Comparison

PDF Pro vs Censor Text

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

About

Censor Text

Easily obscure sensitive text or faces in your images and screenshots. Offers various redaction styles like blur, pixelate, and strikethrough with adjustable intensity. Protects your privacy and creates polished visuals.

Highlights
  • Automatic text detection
  • Customizable redaction options
  • Blur, pixelate, and redact
  • Underline, strikethrough, obfuscate
  • Adjustable intensity
  • High-quality export
Features
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Censor Text is the ultimate tool for quickly and easily censoring any area on your screenshots and images. Perfect for maintaining privacy, protecting sensitive information, and creating professional-looking visuals. FEATURES: • Automatic text detection • Customizable options • Text/Face blur, pixelate, redact • Underline, strikethrough, obfuscate • Adjust blur and pixelate intensity • High-quality export Hide sensitive information in seconds. The app does not collect any personal information or store your images. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://invented-record-ac4.notion.site/Censor-Text-Blur-Redact-Privacy-054ad310e68b49c78d77d05f97eb6d5e

Screenshots

PDF Pro4 screens
Censor Text4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PDF Pro at 60% against Censor Text's 0%. PDF Pro also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (6.9K vs 4). Censor Text's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. PDF Pro sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Censor Text sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PDF Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PDF Pro has 6.9K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of PDF Pro's written reviews are positive against 0% of Censor Text's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PDF Pro ships an update every 2 months, Censor Text every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
PDF Pro versus Censor Text: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDF ProCensor Text
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (6.9K ratings) — better3.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6.9K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDominic RodemerVladislav Shtefanko

Customer experience

PDF Pro

All ratings6,945 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral3.2%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews425 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral10.4%
Negative29.6%

Censor Text

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

Censor Text

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

12 purchases

PDF Pro

Subscriptions12
  • 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
2 purchases

Censor Text

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Premium Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is PDF Pro free?
PDF Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Censor Text free?
Censor Text is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PDF Pro or Censor Text?
PDF Pro is rated higher. PDF Pro averages 4.7 out of 5 from 6.9K ratings, while Censor Text averages 3.0 from 4 ratings.
Do PDF Pro or Censor Text have ads?
Neither PDF Pro nor Censor Text shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PDF Pro or Censor Text?
PDF Pro ships an update every 2 months, and Censor Text every 8 days. Most recently, PDF Pro was updated on October 14, 2026 and Censor Text on September 25, 2026.

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