Comparison

PDF Reader vs PDF Writer & Editor Pro

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

PDF Writer & Editor Pro

This app provides a comprehensive suite of tools for creating, editing, and managing PDF documents. Easily add text, images, signatures, and annotations, or merge, split, and convert files. It's designed for efficient document handling on mobile devices.

Highlights
  • Create new PDF documents
  • Add and edit text, images, and shapes
  • Sign PDFs with digital signatures
  • Highlight, underline & annotate content
  • Merge and split PDF files
  • Convert images to PDF
  • Reorder, rotate, or delete pages
Features
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PDF Writer & Editor Pro is your complete toolbox for creating, editing, and managing PDF documents. Whether you need to write text, sign forms, merge files, highlight content, or convert documents, this app gives you everything in one simple and powerful interface. Perfect for office work, school projects, business documents, contracts, notes, and personal use. Key Features: Create new PDF documents, Add and edit text, images, and shapes, Sign PDFs with digital signatures, Highlight, underline & annotate content, Merge multiple PDFs into one, Split large PDF files instantly, Convert images to PDF, Reorder, rotate, or delete pages, Share or export with ease, Designed for productivity, business, and students who need fast, accurate PDF editing tools on the go. in-app purchase included Lifetime to Remove Ads Privacy Policy : https://semiconhub.in/manager/privacy.html Terms and Condition : https://semiconhub.in/manager/tcondition.html

Screenshots

PDF Reader4 screens
PDF Writer & Editor Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PDF Reader at none against PDF Writer & Editor Pro's 1. PDF Reader also leads on ratings volume (3.9K vs 5). PDF Writer & Editor Pro's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads 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. PDF Writer & Editor Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PDF Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PDF Writer & Editor Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PDF Reader has 3.9K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
PDF Reader versus PDF Writer & Editor Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDF ReaderPDF Writer & Editor Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (3.9K ratings)4.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.9K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size173 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWondershare Technology (Hunan) Co.,Ltd.Sachinbhai Surani

Customer experience

PDF Reader

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

PDF Writer & Editor Pro

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
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.)

PDF Writer & Editor Pro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PDF Reader

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

PDF Writer & Editor Pro

One-time1
  • Lifetime premium$9.99

Questions

Is PDF Reader free?
PDF Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PDF Writer & Editor Pro free?
PDF Writer & Editor Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PDF Reader or PDF Writer & Editor Pro?
PDF Writer & Editor Pro is rated higher. PDF Reader averages 4.3 out of 5 from 3.9K ratings, while PDF Writer & Editor Pro averages 4.8 from 5 ratings.
Do PDF Reader or PDF Writer & Editor Pro have ads?
Neither PDF Reader nor PDF Writer & Editor Pro shows ads.

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