Comparison

PDF Translate vs Compress PDF

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

Head to head
About

PDF Translate

Translate PDF documents of any length or size into over 200 languages. This utility app features automatic language detection and optical character recognition for scanned files, all within a simple user interface.

Highlights
  • No page limits for translation
  • No file size limits for translation
  • Automatic language detection
  • OCR for scanned documents
  • Supports 200 languages
  • Simple user interface
Features
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Translate PDF files to any language with no limitations. FEATURES: - No page limits: You can translate long pdfs files - No file size limits: You can translate large pdf files. - Automatic Language Detection: translate from unknown languages to your language. - Optical Character Recognition: You can translate scanned files while maintaining the original formatting. - Simple UI: You can translate your document after a few taps. - Supports 200 languages

About

Compress PDF

Easily compress PDF files to reduce size without quality loss. This tool also allows scanning documents, merging PDFs, editing pages, and adding e-signatures. Optimize your documents for sharing and storage with a comprehensive offline PDF toolkit.

Highlights
  • Compress PDF files
  • Scan documents to PDF
  • Merge multiple PDF files
  • Edit PDF pages
  • Add e-signatures
  • Extract text with OCR
  • Protect PDFs with watermarks
Features
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Compress PDF: Reduce File Size – PDF Scanner, Editor & Converter Need to compress a PDF, reduce file size, scan documents or merge files? Compress PDF: Reduce File Size gives you powerful PDF tools to manage documents quickly and easily from your iPhone or iPad. Reduce large PDF files for easier sharing, convert photos into PDF documents, combine multiple files, sign documents and organize PDF pages — all in one convenient app. COMPRESS PDF FILES AND SAVE SPACE Make large PDF documents smaller and easier to share. Choose your preferred compression quality to balance file size and document clarity. • Reduce PDF file size • Choose high, medium or low compression quality • Save compressed PDF documents • Share smaller files more easily SCAN DOCUMENTS TO PDF Turn paper documents and photos into digital PDF files. Create organized documents for school, work and everyday use. • Scan documents to PDF • Convert photos and images to PDF • Rotate, crop and adjust images • Create professional PDF documents from pictures MERGE PDF FILES Combine multiple PDF documents into a single file in just a few steps. Keep invoices, reports, study notes and other documents organized in one place. • Merge multiple PDF files • Create a single PDF from several documents • Organize your documents more efficiently EDIT AND ORGANIZE PDF PAGES Take control of your PDF documents with useful page management tools. • Remove unwanted PDF pages • Extract images from PDF files • Add page numbers • Convert PDF pages into images • Convert PDF documents into text SIGN AND PROTECT PDF DOCUMENTS Prepare documents for sharing, signing and storage with built-in PDF tools. • Add an electronic signature by drawing or typing • Add custom text watermarks • Lock PDF files with a password • Unlock password-protected PDFs when you have the required password CONVERT IMAGES AND TEXT Work with different document formats using convenient conversion tools. • Image to PDF converter • Photo to PDF with image adjustments • PDF to image converter • PDF to text conversion • Text to PDF conversion • OCR text recognition to extract text from supported images and scanned documents BONUS PHOTO EDITING TOOLS Prepare your images before adding them to a PDF. • Crop, rotate and resize photos • Apply filters and blur effects • Add text overlays and stickers • Draw and write on images WHO CAN USE THIS PDF TOOLKIT? • Students managing assignments, notes and study materials • Professionals preparing reports, invoices and business documents • Freelancers sharing documents with clients • Anyone who needs to compress, scan, convert, sign or organize PDFs YOUR DOCUMENTS, YOUR WORKFLOW Manage everyday PDF tasks with a collection of practical tools in one place. Spend less time organizing files and make documents easier to prepare and share. If the app's features are available entirely on-device, you can also highlight offline use and local document processing. Download Compress PDF: Reduce File Size and simplify your everyday PDF tasks. Subscription Information The app offers weekly and monthly auto-renewing subscriptions, along with a one-time purchase option where available. Payment is charged to your Apple Account upon confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. You can manage or cancel subscriptions in your Apple Account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial, if offered, may be forfeited when purchasing a subscription, where applicable. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/developer-info/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/developer-info/terms-of-use

Screenshots

PDF Translate1 screens
Compress PDF4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Compress PDF at 89% against PDF Translate's 17%. Compress PDF also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.5). PDF Translate's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PDF Translate sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Compress PDF sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Compress PDF holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of PDF Translate's written reviews are positive against 89% of Compress PDF's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PDF Translate versus Compress PDF: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDF TranslateCompress PDF
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (4 ratings)4.8 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews16.7% of reviews88.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings46 — better
Update frequency—Every 6 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAziz Berkay YesilyurtRahul Alagiya

Customer experience

PDF Translate

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative83.3%

Compress PDF

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

PDF Translate

One-time5
  • Tranlate PDF$0.99
  • Translate PDF$4.99
  • Translate PDF$9.99
Show 2 more
  • Translate PDF$19.99
  • Translate PDF$39.99
3 purchases

Compress PDF

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Subscription$2.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
One-time1
  • Convert Images To PDF$14.99

Questions

Is PDF Translate free?
PDF Translate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Compress PDF free?
Compress PDF is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PDF Translate or Compress PDF?
Compress PDF is rated higher. PDF Translate averages 2.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Compress PDF averages 4.8 from 6 ratings.
Do PDF Translate or Compress PDF have ads?
Compress PDF shows ads; PDF Translate does not.

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