HotPaw Basic vs PDF Properties
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HotPaw Basic
Experience retro computing by typing and running Basic programs on your iPhone or iPad. This app functions as a programmable calculator and can display simple line graphics, Morse code audio, and perform FFT analysis.
- Retro text-mode Basic interpreter
- Programmable calculator functionality
- Simple line graphics display
- Morse Code audio output
- FFT analysis
- GPS location support
- MQTT and BTLE communications
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Calling all early-personal-computing fans, remember typing Basic programs into your home computer? HotPaw Basic recreates the retro-experience of a text-mode Basic interpreter, and it runs right on your iPhone or iPad. You can also use HotPaw Basic as a programmable calculator, or for displaying simple line graphics. The HotPaw Basic interpreter supports the minimal Basic language, including: Commands: let if then else endif dim data read restore for to step next while wend goto gosub return ? print input open close end stop mat run new list del save load dir cls rem Functions: int() abs() sgn() rnd() sqr() exp() log() log10() sin() cos() tan() atn() len() val() asc() str$() chr$() hex$() mid$() timer() date$ time$ pi Operators: + - * / mod ^ = and or xor not Also includes new command and functions to support line graphics, Morse Code audio, FFT analysis, GPS location, MQTT and BTLE communications. Line numbers are required. Type in the text of your program and type "run" to run them. See: http://www.hotpaw.com/rhn/basic/iphone/ for a more complete description of the Basic language syntax, commands and functions which this Basic interpreter supports.
PDF Properties
View and edit metadata for your PDF files, including title, author, subject, keywords, and application. Protect your privacy by deleting sensitive property information before sharing documents. Access the PDF content directly from the properties screen.
- View PDF property information
- Edit title, author, subject, keywords, application
- Delete property information
- Save edited properties
- View PDF content
- Read-only for protected PDFs
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PDF Properties App displays and edits the property information of PDF document. You can check the author name of the PDF document and the file name before PDF conversion. You can also delete property information that you forgot to delete. First of all, open the PDF document on the home screen. When you open the PDF document, the property information is displayed. Property information will be displayed in 8 items for description and 7 items for security. There are five property items that can be edited: "Title", "Author", "Subject", "Keywords", and "Application". Tapping the "All Delete" button at the bottom of the screen will delete all five items. Tap the "Save" button to save the edited property item. Also, protected PDF documents are opened as read-only. Therefore, you can not edit and save the property information. If you tap the "View PDF" button, you can check the contents of the PDF document displayed in the property.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PDF Properties at 4.5 against HotPaw Basic's 3.9. PDF Properties also leads on price ($2.99 vs $4.99). HotPaw Basic's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 2). On review sentiment, 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
HotPaw Basic costs $4.99 and PDF Properties $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PDF Properties holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 52% of HotPaw Basic's written reviews are positive against 50% of PDF Properties's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
HotPaw Basic ships an update every 5 months, PDF Properties every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HotPaw Basic | PDF Properties |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $2.99 — better |
| Rating | 3.9 (7 ratings) | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.4% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.3 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HotPaw Productions | Kei Suefuji |
Customer experience
HotPaw Basic
PDF Properties
In-app purchases
HotPaw Basic
No in-app purchases
PDF Properties
No in-app purchases









