Docusy vs PDF Maker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Docusy
Transform your device into a powerful document management tool. Scan, annotate, sign, and export professional PDFs offline. Handle everything from leases to receipts with ease.
- Scan documents with camera
- Annotate and edit text with OCR
- Draw and save multiple signatures
- Combine multiple pages into one PDF
- Export as PDF or image
- Offline functionality
- No watermarks or ads
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Docusy is the iPhone scanner that edits what it reads. Tap any word in a scanned document and change it — in 17 languages. Sign, merge, search, share. Nothing leaves your device. EDIT SCANNED TEXT Scan a document and Docusy detects every word. Tap to correct, replace, or rewrite. Edits match your document's font and colour so changes look native, not pasted on. Works in every supported language, including Arabic and Persian right-to-left. READ THE DETAILS Scan a receipt, invoice, business card, or ID and Docusy pulls out the details — totals, dates, names, and numbers. Export them as CSV, or as Word and Excel documents where detected tables become real rows. Docusy tells a receipt from an invoice and sorts your library by type, so the document you need is one tap away. Add a detected date straight to your calendar. TRANSLATE ON THE PAGE Read a document in another language. Docusy translates the text into any language your device supports, right where it sits, and flips between the original and the translation with a tap. On your device, private as ever. SIGN AND SEND Draw your signature once. Place it on any PDF in seconds. Save multiple signatures for personal and business use. PROTECT WHAT MATTERS Lock Docusy with Face ID or your passcode, and export password-protected, encrypted PDFs. Your documents stay yours — stored safely on your device, by design. SCAN ANYTHING Scan paper documents with your camera, or import PDFs and photos from Files and Photos. Merge up to 6 PDFs into one in a single tap. Export as PDF, image, Word, Excel, CSV, or ZIP — print, AirDrop, email, or share with any app. BUILT INTO FILES Sign or edit any PDF straight from the iOS Files share sheet — no need to open the app first. Docusy adds "Add Signature" and "Edit as PDF" as one-tap actions wherever your documents live. SPOTLIGHT, SIRI & SHORTCUTS Find any scanned document from your home screen — Spotlight searches the text inside every scan. Open, search, or scan with Siri or a Shortcut. Build your own document automations. SEARCH EVERY DOCUMENT Find a name, a date, an address — Docusy searches the text inside every scanned PDF, instantly, offline. Pin the documents you reach for most. iPHONE, iPAD, MAC, APPLE VISION One purchase, every Apple device. A redesigned iPad and Mac layout — with a sidebar and a rethought PDF editor — makes the most of the bigger screen. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything stays on your device. No accounts. No servers. No internet required. We can't see your documents because we don't have them. NO ADS. NO WATERMARKS. Export clean PDFs. No "Made with Docusy" stamp on your scans. 17 LANGUAGES Arabic, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Dutch, English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian. Full right-to-left layout for Arabic and Persian. Scan a receipt. Sign a tenancy agreement. Fix a typo in a form. Archive a contract. Docusy handles documents the way Apple apps should — on your device, in your language, respecting your privacy.
PDF Maker
Easily convert various file types, including documents and photos, into PDF format directly on your device. This app offers advanced tools for merging, splitting, and compressing PDFs, along with options to add content and share your creations.
- Convert DOC, XLS, JPG, TXT, PPT, SVG to PDF
- Create new PDFs from photos or text
- Merge and split PDF files
- Compress PDF files
- Preview, export, and share PDFs
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PDF Maker is a tool to convert any file from DOC, XLS, JPG, TXT, PPT, SVG to PDF easily. Make PDF files right on your iPhone using PDF Converter. Features: Pick DOCX, PPTX, XLSX file on your phone and convert to PDF in seconds Add photo or text to create a new PDF file Use advanced PDF tools: Merge, Split, Compress Preview, Export or Share PDF files to other apps Privacy Policy: https://kupertinolabs.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://kupertinolabs.com/terms-of-use
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Docusy at 100% against PDF Maker's 29%. Docusy also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). PDF Maker's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (1.3K vs 4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Docusy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and PDF Maker sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PDF Maker holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PDF Maker has 1.3K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Docusy's written reviews are positive against 29% of PDF Maker's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Docusy ships an update every 3 weeks, PDF Maker every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Docusy | PDF Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 4.6 (1.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 28.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 1.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 140 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WhiteLake | Muhammet Yalcın Ozdemir Halil Ibrahim Karahan Mustafa Ayten Kupertino Bilisim Yazılım K.S |
Customer experience
Docusy
PDF Maker
In-app purchases
Docusy
- All access$0.997 Days
- Docusy Pro – Monthly$5.991 Month
- Docusy Pro – Annual$24.991 Year
PDF Maker
- Weekly Premium3 Days trial$6.997 Days
- Monthly Premium$9.991 Month
- Secret Discount Pro$24.991 Year
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- PDF Converter3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Yearly Premium$49.991 Year









