Comparison

iLovePDF vs PDFEsign.com PDF E

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

PDFEsign.com PDF E

Create, send, and sign contracts, estimates, and invoices directly from your mobile device. Customize templates with default values and easily add or modify fields. Collaborate with teams and control document access.

Highlights
  • Create contract templates
  • Send estimates and invoices
  • Customize templates with default values
  • Add/edit signature fields
  • Team collaboration and access control
  • Mobile-first PDF document management
Features
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Contracts, estimates, and invoices. Unlike other e-signing tools, PDF E-Sign allows you to create contract templates, products, and services and then send contracts, estimates, and invoices from your mobile devices with minimal entry. While using PDF E-Sign, you can easily create new contracts, estimates, and invoices or enter changes from previous ones. You don't need to go to the office or access a computer to create your PDF E-Sign document. With our minimal entry forms, you can send contracts to your client/customer for them to sign within a few minutes and forward them to the office or the seller/another agent. With our email-sharing contracts, you can customize an existing template by creating default values. Default values are then placed in every contract for you—with you in control. Change/delete or add fields, initials, signatures, and other contract-creating tools. Are you working in a team or an office? Collaborate and control who can see documents or controls. Our software can be scaled to be used by one person or a corporation. Simplicity and power are considered with every feature. Contact us today to learn more.

Screenshots

iLovePDF4 screens
PDFEsign.com PDF E4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: iLovePDF at 4.8 against PDFEsign.com PDF E's 4.3. iLovePDF also leads on ratings volume (52K vs 12). PDFEsign.com PDF E's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, 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. iLovePDF sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.49 per month and PDFEsign.com PDF E sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. 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 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iLovePDF has 52K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 77% of iLovePDF's written reviews are positive against 80% of PDFEsign.com PDF E's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iLovePDF ships an update every 5 weeks, PDFEsign.com PDF E every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
iLovePDF versus PDFEsign.com PDF E: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriLovePDFPDFEsign.com PDF E
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (52K ratings) — better4.3 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews77.3% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings52K — better12
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size266 MB264 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiLovePDFFuzzy Logic Solutions, LLC

Customer experience

iLovePDF

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

PDFEsign.com PDF E

All ratings12 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

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

PDFEsign.com PDF E

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
3 purchases

PDFEsign.com PDF E

Subscriptions3
  • Grow Fill Contracts1 Month trial$8.991 Month
  • Pro Fill Contracts1 Month trial$28.991 Month
  • Extended Fill Contracts1 Month trial$89.991 Month

Questions

Is iLovePDF free?
iLovePDF is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PDFEsign.com PDF E free?
PDFEsign.com PDF E is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iLovePDF or PDFEsign.com PDF E?
iLovePDF is rated higher. iLovePDF averages 4.8 out of 5 from 52K ratings, while PDFEsign.com PDF E averages 4.3 from 12 ratings.
Do iLovePDF or PDFEsign.com PDF E have ads?
Neither iLovePDF nor PDFEsign.com PDF E shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iLovePDF or PDFEsign.com PDF E?
iLovePDF ships an update every 5 weeks, and PDFEsign.com PDF E every 9 days. Most recently, iLovePDF was updated on November 3, 2026 and PDFEsign.com PDF E on October 25, 2026.

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