Simple PDF Editor vs PDF Only
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple PDF Editor
Easily edit PDF documents by deleting, rotating, sorting, extracting, or combining pages. Secure your files with password protection and unlock them. The free version lets you preview edits before purchasing tools or the professional version for full access.
- Delete PDF pages
- Rotate PDF pages
- Sort PDF pages
- Extract PDF pages
- Combine PDF pages
- Password protect PDFs
- Unlock password-protected PDFs
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This app is an app that allows you to easily edit PDF documents. You can easily delete, rotate, sort, extract, and combine pages of PDF documents with simple operations. You can also password protect PDF documents and unlock them. In the free version, you can even check the result of editing the PDF. If you want to save the edited file, please consider purchasing each editing tool in the app or purchasing the professional version that can use all the tools. ---------------------- Terms of Service and Privacy Policy: https://akikibai-labolatory.jimdofree.com/privacy-policy-log-apps/
PDF Only
This utility app allows users to sign, protect with passwords, and remove passwords from PDF documents. It offers essential PDF editing functionalities for everyday use.
- Sign PDF documents
- Protect PDFs with passwords
- Remove PDF passwords
- Create PDF documents
- Modify PDF documents
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PDF Only is the all‑in‑one PDF toolkit for iPhone and iPad. Everything happens on your device — your documents never leave it, and the tools work offline. Whether you need to scan a contract, sign a form, merge reports, shrink a file for email, or pull the text out of a scanned page, PDF Only has a simple, dedicated tool for it. VIEW & ORGANIZE - Built‑in PDF viewer - Merge multiple PDFs into one - Reorder, rotate and delete pages - Split a PDF into separate files CONVERT - Images → PDF - Scan documents with your camera - Convert documents to PDF - PDF → Images - PDF → Text - OCR — make scanned PDFs searchable EDIT & MARKUP - Sign PDFs with your finger or Apple Pencil - Annotate: draw, highlight, add shapes and erase — with a full color palette - Add watermarks OPTIMIZE - Compress PDFs to reduce file size SECURITY - Lock PDFs with a password - Unlock password‑protected PDFs SHARE FROM ANYWHERE - Open PDFs and images straight from Mail, Files, Photos and other apps with the share sheet. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your files are processed locally on your device. No accounts, and no uploads to a server just to edit a file. Terms of Use (EULA): https://faacil.com/terms-conditions Questions or feedback? Visit faacil.com/support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Simple PDF Editor at Free against PDF Only's $1.99. Simple PDF Editor also leads on rating (4.6 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (16 vs 1). PDF Only's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, in-app purchases, device support 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
Simple PDF Editor is free to download; PDF Only costs $1.99 up front. Simple PDF Editor sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and PDF Only sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Simple PDF Editor holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple PDF Editor has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Simple PDF Editor ships an update every 2 weeks, PDF Only monthly. Both last shipped on September 23, 2026.
| Parameter | Simple PDF Editor | PDF Only |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (16 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 8.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kei Suefuji | Juan Camilo Marin Ochoa |
Customer experience
Simple PDF Editor
PDF Only
In-app purchases
Simple PDF Editor
- Delete Pages$4.99
- Rotate Pages$4.99
- Sort Pages$4.99
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- Unlock Password$4.99
- Extract Pages$4.99
- Password Protect$4.99
- Combine PDF$4.99
- Pro (All Tools)$19.99
PDF Only
- Monthly payment$1.991 Month
- Annual payments$14.991 Year
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