PDF Edit Reader vs BookThoughts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PDF Edit Reader
This app allows you to view, edit, and create PDF documents. It offers features for scanning, commenting, organizing files, and sharing PDFs across various platforms. Manage your documents efficiently with this comprehensive PDF tool.
- PDF document editing
- PDF creation from photos/images
- Text and image annotation
- File management and organization
- PDF sharing and uploading
- Document scanning
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PDF document viewer and generation tool. PDF document editing, reading, creating, commenting, scanning, sending, sharing, uploading, PDF file management, etc. PDF creation: cell phone photographing, batch import of images to generate PDF, single addition of PDF pages; PDF reading: change text color, modify text size, browse PDF, bookmark, send document; PDF Editing: Text, Scribing, Adding Graphics PDF management: move files, delete files in batch, sort files, rename files, PDF Sharing: Download files to a computer, upload to mobile phones, send to WeChat, QQ, etc. If you have any questions in use, please contact us. 7chicks@sina.com
BookThoughts
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An easy-to-use ebook reader that supports popular file formats such as "epub," "mobi," "azw3," and "txt." Enjoy features like marking specific text portions and adding notes. Customize the font size of your books , translate text using openAI . Best of all, all these features are completely free.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: PDF Edit Reader at 9.0 against BookThoughts's 13.4. On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PDF Edit Reader ships an update every 2 months, BookThoughts every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PDF Edit Reader | BookThoughts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 练 黎 | 婷雅 李 |
In-app purchases
PDF Edit Reader
No in-app purchases
BookThoughts
No in-app purchases
