Comparison

Lumin vs Donna

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

Head to head
About

Lumin

Edit, share, and collaborate on PDF documents in the cloud. This app offers a suite of tools for annotating, organizing, and signing PDFs, with seamless integration for cloud storage and real-time collaboration.

Highlights
  • Seamless document management
  • Cloud integration and auto-save
  • Versatile editing and annotation tools
  • Document organization and conversion
  • Pre-designed templates
  • Real-time collaboration
  • eSignatures and form filling
  • Scanning to PDF
Features
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Lumin for iOS allows you to edit and sync to your Google documents in seconds. Collaborate with colleagues in real-time with a diverse set of editing tools. Lumin auto-saves your changes and syncs them to all your devices. Connect your Google account and stay on top of your documents. You can effortlessly view and share files with anybody via email or shareable links. TRUSTED BY MILLIONS Join over 100 million Lumin users worldwide who use our app to edit, share, and collaborate in the cloud. From note-taking and project management to client onboarding and legal document review, Lumin empowers you across industries. KEY FEATURES - Seamless document management: Import from your favorite storage (Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive), edit, and share PDFs effortlessly. - Cloud integration: Automatically save changes and sync across devices. - Versatile editing tools: Highlight, annotate, draw on PDFs and more. - Document organization: Organize, extract pages, merge files, convert to/from PDF,... - Pre-designed templates: Choose from various templates for various purposes and industries, such as real estate, education, job application, etc. - Collaboration: Share files and receive real-time notifications. - eSignatures: Sign and fill out forms with ease. - Scanning: Convert paper documents into portable PDFs. LUMIN IN THE REVIEWS “I use Lumin to mark up PDF drawings and send them to my subcontractors. In my role, time is of the essence. Lumin provides me with a tool to make collaboration and feedback easy.” – Construction site manager, US “We have been using Lumin for a little over two years, and it's been amazing. Using Lumin on-the-go and in-office allows us better turnaround time for our patients' care.” – Director of Services and Operations, US “It s very useful and handful for studying and I feel like they make good improvements with each upgrade. I use it for studying, it's cool that I can connect my university Google Drive to the Lumin account and I can edit, draw, write, highlight and add comments and they always get saved.” – Individual user “Too loud. You can open and edit texts from any device, everything is saved automatically, quickly. Access is very fast. The options for editing documents are diverse.” – Individual user Terms & conditions: https://www.luminpdf.com/terms-of-use/

About

Donna

This app helps you manage overwhelming tasks by letting you speak or type your thoughts freely. It then distills your input into a single, actionable item, reducing mental clutter and the pressure of decision-making. Your system evolves organically without constant maintenance or punitive reminders.

Highlights
  • Brain dump via voice or text
  • Distills input to one actionable item
  • Organic system evolution
  • Home screen widget for daily focus
  • No streaks, overdue flags, or completion percentages
  • Data deletion available
Features
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Task management for a head that holds more than it can sort. Twenty things at once, and no way to pick one. That's the moment Donna was built for. You talk, it sorts, and you carry one thing instead of twenty. Open the app and just talk. Say all of it: the work thing, the text you never answered, the appointment you keep meaning to book, the one you can't quite put into words. It doesn't have to make sense. It doesn't have to be in order. Everything else is still there. You just don't have to carry it. HOW IT WORKS Brain dump. Speak or type, any time. No forms, no categories, no setup. This is the whole interface. One thing. Not a ranked list. Not a priority matrix. One thing, pulled from everything you said, so you're not stuck at the front end deciding. Donna remembers. Every dump builds on the last. Ask the app later what you said about the lease, or your sister, or that project, and it'll tell you. Your system, built quietly. The things you keep circling back to arrange themselves in the background. You never file anything. You never maintain anything. On your home screen. Today's one thing sits in a widget, so opening the app is never a requirement. NOTHING HERE CAN BREAK No streaks. No overdue flags. No red badges. No completion percentage watching you. Miss a day, miss a month. Donna picks up where you left off and doesn't mention it. Decide something doesn't matter anymore and drop it, and Donna stops bringing it up. Nothing here is built to make you feel behind. IT'S YOURS, AND IT STAYS YOURS Delete everything, any time, from inside the app. Memory, history, account, all of it. It's immediate and it's real. Gone means gone. WHO IT'S FOR Anyone whose head holds more than it can sort. If you've ever looked at everything you have to do and couldn't pick a single place to start, this was built from that exact moment. DONNA PRO Everything above, free for 14 days. After that: Monthly: $12.99 Annual: $99 Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://donna-app.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Questions: support@donna-app.com

Screenshots

Lumin4 screens
Donna4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Donna at 5.0 against Lumin's 4.5. Donna also leads on ads (none vs shown). Lumin's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (940 vs 1). On price, monetization model, device support and iOS requirement 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. Donna sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Lumin asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Donna holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lumin has 940 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Lumin versus Donna: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLuminDonna
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (940 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews32.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings940 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 8 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size304 MB83 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNitrolabs LimitedAkralis Design Studios

Bugs and requests

Lumin

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Lost work and unsaved changes
  • Inability to open/access files
  • Frequent login issues
  • Compatibility problems on mobile

Requested features

4 requests
  • Offline mode support
  • Split-screen functionality
  • Improved highlight/annotation tools
  • Better Google Drive integration

Donna

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Lumin

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Donna

Subscriptions2
  • Donna Pro Monthly$12.991 Month
  • Donna Pro Annual$99.001 Year

Questions

Is Lumin free?
Lumin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Donna free?
Donna is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lumin or Donna?
Donna is rated higher. Lumin averages 4.5 out of 5 from 940 ratings, while Donna averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Lumin or Donna have ads?
Lumin shows ads; Donna does not.

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