Comparison

PDF Reader vs Super PDF

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

Super PDF

Manage and edit PDF files with ease. This application offers a comprehensive suite of tools for organizing, editing, merging, signing, and creating PDFs from various sources, including photos and scans. Enhance your documents with custom fonts and tags for improved productivity.

Highlights
  • Organize PDF library
  • Edit PDFs with drawings and text
  • Merge and combine files
  • Add digital signatures
  • Create PDFs from photos/scans
  • Import custom fonts
Features
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A powerful free pdf editor to help speed up your productivity and manage pdf files seamlessly and effortlessly. Application features: - A superb pdf library to arrange and sort all your pdf files and books. - Ability to edit pdf files and add drawings, sketches, and shapes. - Ability to combine and merge multiple files together. - Ability to add signatures to pdf files, and save them for future uses. - Ability to add texts on pdf files using a variety of beautiful fonts. - Ability to import and download custom fonts, and use them with your pdf files. - Ability to add tags to your pdf files to speed up your reading. - Ability to merge specific pages from one pdf file to another. - Ability to create a pdf file from multiple photos. - Ability to create a blank pdf file and edit it. - Ability to create a pdf file by taking a photo using the camera. - Ability to create a pdf file by scanning papers using the camera. - Ability to import pdf files from URL. Adding support for French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Italian, Turkish, and Urdu languages.

Screenshots

PDF Reader4 screens
Super PDF4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: PDF Reader at none against Super PDF's shown. PDF Reader also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (3.9K vs 354). Super PDF's advantage is review sentiment (86% vs 77%). On price, rating, update cadence 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

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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for PDF Reader against 4.4 for Super PDF. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PDF Reader has 3.9K ratings behind it against 354, 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 86% of Super PDF's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PDF Reader versus Super PDF: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDF ReaderSuper PDF
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (3.9K ratings)4.4 (354 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.7% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.9K — better354
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size173 MB212 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWondershare Technology (Hunan) Co.,Ltd.Gyoom

Customer experience

PDF Reader

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

Super PDF

All ratings354 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral3.4%
Negative12.4%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

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.)

Super PDF

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PDF Reader

No in-app purchases

None

Super PDF

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PDF Reader free?
PDF Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Super PDF free?
Super PDF is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PDF Reader or Super PDF?
Super PDF is rated higher. PDF Reader averages 4.3 out of 5 from 3.9K ratings, while Super PDF averages 4.4 from 354 ratings.
Do PDF Reader or Super PDF have ads?
Super PDF shows ads; PDF Reader does not.
Which is updated more often, PDF Reader or Super PDF?
PDF Reader ships an update every 2 months, and Super PDF every 2 months. Most recently, PDF Reader was updated on October 14, 2026 and Super PDF on October 12, 2026.

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