Comparison

Picket vs PDFSidekick

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

Head to head
About

Picket

This utility app helps you save images from websites in bulk. It offers features like deep image detection, ad blocking, and organized file management with iCloud sync. Protect your collection with biometric authentication.

Highlights
  • Deep image detection
  • Bulk download
  • Parallel processing
  • Ad blocking
  • Tab browsing
  • Advanced organization
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Save the images you find on the web, all at once and with ease. Picket makes collecting images genuinely effortless. Just open a page and pick the images you want — they're saved to your Camera Roll or an in-app album, all in one go. Downloads - Deep search: follows links to other pages and finds full-size images that are easy to miss in a thumbnail list. - Batch saving: save every image you've selected with a single tap. - Parallel loading: several pages are loaded at once, so you're not left waiting even with a lot of images. Browsing - Bookmarks: save the sites you visit often and open them again in a tap. - Search engine: switch to the search engine you're used to. - Ad blocking: cut down on distracting ads so it's easier to find the images you're after. - Tabs: keep several sites open and switch between them quickly. - Share sheet: send a URL from another app and open it right in Picket. File management - Organize your growing collection exactly how you like with folders and albums. - Supports JPG, PNG, GIF, and SVG, as well as WebP and HEIF. - Bundle your saved images into a ZIP, or convert them to a PDF to share. - Import images from the Photos app, too. iCloud sync - Sync your collection across devices. Save an image on your iPhone and pick it up on your iPad.

About

PDFSidekick

Features
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PDFSidekick is a cross-platform PDF utility app for everyday PDF tasks. It offers a clear, consistent interface across operating systems and lets users add files via drag-and-drop or file selection. The app consolidates common PDF functions in one place, including merging multiple PDFs in a specified order, extracting selected pages as PDF, text, or images, compressing files to reduce size, creating PDF/A archive versions, and viewing PDFs with page controls, printing, sharing, and configurable settings such as the user interface language.

Screenshots

Picket4 screens
PDFSidekick4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PDFSidekick at none against Picket's 1. PDFSidekick also leads on ads (none vs shown) and device support (4 vs 2). On price 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. Picket sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PDFSidekick asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Picket versus PDFSidekick: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPicketPDFSidekick
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (61 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings61 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB33 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperTsubasa TakahashiAsanga Udugama

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Picket

One-time1
  • PicketPremium$19.99
None

PDFSidekick

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Picket free?
Picket is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PDFSidekick free?
PDFSidekick is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Picket or PDFSidekick have ads?
Picket shows ads; PDFSidekick does not.

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