小阅 vs PDFPivot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
小阅
This minimalist e-reader allows you to upload and read TXT, EPUB, and PDF files without lengthy loading times. Customize your reading experience with various fonts, sizes, and backgrounds, and easily add books via Wi-Fi or file sharing. Enjoy features like automatic chapter extraction and day/night mode switching.
- Upload TXT, EPUB, PDF files
- Instant loading
- Customizable fonts, sizes, backgrounds
- Wi-Fi PC book transfer
- File sharing import
- Automatic chapter extraction
- Day/Night mode
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一个安静、极简主义的阅读器 • 支持自主上传txt/epub/pdf文件 • 即点即开，无需等待冗长的载入过程 • 多种字体，字号，背景选择 • 通过 Wi-Fi 在PC上直接添加你想要的书籍 • 支持文件分享导入 • epub 文件的支持图文混排 • 自动提取 txt 中的章节目录 • 支持iPAD横竖屏，分屏 • 暗夜/白天 模式自由切换 开始您的阅读之旅吧！
PDFPivot
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Open a PDF and actually change it — no subscription wall in the way. EDIT Tap a line of text and retype it. Add or swap images, draw, highlight, underline, strike through, stamp, and drop notes anywhere on the page. SIGN & FILL Type or draw a signature, save it, and reuse it. Fill interactive form fields and flatten them when you're done. SCAN Use the camera to make a clean, cropped PDF from paper. Run OCR so the text is selectable and searchable. ORGANIZE Insert, delete, rotate, reorder, extract, merge, split, and crop pages in a thumbnail grid. CONVERT PDF to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, text, HTML, EPUB, or images — and back again. MORE Watermarks, page numbers, headers and footers, compression, redaction, password protection, side-by-side compare, and a reflowable reader for ebooks. Files stay on your device. Every tool is free for five days — then keep editing for good with a one-time purchase. Privacy Policy: https://thenexuspivot.com/privacy/pdfpivot/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: PDFPivot at none against 小阅's shown. PDFPivot also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). 小阅's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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. 小阅 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and PDFPivot sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
小阅 ships an update every 3 weeks, PDFPivot every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 小阅 | PDFPivot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (173 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 90.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 173 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 项羽 冀 | Prakrin Kumar |
In-app purchases
小阅
- PRO专业版$5.99
PDFPivot
- Remove Ads (1 Year)$3.991 Year
- Remove Ads (Lifetime)$9.99
