RePaper Web PDF Highlighter vs Smart PDF+ Editor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RePaper Web PDF Highlighter
Annotate web pages, PDFs, Word, and PowerPoint documents with customizable highlights and comments. Organize your content into folders and sync across devices using iCloud. Share and export your annotated files to various cloud services and other apps.
- Highlight web pages and PDFs
- Add comments in multiple colors
- Reader View for web and PDF
- Organize content in folders
- iCloud synchronization
- Share and export annotations
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One app to highlight Web pages, PDF, Word and Powerpoint documents, synchronized to iCloud. Our users say: - "Highlight Delight" - Cat North - "Only app that highlights properly" - Sparticle - "Exactly what I was looking for" - Bren With RePaper: - Open web pages and PDF files from anywhere - Add your highlight and comments in several colors - "Reader View" like Safari but works for Web and PDF files (text only) - Organize your articles in folders - Synchronized with iCloud - Share your highlights on social media and email - Export to other apps like iBooks, DropBox, Box, Drive and Evernote
Smart PDF+ Editor
This app allows users to read, sign, and annotate PDF documents, especially with stylus input. It's designed for professionals to quickly handle documents and for students to take notes on study materials. Features include a built-in file manager for organization.
- Ink annotations
- Document signing
- File organization
- PDF reading
- Document sharing
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Smart PDF is a PDF editor specially optimized for ink annotations. Use it with an Apple Pencil for the ultimate ease in note taking. Great for professionals Quickly sign and send documents. Review, annotate and share files with your colleagues. Great for students If you spend a lot of time reading and studying documents on your iPad, then Smart PDF is an indispensable tool for getting the most out of your study time. Take notes on documents in class, or while studying at home. Keep all your files organized with the built-in file manager, with color-coded categories. We hope you enjoy Smart PDF! -- The App Makers @ Qrayon
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Smart PDF+ Editor at 3.8 against RePaper Web PDF Highlighter's 3.1. Smart PDF+ Editor also leads on ratings volume (53 vs 11). RePaper Web PDF Highlighter's advantage is review sentiment (32% vs 5%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). On ads, in-app purchases 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
RePaper Web PDF Highlighter costs $2.99 and Smart PDF+ Editor $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Smart PDF+ Editor holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 53 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 32% of RePaper Web PDF Highlighter's written reviews are positive against 5% of Smart PDF+ Editor's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
RePaper Web PDF Highlighter ships an update monthly, Smart PDF+ Editor every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RePaper Web PDF Highlighter | Smart PDF+ Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 3.1 (11 ratings) | 3.8 (53 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.4% of reviews — better | 5.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 53 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AppBlit LLC | Qrayon, LLC |
Customer experience
RePaper Web PDF Highlighter
Smart PDF+ Editor
Bugs and requests
RePaper Web PDF Highlighter
Reported bugs
24 issues- Things don’t sync between devices if folders aren't created
- Text in reader font can’t be adjusted
- Deleting a paper seems temporary
- Tutorial video gives code 404 message
- Instruction video is missing, link broken
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- Video tutorial has been removed
- Bookmarklet doesn't work
- App will not find documents
- Won't allow highlighting on iPhone
- Force closes when extracting files
- Cannot use on PDF documents saved in iBook, PDF, and Dropbox directly
- Stubborn highlighting, difficult to adjust selection
- App shuts down after 30 seconds
- Crashes multiple times or does not highlight
- App crashes when hitting save
- Undefined is not an object error
- Doesn't work at all
- No selection made
- Says 'no selection found'
- Does not allow highlighting more than one word at a time in a PDF
- Does not allow highlighting more than one sentence at a time
- Highlights only in its own browser
- No logical segregation in library
- Takes 10 to 20 times to make one highlight
Requested features
10 requests- Cloud support
- More obvious new folder creation
- Consistent stable operation without folders
- IOS 8 extension
- Bookmarklet
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- Shortened link to highlighted article
- Comments pop up automatically
- Ability to comment on highlighting
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
Smart PDF+ Editor
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
RePaper Web PDF Highlighter
No in-app purchases
Smart PDF+ Editor
No in-app purchases
Questions
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