Reader vs PDF Reader Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Reader
This app provides a distraction-free reading and annotation experience for PDF documents on iOS. Seamlessly sync your annotated files with your Mac for further editing and workflow integration via iCloud.
- Distraction-free reading
- PDF annotation
- iCloud sync with Mac
- Companion to macOS app
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The iOS companion to the macOS Reader PDF viewer. Here you can read with no distractions and annotated, then work further with your documents back on your Mac using iCloud.
PDF Reader Pro
Experience PDFs in an extraordinary 3D view with this pro PDF reader. It offers a unique 3D book-like reading experience with light and dark modes, and supports both portrait and landscape orientations. Easily share your documents with other applications.
- 3D PDF reading experience
- Light and Dark Mode support
- Portrait and Landscape orientation
- Open Source
- Share PDFs to other apps
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Name says 3D it is a pro PDF viewer in many ways and give you extra ordinary 3D experience. Compared to other PDF viewers, PDF Viewer 3D gives great user experience and with dark and light Mode Key features : - Read Pdf Like 3D book. - Give you 3D experience. - Open Source. - Portrait and Landscape both mode supported. - Support Light-Dark Mode. - Share Pdf into Other apps like WhatsApp, Facebook and many more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PDF Reader Pro at 100% against Reader's 57%. PDF Reader Pro also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Reader's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.6) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume and iOS requirement 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. Reader sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PDF Reader Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.
Reader holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 8 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of Reader's written reviews are positive against 100% of PDF Reader Pro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Reader ships an update weekly, PDF Reader Pro every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Reader | PDF Reader Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 3.6 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Augmented Text Company LTD | Nirav Parmar |
Customer experience
Reader
PDF Reader Pro
In-app purchases
Reader
- Ask AI Subscription$1.99
PDF Reader Pro
No in-app purchases
