Comparison

PDFGenius vs DocFather

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

Head to head
About

PDFGenius

This app offers a comprehensive suite of tools for manipulating PDF documents. It allows users to combine, split, compress, convert PDFs to images, extract pages, and edit content like inserting, deleting, and reordering pages. Advanced features include password protection, page cropping, and text extraction.

Highlights
  • Combine multiple PDFs
  • Split PDFs by various criteria
  • Compress PDF file size
  • Convert PDF to images (JPG, PNG, TIFF)
  • Extract text from PDFs
  • Edit pages (insert, delete, reorder, rotate, crop)
  • Add/remove password security
Features
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PDFGenius is an easy-to-use, intuitive and powerful PDF manipulation utility app that you will ever need. PDFGenius offer features like combining PDFs, splitting PDFs into multiple files, PDF compression to reduce file size, convert PDF into images, extract pages from a PDF to create another PDF and extract text from PDF document. * * * PDFGenius for Mac is also available on the Mac App Store. * * * PDF editing features that allows you to insert new pages from images and PDF files, delete, rotate and reorder pages within PDF. In addition, you can crop and divide PDF pages, remove links, modify metadata, add/remove password security. PDFGenius performs all manipulating operations on PDF by preserving contents (i.e. structure of the file, color profiles, fonts, links, bookmarks) without losing document’s integrity and does it very fast. ◆ MERGE : Combine multiple files into single PDF document. Alternate page merge supported. ◆ SPLIT : Split PDF into multiple PDF files. Five divide criteria along with file labelling options 1) Split by number of pages per file. 2) Split by file size. 3) Split by outline level. Use outline titles as PDF filenames. 4) Split by page size. 5) Split by comma separated page range. ◆ CONVERT: - Convert PDF into each page as images (JPG, PNG, TIFF). - Specify JPEG image quality, resolution and color model. - You can save converted images into Photos Album. - Include annotations control to enable display annotations into converted images. ◆ COMPRESSION: - Compress large image and graphics heavy PDF using extensive set of options. - Controls to change JPEG quality, color model, image resolution and Optimise graphics level to decrease the file size dramatically. New Optimize graphics option removes superfluous information to reduce vector graphics heavy PDF. - Inbuilt side-by-side preview to compare original and compressed PDF for iPad. ◆ COPY/PASTE PDF pages between PDF documents. You can duplicate selected pages within PDF. ◆ EXTRACT PAGES: Reuse selected pages from one PDF document to create new PDF document. - Open to extract each PDF page as separate PDF document. ◆ INSERT: Insert new pages into existing PDF by inserting images and pages from another PDF. - Tool to insert blank page. ◆ DELETE: Delete pages from PDF file. Tool to delete blank pages. ◆ PASSWORD SECURITY: - Add or remove password security with file restriction controls. ◆ PAGE BOXES: Set CropBox and other display box margins of the PDF pages. - Options to remove white margins. - Option to divide(cut) PDF pages horizontally and vertically. ◆ REMOVE LINKS: Remove annotations, internal links, external hyperlinks. ◆ PAGE SELECTION: Most helpful page selection variations to speed up page manipulations. ◆ ARRANGE, SHUFFLE, REORDER and ROTATE PAGES ◆ Modify PDF document METADATA. ◆ Extract plain text. Much more… PDF VIEWER: - Very powerful and fast PDF reader with fully selectable and searchable text contents. - Pinch out and Pinch in to ZoomIn and ZoomOut view. - Navigate within PDF using slide over thumbnail view, outlines and Go to page feature. ◆ TRANSFER AND SHARE FILES - You can share new generated files or archive multiple files into zip. You can send file(s) as Mail attachment, Open In… another app and Send to cloud storage. - Use Copy to iTunes to save and share files with your computer. - Fully supports iPad Drag & Drop feature across the app to transfer files and images between apps. Note: PDFGenius is standalone application running natively to manipulate PDF documents securely on your iOS device. *The free version allow you to open, view and work with PDF using various operations and manipulating tools. Get Premium to enable sharing of resultant PDFs, Images and text documents without any restrictions. Privacy Policy: http://rootrisetech.com/app-privacy-policy Terms of Use(EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

DocFather

Features
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Fifty document tools in one app. Scan, sign, convert, translate and ask AI questions about any file – on your iPhone, in seconds, without a computer. WHAT YOU CAN DO PDF tools Merge PDFs, split a file into parts, delete or extract pages, rotate, crop, add page numbers, compress large files, protect with a password, unlock a protected PDF, edit pages. Convert anything Word to PDF, Excel to PDF, PowerPoint to PDF, HTML and EPUB to PDF, PDF to Word, PDF to Excel, PDF to PowerPoint, PDF to text, JPG, PNG and HEIC to PDF, PDF to JPG and PNG, CSV to Excel, Excel to CSV. Photo conversions – JPG to PNG, PNG to JPG, HEIC to JPG and PNG, WEBP to JPG – run on your device. Sign documents Draw a signature with your finger or take a photo of one, place it exactly where it belongs on the page preview, resize and rotate it, save signatures for reuse and sign Word files too. AI that reads your documents Summarize a long report into a short brief. Ask questions about a contract and get answers with the details. Translate a document into 26 languages in two modes – a clean rebuilt file or a professional translation that keeps the original layout. Edit a document by writing plain instructions. Analyze contracts for risks and key clauses. Turn a photo of a table into an Excel file. Recognize text in a scan and make the PDF searchable. Redact confidential parts so the text is physically removed. Compare two versions of a PDF or Word file and see exactly what changed. Transcribe an audio recording into text. Document Vault Keep passports, contracts, insurance policies and receipts in one encrypted place. DocFather reads them, recognizes dates and numbers, reminds you 30 and 7 days before something expires, and answers questions about anything you stored. Generate documents Invoices, receipts, NDAs and contracts from a short description. HOW IT WORKS Pick a tool, add your file from Files or your photo library, see the exact credit price before anything is charged, get the result and share or save it. Every file and result stays tied to your account and appears in History – on iPhone and on the web at docfather.com. WHY PEOPLE USE IT One app instead of five. No watermarks. No forced desktop step. Basic PDF operations are free; AI tools cost credits, and every new account starts with a welcome balance. SUBSCRIPTIONS DocFather Lite – 2.99 USD per week or 34.99 USD per year. DocFather Pro – 5.99 USD per week or 89.99 USD per year, includes top-up credit packs. A 7-day free trial is available on the first subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://docfather.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://docfather.com/privacy Support: support@docfather.com

Screenshots

PDFGenius4 screens
DocFather4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: PDFGenius at 3 against DocFather's 1. PDFGenius also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.6). On price, ads 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. PDFGenius sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and DocFather sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
PDFGenius versus DocFather: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDFGeniusDocFather
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (35 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings35 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRootRise Technologies Pvt. Ltd.Radzhab Radzhabov

In-app purchases

3 purchases

PDFGenius

Subscriptions2
  • Premium : Monthly Access$0.991 Month
  • Premium : Yearly Access3 Days trial$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium : Lifetime Access$9.99
4 purchases

DocFather

Subscriptions4
  • DocFather Lite Weekly$2.997 Days
  • DocFather Pro Weekly3 Days trial$5.997 Days
  • DocFather Lite Yearly$34.991 Year
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  • DocFather Pro Yearly$89.991 Year

Questions

Is PDFGenius free?
PDFGenius is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DocFather free?
DocFather is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PDFGenius or DocFather have ads?
Neither PDFGenius nor DocFather shows ads.

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