PDF Reader vs PDF Mpjex
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PDF Reader
Easily view PDF documents on your mobile device or tablet. Upload files via WiFi, open encrypted PDFs with a password, and enjoy adaptive screen sizing for comfortable reading. Protect your documents with app lock and gesture passwords.
- View PDF documents
- WiFi file upload
- Encrypted PDF support
- Adaptive screen size
- Read Word, Excel, PPT
- App lock and gesture password
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PDF Reader, Easy read PDF documents for Mobile and Pad . WiFi easy Upload PDF documents to the phone. Support to view encrypted PDF documents, long press the document to enter the password. Document adaptive screen size, easy to read. Support read word, excel, ppt and other format documents. APP lock, gesture password, protect privacy, protect document security.
PDF Mpjex
This app allows you to create and edit PDF documents on your iPhone and iPad. Features include scanning, merging, reordering, and protecting PDFs with passwords. You can also extract pages, images, and text from existing documents.
- Scan documents
- Create PDF from photos/web
- Merge and extract PDFs
- Delete, rotate, reorder pages
- Password protect PDFs
- Extract images and pages
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PDF Mpjex is a PDF maker and editor and PDF Scanner app on iPhone & iPad. - PDF maker • Scan Document • Create PDF With Photos • Create Blank PDF • Create PDF With Web • Import From Files • Merge PDF files • Extract PDF - PDF Editor • Delete Pages • Rotate Pages • Reorder Pages • Insert Blank Page • Insert From Photos • Insert From File • Markup • Extract PDF pages • Password protect a PDF • Extract PDF images : png jpg Standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PDF Mpjex at 100% against PDF Reader's 33%. PDF Mpjex also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.5) and update cadence (monthly vs every 9 months). PDF Reader's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). 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
Both are free to download. PDF Reader sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and PDF Mpjex sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PDF Mpjex holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PDF Mpjex has 322 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of PDF Reader's written reviews are positive against 100% of PDF Mpjex's.
PDF Reader ships an update every 9 months, PDF Mpjex monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PDF Reader | PDF Mpjex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) | 4.8 (322 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 322 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 小玲 白 | 北京伊码网络科技有限公司 |
Customer experience
PDF Reader
PDF Mpjex
Bugs and requests
PDF Reader
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
PDF Mpjex
Reported bugs
1 issue- 🐛 App crashes when viewing drawings
Requested features
2 requests- 💡 Add automatic table of contents generation
- 💡 Ability to scan up to 24 pages at once, then merge
In-app purchases
PDF Reader
- Permanently remove ads$1.99
PDF Mpjex
- PDF Editor & Maker Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
- PDF Editor & Maker Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
- PDF Editor & Maker Pro$4.99
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