Comparison

Highlights vs Leading Her Way

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

Head to head
About

Highlights

This app is a fast and lightweight PDF reader designed for research. It allows users to read, highlight, and annotate documents, and then extract this information into organized notes. Advanced features include table data extraction, text recognition, and smart copying of annotations into various formats.

Highlights
  • Read and browse PDF documents
  • Highlight, underline, and strikethrough text
  • Add comments and sticky notes
  • Extract annotations into organized notes
  • Convert table data and recognize text
  • Smart copy annotations to various formats (CSV, BibTex)
  • Lookup citation metadata and DOI links
Features
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"... an app that students, academics, and anyone who does substantial amounts of PDF-based research should try" - Macstories.net "It’s the novel approach to PDF annotation that makes this app a cut above the rest"- TapSmart.com *** "App of the Day" - App Store, US *** USE HIGHLIGHTS FOR FREE Highlights is a fast and lightweight PDF reader (under 10MB) packed with features to help you do your best research. Free users have access to standard PDF reader features including document browsing, reading and annotating. There are NO ADS, time limits or tracking. READ PDF DOCUMENTS • Open PDF documents from anywhere • Browse files using the familiar document browser • Open PDFs in Single Page or Two Page scroll mode • Double tap to Smart Zoom in on a paragraph or figure • Scrub smoothly to the desired page • Search the entire document in an instant • Navigate using any connected keyboard or mouse STORE YOUR FILES WHERE YOU WANT • Full support for "Open In Place" lets you make edits to the file where it is • Access your files from iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive or Box using the document browser • Or keep them privately on device only HIGHLIGHT AND ANNOTATE FASTER • Select text with your finger, Apple Pencil or mouse pointer • Highlight, underline, strikethrough text and make image selections • Add comments to annotations or as individual sticky notes • Annotate with fewer taps using context aware popovers • Default annotation colors prevents you from having to repeatedly setting the color for the same type of annotation every time TURN ANNOTATIONS INTO NOTES • As you markup text and images the contents are extracted and sorted into notes • Customize the formatting and contents of your notes • Sort the annotations chronologically or create your own color coding EXTRACT TABLE DATA AND RECOGNIZE TEXT • Convert images containing text or tables to actual text and tables using machine learning - letting you get to the underlying data with a single tap SMART COPY Copy annotations to the desired format with one tap: • Text markup as text • Image selections as images • Tables as CSV • Citations as BibTex LOOKUP CITATIONS • Highlights will fetch DOI-links and metadata • Markup any reference and tap the link icon to look it up • If you have read the work already or have it in your reference manager library, Highlights will link you to it EXPORT ANYWHERE • Save or share your notes as portable files: Markdown, TextBundle, HTML, WebArchive or PDF • Share them to your favorite notes app: Apple Notes, Bear, Craft, Evernote, DEVONThink, Keep It, MindNode, Notion, Obsidian, Roam Research or Ulysses • Or send them to a colleague via mail. It's your notes, you decide where they go MUCH MORE • Dark mode • Multi-window support on iPadOS • Keyboard shortcuts and navigation • Support for system Copy and Undo gestures • Alternative app icons • Custom accent colors • Apple Pencil double-tap gestures • Power annotation tools For a full list of features see: highlightsapp.net/features HIGHLIGHTS PRO The Highlights Pro subscription unlocks advanced features on your iPhone, iPad and Mac: • Export options for other apps and easily editable formats • Extract information using table and text recognition • Customize accent colors and alternative app icons • Power annotation tools • Citation lookups • Smart Copy Highlights Pro includes a 14-day free trial. You can cancel your subscription at any time. The subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off within 24-hour prior to the end of of the current period. Payments will be charged to your iTunes account and your account will be charged within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription. For more information about Highlights Pro: highlightsapp.net/pro Privacy Policy: highlightsapp.net/privacy Terms of Use: highlightsapp.net/terms

About

Leading Her Way

This AI-powered productivity app helps ambitious women leverage their natural hormonal cycles for enhanced focus, energy, and leadership. It integrates with calendars to provide personalized recommendations, helping users work with their biology rather than against it.

Highlights
  • AI-powered cycle analysis
  • Calendar integration
  • Personalized weekly recommendations
  • Hormone and cycle health resources
  • Energy management insights
  • Female leadership development
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Most productivity tools treat every day the same. But women aren’t designed to operate at the same energy level every day of the month. Your hormones influence how you think, communicate, focus, create, lead and recover - differently, every single week. For too long, women have been expected to adapt to systems that were never designed with them in mind. LHW is building a different future. One where your biology is your advantage, not your obstacle. One where ambition and wellness don’t just coexist, they work together. Leading Her Way: Cycle Sync is an AI-powered productivity app designed around the female body - built for ambitious women who are ready to build their empires on their terms. For women who are done fighting their biology and ready to work with it instead. WORK WITH YOUR CYCLE, NOT AGAINST IT Connect your Google, Outlook or Apple Calendar and instantly see your cycle alongside your schedule. Understand when you’re likely to have more energy, when to protect your focus and when to give yourself more space. No guesswork. Just better visibility into yourself. AI THAT HELPS YOU PLAN SMARTER Your cycle isn’t just something to track, it’s something to work with. Our AI-powered engine analyses where you are in your cycle and translates that into practical, personalised recommendations for your week. Know in advance when your communication and confidence are naturally peaking so when an important meeting lands in your diary, you walk in ready. Understand when your focus is at its sharpest and protect that time where you can. Recognise the days your body needs more space, so you can plan around them rather than be caught off guard by them. Whether you run your own schedule or work within someone else’s, this awareness changes everything. You can’t always control when things happen but you can always control how prepared and resourced you are when they do. Think of it as a personal assistant that finally understands the full picture - your calendar and your hormones. LEARN AS YOU GO Knowing your body shouldn’t require hours of research. Inside the app you’ll find a growing library of articles and resources covering hormones and cycle health, productivity and performance, energy management, nervous system regulation, wellness and recovery and female leadership. Everything designed to help you better understand yourself and make more informed decisions throughout the month. BUILT FOR AMBITIOUS WOMEN Whether you’re leading a team, building a business, growing your career or simply creating more balance in your life: the LHW App helps you make decisions with greater awareness of the woman behind the calendar. We believe success shouldn’t require you to fight your biology. And we believe feminine leadership isn’t a compromise, but your greatest competitive advantage. And because we believe the tools we use should feel as good as they work: the LHW App is designed with the same intention we bring to everything at Leading Her Way. Cool, chic, aspirational and intelligent. An app you’ll actually want to open every morning Work with your cycle. Own your energy.

Screenshots

Highlights4 screens
Leading Her Way4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Leading Her Way at 100% against Highlights's 53%. Leading Her Way also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Highlights's advantage is ratings volume (1.6K vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads 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. Highlights sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Leading Her Way asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Leading Her Way holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Highlights has 1.6K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Highlights's written reviews are positive against 100% of Leading Her Way's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Highlights versus Leading Her Way: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHighlightsLeading Her Way
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.6K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.6K — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJonas Myren RibeLeading Her Way LLC

Customer experience

Highlights

All ratings1,623 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral3.7%
Negative8.1%
Written reviews467 reviews
Positive53.3%
Neutral15.2%
Negative31.5%

Leading Her Way

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Highlights

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Highlights and annotations randomly disappearing
  • Text selection issues, especially with footnotes
  • Compatibility problems with certain PDF files
  • Syncing issues across devices
  • Export functionality not working as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add handwriting and freeform annotation support
  • Implement a table of contents or bookmarking feature
  • Allow editing of notes directly in the app
  • Provide a one-time purchase option instead of subscription
  • Improve search capabilities with visual results and navigation

Leading Her Way

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Highlights

Subscriptions3
  • Highlights Pro: Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Highlights Pro14 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Highlights Pro: Legacy Upgrade1 Year trial$29.991 Year
None

Leading Her Way

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Highlights free?
Highlights is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Leading Her Way free?
Leading Her Way is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Highlights or Leading Her Way?
Leading Her Way is rated higher. Highlights averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while Leading Her Way averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Highlights or Leading Her Way have ads?
Neither Highlights nor Leading Her Way shows ads.

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