Comparison

RePaper Web PDF Highlighter vs PDF Notes C

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

PDF Notes C

This app offers a streamlined PDF viewing experience with a 2-page display, fast page turns, and annotation tools. It also provides quick previews for various file types and a document browser for easy organization.

Highlights
  • 2-page PDF viewer
  • Fast page turns
  • Handwriting tools
  • Document browser
  • Quick file previews
  • PDF creation and assembly
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PDF Notes C is a sister app of PDF Notes S that excludes cache to reduce CPU, memory, battery usages, and cache storage. PDF Notes C gives you a 2 pages viewer with horizontal/vertical scroll, and cache for fast page turns, and thumbnail scrollbar. PDF Notes C gives you ZIP Preview, Quick Look of documents, images, music, videos, and etc. PDF Notes C gives you Document Browser so that you can organize all your files very easily. PDF Viewer - 1 page or 2 pages, horizontal or vertical fast page turns - Scroll or turn pages by tap on sides - 8 handwriting tools that you can adjust color and line width - Horizontal or vertical thumbnail scrollbar - PDF outlines, bookmarks, and annotations list - PDF search - Cache manager supports 3 modes, permanent cache, automatic cache, and no cache - PDF creation and assembly (move/rotate/insert/remove pages) Quick Look, ZIP Preview - PDF, RTF, TEXT - iWork documents, Office documents - Images, Music, PiP Videos - Without Unzip, preview ZIP contents (password may be requested if locked) Advertisements before upgrade - Banner ads can be shown at the bottom - Interstitial ads can be shown per 30 minutes Information about the auto-renewable nature of the subscription - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. A link to privacy policy and terms of use - http://blog.musebook.com/2017/03/privacy-policy.html The length of the subscription - Monthly NOTE: All content contained herein is subject to change without notice.

Screenshots

RePaper Web PDF Highlighter4 screens
PDF Notes C4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PDF Notes C at Free against RePaper Web PDF Highlighter's $2.99. RePaper Web PDF Highlighter's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On rating, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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 Notes C is free to download; RePaper Web PDF Highlighter costs $2.99 up front. PDF Notes C sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.49 per month. RePaper Web PDF Highlighter asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.1 for RePaper Web PDF Highlighter against 3.0 for PDF Notes C. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RePaper Web PDF Highlighter has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 32% of RePaper Web PDF Highlighter's written reviews are positive against 0% of PDF Notes C's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RePaper Web PDF Highlighter ships an update monthly, PDF Notes C every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
RePaper Web PDF Highlighter versus PDF Notes C: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRePaper Web PDF HighlighterPDF Notes C
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating3.1 (11 ratings) — better3.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews32.4% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11 — better1
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB22 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperAppBlit LLCAMuseTec Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

RePaper Web PDF Highlighter

All ratings11 ratings
Positive54.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative45.5%
Written reviews68 reviews
Positive32.4%
Neutral1.5%
Negative66.2%

PDF Notes C

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

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

PDF Notes C

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

RePaper Web PDF Highlighter

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

PDF Notes C

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Plan$0.491 Month

Questions

Is RePaper Web PDF Highlighter free?
RePaper Web PDF Highlighter costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is PDF Notes C free?
PDF Notes C is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RePaper Web PDF Highlighter or PDF Notes C?
RePaper Web PDF Highlighter is rated higher. RePaper Web PDF Highlighter averages 3.1 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while PDF Notes C averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do RePaper Web PDF Highlighter or PDF Notes C have ads?
PDF Notes C shows ads; RePaper Web PDF Highlighter does not.
Which is updated more often, RePaper Web PDF Highlighter or PDF Notes C?
RePaper Web PDF Highlighter ships an update monthly, and PDF Notes C every 6 weeks. Most recently, RePaper Web PDF Highlighter was updated on October 3, 2026 and PDF Notes C on October 6, 2026.

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