PDF Editor ,PDF Book Reader ® vs PDF & Docs Scanner App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
PDF & Docs Scanner App
Transform your smartphone into a portable scanner. Quickly capture and convert documents, IDs, and photos into high-quality PDFs or images. Features advanced OCR for text recognition and multiple export formats.
- HD Auto Scan
- ID Card Scanning
- Professional Filter Effects
- PDF Conversion
- Accurate Text Recognition (OCR)
- One-Click Export
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Looking for an advanced and reliable scanner? iScan is the free and fast scanner app that turns your smartphone into a portable scanner. Scan documents, notes, receipts, and business cards with high-quality scanned PDF output. Scan multi-page documents with batch mode and amazing filters to enrich images with document scanner. Smart camera scanner app create pdf from photo gallery or capture and convert jpg to pdf. Available for iPhone! Powerful features you need: ● HD Auto Scan Advanced image detection technology can automatically identify the border of the document, and accurately capture the document for automatic scanning. ● ID scan iScan scans ID cards, passports, driver's licenses, visas, work permits and other identification documents in seconds and saves them to your device in image or PDF format using the ID scanner. ● Professional filter effects iScan provides a variety of filter modes, you can choose sharpening enhancement, black and white, grayscale and ink saving modes according to the needs of different documents. ● PDF Converter Support multiple formats: Not only supports PDF to Word, Excel, PPT, JPG, PNG, TXT and other formats, but also supports converting Word, Excel, PNG, JPG, PPT and other formats to PDF. The conversion efficiency is high, and it is convenient for you to manage PDF files easily and conveniently. ● The most accurate text recognition iScan is connected to the most advanced OCR technology, supports more than 20 languages, and can achieve a text recognition accuracy of over 98%. You can easily extract text from paper documents, PDFs, pictures or web pages for direct editing, and export to txt. If you find that there are individual errors in the recognized text, you can modify it directly against the original document. ● One-click export PDF/image iScan can directly convert files into PDF format or image format, one-click conversion and export to local or share, and also supports sharing file links, which is convenient for you to share with friends. Information about auto-renewal of subscriptions: - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. - Any unused portion of the free trial period will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription. - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. - Accounts will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Fees depend on the plan selected. Terms of service: https://wescanner.net/terms Privacy policy: https://wescanner.net/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PDF & Docs Scanner App at 5.0 against PDF Editor ,PDF Book Reader ®'s 4.3. PDF & Docs Scanner App also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). PDF Editor ,PDF Book Reader ®'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (22K vs 3). On price, update cadence, 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 Editor ,PDF Book Reader ® sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and PDF & Docs Scanner App sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PDF & Docs Scanner App 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 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
PDF Editor ,PDF Book Reader ® ships an update every 4 days, PDF & Docs Scanner App every 6 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | PDF Editor ,PDF Book Reader ® | PDF & Docs Scanner App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (22K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 22K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 6 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 124 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Milad Fakhr | Chengdu Feixiao Tech Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
PDF Editor ,PDF Book Reader ®
PDF & Docs Scanner App
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 & Docs Scanner App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PDF Editor ,PDF Book Reader ®
- Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
- Quarterly Subscription$19.993 Months
- Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Scanner (OCR)$3.99
- PDF Editor Creator & Scanner$49.99
- Lifetime Access$99.99
PDF & Docs Scanner App
- We Scanner Vip$4.991 Month
- WE Scanner VIP Monthly3 Days trial$6.991 Month
- WE Scanner VIP Weekly3 Days trial$6.997 Days
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- WE Scanner VIP Yearly1 Year trial$49.991 Year
- WeScanner Lifetime VIP$30.99
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