PowerReader Lite vs PDF Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PowerReader Lite
This application allows users to view a wide range of document and image file formats, including text, PDF, and office documents. It offers features like full-text search, online translation, and automatic saving of reading progress. The app supports landscape mode and various text encoding options for a comfortable reading experience.
- Supports txt, pdf, png, jpg, doc, xls, ppt, and more
- Landscape view mode
- Diverse text encoding options
- Full text search
- Online translation engine
- Automatically saves last reading point
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PowerReader is a simple but powerful reading tool. Features: - It is available to view the files with various formats as below: txt, pdf, png, jpg, tiff, gif, bmp, htm, html, doc, xls, ppt, docx, xlsx, pptx. - Supports landscape view mode. - Diverse kinds of encoding for txt reading. - Turning pages forward or backward quickly. - Uploading files through iTunes. - Automatic line breaks. - Full text search, you can easily search the entire text. - Online Translation engine. - Automatically save the last reading point. - Automatically separate the big txt file to accelerate the access speed - More features in full edition: - It is also available to play mp3 & mp4 files. - Supports Google docs downloading. - Supports "Open-in" feature, you can open the supported data from mail, safari or some other APPs that supported open-in feature. - Various types of font for txt reading. - Text color and background color setting. - Bookmark feature. - Single/multi page display for PDF viewer.
PDF Reader
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PDF Reader-store is your essential app for managing and viewing all your important documents. Go beyond just PDFs! Our app offers robust support for opening and displaying PDFs, Excel spreadsheets, Word documents, and various image files, all in one convenient place. Whether you're reviewing a report, checking a spreadsheet, or viewing an image, PDF Reader-store provides a seamless and intuitive experience. Keep your files organized and accessible, ensuring you're always prepared. Download PDF Reader-store today and streamline your document viewing!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: PowerReader Lite at none against PDF Reader's shown. PowerReader Lite also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 114 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 14.0). On price, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PowerReader Lite ships an update every 10 days, PDF Reader every 114 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PowerReader Lite | PDF Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 53.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 114 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 冠兰 姜 | Ramalingam Sivaramakrishnan |
In-app purchases
PowerReader Lite
No in-app purchases
PDF Reader
No in-app purchases
