Acrobat Reader vs NoteX HR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Acrobat Reader
This app allows users to open, read, fill, sign, and comment on PDF documents. It offers advanced features like PDF creation, editing, conversion to other formats, and AI-powered assistance for a fee.
- Open and read PDFs
- Fill and sign forms
- Add comments and highlights
- Create PDFs from photos/files
- Convert PDFs to Word/Excel/PowerPoint
- AI Assistant for summaries and Q&A
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Adobe Acrobat Reader is the free PDF reader for opening, reading, filling in, signing and commenting on PDFs on your iPhone or iPad. It’s the world’s most trusted PDF reader, PDF editor and PDF maker, with more than 635 million installs and an App Store Editors’ Choice award. You also don’t need a subscription to read, fill in or sign PDFs. Need to do more? With Acrobat Premium, you can create PDFs from photos and files, edit text, convert PDFs to Word, Excel or PowerPoint, combine PDFs into one file and reorder pages. Free in Acrobat Reader: PDF viewer and PDF signer • Open and read any PDF, and use Liquid Mode to fit the text to your screen • Highlight text and add comments and sticky notes to your PDF • Fill in PDF forms and sign them with your finger using Fill & Sign • Share PDFs straight from the app • Open files and PDFs from your iPhone, email, Google Drive, OneDrive or Dropbox • Store and manage files, and star important docs for quick access • Open scans from the free Adobe Scan app to fill in, sign and share • Listen to PDFs read aloud with free voices With Acrobat Premium: PDF editor and PDF converter Start with a 7-day free trial. • Create a PDF from photos, Microsoft Office files, Google Docs or web pages • Edit text and images, fix typos and add paragraphs • Convert PDFs to Word, Excel, PowerPoint or image files, keeping fonts and formatting • Merge or combine PDFs into one file, like a resume and cover letter for a job application • Make a PDF smaller so it fits an email or upload limit • Insert, reorder, rotate, delete, extract or crop pages, or split a PDF into several files • Turn scanned docs into searchable, editable text with OCR • Password-protect PDFs • Edit, compress and export files and PDFs from Google Drive • Listen with higher-quality read-aloud voices Who Acrobat Reader is made for: • Students: merge notes into one file, highlight and comment on PDFs, listen to notes, and chat with AI Assistant • Mobile pros: open contracts and forms from email, fill and sign them, and send them back • Small businesses: create PDF invoices, sign contracts, convert PDFs to Word files, create PDF Spaces for projects • iPhone and iPad users: open PDFs from Files, Mail or your browser, set Acrobat Reader as your default PDF app, and go beyond viewing with comments and more • Get PDFs read aloud through Apple CarPlay for hands-free listening on the road Adobe Acrobat AI Assistant: Paid feature*, free for a limited time. • 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 and have answers read aloud • Ask questions and get cited answers about info in your PDF docs, including charts, graphs and tables • Use Hands-free to keep the conversation flowing with voice only • Instantly generate summaries from your PDFs • Get content for emails, text, study notes, blogs and more What’s new in Acrobat Reader: Collaborate and share your files in PDF Spaces, and turn your document summaries into podcast-style audio in Acrobat Studio. Frequently asked questions: Is Acrobat Reader free? Yes. You can open, read, fill in and sign PDFs for free. Do I need an Adobe account? No. You can read PDFs without one. Sign in with a free Adobe account to store files in Adobe Document Cloud storage, access them across devices and use more tools. Can I turn off AI features? Yes. AI Assistant features are optional, and you can turn them off in Preferences. The Acrobat Reader mobile app is designed to work with EMM enabled. *An Adobe Acrobat AI Assistant add-on plan is available to Acrobat Individual customers. iOS 18.316 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
NoteX HR
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تطبيق متكامل يساعد الموظفين على إدارة ومتابعة مهامهم اليومية بسهولة ووضوح من خلال منصة واحدة. يوفر التطبيق مجموعة من الأدوات العملية التي تتيح لك: إدارة الرحلات ومتابعة تفاصيلها. إرسال البلاغات ومتابعتها بسهولة. الاطلاع على الراتب وتفاصيل الاستحقاقات والخصومات. إرسال الطلبات ومتابعة حالتها. الوصول إلى المعلومات والبيانات المهمة بشكل منظم وسريع. تم تصميم التطبيق لتوفير تجربة استخدام بسيطة واحترافية تساعد الموظف على متابعة أعماله وطلباته والوصول إلى معلوماته في أي وقت.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NoteX HR at none against Acrobat Reader's 10. NoteX HR also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 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
Both are free to download. Acrobat Reader sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. NoteX HR asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Acrobat Reader | NoteX HR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (665K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 49.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 665K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #2 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.3 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 556 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adobe Inc. | Barwyshop |
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
NoteX HR
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Acrobat Reader
- AI Assistant for Acrobat$6.991 Month
- Acrobat Premium - Weekly$9.997 Days
- PDF Pack - Doc Creator$9.991 Month
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- 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 Premium - Yearly7 Days trial$48.991 Year
- Acrobat Premium - Yearly7 Days trial2 variants$69.991 Year
NoteX HR
No in-app purchases








