Comparison

ZoomNotes vs PDF Margin Adjuster

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

Head to head
About

ZoomNotes

This comprehensive visual note-taking app offers extensive zoom capabilities for creating handwritten notes and sketches on various digital surfaces. It supports PDF annotation, digital planning with calendar integration, and advanced features like sub-pages and bookmarks for organized visual files.

Highlights
  • Extensive zoom range for notes and sketches
  • Write over PDF and Office documents
  • Digital planner creation and calendar integration
  • Sub-pages for hierarchical organization
  • Bookmarks with presentation playback
  • Handwriting recognition for search
  • Layers for content control
Features
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ZoomNotes is the most comprehensive visual note-taking app with huge zoom range. Make handwritten notes and sketches on virtual paper, huge WhiteBoards , PDF files, images and MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents (via GoogleDrive). Sync your documents between your iPad and iPhone with iCloud. ZoomNotes is compatible with any capacitive stylus pen and also with the top electronic pens on the market including the fabulous Apple Pencil. ZoomNotes Desktop for Mac now also available. Features include: MULTIPLE PEN TYPES There are 8 pen types to choose from including gel, nib, pencil and watercolour each with unlimited line thicknesses. HANDWRITING RECOGNITION Search handwritten notes. DIGITAL PLANNING Either import a planner pdf or use the ‘Custom digital planner’ option to create your own. You can configure a planner to show events and reminders from the Calendar and Reminder apps. SUB-PAGES This unique feature allows you to use ‘pages within pages’. This allows you to use sticky-notes and enables the creation of hierarchical visual files. You can also insert whole pdf files as sub-pages, or import pages from other ZoomNotes documents into a sub-page. BOOKMARKS Bookmarks allow you save views in your documents, and then return to them at a later date. There are animated playback facilities to allow you to present with or to create videos from your document. LINKS Add links between pages, and even between documents. This lets you create your own digital planners, enhance imported pdf planners or create indices. SPLIT_SCREEN Edit and view two documents side by side (or above and below). You can now also have 2 views of the same document. CALENDAR EVENTS Add events/reminders linked to your documents, possibly with alarms. The URL in the event links back to the document in ZoomNotes. HUGE ZOOM RANGE, WHITEBOARD MODE Zoom in and out without arbitrary limits including rotated views. LAYERS Layers let you control what is visible on a page, also options for 'master layers' which show on all pages. WRITE OVER PDF FILES Import and write over PDFs, Microsoft Office files Word, Excel and PowerPoint (via GoogleDrive). UNLIMITED PAPER SIZES AND STYLES Make your page as small or as large as you like. Choose any type of paper with our configurable paper types. FULLY EDITABLE In ZoomNotes, you can select, scale, rotate, shift and flip (mirror) objects. Cut, copy and paste are also available, including between documents, pages and other apps. SHAPES AND ARROWS Regular shapes and arrows (ideal for visual mapping); they can be drawn with the polygon tool or roughly drawn by hand and automatically converted into the exact geometric shape. SYMBOL LIBRARY Fully configurable library of reusable shapes and images. IMAGES AND IMAGE EDITING Insert images (photos) in your documents at any size and scale. Crop, mask, re-sample, edit transparency, scan-correct and deform images. Insert images and videos from camera or photo library. TYPED TEXT Enter typed text via keyboard; with a wide range of fonts and font sizes, font colours, fills and borders. Text can be entered at all zoom scales and can be selected and moved, scaled and rotated. RECORD AND PLAYBACK SOUNDS Including import and export of mp3 files. You can also insert a sound recording on the page to which it relates. Now linked to drawing. SHARE DOCUMENTS Share documents as PDF files, images, videos or ZoomNotes documents (via email, iTunes, clipboard, Dropbox, Twitter and Evernote, Airdrop, iCloud Drive and Open in. USE FOR PRESENTATIONS ZoomNotes is VGA compatible for use with projectors, monitors and AirPlay. MAGNIFICATION WINDOW Write into a zoomed in view whilst still viewing the zoomed out view. There are lots more details including videos or the app in action at www.zoom-notes.com. We respond to every email sent to support@zoom-notes.com

About

PDF Margin Adjuster

Easily modify the margins of your PDF, PPT, and PPTX files. This app offers interactive tools to adjust margins precisely, from simple adjustments to advanced, side-specific controls. Save your modified documents directly to your device or cloud storage.

Highlights
  • Interactive margin adjustment
  • Simple, advanced, and expert modes
  • Adjust margins side-by-side
  • Save to device or iCloud
  • Share to other applications
  • Supports PDF, PPT, PPTX files
Features
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Have you experienced that a PDF file have too large/small margin? PDF Margin Adjuster allows you to adjust PDF margins interactively. How to Use === 1. Open a PDF/PPT/PPTX* file with the folder button on the lower left of the screen. You also can open a PDF/PPT/PPTX* file from another application (e.g. Safari). 2. Adjust the margin of the file. - Simple: adjust margin with the arrow buttons at the center of the screen. - Advanced: adjust margin either side separately. - Expert: adjust margin more finely and freely. 3. Save it to your own device or iCloud/ Share it to another application with the share button at the bottom of the screen. *PPT/PPTX is experimental feature, layout can be collapsed.

Screenshots

ZoomNotes4 screens
PDF Margin Adjuster4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PDF Margin Adjuster at Free against ZoomNotes's $7.99. PDF Margin Adjuster also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). ZoomNotes's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (907 vs 45). On rating, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

PDF Margin Adjuster is free to download; ZoomNotes costs $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for ZoomNotes against 4.6 for PDF Margin Adjuster. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ZoomNotes has 907 ratings behind it against 45, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 84% and 83% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ZoomNotes ships an update every 3 weeks, PDF Margin Adjuster every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and July 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ZoomNotes versus PDF Margin Adjuster: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZoomNotesPDF Margin Adjuster
Price$7.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (907 ratings)4.6 (45 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.3% of reviews — better83.3% of reviews
Number of ratings907 — better45
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size149 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDeliverance Software LtdYohei Iseki

Customer experience

ZoomNotes

All ratings907 ratings
Positive88.8%
Neutral4.1%
Negative7.2%
Written reviews324 reviews
Positive84.3%
Neutral5.9%
Negative9.9%

PDF Margin Adjuster

All ratings45 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

Bugs and requests

ZoomNotes

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Randomly deleted text and input
  • Syncing issues with cloud storage
  • Unstable performance after updates
  • Compatibility problems with newer devices

Requested features

6 requests
  • Handwriting to text conversion
  • Improved page management
  • Smoother page transitions
  • Customizable keyboard shortcuts
  • Better integration with cloud services
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  • Streamlined UI design

PDF Margin Adjuster

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

ZoomNotes

No in-app purchases

None

PDF Margin Adjuster

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ZoomNotes free?
ZoomNotes costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is PDF Margin Adjuster free?
PDF Margin Adjuster is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ZoomNotes or PDF Margin Adjuster?
PDF Margin Adjuster is rated higher. ZoomNotes averages 4.5 out of 5 from 907 ratings, while PDF Margin Adjuster averages 4.6 from 45 ratings.
Do ZoomNotes or PDF Margin Adjuster have ads?
Neither ZoomNotes nor PDF Margin Adjuster shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ZoomNotes or PDF Margin Adjuster?
ZoomNotes ships an update every 3 weeks, and PDF Margin Adjuster every 3 months. Most recently, ZoomNotes was updated on September 23, 2026 and PDF Margin Adjuster on July 14, 2026.

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