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.
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.
- 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
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PDF Reader Pro Edition — AI-Powered PDF Reader. Built with Privacy in Mind. Read, edit, annotate and understand PDFs faster with powerful AI tools and professional PDF features built for iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo. Chat with PDFs, summarize documents, translate files, highlight key insights, fill & sign forms, edit & convert PDFs and more — all in one modern PDF experience. Your documents are yours. We believe they should stay that way. That’s why we build every feature with privacy in mind. With on-device AI powered by Apple Intelligence and on-device PDF conversions, your documents can stay on your device while you stay in control of your data. Built for Apple Devices • Powered by Apple Intelligence* • On-device AI for speed and privacy • On-device PDF conversions • Built with privacy in mind • Fast, modern & easy to use • iCloud support • Updated for iOS 27, with the new Liquid Glass design • Optimized for iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo. AI-Powered PDF Tools • Chat with your PDFs • AI summaries & key insights • AI Mind Maps for complex documents • AI-powered highlights • Translate PDFs instantly • Ask questions about documents • Simplify long PDFs in seconds Powerful PDF Editing • Edit text and images in PDFs • Annotate & markup documents • Highlight, underline & draw • Add notes, shapes & signatures • Fill & sign PDF forms • Redact sensitive information • Protect PDFs with passwords Organize & Convert PDFs • Convert PDFs to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, images & text • Merge, rotate, reorder and delete pages • Convert Word, Excel, PowerPoint and images to PDF • Scan documents and recognize text (OCR) • Compare two PDFs • Reduce file size • Vault: keep sensitive files in an encrypted, password-protected folder Designed for iPhone Duo Read, sign and edit in every pose, with layouts that adapt as you fold, unfold or turn your device. A dedicated laptop-style workspace keeps your page on top and your tools and panels below, so your document stays in view. Move between poses without losing your place or interrupting your work. Made for every angle. Whether you’re reviewing contracts, studying, editing reports or working on the go, PDF Reader Pro Edition helps you work smarter with PDFs—without compromising your privacy. Download PDF Reader Pro Edition today. *Apple Intelligence requires a supported device and compatible software. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://www.pdf-app.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.pdf-app.com/privacy-policy
PDF Reader Pro
This app offers comprehensive tools for managing PDF documents on mobile devices. It allows users to read, edit text and images, annotate, fill forms, convert to various formats, compress files, and perform OCR. Organize, protect, and share your PDFs with ease.
- Read PDFs with multiple viewing options
- Edit PDF text and images
- Annotate with highlights, notes, and drawings
- Fill out PDF forms
- Convert PDFs to Word, Excel, and other formats
- Perform OCR on PDFs
- Compress PDF file sizes
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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 pages/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 and 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 / 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 and searchable PDFs or 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 and 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/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: PDF Reader Pro Edition® at none against PDF Reader Pro's shown. PDF Reader Pro Edition® also leads on ratings volume (1.7K vs 435). PDF Reader Pro's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs paid) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. PDF Reader Pro Edition® sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and PDF Reader Pro sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $39.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for PDF Reader Pro Edition® against 4.4 for PDF Reader Pro. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.7K and 435 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 54% of PDF Reader Pro Edition®'s written reviews are positive against 64% of PDF Reader Pro's.
PDF Reader Pro Edition® ships an update every 4 months, PDF Reader Pro every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | PDF Reader Pro Edition® | PDF Reader Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (1.7K ratings) | 4.4 (435 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.8% of reviews | 63.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.7K — better | 435 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 137 MB | 238 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iTECH DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS INC. | PDF Technologies, Inc. |
Customer experience
PDF Reader Pro Edition®
PDF Reader Pro
User reviews
PDF Reader Pro Edition®
From 1.7K App Store ratingsWhat 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 435 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Fast and efficient
- 💡 Useful features like highlighting and annotating
- 👍 Great for reading and studying PDFs
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and bugs
- 🔒 Security issues with locked files
- 💰 Expensive upgrade to unlock full functionality
- 🤖 Poor customer support and unresponsive developers
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
4 issues- Annotations not saving or displaying correctly
- App crashing when trying to convert or edit PDFs
- Syncing issues between devices
- Unexpected password locks on files
Requested features
4 requests- Undo/redo functionality for annotations
- More font and theme options
- Improved compatibility with cloud storage services
- Better support for older devices
In-app purchases
PDF Reader Pro Edition®
- Pro & AI-Powered Tools (1 Month)$3.991 Month
- PDF Reader Pro Edition Loyalty$9.991 Year
- Pro & AI-Powered Tools (1 Year)7 Days trial$24.991 Year
PDF Reader Pro
- Add 2-Device · Advanced Annual$39.991 Year
- Add Devices · Advanced Annual$49.991 Year
- PDF Pro · Advanced Annual$79.991 Year
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- PDF Pro · AI Annual1 Year trial$79.991 Year
- Permanent License$24.99
- PDF Pro · Advanced Permanent$39.99



