Comparison

PhotoPc 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

PhotoPc

Effortlessly transfer photos and videos from your iPhone to a Windows PC. This app offers a simple, secure, and quick solution to manage your media library across devices without manual hassle.

Highlights
  • Transfer photos from iPhone to Windows PC
  • Quick and reliable transfers
  • Easy-to-use interface
  • Supports multiple photo formats
  • 100% safe and secure
Features
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Tired of manually transferring photos from your iPhone to your Windows PC? Look no further than PhotoPc! With a simple and intuitive interface, PhotoPc makes it easy to transfer your photos from your iPhone to your Windows PC in just a few clicks. Key Features: Transfer photos from iPhone to Windows PC with ease Quick and reliable transfers Easy-to-use interface Supports multiple photo formats 100% safe and secure With PhotoPc, you can finally say goodbye to the hassle of manually transferring photos from your iPhone to your Windows PC. Simply connect your iPhone to your PC, select the photos you want to transfer, and PhotoPc will do the rest. Your photos will be safely transferred, so you can access them on your Windows PC whenever you want. Don't miss out on this must-have app for anyone who wants to transfer their photos from their iPhone to their Windows PC with ease.  Download PhotoPc today and start transferring your photos!" Notice:If you originally had a subscription model and need to change it to a one-time purchase model, please cancel the original subscription before purchasing. Windows/Mac client application can download from https://photo2pc.com Terms of Use:  https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy policy: https://timehound.vip/photopc/privacy.html

About

PDF OCR

This app transforms your iPhone or iPad into a powerful PDF tool. Scan documents, recognize and edit text, convert files, and sign PDFs all on your device. It offers advanced features for annotation, measurement, and protection.

Highlights
  • Document scanning and text recognition (OCR)
  • Edit text and images directly on the page
  • Convert between PDF, Word, and Office formats
  • Annotate with pens, highlighters, and shapes
  • Fill and sign PDF forms
  • Measure drawings to scale
  • Password protection and redaction
Features
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PDF OCR is the all-in-one PDF app for iPhone and iPad. Scan paper into searchable PDFs, read and mark up any document, edit text right on the page, measure drawings to scale, and convert between PDF, Word and Office files. Everything runs on your device, with no account and no uploads. SCAN & RECOGNIZE TEXT (OCR) • Document scanner: edges are found and pages are straightened for you • Text recognition: scans become searchable, selectable PDFs • Recognize text in scanned PDFs you already have • Scan many pages at once, then reorder, rotate or remove them • Read QR codes • Put two pages on one, like both sides of an ID card • Smart file names suggested from what was scanned (Pro) READ IN COMFORT • Fast viewer with search, contents and bookmarks • Continuous scroll, single page or two-page spread • Reading View: the text reflowed to fit your screen, in your size, font and theme • Night mode and read aloud • Opens where you left off; recent documents appear in Spotlight ANNOTATE & MARK UP • Pen and highlighter, smooth with Apple Pencil • Highlight, underline and strike through text • Notes, shapes, arrows, polygons and stamps • Select anything you added to move or resize it, with undo EDIT PDF LIKE A DOCUMENT (PRO) • Edit text right where it is, in the document's own fonts • Move, delete and add text and images • Redaction removes sensitive text and images for good MEASURE DRAWINGS (PRO) • Distance, perimeter, area and count on plans and drawings • Drawing scales such as 1:100, or calibrate to a length you know • Snaps to corners; totals and CSV export FILL & SIGN • Fill in PDF forms • Draw your signature once and place it on any document • Sign contracts, invoices and applications without a printer CONVERT • PDF to Word (Pro), images, text and RTF • Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Pages and Keynote files to PDF • Photos and web pages to PDF ORGANIZE & OPTIMIZE • Merge PDFs and images; split by selected pages, ranges or every N pages • Reorder, rotate, insert, crop and delete pages • Compress PDFs to make them smaller • Flatten annotations and forms, and print PROTECT • Protect PDFs with a password • Change permissions or remove security (Pro) • Watermarks and page numbers (Pro) • Lock the app with Face ID (Pro) SMART TOOLS, ON YOUR DEVICE • Summaries with Apple Intelligence (Pro; iOS 26 on supported devices) • Page translation (Pro) • Shortcuts actions for OCR, compression and merging (Pro) PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your documents never leave your device. Scanning, text recognition, editing, conversion and summaries all happen on the device. No account, and no watermark on your files. PDF OCR PRO Reading, markup, signatures, scanning and most tools are free, and OCR is free for up to 30 pages per document. Pro adds OCR without page limits, editing text and images, PDF to Word, measuring, advanced split, redaction, watermarks and page numbers, Face ID lock, smart file names, 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

PhotoPc4 screens
PDF OCR4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PDF OCR at 100% against PhotoPc's 44%. PDF OCR also leads on ratings volume (7 vs 1). PhotoPc's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. PhotoPc sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and PDF OCR sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PhotoPc holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PDF OCR has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 44% of PhotoPc's written reviews are positive against 100% of PDF OCR's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PhotoPc ships an update every 3 weeks, PDF OCR monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PhotoPc versus PDF OCR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhotoPcPDF OCR
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.4 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews43.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB9 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developer杭州引力网络技术有限公司Layerz Corp.

Customer experience

PhotoPc

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive43.8%
Neutral31.3%
Negative25.0%

PDF OCR

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

PhotoPc

Subscriptions2
  • Month VIP$2.991 Month
  • Year VIP$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime VIP$24.99
3 purchases

PDF OCR

Subscriptions2
  • PDF OCR Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • PDF OCR Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • PDF OCR Pro Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is PhotoPc free?
PhotoPc is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PDF OCR free?
PDF OCR is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PhotoPc or PDF OCR?
PhotoPc is rated higher. PhotoPc averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while PDF OCR averages 4.4 from 7 ratings.
Do PhotoPc or PDF OCR have ads?
Neither PhotoPc nor PDF OCR shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PhotoPc or PDF OCR?
PhotoPc ships an update every 3 weeks, and PDF OCR monthly. Most recently, PhotoPc was updated on November 3, 2026 and PDF OCR on November 8, 2026.

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