Ink PDF Editor vs MXTNote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ink PDF Editor
This application allows users to quickly read, annotate, and edit PDF documents. It offers tools for marking up important information, navigating through documents with bookmarks, and even playing embedded audio. The app provides a straightforward way to manage PDF files on mobile devices.
- Quick PDF reading and viewing
- Full-text scroll and zoom
- PDF annotation tools
- Embedded PDF audio playback
- Bookmark creation and management
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Ink PDF Editor is a simple and easy-to-use PDF app. It helps you read and edit PDF files quickly and complete any PDF tasks effortlessly. • Quickly Read PDFs Quickly open and view PDF documents Enable full-text scroll, zoom in and out Choose single page or double page scroll mode • Annotate PDFs Mark up important information with professional annotation tools Various annotation styles and colors to choose from • PDF audio reading Recognize and play PDF embedded audio Support single loop/list mode • Bookmarks Add and edit bookmarks as you like to navigate your PDF documents easily
MXTNote
This app helps organize research and study materials by linking PDFs, notes, and web pages. It offers PDF reading, text and handwriting notes, and an arXiv explorer for academic papers. Create a knowledge graph to visualize connections between your research fragments.
- PDF reader with link navigation
- Text and handwriting note-taking
- Link notes and PDFs to create a knowledge graph
- ARXIV explorer for academic papers
- Web page import (HTML to PDF)
- OCR and image search for PDFs
- Sync across devices
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MXTNote is a free PDF reader and note taking app. When we study for a subject, we start by collecting reference, document idea fragments, then we expand our knowledge structure by creating links between these fragments, or add more content around them. MXTNote provide ways to simplify some of these steps Here are some examples: - A PDF references another PDF, you can select the two location and link them. - After embedding a selection from PDF to notebook, a two way link is automatically created between PDF and notebook. - Link can be created between notes to form a graph, to capture a knowledge/task dependency At block level, MXTNote consists of the following: - PDF reader - Text note taking - Handwriting note taking - Graph view - ARXIV explorer - Calendar Here are the detail features: (those marked with (*) requires MXTNote account, free signup) Reading: - PDF reader with thumbnail index, link navigation - Import web page (HTML will be converted to PDF) - support DJVU/MOBI (*)(file will be converted to PDF) - Text search (using text in PDF, or OCR) - Image search (useful for searching math symbols) - Translate selected text into English Notes: - Simple text note - Write on PDF or select box from PDF - Support links between notes, attach tags to notes. - Search notes by original PDF, tags, or text - Built-in split screen to copy note to notebook - Multiple page notebook with text or handwriting. - Support pressure sensitive input (Apple pencil). - Print notebook to PDF file or printer - Use Latex input for math formula or use the Math formula editor ARXIV: - Search ARXIV and download paper - Monitor ARXIV for new papers matching predefined query Sync: - Sync across all your device (*) - Available as web app Other: - In-app tutorial available for major functions please visit our website for details: https://note.mxtsoft.com/doc
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MXTNote at 5.0 against Ink PDF Editor's 4.1. Ink PDF Editor's advantage is ratings volume (35 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MXTNote holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ink PDF Editor has 35 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Ink PDF Editor ships an update every 3 weeks, MXTNote every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ink PDF Editor | MXTNote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (35 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 131 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hefei T-Stack Information Technology Co., Ltd. | Tao Ma |
Customer experience
Ink PDF Editor
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In-app purchases
Ink PDF Editor
No in-app purchases
MXTNote
No in-app purchases
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