Comparison

Simple Week vs PDF OCR

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

Head to head
About

Simple Week

Features
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Simple Week is a wonderful app to keep weekly notes or to-do tasks or even a weekly planner. There are no logins, or complex configuration to worry about. Just open the app, select a day of the week and type whatever you need. Use the Export button to export your texts to a chosen file.

About

PDF OCR

This app offers a comprehensive suite of tools for managing PDF files. It allows you to extract text using OCR, convert PDFs to images, secure documents with passwords, and merge or split files. It also enables creating PDFs from images and converting webpages into PDF format, all while ensuring your data remains private through offline processing.

Highlights
  • Extract text with OCR
  • Convert PDF to images
  • Secure PDFs with passwords
  • Merge or split PDFs
  • Create PDFs from images
  • Convert webpages to PDF
  • Compress file size
Features
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PDF OCR turns your iPhone and iPad into a complete PDF workspace: scan paper into searchable PDFs, read and mark up any PDF, and fix files with a full set of tools. Everything runs on your device. SCAN TO PDF • Point the camera at a page; edges are found and the page is straightened for you • Scan many pages in one go, then reorder, rotate or remove them • Text is recognized automatically, so scans are searchable and selectable • Reads QR codes and puts both sides of an ID card on one page READ AND MARK UP • Pen, highlighter, text highlight, underline and strikethrough • Notes, shapes, arrows, stamps and your saved signature • Select anything you added to move or resize it • Reorder, rotate, insert and delete pages • Search, contents and bookmarks, night mode and read aloud ALL YOUR PDF TOOLS • Recognize text (OCR) in scanned PDFs • Make files smaller • Merge PDFs and images, split by pages, ranges or every N pages • Convert PDF to images, text and RTF, and web pages to PDF • Add or remove passwords and permissions PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your documents never leave your device. Scanning, text recognition and summaries run on the device, with no account. PDF OCR PRO Pro adds OCR without page limits, advanced split, redaction that removes content for good, watermarks and page numbers, Face ID lock, smart file names for scans, on-device summaries and translation, and Shortcuts actions. Choose monthly, yearly (with a 7-day free trial) or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed in Settings › Apple Account › Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://layerz.app/pdfocr/privacy

Screenshots

Simple Week4 screens
PDF OCR4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PDF OCR at Free against Simple Week's $0.99. PDF OCR also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months). On ads, 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

PDF OCR is free to download; Simple Week costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simple Week ships an update every 6 months, PDF OCR every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Simple Week versus PDF OCR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple WeekPDF OCR
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating—4.4 (7 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—7 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size0 MB7 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperEbey Tech LLCLayerz Corp.

In-app purchases

None

Simple Week

No in-app purchases

None

PDF OCR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Simple Week free?
Simple Week costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is PDF OCR free?
PDF OCR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Simple Week or PDF OCR have ads?
Neither Simple Week nor PDF OCR shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Simple Week or PDF OCR?
Simple Week ships an update every 6 months, and PDF OCR every 3 weeks. Most recently, Simple Week was updated on October 3, 2026 and PDF OCR on October 17, 2026.

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