Comparison

Acrobat Reader vs DriverZone

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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)
Features
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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

About

DriverZone

Features
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Never get caught with expired documents. DriverZone is the all-in-one compliance app for taxi and private hire drivers across England and Wales. Whether you drive a hackney carriage or a PHV, it keeps your licensing documents organised, in date, and ready for inspection. EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE • Store your council badge, taxi plate, driving licence, insurance and MOT • Every document kept securely, with previous versions retained • Find any document in seconds — no more glovebox archaeology NEVER MISS AN EXPIRY • Automatic reminders at 30, 14, 7 and 1 days before anything runs out • See at a glance what needs attention the moment you open the app • Stop losing shifts to paperwork you forgot to renew YOUR VEHICLE, TRACKED • MOT status pulled in automatically • Insurance and plate details linked to the vehicle they belong to • One clear picture of whether you are road-legal today ONBOARDING WITHOUT THE OFFICE VISIT • Complete your entire onboarding from your phone • We tell you exactly what your council asks for • Track your application progress in real time BUILT FOR BRITISH DRIVERS • 285 licensing councils across England and Wales • Understands the documents you actually carry — council badges, plates, DBS checks, insurance • Written for hackney carriage and private hire drivers, not adapted from something else SECURE AND PRIVATE • Documents encrypted in storage and in transit • Download everything or delete your account at any time, from inside the app • UK GDPR compliant Free to download. Free to use. Privacy policy: https://driverzone.app/legal/privacy Support: https://driverzone.app/support

Screenshots

Acrobat Reader4 screens
DriverZone3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DriverZone at none against Acrobat Reader's 18. DriverZone also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.3). Acrobat Reader's advantage is chart position (#2 vs unranked). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Acrobat Reader sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. DriverZone asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Acrobat Reader versus DriverZone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAcrobat ReaderDriverZone
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (663K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews49.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings663K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
Best chart rank#2 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.316.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size552 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdobe Inc.Moova Mobilise

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

DriverZone

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

16 purchases

Acrobat Reader

Subscriptions16
  • 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
None

DriverZone

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Acrobat Reader free?
Acrobat Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DriverZone free?
DriverZone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Acrobat Reader or DriverZone have ads?
Neither Acrobat Reader nor DriverZone shows ads.

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