Microsoft Loop vs PDF Pond
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Microsoft Loop
This app facilitates collaborative thinking, planning, and creation across devices. It brings together teams, content, and tasks, allowing users to capture ideas, manage projects, and communicate in real-time. Seamlessly integrate with existing tools for a unified workflow.
- Co-creation experience
- Content and task management
- Idea capture and task lists
- Project workspace
- Real-time commenting and reactions
- Customizable notifications
- Cross-Microsoft 365 component editing
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Think, plan and create together with Loop on the go. Microsoft Loop is a transformative co-creation experience that brings together teams, content and tasks across your tools and devices. Designed for the way you work, Loop can help you think, plan, and create together. • Capture ideas, create task lists, and insert photos to your Loop pages to express your thoughts. • Bring all your project content into a Loop workspace to help your team focus on what matters. • Comment and react in the app to quickly collaborate on the go. • Get only the notifications you care about and jump right back into what needs the most attention. • Edit and share Loop components across Microsoft 365 to help your team be on the same page in one place. To get started, download Loop, and sign in with your Microsoft Account or the account assigned to you by your work or school. This app is provided by either Microsoft or a third-party app publisher and is subject to a separate privacy statement and terms and conditions. Data provided through the use of this store and this app may be accessible to Microsoft or the third-party app publisher, as applicable, and transferred to, stored and processed in the United States or any other country where Microsoft or the app publisher and their affiliates or service providers maintain facilities. Please refer to the End User License Terms for Microsoft Loop. By installing the app, you agree to these terms and conditions. Privacy terms: https://aka.ms/privacy Please refer to the Microsoft Software License Terms, see “License Agreement” under Information. By installing the app, you agree to these terms and conditions.
PDF Pond
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PDF Pond is a temporary workspace for making one PDF from the pieces you already have. Bring in PDFs from Files, photos from your library, or new scans. Each source stays recognizable while you arrange the document. Open a source and it becomes its pages. Reorder them, rotate them, remove what you don't need, and add new material exactly where it belongs. Then preview the finished PDF and send it. When the job is done, the Pond empties itself. No document library. No folders. No history to clean up. The finished document goes wherever you send it. PDF Pond does not keep a copy. BRING IT TOGETHER • Combine PDFs, photos and scans • Keep imported documents together as recognizable sources • Open any source to arrange individual pages • Add material at any point in the document • Reorder, rotate and remove pages • Preview the finished PDF before sending • Save or share with the iOS system share sheet A WORKSPACE, NOT A LIBRARY PDF Pond is deliberately temporary. Bring in the material. Arrange it. Send it. Once a completed document leaves, the workspace is empty again. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything is processed on your device. No account. No tracking. No ads. No document uploads. TRY THE WHOLE JOB Your first complete document is free. Make it, arrange it, preview it and send it from start to finish. If you come back to make another, PDF Pond is available as a one-time lifetime unlock. No subscription.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Microsoft Loop at 18.0 against PDF Pond's 26.0. On price, ads, 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. Microsoft Loop sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and PDF Pond sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Microsoft Loop | PDF Pond |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (4.9K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 20.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4.9K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 165 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Microsoft Corporation | Even Kildal |
Bugs and requests
Microsoft Loop
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes on certain workspaces
- Inability to save new content
- Formatting issues with code blocks
- Keyboard issues and cursor jumping
- Inconsistent theme and UI behavior
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to duplicate pages
- Improved handwriting and whiteboard support
- Export/copy to Word or PDF
- Offline functionality
- Better access management and guest collaboration
PDF Pond
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Microsoft Loop
- Microsoft 365 Personal$9.991 Month
- Microsoft 365 Family$12.991 Month
- Microsoft 365 Personal$99.991 Year
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- Microsoft 365 Family$129.991 Year
PDF Pond
- Keep PDF Fond$3.99








