Comparison

PDF Reader Pro Edition® vs PDF Reader Pro

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

Head to head
About

PDF Reader Pro Edition®

This powerful application allows users to read, manage, edit, and annotate PDF files on iOS devices. It offers real-time online collaboration, form filling, and advanced annotation tools. Create, organize, and secure your PDF documents with ease.

Highlights
  • Real-time online collaboration and chat
  • Fillable PDF forms
  • Extensive annotation tools (highlight, notes, signature)
  • EasyReview mode for text markup
  • Create new PDF files
  • Secure Vault folder
  • Built-in scanner
Features
Currently charting
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**Winner of the Tabby Awards for best iPad- Productivity/Documents App** PDF Reader Pro Edition is the best app to read, manage and annotate PDF files and it works beautifully on iOS 12. The most powerful PDF reader, carefully designed and optimized specially for the iPhone & iPad. The best mobile PDF reader for your iPad Pro and Apple Pencil. Part of the @work campaign by Apple. Some of the great features of PDF Reader Pro Edition are: • Real-time online collaboration & chat Now you can collaborate and add annotations with other users on the same file over the internet in real time and you can chat about your progress simultaneously. They will be able to see what changes you are making as you make them all in real time. • PDF forms support 
Now you can fill out PDF forms directly on your iPad/iPhone. • Full Annotations/highlight support
 Now you can add notes directly from your iPad anywhere on the document. Highlighter, stamps, sticky notes, text boxes, underlines, strikeout, dynamic stamps (with date & time), freehand drawing, signature, free highlight, lines, arrows, rectangles and ovals, fully compatible with Apple Preview and Adobe Acrobat. • New EasyReview mode With this new amazing feature you are able to mark up PDF documents faster and easier than ever before. Just tap on the part of text where you need to make changes and correct it in the text editor (similar to Word). The text will be marked as removed and the new text will have a different color so you can easily identify it. When you save the PDF file all the modifications will appear as standard annotations (replace text and insert text annotations). • Fresh new user interface specially design to merge beautifully with iOS 12. • Create new PDF files Extract and email pages from a PDF file or create a new document using pages from an existing file. • Share & collaborate Connect with all your colleagues and friend to share and collaborate your PDF files and annotations in real time. • Rotate function You can rotate a single page or the whole document. • Vault folder Securely store your important PDF files. • Bookmarks/Outlines Bookmark pages on your PDF files. Add outlines to create or modify a table of contents for your document directly from your iPad. • Reflow mode • Full Web browser to download PDF files from the web • Scanner Create multipage documents in PDF format. • Document manager Copy, cut, paste and delete your documents. Organize your PDFs into folders. • PDF hyperlinks support Jump back and forth within the document. Jump back button to quickly go back to the page you came from. • Text search Easily find any word on your PDF file. • Save email attachments Open attachments directly from the Mail app, you can also open PDF files from any other application using the Open in function. • Download PDF files from Safari Use the Open in function to download a PDF file from Safari to PDF Reader Pro Edition. • Transfer files You can easily and securely copy your PDF files from your Mac or PC using Airdrop, the USB or WiFi sharing feature. • Print Print your PDF files and annotations directly from the app. • Email your files Email your PDF files directly from the app, you can email the entire document with all annotations or you can also email specific pages from a PDF file. You can also email a flatten copy of a PDF file, this option will compress and flatten your annotations onto the document to prevent them from being modified. • Cloud support Download/upload your PDF files to iCloud, Dropbox, Box, Google Drive, SugarSync & OneDrive. • Great for presentations Use Airplay or an HDMI cable to show your documents on an external display while you annotate them in real time. • The only mobile PDF Reader application that supports Vitrium* protected PDF files (Like University of Phoenix ebooks) Join the hundred of thousands users already enjoying all the great features of PDF Reader Pro Edition. More amazing features coming soon!

About

PDF Reader Pro

This app allows users to read, edit, annotate, sign, convert, and fill out PDF documents on their mobile devices. It offers features like text editing, image modification, page management, and OCR capabilities, making it a comprehensive tool for PDF management.

Highlights
  • Edit PDF text and images
  • Annotate with highlights, notes, and drawings
  • Sign PDFs with custom signatures
  • Convert PDFs to Word, Excel, and more
  • Fill out interactive PDF forms
  • OCR scanned documents
  • Merge, split, and reorder PDF pages
Features
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PDF Reader Pro helps much for anyone who reads, edit, highlights, OCR, signs, converts, creates, protects, compresses and fills out PDFs on their iPhone and iPad. It also makes it easy to organize, annotate and edit your PDFs. Import files from your computer or the cloud, then complete forms, add freehand drawings and audio notes and more. PDF Reader Pro offers even more - merge and combine multiple documents, split your PDFs, insert pages from another PDF, insert photos or hyperlinks to your PDFs, Convert PDF to Word and other Microsoft Office® formats. With support for reading files from popular productivity suites, it’s a convenient way to take the office anywhere you go. PDF Reader Pro Edition for Professional is your last choice of PDF application. READ ・ View PDFs with various themes like night mode to comfort your eyes. ・ Choose vertically/horizontally scroll pages or single/two pages/book mode. ・ Support crop mode, tabbed PDF reading, continuous page view, auto scroll and more. ・ Use text-to-speech feature to read selected text with no time limits. ・ Easy content navigation with bookmarks/outlines. ・ Fast files Printing to directly print PDFs from your device. ・ DRM, supports Vitrium* protected PDF files. ANNOTATE ・ Annotate PDFs with highlight, underline, strikethrough, note, freehand, text box, anchored note, rectangle, circle, line etc. ・ Create multiple signatures with trackpad, keyboard or images. ・ Insert pre-designed stamps such as Approved, Confidential and more. ・ Support to link any part of the text to a different page, email or website. ・ Share your annotated PDFs with others via PDF documents/Flattened copy/ Summary/ Original PDF. EDIT PDF ・Edit PDF text. Easily fix typos or other inaccurate content. Fast change the font color, size and style. ・Modify PDF images such as cropping, rotating, deleting, replacing, etc. Easily resize or move images for a better layout. ・Add&edit watermarks to keep your PDFs safe and professional. Watermark tiling is supported. ・Extract images from PDFs. ・Create a Flattened copy to flatten PDF to make the contents static. PAGE EDITOR ・ Merge & Split PDFs available, split documents into multiple documents or combine multiple pages into a new one. ・ Extract the desired pages to create a new PDF. ・ Insert blank pages / another PDF to import specified content. ・ Rotate, rearrange, add, and delete PDF pages. Fill FORMS ・ Work with static PDF forms created in Adobe Acrobat. ・ Fill out any PDF forms with interactive fields such as text fields, checkboxes, radio buttons, combo boxes, list boxes, etc. CONVERT PDF · Export from PDF to Microsoft Word (.docx), PowerPoint (.pptx), Excel (.xlsx), RTF, Text, Image, HTML, CSV, and more Offline. ・ Convert MS Office documents, iWorks, web content, and images to PDFs. ・ Create a new PDF as a blank PDF or from your clipboard content. COMPRESS PDFs ・ Compress large PDFs to reduce file size. PDF size-reduction for easily sharing. OCR · OCR pdfs to convert scanned PDF files or pictures into editable & searchable PDFs/TXT files. 50+ languages supported! PROTECT CONTENT WITH PASSWORD AND ENCRYPTION ・ Passcode to prevent unauthorized use of PDF Reader Pro. ・ Encrypt to protect your PDF files from unauthorized reading with a password. SCANNER ・Make continuous scans and automatically detect edges of scanned objects. Text-to-Speech ・ Support a total of 36 voices for 26 languages. WORK IN THE CLOUD ・ Store & secure files on iCloud Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, Evernote, Box, FTP, WebDav, etc. Backup Files between iOS Devices, Mac and PC ・ Connect your iPhone/iPad with a desktop for transferring files using USB or WiFi connection. Support Various File Types ・ MS Office, iWork, image files ・ Compressed files (zip, rar) ・ audio and video files ・ Other file formats Have any feedback? Please contact us directly at support@pdfreaderpro.com Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

PDF Reader Pro Edition®4 screens
PDF Reader Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PDF Reader Pro Edition® at $1.99 against PDF Reader Pro's $19.99. PDF Reader Pro Edition® also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). PDF Reader Pro's advantage is review sentiment (69% vs 54%). On rating, update cadence 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

PDF Reader Pro Edition® costs $1.99 and PDF Reader Pro $19.99 up front. PDF Reader Pro sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $39.99 per year. PDF Reader Pro Edition® asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for PDF Reader Pro Edition® against 4.3 for PDF Reader Pro. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PDF Reader Pro Edition® has 1.7K ratings behind it against 222, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 54% of PDF Reader Pro Edition®'s written reviews are positive against 69% of PDF Reader Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PDF Reader Pro Edition® ships an update every 4 months, PDF Reader Pro every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
PDF Reader Pro Edition® versus PDF Reader Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDF Reader Pro Edition®PDF Reader Pro
Price$1.99 — better$19.99
Rating4.4 (1.7K ratings) — better4.3 (222 ratings)
Positive reviews54.3% of reviews68.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.7K — better222
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#153 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB180 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiTECH DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS INC.PDF Technologies, Inc.

Customer experience

PDF Reader Pro Edition®

All ratings1,730 ratings
Positive84.9%
Neutral3.2%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews516 reviews
Positive54.3%
Neutral8.5%
Negative37.2%

PDF Reader Pro

All ratings222 ratings
Positive81.5%
Neutral3.6%
Negative14.9%
Written reviews205 reviews
Positive68.8%
Neutral6.8%
Negative24.4%

User reviews

PDF Reader Pro Edition®

From 1.7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast and easy to use
  • 📁 Good file organization and management
  • ✍️ Useful annotation and highlighting tools
  • 🔒 Secure document storage

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
  • 🔍 Poor search functionality
  • 📤 Difficulty sharing/exporting annotated files
  • 🤔 Unintuitive user interface

PDF Reader Pro

From 222 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 User-friendly
  • 🚀 Efficient file management
  • 💡 Useful annotation tools
  • 👍 Seamless cloud integration
  • 🚀 Fast performance

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
  • 🔒 Unreliable security features
  • 💡 Limited text editing capabilities
  • 🐛 Conversion issues (PDF to Word)
  • 💡 Missing merge/reorder PDF functions

Bugs and requests

PDF Reader Pro Edition®

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes when opening certain PDF files
  • Annotations disappear or fail to save
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
  • Slow performance on older iPad models

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add support for password-protected PDFs
  • Improve annotation tools with better undo/redo
  • Implement cloud storage integration (Dropbox, iCloud, etc.)
  • Add ability to insert, delete, and rearrange PDF pages

PDF Reader Pro

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Corrupted PDF files after updates
  • Disappearing files and loss of organization
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
  • Unreliable PDF form filling
  • Unexpected app crashes

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add undo/redo functionality
  • Improve OCR accuracy
  • Introduce password protection for PDFs
  • Allow custom folder colors
  • Enhance browser integration (history, new tabs)

In-app purchases

None

PDF Reader Pro Edition®

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

PDF Reader Pro

Subscriptions3
  • Add 2-Device · Advanced Annual$39.991 Year
  • Add Devices · Advanced Annual$49.991 Year
  • PDF Pro · AI Annual1 Year trial$79.991 Year
One-time1
  • Convert PDF to Office Pack$9.99

Questions

Is PDF Reader Pro Edition® free?
PDF Reader Pro Edition® costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is PDF Reader Pro free?
PDF Reader Pro costs $19.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PDF Reader Pro Edition® or PDF Reader Pro?
PDF Reader Pro Edition® is rated higher. PDF Reader Pro Edition® averages 4.4 out of 5 from 1.7K ratings, while PDF Reader Pro averages 4.3 from 222 ratings.
Do PDF Reader Pro Edition® or PDF Reader Pro have ads?
PDF Reader Pro shows ads; PDF Reader Pro Edition® does not.
Which is updated more often, PDF Reader Pro Edition® or PDF Reader Pro?
PDF Reader Pro Edition® ships an update every 4 months, and PDF Reader Pro every 2 months. Most recently, PDF Reader Pro Edition® was updated on October 13, 2026 and PDF Reader Pro on October 12, 2026.

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