Comparison

PDF Reader vs Image to PDF Converter Editor

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Image to PDF Converter Editor

This app offers a comprehensive suite of tools for converting images and documents to PDF, editing existing PDFs, and managing your files on the go. It allows for compression, merging, splitting, and securing your documents with passwords and watermarks.

Highlights
  • Convert JPG to PDF
  • Compress and merge PDFs
  • Split and extract PDF pages
  • Edit PDFs with annotations
  • Sign and secure PDFs
  • Convert Office documents to PDF
  • Extract text from images (OCR)
Features
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Hey Want a PDF Editor & PDF Convert tools? Try this app with BOOST your productivity with all your favourite TOOLS wherever you need to work on the go.. Also manage all your important FILES in one place with EDIT, SHARE & PRINT option. ► JPG to PDF: Convert your photos into a single PDF file easily. Just select the images or take a picture with your camera and save it to PDF. ► COMPRESS PDF: Reduce the pdf file size of your document while keeping visual quality. ► MERGE PDF: Combine multiple pdf documents into a single PDF file. ► SPLIT PDF: Split PDF pages or extract pages to multiple PDF documents with high quality. ► MS OFFICE CONVERTER: Convert office documents to PDF files. Turn your word, html, ppt and excel file to single PDF. ► PDF TO JPEGS: Extract images from your PDF document with high quality. You can save to your gallery too. ► DOC SCANNER: iPhone and iPad scanner: snap a photo of anything and save it to PDF. Single & multipage PDF option available. ► PDF EDITOR: Simply highlight the relevant text in your PDF. Add notes and annotations to PDF document, leave comments, draw or insert images, shapes, symbols, emoji to PDF. ► SIGN PDF: Quickly e-sign your document using your finger as well as capture from camera, by your name, select sign from gallery too. ► ROTATE PDF: Rotate specific PDF pages and adjust their fit within your document. ► PDF PROTECTION: Remove or add PDF passwords to PDF files. ► ADD PAGE NUMBERS TO PDF: Customize your PDF files. Choose position, typography, and size of your page numbers. ► PDF WATERMARK: Choose an image or a text and add it to your PDF document. Select position, transparency or typography for the best result. ► PDF TO ZIP: Create zip file with password from multiple PDF files. ► DELETE PDF PAGES: Remove one or multiple pages from your PDF. ► ORGANIZE PDF: Arrange and reorder PDF pages of your PDF file however you like. You can add page to your existing PDF too. ► PHOTO TO TEXT RECOGNITION (OCR): Turn any scanned image into Text with high accuracy. Extract text from photo and copy, share ► PDF TO TEXT : Copies all text from the PDF document by page and extracts it to a separate text file (.txt) ► VIDEO TO MP3: Extract music from video and play whenever you want to relax. ► APP LOCK Secure your important document files with password PIN with Face lock also… • AND MUCH MORE... •It allows file synchronization with your Computer iCloud Drive. •Connect your device to Mac & Select "File Sharing" on the left side menu of iTunes and look for "PDF Converter - PDF Editor" to transfer files. •You can import from airdrop via Mac computer •You can convert direct by url, iCloud Drive, Files & much more… •This PDF Converter app also allows you to share the PDF files via E-Mail, cloud storage providers or any other app. ► This app support PDF , XLS , DOC, DOCX , HTML , PPT , PPTX, XML , ZIP , TXT , JPEG , MP4 , MP3 , RTF , SRT , CSV Etc.. Thank You.

Screenshots

PDF Reader4 screens
Image to PDF Converter Editor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PDF Reader at 77% against Image to PDF Converter Editor's 0%. PDF Reader also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (3.9K vs 15). Image to PDF Converter Editor's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PDF Reader holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PDF Reader has 3.9K ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of PDF Reader's written reviews are positive against 0% of Image to PDF Converter Editor's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PDF Reader ships an update every 2 months, Image to PDF Converter Editor fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
PDF Reader versus Image to PDF Converter Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDF ReaderImage to PDF Converter Editor
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (3.9K ratings) — better4.1 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews76.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3.9K — better15
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size173 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWondershare Technology (Hunan) Co.,Ltd.Patel Gaurav

Customer experience

PDF Reader

All ratings3,923 ratings
Positive83.1%
Neutral3.2%
Negative13.7%
Written reviews1,582 reviews
Positive76.7%
Neutral6.1%
Negative17.2%

Image to PDF Converter Editor

All ratings14 ratings
Positive78.6%
Neutral7.1%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

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.)

Image to PDF Converter Editor

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PDF Reader

No in-app purchases

None

Image to PDF Converter Editor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PDF Reader free?
PDF Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Image to PDF Converter Editor free?
Image to PDF Converter Editor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PDF Reader or Image to PDF Converter Editor?
PDF Reader is rated higher. PDF Reader averages 4.3 out of 5 from 3.9K ratings, while Image to PDF Converter Editor averages 4.1 from 15 ratings.
Do PDF Reader or Image to PDF Converter Editor have ads?
Image to PDF Converter Editor shows ads; PDF Reader does not.
Which is updated more often, PDF Reader or Image to PDF Converter Editor?
PDF Reader ships an update every 2 months, and Image to PDF Converter Editor fortnightly. Most recently, PDF Reader was updated on October 24, 2026 and Image to PDF Converter Editor on October 24, 2026.

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