Comparison

iLovePDF vs PDF Scanner

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

Head to head
About

iLovePDF

Edit, convert, annotate, and sign PDF documents on the go. This app offers tools to scan, merge, split, compress, and protect your files, enhancing productivity for work and study.

Highlights
  • Scan documents to PDF
  • Convert JPG/Office to PDF
  • Edit and annotate PDFs
  • Fill and e-sign forms
  • Compress and merge PDFs
  • Split and rotate PDFs
  • Protect PDFs with passwords
Features
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Read, convert, annotate and sign PDF in just a few seconds with this handy document scanner and editor. Boost your productivity with every tool you need to work on the go. PHONE SCANNER • iPhone and iPad Scanner: Snap a photo of anything and save it to PDF. Multipage PDF option available. • Text recognition (OCR):Turn any scanned text or image into PDF with high accuracy. PDF CONVERTER • JPG to PDF: Take a picture of a document and save it to PDF. • MS Office Converter: Convert office documents to PDF files. Turn your PDF files into editable Office formats such as Word, Excel, Powerpoint. • Extract images from PDF: Extract images from your PDF document with high quality. Convert your own images to single or multiple PDF files. PDF EDITOR • Annotate PDF: Simply highlight the relevant text in your PDF. Add notes and annotations to PDF document, leave comments, draw or insert images to PDF. Choose your format of annotation. • Fill and sign forms: Quickly fill out a PDF form typing text and e-sign it using your finger. • PDF Reader: View, edit and modify PDF files stored in the Cloud or on your device whenever you need. OPTIMIZE, ORGANIZE AND PROTECT DOCUMENTS • Compress PDF: Reduce the filesize of your document while keeping visual quality. • Merge PDF: Combine multiple documents into a single PDF file. • Split PDF: Split PDF pages or extract pages to multiple PDF documents with high quality. • Rotate PDF: Rotate specific PDF pages and adjust their fit within your document. • PDF Protection: Remove or add PDF passwords. • Add page numbers to PDF: Customize your PDF files. Choose position, typography, and size of your page numbers. • Watermark PDF: Choose an image or a text and add it to your PDF document. Select position, transparency or typography for the best result. Connect to your Google Drive and Dropbox account to select and share documents from the Cloud. Upgrade to Premium and enjoy all the benefits with this all-in-one versatile PDF editor. iLovePDF Premium is available for purchase via an auto-renewable subscription as follows: • Annual or Monthly subscription available. • Payment will be charged to your iTunes account. • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. • Subscriptions may be managed and discontinued by the user. Account Settings after purchase: • No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during an active subscription period. • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription. Terms of use: https://www.ilovepdf.com/help/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.ilovepdf.com/help/privacy

About

PDF Scanner

Digitize paper documents into high-quality PDFs or JPEGs. This portable scanner app allows you to scan receipts, licenses, and certificates, storing them locally on your device. Share your scanned documents easily via email or social media.

Highlights
  • Scan documents from camera or gallery
  • Generate high-quality PDF or JPEG files
  • Automatic cropping and enhancement
  • Manual enhancement modes
  • Local storage, no internet required
  • Share via email and social media
Features
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PDF Scanner is a handy tool to digitize and make soft copies for all your paper documents. May it be your expense receipts, drivers licence, certificates or any other Important Document, Just Scan and Save paper documents on your phone and make them handy to share. NEVER LOOSE A DOCUMENT. Take this portable document scanner anywhere you go for your daily business needs. It doesn't require an Internet connection as all scans are stored locally on your device. PDF Scanner allows you to scan and share any information whenever and wherever you want. Just take a picture of whatever you want to scan, the auto cropping removes the unused edges and auto enhancing makes the picture sharp and clear in seconds. You may also manually choose one of the four enhancing modes to customize the scan, and then you can generate a PDF Version with one tap and share it with others. you can also generate a JPEG Version. PDF Scanner provides multiple way to share scans. You may email the document to yourself or others, or share them by social media. Say goodbye to huge office scanners and get this ultra fast pdf scanner app now! “Scanner App” app main features: Advanced PDF Scanner app: - Scan existing image from gallery - Scan from camera - Scan to high quality PDF or JPEG - Save scans in grayscale, black and white or color - Automatic shutter and border detection for any scannable object - Advanced pic processing with enhancement and color correction, noise removing, automatic perspective correction and more Turn your phone into a portable scanner. Try Now!!

Screenshots

iLovePDF4 screens
PDF Scanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: iLovePDF at 77% against PDF Scanner's 33%. iLovePDF also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (52K vs 2). PDF Scanner's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. iLovePDF sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.49 per month and PDF Scanner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iLovePDF holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iLovePDF has 52K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of iLovePDF's written reviews are positive against 33% of PDF Scanner's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
iLovePDF versus PDF Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriLovePDFPDF Scanner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (52K ratings) — better1.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews77.3% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings52K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size266 MB62 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiLovePDFSimply Entertaining LLC

Customer experience

iLovePDF

All ratings52,217 ratings
Positive94.0%
Neutral2.1%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews1,818 reviews
Positive77.3%
Neutral3.8%
Negative18.9%

PDF Scanner

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Bugs and requests

iLovePDF

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes when processing large files
  • Lost annotations and highlights
  • Incorrect text output from OCR
  • Inability to print zoomed PDFs

Requested features

5 requests
  • More PDF editing tools
  • Improved OCR accuracy
  • Ability to save custom stamps
  • Native file integration on iOS
  • Smoother pen/annotation tools

PDF Scanner

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

iLovePDF

Subscriptions4
  • iLovePDF Premium Monthly$5.491 Month
  • iLovePDF Premium Monthly3 Days trial$5.491 Month
  • iLovePDF Premium Yearly7 Days trial$44.991 Year
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  • iLovePDF Premium7 Days trial$44.991 Year
1 purchases

PDF Scanner

One-time1
  • PDF Scanner Pro$0.99

Questions

Is iLovePDF free?
iLovePDF is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PDF Scanner free?
PDF Scanner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iLovePDF or PDF Scanner?
iLovePDF is rated higher. iLovePDF averages 4.8 out of 5 from 52K ratings, while PDF Scanner averages 1.0 from 2 ratings.
Do iLovePDF or PDF Scanner have ads?
Neither iLovePDF nor PDF Scanner shows ads.

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