much appreciated.
iShia Note
This app facilitates research in Islamic Sciences by providing access to key texts and advanced search functionalities. It supports multiple languages and allows users to organize, archive, and publish their research.
- Access to Holy Quran, Tafseer, Nahjul Balagha, Hadith sources
- Comprehensive and advanced search functionality
- Copy text and references to workspace
- Insert free text into articles
- Full article management
- Synchronize research with server
- Publish or unpublish research
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An attractive app to ease the process of preparing researches in Islamic Sciences. Arabic and Farsi languages are supported and English will follow. Targets Islamic researchers and can be used by individuals as well, preparing and publishing researches usefull for both specialized and general audience. Designed for Apple iPad 2 + supporting Arabic & Farsi. Sources Include: The Holy Quran, Tafseer and Transaltion in Farsi Nahjul Balagha, Commentary and Translation in English & Farsi Shia Main Tradition Sources: Vasael al Shia, Mosadarak and The 4 Books Sunni Main Tradition Sources: The 6 Sihaahs Rijal: Mojam Rijal al Hadith. Dictionary Comperehensive and Advance Search in sources. Copy complete text from sources, partial text or the reference to workspace or article Ability to insert free text anywhere in the article Full article management Synchronizing with the server in order to archive or publish articles برنامج يوفر للباحث أداة سهلة الإستخدام تساعده في البحث والتحقيق في علوم أهل البيت عليهم السلام. يدعم البرنامج اللغات العربية والفارسية والإنجليزية. يخاطب البرنامج الباحثين المتخصصين والأساتذة والخطباء والطلبة والطلاب وكل من يهتم بالعلوم الإسلامية دراسة وبحثاً وتحقيقاً. مصمّم لأجهزة الآي بد 2 وصاعداً، داعماً اللغة العربية والفارسية. تحتوى المصادر على: - القرآن الكريم وتفسيره وترجمته الى الفارسية. - نهج البلاغة وشرحه وترجمته الى الفارسية والإنجليزية. - أحاديث الشيعة: وسائل الشيعة ومستدركه، الكتب الحديثية الأربعة. - أحاديث العامة: الصحاح الستة. - الرجال: معجم رجال الحديث. - القاموس. امكانية البحث المفصل في نصوص وأقسام المصادر. امكانية نقل النص الكامل او بعضه او الإشارة المصدرية من المصدر الى لوحة التحقيق. إمكانية إضافة وادخال النصوص بشكل حر في أي مكان بين النصوص المقتبسة من المصادر. إيجاد، تحديث، أرشفة وحذف التحقيق. تزامن التحقيقات الموجودة على الجهاز مع الحساب الخاص على سرفير "مشروع الشيعة" ليتسنى مطالعتها مع على موقع "مشروع الشيعة". إمكانية نشر أو إلغاء نشر التحقيق لأعضاء برنامج مصادر الشيعة أو للعموم على مواقع "مشروع الشيعة" على الإنترنت. برنامه اى پيشرفته و سرشار از امكانات جهت تسهل تحقيق و پژوهش براى متخصصين، پژوهشگران، خطبا و سخنرانان و نيز طلاب حوزه هاى علميه ونيز عموم كاربران. اين برنامه زبان هاى فارسى، عربى و انگليسى را پشتيبانى مى نمايد. براى دستگاه هاى آي پد 2 به بالا طراحى شده به زبان هاى فارسى و عربى. حاوى منابع زير: - قرآن كريم به همراه تفسير وترجمه به زبان فارسى. - نهج البلاغة وشرح وترجمه به فارسى و انگليسى. - أحاديث شيعه: وسائل الشيعة ومستدرك الوسائل، كتب اربعه حديث. - أحاديث عامة: صحاح سته. - الرجال: معجم رجال الحديث. - قاموس. امكان جستجوى پيشرفته در متون و منابع مختلف. امكان انتقال متن كامل يك آيتم، بخشى از متن يا فقط ارجاع به آن در صفحه تحقيق. امكان ثبت نوشته محقق در هر مكان در تحقيق. امكان جابجائى و چينش آيتم هاى تحقيق به صورت آزاد. تحقيق جديد، ويرايش، آرشيو و حذف تحقيق. همسان سازى تحقيقات دستگاه در فضاى اختصاصى بر روى سرور "پروژه شيعه". امكان نشر تحقيق و عدم نشر آن در هر زمان.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: PDF Reader at every 2 months against iShia Note's every 21 months. PDF Reader also leads on ratings volume (3.9K vs 7). iShia Note's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 77%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for PDF Reader against 4.4 for iShia Note. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PDF Reader has 3.9K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of PDF Reader's written reviews are positive against 100% of iShia Note's.
PDF Reader ships an update every 2 months, iShia Note every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PDF Reader | iShia Note |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (3.9K ratings) | 4.4 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.9K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 21 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 173 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wondershare Technology (Hunan) Co.,Ltd. | Seyed Mohsen Hosseini-Milani |
Customer experience
PDF Reader
iShia Note
Bugs and requests
PDF Reader
Reported bugs
4 issues- Text boxes appearing randomly
- Inability to select/edit text in some PDFs
- Scrolling issues and page loading delays
- Incompatibility with certain PDF formats
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to edit text formatting (font, size, color)
- Support for multiple open documents
- Improved Apple Pencil integration
- Bookmark/favorite feature for frequently used PDFs
- Expanded cloud storage integration (OneDrive, Google Drive, etc.)
iShia Note
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PDF Reader
No in-app purchases
iShia Note
No in-app purchases
