Comparison

Offline Pages Pro vs PDF Gear

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

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About

Offline Pages Pro

This app allows you to download entire websites for offline browsing, including all formatting, documents, and interactive elements. Save pages from any browser or device, and access them without an internet connection.

Highlights
  • Download entire websites for offline access
  • Preserve full formatting, documents, and interactivity
  • Save pages from Safari or built-in browser
  • Support for complex HTML5 websites and frameworks
  • Save websites requiring login and password
  • Automatic background updates for saved websites
  • Synchronize across multiple devices
Features
Currently charting
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Offline Pages Pro is the world’s most advanced offline browser. Download entire websites with all formatting, documents, video, and client-side interactivity, so you can browse offline — without any Internet connection. • No. 1 offline browsing app for over 5 years! • Top 3 app in the United States on iPad launch day, No. 1 everywhere else (April 2010) • Saved pages from over 3 million websites • The tool of choice for tens of thousands of private and public companies OUR USERS SAY "You get a virtual web surfing experience with no Internet access required.” -Appolicious "A brilliant and useful idea that serves a need I never really considered until I got this app." -Vancouverite "I can't tell you the number of times I've been sitting on a plane at 20,000 feet and someone says to me, "Hey.. how do you have Wi-Fi?” -AppSage YOUR BENEFITS • Pay less for cellular bandwidth • Avoid flaky and insecure public Wi-Fi • Browse websites on subway or airplane • Enjoy ultra fast page loading • Backup, archive and preserve important websites • Extend Intranet to employee-owned devices • Prepare for emergencies SPECTACULAR EASE OF USE To save a page or a website for offline reading, touch the share button while surfing web in Safari or app’s built-in browser. Better yet, send links from any iPhone, iPad, PC or Mac directly to your device by mail or using a browser extension. POWERFUL AND EXTENSIBLE Trusted by creative professionals, global sales teams and marketing firms, Offline Pages Pro is simply the most capable offline browser you can find on any platform. We built it using the proprietary technology which allows cloning almost any HTML5 website so it can run offline with unprecedented precision. Offline Pages Pro supports many web products and frameworks out of the box, like AJAX, jQuery, Angular, TypeKit, Krpano, Wix, Squarespace, as well as generic HTML5 video, lightboxes, slideshows, and 3D panoramas. Support for new web frameworks can be added using developer API or website-specific settings. FEATURES • Capture complex pages with pixel precision, full interactivity, and working links • Save embedded HTML5 video and audio (self hosted or from supported hosting providers) • Save websites that require login and password • Detect important links and multi-page articles automatically • Download up to 50,000 pages per website • Pause downloads automatically when device leaves home Wi-Fi coverage • Update websites automatically in background • Enjoy modern, beautiful browser with tabs and bookmarks • Make fullscreen presentations of downloaded websites • Organize pages using folders and tags • Search pages in Spotlight • Synchronize with all of your iPads, iPhones, and Macs • Import and export downloaded websites • Import local websites from Mac or PC • Save Office or PDF documents from email or web • Annotate and email pages as static PDF documents • Add links and documents from other apps using Offline Pages extension • Export pages and documents to other apps like GoodReader or Microsoft Office • Multitask in split view • Print to PDF or AirPrint printer • Install extensions or bookmarklets in most mobile and desktop browsers • Set up secret mailbox to add links by email DEVELOPER API Offline Pages Pro comes with advanced website-specific settings and developer API which allow customizations of crawling, caching, and runtime rules, blocking unwanted URLs, and more. Developers can use Offline Pages API for automation, sending offline forms, or building hybrid offline apps on Offline Pages platform. ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS Need a turnkey solution? We offer a range of custom offline products that are branded and fine-tuned to your business requirements and style. Visit http://codiumlabs.com or email business@codiumlabs.com for a quote or more information. CUSTOMER CARE We stand by our 12-hour reply guarantee. If anything goes wrong, please contact support using links in settings > About, or email offlinepages@codiumlabs.com.

About

PDF Gear

This app offers a comprehensive suite of tools for managing PDF documents on mobile devices. Users can easily view, annotate, edit pages, fill out forms, and digitally sign documents. It provides a free and unlimited experience for all its powerful PDF manipulation features.

Highlights
  • View and print PDFs
  • Annotate with highlights, text, and drawings
  • Organize pages (add, delete, rotate, extract)
  • Fill out forms and sign documents
  • Manage PDF files (duplicate, rename, move, share)
  • Open and save to device & iCloud
Features
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Want a well-featured and easy-to-access PDF solution for mobile use? PDFgear for iOS could achieve this! With PDFgear for iOS, users could handle their PDFs with ease, including viewing, printing, annotating, page editing, signing, etc. The abundant features will let you fill out forms, sign contracts, finish works, review documents, and make more possibilities in PDF! PDFgear for iOS provides free use for all functions without any limits like trial watermark, page count, etc. The concise design brings users a satisfying experience, and the powerful performance makes the perfect document. PDFgear will make your study and work easier to carry out PDFs! Try it on your own! View and Print PDF • Open and view PDFs with easy touch • Zoom in or out for better details • Jump to the appointed page directly • Print PDF from your phone Annotate PDF • Markup texts in PDF with highlight, underline and strike-through • Input texts with the color and font size you need • Draw shapes like rectangles, circles, lines, and arrows easily • Write on PDFs with the Ink tool, and erase the ink freely Organize Pages • Add, delete, and rotate pages supported • Extract pages from the PDF file with the aimed page range Fill out Forms & Sign PDFs • Insert text to the form at the place you need • Put common symbols like checkmarks and crossmarks in the document • Add built-in or customized stamps to the form • Sign the PDF with the signature created from image, keyboard, or drawing Manage PDFs • Manage PDF files with duplicate, rename, copy, move, share, etc. • Open and save PDFs in the device & iCloud

Screenshots

Offline Pages Pro4 screens
PDF Gear4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PDF Gear at Free against Offline Pages Pro's $9.99. PDF Gear also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.2) and ratings volume (8.9K vs 36). Offline Pages Pro's advantage is chart position (#73 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.0). 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

PDF Gear is free to download; Offline Pages Pro costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PDF Gear holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PDF Gear has 8.9K ratings behind it against 36, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Offline Pages Pro's written reviews are positive against 85% of PDF Gear's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Offline Pages Pro ships an update every 4 months, PDF Gear monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Offline Pages Pro versus PDF Gear: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOffline Pages ProPDF Gear
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating3.2 (36 ratings)4.7 (8.9K ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.9% of reviews85.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings368.9K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#73 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB45 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperCodium Labs LLCPDF GEAR TECH PTE. LTD.

Customer experience

Offline Pages Pro

All ratings36 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral13.9%
Negative36.1%
Written reviews310 reviews
Positive72.9%
Neutral9.7%
Negative17.4%

PDF Gear

All ratings8,677 ratings
Positive93.6%
Neutral2.0%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews719 reviews
Positive85.1%
Neutral3.5%
Negative11.4%

User reviews

Offline Pages Pro

From 36 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Works flawlessly
  • 👍 Excellent offline functionality
  • 🚀 Fast and reliable
  • 👍 Great customer service
  • 👍 Useful for presentations and demos

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes frequently
  • 🐛 Incomplete downloads
  • 🐛 Doesn't work with some websites
  • 🐛 Outdated and no longer supported
  • 🐛 Slow download speeds

PDF Gear

From 8.9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Simplicity and reliability
  • 👍 Straightforward and easy to learn
  • 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly interface
  • 👍 Excellent PDF handling capabilities
  • 🚀 Efficient and fast processing

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or corrupted files
  • 🐛 Limited functionality on iOS devices
  • 🐛 Unreliable auto-save and undo/redo features
  • 🐛 Inability to edit password-protected PDFs
  • 🐛 Annoying popups and requests for reviews

Bugs and requests

Offline Pages Pro

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes on launch
  • Fails to download all linked pages
  • Doesn't preserve website formatting
  • Loses downloaded content when app is closed

Requested features

6 requests
  • Improved search and filtering options
  • Ability to save to cloud storage
  • Password protection
  • Bookmarking and reading progress sync
  • Full-screen mode
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  • Better handling of embedded content

PDF Gear

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when opening certain PDF files
  • Inability to edit text in forms on iPad
  • Corrupted PDFs after repeated editing and saving

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add password protection and encryption
  • Improve undo/redo functionality
  • Enhance text editing capabilities
  • Implement better auto-save and file recovery
  • Provide more customization options
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  • Integrate with more cloud storage services

In-app purchases

None

Offline Pages Pro

No in-app purchases

None

PDF Gear

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Offline Pages Pro free?
Offline Pages Pro costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is PDF Gear free?
PDF Gear is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Offline Pages Pro or PDF Gear?
PDF Gear is rated higher. Offline Pages Pro averages 3.2 out of 5 from 36 ratings, while PDF Gear averages 4.7 from 8.9K ratings.
Do Offline Pages Pro or PDF Gear have ads?
Neither Offline Pages Pro nor PDF Gear shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Offline Pages Pro or PDF Gear?
Offline Pages Pro ships an update every 4 months, and PDF Gear monthly. Most recently, Offline Pages Pro was updated on October 20, 2026 and PDF Gear on October 22, 2026.

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