Comparison

ShoppingList vs PDF Ripper

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

Head to head
About

ShoppingList

Manage your shopping with ease on your iPhone or iPod touch. Create multiple lists, group items by category, add quantities and prices, and sync across devices. Features a barcode scanner for quick product entry.

Highlights
  • Create and manage multiple shopping lists
  • Group products by category
  • Add item quantities and prices
  • Automatic sum calculation
  • Dropbox synchronization
  • Barcode scanner for product entry
Features
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ShoppingList is the first and one of the most used shopping list apps for the iPhone. With ShoppingList you have your shopping list on your iPhone or iPod touch. So you can benefit of a multiplicity of advantages: • simply add, remove and rearrange the individual entries • group products by category • add amount (also nonstandard measurements) • add prices (ShoppingList automatically calculates the sum) • have as many lists as you want • comfortably choose from your recent and frequently used products • Dropbox sync: Lists are automatically synchronized between devices • Barcode scanner: products can be easily entered by scanning their barcode Have your shopping list always there, just like your iPhone or iPod, always ready when you come up with something, that you want to buy. ShoppingList is consequently designed for iPhone OS and focused on user-friendliness. So you can immediately use it, without having to study a manual. ShoppingList does not transfer any data to tracking services. Your data belongs to you!

About

PDF Ripper

This utility app allows you to extract specific pages from PDF files. You can choose to keep only designated pages or exclude certain ones. It's useful for analysis, reporting, or removing unwanted content from documents.

Highlights
  • Extract specific PDF pages
  • Exclude unwanted PDF pages
  • Retain PDF outlines
  • Import PDF files
  • Export ripped PDF files
Features
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PDF Ripper is a utility app which has one straight forward purpose: Rip the pages of PDF files. Practical uses include, but are not limited to, selective extraction of some pages in PDF files for analysis and reporting, or culling individual ad pages in PDF files, and so on. The typical workflow of this app is simply made up of 3 steps: - Import your PDF files from other apps or locations - Rip a PDF file in this app - Export your ripped PDF file to other apps, print, send email, or save to other locations. Features: - Two ripping modes: Keep designated pages only, or exclude designated pages. - Retain and rip outlines (table of contents) of the PDF files. For any comments and suggestions, please send an email to: mooteeapps@outlook.com

Screenshots

ShoppingList4 screens
PDF Ripper3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ShoppingList at 4.0 against PDF Ripper's 2.7. ShoppingList also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 38 months) and ratings volume (32 vs 3). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

ShoppingList costs $0.99 and PDF Ripper $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ShoppingList holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ShoppingList has 32 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ShoppingList ships an update fortnightly, PDF Ripper every 38 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
ShoppingList versus PDF Ripper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShoppingListPDF Ripper
Price$0.99 — better$1.99
Rating4.0 (32 ratings) — better2.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—20.0% of reviews
Number of ratings32 — better3
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 38 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPecora GmbH实 许

Customer experience

ShoppingList

All ratings32 ratings
Positive68.8%
Neutral9.4%
Negative21.9%

PDF Ripper

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%

In-app purchases

None

ShoppingList

No in-app purchases

None

PDF Ripper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ShoppingList free?
ShoppingList costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is PDF Ripper free?
PDF Ripper costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ShoppingList or PDF Ripper?
ShoppingList is rated higher. ShoppingList averages 4.0 out of 5 from 32 ratings, while PDF Ripper averages 2.7 from 3 ratings.
Do ShoppingList or PDF Ripper have ads?
Neither ShoppingList nor PDF Ripper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ShoppingList or PDF Ripper?
ShoppingList ships an update fortnightly, and PDF Ripper every 38 months. Most recently, ShoppingList was updated on October 18, 2026 and PDF Ripper on October 15, 2026.

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