Comparison

PDF Reader vs Priveo

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

Priveo

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Priveo is a document scanner that works entirely on your device. And now it also cleans your photos and PDFs of the hidden data that reveals where, when and with what they were made. No account, no ads, no tracking and no servers: your files never leave your iPhone or iPad. This isn't a marketing promise. The app makes not a single network connection, so it has nowhere to send anything. SCAN • Multi-page scanner with automatic edge detection and perspective correction. • Add pages from the camera or from your photos. • Import a PDF you already have, or send photos and PDFs to Priveo from the Share sheet of any app. CLEAN YOUR PHOTOS AND PDFS • See what a file reveals before you share it: GPS location, phone and camera, date, author and the apps used. • If an image records that it was made with AI, which tool or which prompt, you'll see that too. • Choose what to remove with one checkbox per group, or remove everything. • JPEG, HEIC and PNG photos without recompression: the copy is pixel-identical. • PDFs too: author, apps, dates, comments and the location of the photos inside. • From Photos, without opening the app: Share → Remove metadata. • Every copy is analyzed again before it's handed over. Originals are never touched. RECOGNIZE TEXT • On-device text recognition in ten languages: Spanish, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Korean and Simplified Chinese. • Find any document by its content, not just its title. • Recognized text travels inside the PDF, so any reader can search and copy it. • Export the text as TXT or Word. SIGN AND ANNOTATE • Draw your signature with your finger and apply it to any page. Keep it protected to reuse it. • Add text, highlights and stamps on the page. • Cover what you don't want to show with a redaction, and burn it into the image permanently if you wish. ORGANIZE • Local library with search, folders and tags. • Duplicate, rename and archive documents so only what you use stays in view. • Merge several documents into one, or split pages into a new one. • Reorder and rotate pages, and adjust their look: original, grayscale or high contrast. • Designed for iPad too, with a sidebar and a cover grid. EXPORT • PDF, JPG images, TXT text and Word DOCX. • Choose the quality or set a maximum PDF size: handy when email won't accept large attachments. • Protect the PDF with a password. • PDFs created by Priveo don't carry your iOS version or their internal date. CONVERT • Turn a PDF into Word, text or images without uploading it anywhere. PRIVACY • Documents are stored only on this device, with iOS file protection. • They are excluded from backups. • If you delete the app, its documents are permanently deleted. • Optional Face ID lock. • The camera is used only for scanning, and Photos access is only for saving clean copies: Priveo can't see your photo library. Free, with no in-app purchases, and available in ten languages. Priveo does not collect, transmit or sell your documents or photos, and does not use them for advertising or tracking.

Screenshots

PDF Reader4 screens
Priveo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Priveo at every 4 weeks against PDF Reader's every 2 months. On price, ads, 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PDF Reader ships an update every 2 months, Priveo every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
PDF Reader versus Priveo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDF ReaderPriveo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (3.9K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.9K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size173 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWondershare Technology (Hunan) Co.,Ltd.Alejandro Torrado Martinez

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.)

Priveo

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PDF Reader

No in-app purchases

None

Priveo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PDF Reader free?
PDF Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Priveo free?
Priveo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PDF Reader or Priveo have ads?
Neither PDF Reader nor Priveo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PDF Reader or Priveo?
PDF Reader ships an update every 2 months, and Priveo every 4 weeks. Most recently, PDF Reader was updated on October 31, 2026 and Priveo on October 9, 2026.

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