PDF Reflow vs Recall
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PDF Reflow
Read PDF and Word documents on your phone with a mobile-optimized layout. It reformats documents to fit your screen width, preserving original fonts, colors, and graphics. Features include text search, selection, and adjustable text size.
- Mobile-optimized PDF and Word reading
- Reflows text to fit screen width
- Preserves original fonts, colors, and graphics
- Text search and selection
- Adjustable text size up to 300%
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Reading PDFs on your phone shouldn’t feel like work. PDF Reflow transforms PDFs and Word documents into a clean, phone-friendly reading experience. No more tiny text, constant pinching, horizontal scrolling, or multi-column pages that don’t fit your screen. The latest version uses AI-powered page analysis to better understand each document’s layout, including text, graphics, figures, tables, and mathematical formulas. It then reorganizes the content into a natural vertical flow while preserving the document’s structure and visual context. PDF Reflow is ideal for: • Research papers • Reports and manuals • Articles • Word documents • Technical and scientific PDFs • Documents with figures, tables, colors, and formulas Features include: • AI-powered page and layout analysis • Comfortable, screen-width reading • Text selection and highlighting • Search within documents • Adjustable text size up to 300% • Automatic Table of Contents • Dark mode for PDFs • Built-in document picker If you read PDFs on your phone and are tired of fighting the original page layout, PDF Reflow is made for you. Questions or feedback? laurent@appblit.com
Recall
This app helps you learn and retain information using spaced repetition flashcards. It supports offline study, private cloud syncing, and importing from other popular flashcard formats.
- FSRS spaced repetition algorithm
- Offline study support
- Private CloudKit sync
- Native Anki import
- Selective deck syncing
- Local-first architecture
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A flashcard app using the FSRS algorithm. Features offline support, private CloudKit sync, and native Anki imports. App Store Description Recall is a local-first (on Mac) spaced repetition flashcard app built for privacy, and efficiency. It uses a custom SQLite backend and the Free Spaced Repetition Scheduler (FSRS) to manage your reviews. Core Features: Anki Import: Natively imports Anki .apkg files. Preserves your existing media, cloze deletions, and Image Occlusion masks. (When exporting your Anki file check - Support older Anki versions; otherwise it will not import to Recall). Local-First Architecture: The app runs entirely from a local database. It does not require an active internet connection to study, search, or edit cards. Advanced Scheduling: Uses the FSRS algorithm to calculate review intervals, minimizing daily workload while maintaining retention. Private CloudKit Sync: Syncs via your personal iCloud account using Advanced Data Protection. Your data and media are encrypted before leaving your device. Selective Sync: Choose which decks sync to iCloud and which stay local, saving storage space on your iPhone for large, media-heavy decks. Standalone Mode: Can be used completely offline with sync permanently disabled.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Recall at 100% against PDF Reflow's 44%. Recall also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.6) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). PDF Reflow's advantage is ratings volume (28 vs 2) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, monetization model and device support 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 Reflow sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Recall asks for nothing beyond the download.
Recall holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PDF Reflow has 28 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of PDF Reflow's written reviews are positive against 100% of Recall's.
PDF Reflow ships an update every 5 days, Recall every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PDF Reflow | Recall |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (28 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AppBlit LLC | Kedarnath Malapati |
Customer experience
PDF Reflow
Recall
In-app purchases
PDF Reflow
- PDF Reflow PRO$7.99
Recall
No in-app purchases









