iLovePDF vs Cloud Scanner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iLovePDF
This app offers a comprehensive suite of tools for managing PDF documents on the go. It allows users to scan, convert, edit, annotate, and sign PDFs, as well as optimize, organize, and protect them. Connect to cloud storage for seamless document access and sharing.
- Scan documents to PDF
- Convert JPG/Office files to PDF
- Edit and annotate PDFs
- Fill and e-sign forms
- Compress, merge, and split PDFs
- Protect PDFs with passwords
- Extract images from PDFs
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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
Cloud Scanner
Effortlessly scan and store receipts, documents, and photos. Scans are automatically cropped and can be saved locally or synced across devices via the cloud. Share your documents easily as PDF or ZIP files.
- Scan documents, receipts, and photos
- Cloud storage and cross-device sync
- Automatic image cropping
- Share scans as PDF or ZIP
- Multi-page document creation
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With this scanner app, you can scan and store receipts, documents, photos. Scans are saved on the device and also on the cloud. *Unlimited - No limit on any number of scans you can do with this app. This app will be free for ever. *Never lose a receipt or a document: All scans will be saved on the cloud and you can sync across devices. *Auto crop feature: Cloud scanner will automatically detect the paper in the picture and crop the image to delete noise in the image *Easy share: Share your scans by email as PDF or ZIP file *Multi page support: Create a multipage scan document
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: iLovePDF at 4.8 against Cloud Scanner's 4.0. iLovePDF also leads on ratings volume (52K vs 18). Cloud Scanner's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). 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
Both are free to download. iLovePDF sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.49 per month. Cloud Scanner asks for nothing beyond the download.
iLovePDF holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iLovePDF has 52K ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two.
iLovePDF ships an update every 5 weeks, Cloud Scanner fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iLovePDF | Cloud Scanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (52K ratings) — better | 4.0 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 52K — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 261 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | iLovePDF | kishore papineni |
Customer experience
iLovePDF
Cloud Scanner
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
Cloud Scanner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
iLovePDF
- 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
Cloud Scanner
No in-app purchases
Questions
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