Comparison

PDF Editor ,PDF Book Reader ® vs PDF

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

Head to head
About

PDF Editor ,PDF Book Reader ®

This app offers a comprehensive suite of tools for managing PDF documents. It allows users to read, edit, annotate, convert, and scan PDFs with an intuitive interface. Features include form filling, digital signatures, page management, and robust sharing options across Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Read and edit PDFs
  • Annotate and markup documents
  • Fill forms and add digital signatures
  • Convert images and web pages to PDF
  • Scan documents with OCR
  • Organize and manage PDF library
  • Share via AirDrop and iCloud
Features
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PDF Editor, PDF Book Reader ® — Smart, Private, Made for Apple Intelligence Read, edit, sign, scan and organize PDFs in one app. Designed with Liquid Glass for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Vision Pro and Apple Watch. APPLE INTELLIGENCE - Summaries: understand a long PDF in seconds. Summarize the whole document or one page. - Smart Categories: each PDF is sorted into a category, like Book, Manual, Receipt, Ticket or Contract, with an icon in your Library. Filter your Library by category in one tap. - Auto Labels: every PDF gets a short title of its subject, shown under its name. Edit any title, and search finds it too. - Suggested Tags: select a PDF and get up to three tag ideas from its content. Tap one to add it. - Private by design: all Apple Intelligence features run on your device. Your documents never leave it. SIRI AND SHORTCUTS Just ask Siri: - "Summarize my PDF with PDF Editor" - "Open PDF in PDF Editor" - "Search my documents in PDF Editor" - "Scan text with PDF Editor" Build Shortcuts to import files, load a PDF from the camera or iCloud, download a PDF from a link, open documents and rotate pages. READ AND LISTEN - Crisp, high-resolution display with smooth zoom. - Book mode with realistic page curl, and two facing pages in landscape. - Read Aloud in natural voices, with each word highlighted as it is spoken. Choose the speed, voice and language. - Translate the current page with Apple Translate. - Search the text of every PDF, and even your handwritten notes (iOS 27). - Full Dark Mode support. EDIT AND ANNOTATE - Highlight, underline and add notes anywhere. - Draw with Apple Pencil or your finger in any color. - Add text boxes, shapes, images and photos. - Fill forms, and create and place signatures. - Rotate, insert, delete and reorder pages. - Annotate together in real time with SharePlay. SCAN AND CONVERT - Scan receipts, notes, contracts and multi-page documents with automatic edge detection. - Instant Text (OCR): turn images and scans into text. - Convert photos, images and web pages into PDFs. - Export to HEIC, JPEG, PNG, Word (.docx), TIFF and PDF. - Create professional invoices and share them as PDFs. - Scan from Control Center or the Camera Control button. ORGANIZE YOUR LIBRARY - Categories: choose a category for any PDF yourself, on any device, and filter by it. - Color tags, with a simple Tags button to assign and manage them. - Sort by name, date, size or tag. - Select many PDFs at once to share, tag, categorize, back up or delete. - Recently Deleted keeps removed PDFs so you can restore them. - Zip, print and share via AirDrop, Messages, Mail and more. EVERYWHERE YOU ARE - iCloud sync across all your Apple devices. - Made for iPhone Duo: a book opens across both halves when you unfold. - Widgets, including a reading streak calendar. - Apple Watch app and iMessage app. - One purchase unlocks all your devices. PRIVACY AND ACCESSIBILITY - No data collected. Your documents stay yours. - Built for VoiceOver, Dynamic Type and Reduce Motion. - Available in 19 languages. PLANS - Subscribe monthly, every 3 months or yearly — try Yearly free first. - Or choose Lifetime: pay once and keep every feature forever. No subscription, nothing renews. PRICE AND TERMS Lifetime is a one-time purchase and does not renew. For subscriptions, payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription at any time in your Apple Account settings, or with "Subscription" in the app's settings menu. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Terms of Use: https://pdfeditorpdfbookreader.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://pdfeditorpdfbookreader.app/privacy

About

PDF

This app offers a comprehensive suite of tools for managing PDF documents. Easily scan, convert, edit, merge, split, compress, and protect your PDFs. It's designed for efficiency and privacy, working offline.

Highlights
  • Scan documents to PDF
  • Convert photos and text to PDF
  • Edit and manage PDF pages
  • Merge and split PDF files
  • Compress PDF file size
  • Encrypt and decrypt PDFs
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Make your life easier and more productive with our best PDF Tools App, a real multipurpose app. One app is all you need. The simplicity and fantastic conversion quality make this app the ultimate converter/editor for your phone. So now you can convert your notes, receipts, invoices, and ID cards into a PDF document with ease. Key features of the app: - Photos to PDF: Select Photos from the gallery and convert them to PDF documents. Save Converted PDF to files app or share via email or quick share to other apps. - PDF to Photos: Select a PDF document from Files APP and convert it to Photos. Save converted photos to Gallery or share via email or quick share to other apps - PDF Reader/Viewer: View and Read unlocked and protected PDF documents with PDF Viewer. Supports Zoom in / Out for Adjustment of your document for reading according to your choice. - Document Scanner: Select Photos from the gallery or use your phone camera to take photos and convert them to PDF documents. Save newly created PDF documents to the files app or share via email or quick share to other apps. It supports edge detection and automatically crops the camera photos for you. - Text to PDF: Select a Text document from the files app or copy text from the clipboard to create a PDF document. Supports basic text formatting options like font size, font alignment, and font color. - Merge PDF: Combine multiple PDF documents into a single PDF document. - Split PDF: Split large PDF documents into multiple documents. Supports multiple split modes. - Reduce/Compress PDF: Compress and reduce large PDF document file size. Supports multiple compression levels. - Rotate Pages in PDF: Rotate one or more pages from portrait to landscape or landscape to portrait from a PDF document. - Delete/Remove Pages from PDF: Remove one or more pages from the PDF document. - Rearrange Pages in PDF: Rearrange pages in a PDF document by simply dragging and dropping as per your needs. - Protect/Encrypt PDF: Encrypt and password-protect PDF documents. - Unlock/Decrypt PDF: Unlock and decrypt password-protected PDF documents. - You can Save the converted PDF or Photo files to your phone or share them with your friends, or family via Email, or quick share to other apps. - Quick Share single or multiple PDF documents directly into our PDF Tools app to perform PDF actions. - Quick Share single or multiple photos directly into our PDF Tools app to perform PDF actions. - Dark Mode - Save battery with dark mode. - Work offline and Secured - Our APP is totally free to use and works completely offline and offers privacy and security of its content by not sending any files to online servers for conversions. - Our APP's user-friendly and intuitive interface design helps you increase your productivity.

Screenshots

PDF Editor ,PDF Book Reader ®4 screens
PDF4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PDF at 5.0 against PDF Editor ,PDF Book Reader ®'s 4.3. PDF also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 4 days) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). PDF Editor ,PDF Book Reader ®'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (22K vs 2). On price, 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. PDF Editor ,PDF Book Reader ® sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and PDF 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

PDF holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PDF Editor ,PDF Book Reader ® has 22K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PDF Editor ,PDF Book Reader ® ships an update every 4 days, PDF daily. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
PDF Editor ,PDF Book Reader ® versus PDF: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDF Editor ,PDF Book Reader ®PDF
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (22K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings22K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMilad Fakhrnovice2pro Inc.

Customer experience

PDF Editor ,PDF Book Reader ®

All ratings22,240 ratings
Positive82.0%
Neutral3.0%
Negative15.0%
Written reviews488 reviews
Positive82.8%
Neutral0.6%
Negative16.6%

PDF

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

PDF Editor ,PDF Book Reader ®

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Text not saving properly after editing
  • Difficulty accessing documents at the bottom of PDFs

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add folder organization for PDFs
  • Improve text editing and input responsiveness
  • Provide more customization options for PDF viewing
  • Integrate with cloud storage services

PDF

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

PDF Editor ,PDF Book Reader ®

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
  • Quarterly Subscription$19.993 Months
  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time3
  • Scanner (OCR)$3.99
  • PDF Editor Creator & Scanner$49.99
  • Lifetime Access$99.99
1 purchases

PDF

One-time1
  • Premium$12.99

Questions

Is PDF Editor ,PDF Book Reader ® free?
PDF Editor ,PDF Book Reader ® is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PDF free?
PDF is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PDF Editor ,PDF Book Reader ® or PDF?
PDF is rated higher. PDF Editor ,PDF Book Reader ® averages 4.3 out of 5 from 22K ratings, while PDF averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do PDF Editor ,PDF Book Reader ® or PDF have ads?
PDF shows ads; PDF Editor ,PDF Book Reader ® does not.
Which is updated more often, PDF Editor ,PDF Book Reader ® or PDF?
PDF Editor ,PDF Book Reader ® ships an update every 4 days, and PDF daily. Most recently, PDF Editor ,PDF Book Reader ® was updated on October 21, 2026 and PDF on September 16, 2026.

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