Comparison

MergePDF! vs Create PDF

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

Head to head
About

MergePDF!

Combine multiple documents and images into a single PDF file. Easily rearrange, delete, or add pages, and share your creations via email or other apps. Offers options to scan, reframe, and adjust image quality for professional results.

Highlights
  • Merge documents and images to PDF
  • Scan and reframe documents
  • Split and rearrange PDF pages
  • Adjust image quality
  • Rotate images
  • Multiple document selection
  • Save and load documents
Features
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Merge PDFs, photos, scans and Office files into one clean PDF, right on your iPhone or iPad. Nothing is uploaded: your files never leave your device. MERGE • PDFs, photos, scans, Word, Excel and PowerPoint files • Drag to reorder, rotate, crop and adjust image quality • Edit pages: reorder, delete, extract • Extract the text from any PDF or image SCAN • Scan paper documents with automatic edge detection FREE • Page numbers • My documents: save and reload your merge lists • History of everything you merged • Share extension: send files to MergePDF from any app • Smart names for merged PDFs (Apple Intelligence) MERGEPDF PRO, ONE PURCHASE • Summaries, questions, key info and translation with on-device AI • Compress PDFs • Split and extract pages • Sign, annotate and fill forms • Password protect or unlock • Watermark, header and footer • 2 or 4 pages per sheet • Searchable scans (text recognition) • Siri and Shortcuts • iCloud sync • No ads Try each Pro tool 3 times for free. Pay once and it's yours, shared with your family. No subscription. AI features need a device with Apple Intelligence. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Merging, compression, text recognition and Office conversion all run on your device, even offline. Terms: https://www.decodr.tech/apps/mergepdf/terms Privacy: https://www.decodr.tech/apps/mergepdf/privacy

About

Create PDF

Transform your device into a powerful PDF scanner. Easily convert documents, receipts, and images into high-quality PDF files. Enhance scanned documents with filters and extract text for editing and sharing.

Highlights
  • Scan documents and photos to PDF or PNG
  • Convert images to PDF
  • Extract text from images (OCR)
  • Apply filters to scanned documents
  • Scan multiple pages into one document
  • Print scanned documents
  • Offline PDF generation
Features
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Create PDF - Camera Scanner is a tool that lets you convert any printed document to a PDF file, all on your iPhone, iPad. Camera Scanner comes with a lightweight, clean, and easy-to-use interface that makes this app feel like a breeze. PDF Creator is the best scanner app that will turn your phone into a PDF scanner. Convert images to pdf in a simple tap. Download it for FREE! The only thing you have to do is take a photo of the document in question, using the Free iScanner that is part of PDF Creator! Of course, the photo needs to be somewhat cantered and well-lit. Scan app will then process the photo in question, and in a matter of seconds it will have converted it to a PDF document. Once you have the PDF document saved to your iPhone, you can work with it just like you would with any other file of this type. In addition, before saving the document, you can apply different filters to it to see if it looks better; depending on the quality of light in the photo, you might be able to obtain better results with a filter. Camera Scanner - PDF Creator is an interesting tool for users who normally tend to work with printed documents, but who also want to be able to bring those documents anywhere. Camera Scanner allows users to 'scan' documents (by taking a photo with the device's camera) and share the photo as either a JPEG or PDF. • Scan Documents Camera Scanner - PDF allows user to scan documents by taking a picture with the phone camera. Feature recognises texts in images and extract them from images for later searching, editing or sharing. • PDF Conversion Camera Scanner support a variety of format conversion including converting PDF to JPG and vice versa. * Features * • Easy to scan ID-Card, Passport, any documents • Document Scanner - Scan documents, Scan PDF • iScanner - Document Scan & Edit with OCR • Mobile PDF Scanner -Create pdf from a website, convert document files (doc, docx, ppt, pptx) to PDF • Scaner - Scan documents and photos to PDF or PNG • Easily scan multiple pages into one document using Scanner app • Scan documents free • Share PDF/JPEG Files Scanner App for iPhone use your smartphone camera to scan multi-page of documents, card, whiteboards, receipts, notes and other text. using scanner for ipad free you can quickly scan your documents and share! PDF Scanner App is easier, faster scanning with cs scan. PDF Scanner App lets you scan and create PDF files. PDF scanner is the best free scanner app for iphone. Scanner App: PDF Document Scan. Photo scanner is completely offline and requires no internet connection. Along with scanning, features like cropping and filters improve the visibility of your documents using scan.app In Scanner PDF generation is completely offline and requires no internet connection. It saves your PDF file in history and in the list of recently used documents. Scanner app is not just easy to use but also completely secure scanner app. The camera scanner App is the best scan app, doc scanner & a must have application for those people who are always travelling for business purposes. ABOUT SUBSCRIPTIONS • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable Terms of Use : https://joganibhavesh.home.blog/terms-condition/ Privacy Policy : https://joganibhavesh.home.blog/

Screenshots

MergePDF!4 screens
Create PDF4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: MergePDF! at 50% against Create PDF's 0%. MergePDF! also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 59 months). Create PDF's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MergePDF! sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month and Create PDF sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MergePDF! holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MergePDF! has 123 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of MergePDF!'s written reviews are positive against 0% of Create PDF's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MergePDF! ships an update every 2 weeks, Create PDF every 59 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
MergePDF! versus Create PDF: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMergePDF!Create PDF
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (123 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings123 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 59 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGuang Hui YANGJogani Bhavesh Keshubhai

Customer experience

MergePDF!

All ratings123 ratings
Positive95.1%
Neutral2.4%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%

Create PDF

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

MergePDF!

Subscriptions3
  • 3 - Ads remover per month$0.491 Month
  • 2 - Ads remover per half year$1.996 Months
  • 1 - Ads remover per year$3.491 Year
One-time1
  • MergePDF Pro (lifetime)$9.99
2 purchases

Create PDF

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Version For One Week$0.997 Days
  • Premium Version For One Year$10.991 Year

Questions

Is MergePDF! free?
MergePDF! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Create PDF free?
Create PDF is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MergePDF! or Create PDF?
MergePDF! is rated higher. MergePDF! averages 4.8 out of 5 from 123 ratings, while Create PDF averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do MergePDF! or Create PDF have ads?
MergePDF! shows ads; Create PDF does not.
Which is updated more often, MergePDF! or Create PDF?
MergePDF! ships an update every 2 weeks, and Create PDF every 59 months. Most recently, MergePDF! was updated on October 18, 2026 and Create PDF on October 5, 2026.

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