Acrobat Reader vs PDF Office Pro, Acrobat Expert
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Acrobat Reader
This app is a powerful PDF tool for viewing, editing, annotating, and signing documents. It offers AI-powered features for summarizing and interacting with PDFs, along with robust conversion and security options. Collaborate on files and access your documents from anywhere.
- View, edit, and annotate PDFs
- Sign and fill PDF forms
- Convert files to and from PDF
- AI-powered document summarization
- Collaborate in PDF Spaces
- Compress and secure PDFs
- Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
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Major new updates: Collaborate and share your files in PDF Spaces, and turn your document summaries into podcast-style audio in Acrobat Studio. The world’s most trusted PDF reader, PDF editor, and PDF maker with more than 635 million installs. View, share, annotate, add comments, and sign documents - all in one app. You can store your files online and read documents anywhere. Get your 7-day free trial and try all the features of Acrobat Reader. Paid features: Adobe Acrobat AI Assistant • Work across multiple files in one place with PDF Spaces. Collaborate, store, and use AI Assistant across files • Use voice or text prompts with AI Assistant chatbot • Ask questions and get cited answers about details in your document, including charts, graphs, and tables with Figures Q&A • Easily share the responses you get • Try voice support to ask queries and have answers read aloud. • Use new Hands-free to keep the conversation flowing with voice only • Instantly generate summaries from your PDFs with Generative AI Summaries • Get content for emails, text, study notes, blogs, and more [Adobe Acrobat AI Assistant is a paid feature*, free for a limited time] Edit PDFs • With our PDF editor, edit text and images directly in your PDF (mobile only) • Fix typos or add paragraphs with the PDF editor • Easily add, delete, or rotate any image • Use this PDF signer and PDF viewer to get your docs just right Recognize text • Optical Character Recognition (OCR) turns scanned PDFs into searchable, editable text to use in other formats Merge & organize PDFs with PDF Converter • Split or combine multiple files into one PDF with PDF converter • Use the PDF editor to insert, delete, rotate, crop & reorder pages in your PDF file Create, convert & export PDFs • Easily convert to PDF from any file type including Microsoft, Google Docs, and images • Export and convert PDFs to Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or various image files • Convert web pages to PDFs Compress & highly secure PDFs • Compress PDF files for easy saving and sharing • Password Protect PDF documents Have your PDF read aloud • Listen to your PDFs on the go, great for reading support • Choose free voices or upgrade for high-quality options Subscribe now to access all these features and use Acrobat across mobile and web platforms. Free-to-use features: PDF signer: Fill & Sign Adobe Fill & Sign is free & available in Acrobat Reader. A form filler and PDF signer that lets you fill, sign, and send Liquid mode in the optimal PDF viewer • Get the best PDF reading experience with this PDF viewer • Search, navigate & adjust font size or spacing to fit your screen Annotate PDFs • Add sticky notes, comments, and highlight text Store & manage files • Link online storage accounts like Microsoft OneDrive, Dropbox, or Google Drive • Star files to quickly open important documents Connect the PDF viewer and reader to Google Drive • A PDF creator that lets you edit, compress, and export Google Drive files with a subscription Work with scanned documents • Access scanned PDFs from Adobe Scan in Acrobat to fill, sign, and share The Acrobat Reader mobile app is designed to work with customers who have Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) enabled. *An Adobe Acrobat AI Assistant add-on plan is available to Acrobat Individual customers. iOS 16 or above required. Terms & Conditions: Your use of this application is governed by the Adobe General Terms of Use http://www.adobe.com/go/terms_linkfree_en and the Adobe Privacy Policy http://www.adobe.com/go/privacy_policy_linkfree_en Do not sell or share my personal information www.adobe.com/go/ca-rights-linkfree
PDF Office Pro, Acrobat Expert
Edit, sign, and organize PDF documents with this comprehensive tool. Features include text and image editing, OCR, real-time collaboration, and unlimited cloud syncing. Convert PDFs to editable Word documents.
- Edit PDF text and images
- Sign PDF forms
- OCR image to text conversion
- Real-time collaborative editing
- Unlimited iCloud syncing
- Convert PDFs to Word (.docx)
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Introducing PDF Office Pro, the best PDF editor and reader! Edit text, images, sign, forms, highlight, OCR image to text, collaborate, use widgets, and much more! PDF Office Pro is a productivity app that offers a feature packed way to work with PDF documents. Using PDF Office Pro, you can edit PDF text, edit PDF Images, draw on PDF docs with Apple Pencil (not required to draw), convert images to text, invite people for real-time collaborative editing, fill PDF forms, sign PDF docs, edit hyperlinks and upload unlimited PDFs on iCloud and access the data from any iOS and Mac device. PDF Office Pro offers all the basic functionalities such as reading, highlight, draw, sign and organize PDF files; and more advanced features like rearranging PDF pages, real-time collaborative editing, online syncing, annotation, and so much more... **PDF Office Pro bundles exciting features** EDIT PDFs Original Text & Images • Edit, add, remove existing word/s or text/s or image/s. Change the font, size, and color, alignment, fill static PDF docs/forms. Save, replace, delete and resize PDF images. Powerful Editing Tool • Beautiful UI to edit text in your PDF documents • Freehand drawing with your finger or Apple Pencil • Add your own text/notes in the existing body • Scan & Fill PDF document/forms • Merge large PDF docs for easy sharing • Insert and Resize photo into PDFs UNLIMITED UPLOADS AND DATA SYNCING • Upload and Sync unlimited number of PDF files on iCloud and access the data from any iOS or Mac device. OCR - Convert Images to Text • Simple convert an image(s) or PDF to text • Next-Gen OCR with amazing accuracy • Processing done on device, 100% private World’s first real-time collaborative PDF editor • Share your doc with friends/co-workers/clients • Create a shared folder by inviting iClouds users for real-time collaborative editing. Get everyone’s feedback in one place. • Start collaborating work and save all data in shared PDF folder Annotate • Annotate word and text with highlights, underlines, handwriting • Add your comments or notes within the PDF file • Use doc sign creator and add your own signatures • Draw and insert different shapes and objects DARK MODE • Enable dark mode feature for long - time reading. Easily adjust the buttons and toolbars according to your convenience. Organize PDFs • Create a folder and organize your documents • Sync iCloud Drive with the app • Browse recently deleted PDFs Unlimited PDF uploads and syncing • Upload unlimited documents on iCloud • Access these documents from your iPhone, iPad, and Mac • Sync data online and never worry about any data loss Copy Pages • Take pages from one PDF and add to another UPGRADE AND GET: Convert PDFs to Word .docx Fully-Editable Files Conversion Includes: • Text Formatting & Attributes • Annotations & Highlights • Drawings • Images • Tables & more. • The conversion is done on our AWS secure server. All files are deleted IMMEDIATELY and just incase, we do many things: 1) We completely erase the data server every 24 hours. 2) No data is saved or tracked. 3) We even change the name of the PDF to gibberish before uploading! Create Custom PDF Forms • Easy 'Start' with templates for common PDF form objects • Add Text Input Boxes • Checkboxes • Radio • Choices • Buttons SMART COMPRESS • Control the resolution of images inside the PDF • Adjust the image quality • Flatten PDFs • Remove all images if you’d like Stamps & Stamps Builder: • Emphasize sections of the PDF • Create your own stamps MORE • Watermarks on All Pages or One Page • Add/Edit Table of Contents for nice organized outlines • Auto-Add Page numbers to your PDF and specify the exact format and location of the numbers • Add a password to exported PDFs for added protection/security
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Acrobat Reader at none against PDF Office Pro, Acrobat Expert's shown. Acrobat Reader also leads on ratings volume (654K vs 52) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). PDF Office Pro, Acrobat Expert's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.3). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Acrobat Reader sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and PDF Office Pro, Acrobat Expert sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Acrobat Reader against 4.5 for PDF Office Pro, Acrobat Expert. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Acrobat Reader has 654K ratings behind it against 52, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 49% of Acrobat Reader's written reviews are positive against 44% of PDF Office Pro, Acrobat Expert's.
Acrobat Reader ships an update every 9 days, PDF Office Pro, Acrobat Expert every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Acrobat Reader | PDF Office Pro, Acrobat Expert |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (654K ratings) — better | 4.5 (52 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 49.2% of reviews — better | 44.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 654K — better | 52 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #2 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.3 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 522 MB | 149 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adobe Inc. | Heytopia LLC |
Customer experience
Acrobat Reader
PDF Office Pro, Acrobat Expert
Bugs and requests
Acrobat Reader
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent crashes and freezes
- Inconsistent behavior when editing PDFs
- Inability to open or save certain file types
- Sync issues between mobile and desktop versions
Requested features
5 requests- Add erase tool for annotations
- Improve palm rejection for Apple Pencil
- Allow direct text editing in PDFs
- Provide better cloud integration and sync
- Offer more customization options
PDF Office Pro, Acrobat Expert
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Acrobat Reader
- Acrobat Premium - Monthly$3.991 Month
- Adobe Acrobat Premium$4.991 Month
- AI Assistant for Acrobat$6.991 Month
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- Acrobat Premium$7.497 Days
- Acrobat Premium - Monthly$9.991 Month
- Acrobat Premium - Weekly$9.997 Days
- PDF Pack - Doc Creator$9.991 Month
- Premium - Edit & Create PDF$9.991 Month
- PDF Edit and Convert Monthly7 Days trial$12.991 Month
- Acrobat Premium - Monthly$12.991 Month
- Acrobat Premium - Monthly$14.991 Month
- Acrobat Reader Plus - Yearly$19.991 Year
- Adobe ExportPDF$23.991 Year
- Adobe Acrobat Pro$24.991 Month
- Acrobat Premium - Yearly7 Days trial$48.991 Year
- Acrobat Premium - Yearly7 Days trial2 variants$69.991 Year
PDF Office Pro, Acrobat Expert
- Upgrade to MaxFree
- Upgrade to Pro MaxFree
- Upgrade from Max to Pro MaxFree
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