# Highlights vs Leading Her Way

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.

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.

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.

## The numbers

| Metric | Highlights | Leading Her Way |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | [4.5 (1.6K ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/highlights-pdf-reader-and-notes/id1498912833/reviews) | **[5.0 (1 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/leading-her-way-cycle-sync/id6772426846/reviews)** |
| Number of ratings | **1.6K** | 1 |
| Positive reviews | 53.3% of reviews | **100.0% of reviews** |
| In-app purchases | Yes | **No** |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Monetization | Freemium | **Free** |
| Size | 37 MB | 48 MB |
| Requires iOS | **15.0** | 15.1 |
| Devices | **iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac** | iPhone, iPod |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | [Jonas Myren Ribe](https://appshunter.io/developer/794854096) | [Leading Her Way LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/6772426848) |

## What reviewers say

### Highlights

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/highlights-pdf-reader-and-notes/id1498912833)

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:** Family Sharing, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases (3)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Highlights Pro: Monthly | $4.99 | per month |
| Highlights Pro | $29.99 | per year |
| Highlights Pro: Legacy Upgrade | $29.99 | per year |

**What reviewers like**

- 🚀 Great for highlighting and annotating PDFs
- 🔍 Effective for research and note-taking
- 📚 Useful for academic and professional work
- 👍 Clean and intuitive user interface
- 🔗 Good integration with other apps and cloud storage

**What reviewers complain about**

- 💰 Subscription model is too expensive
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 🔍 Limited search functionality
- 🔒 Lack of customization options
- 🔧 Poor customer support and unresponsive developers

**Reported bugs**

- 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**

- 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

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/leading-her-way-cycle-sync/id6772426846)

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

**In-app purchases:** none


## Frequently asked 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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*Compared by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/) from daily US App Store data. Review summaries are generated from verbatim App Store reviews.*