Comparison

WordOne vs PDF Editor

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

Head to head
About

WordOne

This app helps writers track their daily word count progress towards project goals. It provides detailed statistics, visual progress indicators, and social sharing options to foster dedication and discipline. Ideal for personal writing projects and goal-based challenges.

Highlights
  • Daily word count tracking
  • Project goal setting
  • Detailed statistics and progress analysis
  • Visual progress indicators and color-coding
  • Social media sharing of progress
  • History of word counts
Features
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Created by a writer for other writers, WordOne lets writers track their daily writing progress. As most successful writers have noted, becoming a successful author requires dedication and discipline. WordOne aims to provide this dedication and discipline by allowing you to set a goal for your writing project(s) and then letting you track your progress in reaching your goal by entering daily (or multiple times a day) word counts. The app calculates detailed statistics based on your entered data and provides you with useful information such as your current average words per day and the number of words a day you'd need to write in order to reach your set goal. This will allow you to plan your writing and to gain the necessary dedication and mindset necessary for writing daily by setting a word count goal that you'd need to achieve. WordOne also provides you with visual indications of progress on each of your projects. The main project listing not only provides a progress meter which is updated as you add new session word counts, but it also colour codes the items in the project listing based on how close (or far) you are from achieving your set targets. But that's not all! WordOne also lets you share your writing progress with other writers via social media so that you can encourage them by showing how much you'd achieved :) WordOne has full support for iOS 8's share extensions and will allow you to share via any supported extensions/applications. On older iOS versions, WordOne supports the standard sharing options provided by iOS itself. WordOne is also great for NaNoWriMo and other such goal-based writing challenges and contests. Note: The pro version of the app allows you to track as many projects as you want. The Lite version only allows tracking one project - if you want to track more than that, then you need to purchase the Pro version. Features: - Support for as many writing projects as you want (in the Pro version). - Color-coded projects listing to easily indicate current overall progress for each project. - Progress bar indicating percentage completed for each project. - View history for word counts on individual days and be able to see the total word count at that point as well as the session word count. - Ability to share session word counts with others via social media such as Facebook or Twitter. - Built-in feedback for bugs and feature requests.

About

PDF Editor

Easily scan paper documents, merge PDFs, and organize your files offline on iPhone and iPad. Convert various file types to PDF, annotate documents, and add signatures. Keep your paperwork tidy with nested folders and iCloud sync.

Highlights
  • Scan documents to PDF
  • Merge and split PDFs
  • Convert Office files to PDF
  • Annotate and sign documents
  • Organize files with folders
  • iCloud sync
  • Local network transfer
Features
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Scan paper documents, merge PDFs and organize everyday paperwork on iPhone and iPad. One-time purchase. No subscriptions, in-app purchases or ads. SCAN AND CONVERT • Scan paper documents with your camera and turn photos into PDFs. • Create PDFs from plain text and Markdown. • Convert supported Word, Excel and PowerPoint files to PDF on your device. MERGE, SPLIT AND ORGANIZE • Combine multiple PDFs into one document. • Split a PDF while keeping the original. • Reorder pages with previews and delete pages you do not need. • Import from Files or compatible apps, then rename and share your PDFs. READ, ANNOTATE AND SIGN • Highlight and underline selectable text, add comments and manage supported annotations. • Draw a handwritten signature or reuse a signature saved on this device. • Insert images and image-based stamps; preview stamp background removal and save templates for reuse. • Position and resize signatures, images and stamps before saving. Image stamps are not certificate-based digital signatures. KEEP DOCUMENTS ORGANIZED • Create nested folders and move multiple PDFs at once. • Sync PDFs and folders with iCloud. Sync is on by default when iCloud is available and can be turned off in Settings. Saved signature and stamp templates stay on this device. • When you enable local network transfer, use a computer browser on the same network to upload, download and manage supported files. PROCESS ON YOUR DEVICE Scanning and file conversion happen on your device. Source files are not uploaded for conversion. PDFs in your library follow your iCloud sync setting; sharing and local network transfer happen when you choose to use them. No separate app account is required.

Screenshots

WordOne4 screens
PDF Editor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PDF Editor at 100% against WordOne's 40%. PDF Editor also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 11 months). WordOne's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (5.0 vs 4.0). On ads, monetization model, device support and iOS requirement 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

WordOne is free to download; PDF Editor costs $0.99 up front. WordOne sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PDF Editor asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

WordOne holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PDF Editor has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of WordOne's written reviews are positive against 100% of PDF Editor's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WordOne ships an update every 11 months, PDF Editor every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
WordOne versus PDF Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWordOnePDF Editor
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.0 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings18 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB218 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPink Zombie Studios Inc.大鹏 张

Customer experience

WordOne

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

PDF Editor

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

WordOne

One-time1
  • Pro Upgrade$3.99
None

PDF Editor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WordOne free?
WordOne is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PDF Editor free?
PDF Editor costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, WordOne or PDF Editor?
WordOne is rated higher. WordOne averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while PDF Editor averages 4.0 from 8 ratings.
Do WordOne or PDF Editor have ads?
Neither WordOne nor PDF Editor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WordOne or PDF Editor?
WordOne ships an update every 11 months, and PDF Editor every 10 days. Most recently, WordOne was updated on October 31, 2026 and PDF Editor on November 4, 2026.

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