Comparison

Simple PDF Editor vs PDF Only

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Delete PDF pages
  • Rotate PDF pages
  • Sort PDF pages
  • Extract PDF pages
  • Combine PDF pages
  • Password protect PDFs
  • Unlock password-protected PDFs
Features
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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/

About

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.

Highlights
  • Sign PDF documents
  • Protect PDFs with passwords
  • Remove PDF passwords
  • Create PDF documents
  • Modify PDF documents
Features
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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

Screenshots

Simple PDF Editor4 screens
PDF Only4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simple PDF Editor ships an update every 2 weeks, PDF Only monthly. Both last shipped on September 23, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Simple PDF Editor versus PDF Only: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple PDF EditorPDF Only
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.6 (16 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews8.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKei SuefujiJuan Camilo Marin Ochoa

Customer experience

Simple PDF Editor

All ratings16 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral6.3%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive8.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative75.0%

PDF Only

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Simple PDF Editor

One-time8
  • Delete Pages$4.99
  • Rotate Pages$4.99
  • Sort Pages$4.99
Show 5 more
  • Unlock Password$4.99
  • Extract Pages$4.99
  • Password Protect$4.99
  • Combine PDF$4.99
  • Pro (All Tools)$19.99
2 purchases

PDF Only

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly payment$1.991 Month
  • Annual payments$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Simple PDF Editor free?
Simple PDF Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PDF Only free?
PDF Only costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Simple PDF Editor or PDF Only?
Simple PDF Editor is rated higher. Simple PDF Editor averages 4.6 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while PDF Only averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Simple PDF Editor or PDF Only have ads?
Simple PDF Editor shows ads; PDF Only does not.
Which is updated more often, Simple PDF Editor or PDF Only?
Simple PDF Editor ships an update every 2 weeks, and PDF Only monthly. Most recently, Simple PDF Editor was updated on September 23, 2026 and PDF Only on September 23, 2026.

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