Comparison

Convert PDF to PowerPoint vs Beamer Notes

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

Head to head
About

Convert PDF to PowerPoint

Easily convert PDF documents into editable PowerPoint presentations directly on your mobile device. Select files from your device or cloud storage, initiate the conversion, and then open, edit, or share your new PPTX files.

Highlights
  • Convert PDF to PowerPoint (PPTX)
  • Select files from device or cloud
  • Quick conversion process
  • Open, edit, and share converted files
  • Built-in File Manager
Features
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Convert a PDF to PowerPoint PDF to PowerPoint Converter allows you to convert your PDF to PowerPoint file on your device easily. Easily and quickly convert PDF to PowerPoint from anywhere on your device. Convert a PDF to PPTX PDF to PowerPoint Converter allows you to convert your PDF to PPTX file quickly on your device. How it works: - Choose the file you want to convert from your mobile device or cloud storage. - Click Convert PDF to PowerPoint! - Wait a little for converting and downloading - Open/edit or share PowerPoint by built-in File Manager

About

Beamer Notes

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Beamer Notes is a two-screen presenter for slide decks made with LaTeX Beamer and “show notes on second screen”. Your iPad shows the current slide, your private speaker notes, and a preview of what’s next — while the projector shows only the slide, cleanly letterboxed on black. Draw with Apple Pencil and every stroke appears on the projector in real time, in exactly the right place. Fingers are free to turn pages, so your palm never leaves a mark. YOUR IPHONE AS A REMOTE Step away from the lectern. Your iPhone shows your speaker notes, the next slide and the timer, turns pages, and aims the laser pointer on the projector. It pairs straight to your iPad — no shared Wi-Fi, no account, nothing to set up. AND A MAC FOR THE TIDYING UP Beamer Notes on the Mac keeps your library in order between talks — folders, colours, renaming, sorting, on a big screen with a keyboard. Everything stays in step with your iPad over iCloud. Presenting remains the iPad’s job. It is free on the Mac App Store, and a Full Version bought on iPad carries over with Restore Purchases. FEATURES • Dual screen over HDMI or AirPlay — the audience sees only the slide, never your notes or controls. • Apple Pencil ink with live mirroring, through the system drawing palette: pen, monoline, fountain pen, pencil and marker; a pixel eraser and an object eraser; lasso to move what you have already drawn; a ruler for straight lines; any colour, any width. Plus a laser pointer with an optional comet trail. • Tabs — keep several decks open at once, drag to reorder, and they reopen where you left off. • Speaker notes shown full-width with pinch-to-zoom, plus a next-slide preview. • Automatic layout detection for notes on the right, left, top, or bottom — 16:9 and 4:3 — with a manual override when you need it. • Count-up timer and an adjustable countdown with an on-screen “time’s up” alert only you can see. • Navigate by tap, swipe, on-screen arrows, hardware keyboard, USB or Bluetooth presenter clickers, or your iPhone. • Tappable table-of-contents and \hyperlink jumps inside the PDF. • Thumbnail overview that marks the pages you’ve annotated. • An in-app library with coloured folders, synced through iCloud and organisable on your Mac; import via Files, AirDrop, or the share sheet, and a revised PDF with the same name can replace the old one. Plain PDFs work too. • Decks are fetched to the device in the background, so they open with no network at all — and anything not yet downloaded is marked in the library. • Your ink is saved automatically and survives quitting the app. Built for lecture-hall reliability. No account, no tracking, no data collection. Free to try with three of your own PDFs. The built-in tutorials are always free, and reopening a deck you have already used never counts again. Need more? Add ten or thirty decks whenever you like, or unlock unlimited decks forever with a single purchase. TIP FOR PROJECTORS Connect the display before you begin and stay in Beamer Notes for the talk. On iPadOS 26 and 27 the system sometimes does not hand the external screen back to an app that has been in the background; if the projector starts mirroring your iPad, quit Beamer Notes and open it again with the display connected.

Screenshots

Convert PDF to PowerPoint4 screens
Beamer Notes1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Beamer Notes at none against Convert PDF to PowerPoint's shown. Beamer Notes also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 months). Convert PDF to PowerPoint's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Convert PDF to PowerPoint sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Beamer Notes sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Convert PDF to PowerPoint ships an update every 4 months, Beamer Notes every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Convert PDF to PowerPoint versus Beamer Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterConvert PDF to PowerPointBeamer Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS11.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTu PhanWei Chen

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Convert PDF to PowerPoint

One-time1
  • Remove ADS$0.99
3 purchases

Beamer Notes

One-time3
  • Add 10 Decks$1.99
  • Add 30 Decks$4.99
  • Full Version$9.99

Questions

Is Convert PDF to PowerPoint free?
Convert PDF to PowerPoint is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Beamer Notes free?
Beamer Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Convert PDF to PowerPoint or Beamer Notes have ads?
Convert PDF to PowerPoint shows ads; Beamer Notes does not.
Which is updated more often, Convert PDF to PowerPoint or Beamer Notes?
Convert PDF to PowerPoint ships an update every 4 months, and Beamer Notes every 3 days. Most recently, Convert PDF to PowerPoint was updated on October 16, 2026 and Beamer Notes on October 13, 2026.

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