PDF Pro vs PDFMaker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PDF Pro
Edit, annotate, and read PDF documents on your iPhone and iPad. Highlight text, add notes, shapes, voice recordings, and photos. Search your entire PDF library, fill out forms, and sign documents.
- Edit and annotate PDFs
- Highlight text and add notes
- Embed audio and photo annotations
- Full-text search of PDF library
- Fill out and sign PDF forms
- Organize PDFs with folders and tags
- Import from cloud storage
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PDF Pro lets you read, edit and annotate your PDF documents directly on your iPhone and iPad. Highlight text, take notes, embed shapes or draw with your finger. You can even embed voice recordings or photo annotations. Full-text-search your entire PDF library with just a single tap. Above all PDF Pro comes with full-featured PDF form and signature support. Key-Features At A Glance: • POWERFUL SEARCH: ∙ Full-text-search your entire PDF library. ∙ Search inside specific documents with easy navigation through the search results. ∙ Look-up selected text directly on Wikipedia or in the included dictionaries. • FILE-MANAGEMENT: ∙ Group your PDFs in folders and tag them with colorful labels. ∙ Import PDFs from your Dropbox®, Microsoft OneDrive® or Google Drive®. ∙ Add PDFs via USB or WiFi. ∙ Open E-Mail attachments. • CLEAR VIEW: ∙ Easily browse through all your annotations. ∙ Full PDF outline support. You can even search the outline. ∙ Get an overview of all your bookmarked or annotated pages just with a single tap. • SHARE and PRINT: ∙ Easily share your annotated documents with your friends or co-workers. ∙ Print your annotated and edited PDFs. ∙ You can even share or print single pages of a document. • HIGH SPEED and STABILITY: ∙ Rapid viewing of PDF documents. ∙ Smooth display of very large PDF files. • NIGHT MODE: ∙ Makes reading in the dark much easier on the eyes. • SECURITY: ∙ Support for password-protected PDFs • AND MUCH MORE... Premium Features and Premium Offer include: • ANNOTATIONS and NOTES: ∙ Highlight text, take notes or draw with your finger. ∙ Powerful shape editor for arrows, rectangles, circles, lines and much more. ∙ Embed audio and photo annotations into your PDFs. ∙ Use predefined stamps or create your own. • DOCUMENT EDITOR: ∙ Create new pages. ∙ Export pages or merge them into existing documents. ∙ Reorder, rotate and delete pages. • CONTENT EDITOR: • Modify the existing content of PDF documents. • MULTITASKING: ∙ Work with multiple PDFs at a time. ∙ Copy and paste annotations, shapes, images or text from one PDF document into another. • FORM SUPPORT: ∙ Just fill out your PDF form, sign it with your handwritten signature and you are ready to send it via E-Mail or print it via AirPrint®. A monthly or annual subscription is required to get access to all premium features and premium offer. --- Subscriptions automatically renew monthly or yearly depending on your plan unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Plans are priced at $3.99USD monthly and $24.99USD yearly (pricing may vary in countries other than the U.S.). Payment will be charged to your App Store Account at confirmation of purchase. To avoid automatic renewal, you must turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before your subscription ends. You can turn off auto-renew at any time from your App Store Account Settings. Terms of Use: https://pdf-pro.net/terms-of-service/ Privacy Policy: https://pdf-pro.net/privacy-policy/
PDFMaker
Easily create and manage PDF documents from your mobile device. Scan images, merge files, extract text with OCR, and protect your documents with passwords. All processing is done offline for enhanced privacy.
- Scan images to PDF
- Merge and split PDF files
- Reorder and rotate pages
- Extract text with OCR
- Password protect PDFs
- Convert websites to PDF
- Compress PDF files
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A powerful PDF Scanner with a set of tools for every PDF need. PDF Maker allows you to easily create PDF files from your mobile device. You can either take a picture using the app's scan feature or select images from your device’s camera roll. — A whole set of tools PDF Maker comes with a suite of tools to satisfy all PDF needs, you can: - Rename PDF files - Merge the contents of PDF files into a new file - Split contents of a PDF file into a new file - Reorder pages of a PDF document - Rotate individual pages or the whole document - Extract text from a PDF document, using industry lead OCR technology - Export as images - Compress PDF files - Convert a website page to PDF - Protect a PDF file with password - Unlock a password protected PDF file — Your privacy is our concern PDF Maker works 100% offline, using your device's processor to perform all tasks, so your documents are never sent to an external or third party server. PDF Maker is now available for all iOS devices!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: PDFMaker at free with in-app purchases against PDF Pro's subscription. PDFMaker also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (76% vs 60%). PDF Pro's advantage is ratings volume (7K vs 1.4K). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 Pro sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and PDFMaker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for PDF Pro against 4.8 for PDFMaker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7K and 1.4K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 60% of PDF Pro's written reviews are positive against 76% of PDFMaker's.
PDF Pro ships an update every 2 months, PDFMaker weekly. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.
| Parameter | PDF Pro | PDFMaker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (7K ratings) | 4.8 (1.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 76.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7K — better | 1.4K |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 97 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dominic Rodemer | Arthur Eduardo Skaetta Alvarez Desenvolvimento de Software LTDA. |
Customer experience
PDF Pro
PDFMaker
User reviews
PDF Pro
From 7K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 🚀 Fast and efficient
- 💡 Excellent PDF management features
- 🔒 Secure and reliable
- 🎨 Great annotation tools
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
- 💰 Expensive subscription model
- 🔍 Inconsistent search functionality
- 📖 Loses last read position
- 🖋️ Unreliable handwriting support
PDFMaker
From 1.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Efficient PDF creation
- 💰 Affordable one-time purchase
- 📁 Useful for saving manuals and documents
- 🙌 Great for scanning and merging documents
Room to improve
- 🐛 Scanning issues (gray screen, brightness problems)
- 🤔 Unexpected charges after first use
- 🗑️ Lack of file deletion options
- 💾 Unnecessarily large file sizes
Bugs and requests
PDF Pro
Reported bugs
5 issues- Annotations and highlights randomly disappearing
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
- Corrupted PDF files after editing
- Slow performance on older devices
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between PDFs
Requested features
5 requests- Improved bookmarking and note-taking
- Seamless iCloud/cloud storage integration
- Customizable keyboard shortcuts
- Advanced text editing and OCR capabilities
- Better organization and folder management
PDFMaker
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashing when trying to save documents
- Inability to find/access local files
- Incompatibility with certain devices/platforms
Requested features
4 requests- Add brightness/contrast adjustment
- Implement file deletion functionality
- Optimize file sizes
- Support for merging PDFs from various sources
In-app purchases
PDF Pro
- Offer - Monthly - macOS3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Offer - Monthly - iOS3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Premium - Monthly - iOS3 Days trial$3.991 Month
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- Premium - Monthly - macOS3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Offer - Annual - iOS3 Days trial$12.991 Year
- Offer - Annual - macOS3 Days trial$22.991 Year
- Premium - Annual - iOS3 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Offer - macOS + iOS3 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Offer - iOS + macOS3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Premium - Annual - macOS3 Days trial$44.991 Year
- Premium - iOS + macOS3 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Premium - macOS + iOS3 Days trial$49.991 Year
PDFMaker
- PDF Maker Premium$3.99









