Comparison

RePaper Web PDF Highlighter vs compost

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

compost

Save and organize web pages with AI-powered automatic tagging. Access your content offline and search your knowledge garden with ease across all devices. Unlock unlimited storage and advanced features with a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • AI-driven automatic tagging
  • Offline access to saved pages
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • Powerful search functionality
  • Content organization
  • Save web pages as posts
Features
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◆ Cultivate your knowledge garden - Save web pages as posts, we keep only the relevant information - Your posts are automatically tagged with people, places, organizations and keywords - Your posts are always available, even when you’re offline or if the page has disappeared from the internet - Search through the knowledge you accumulate with ease - Your garden is kept in sync between all of your devices - Get post suggestions from the sites you visit - Completely private, the magic happens on your device - No advertisements ◆ Who is com.post for? - Students, researchers, journalists and anyone that wants to dive deeper into particular subjects - Researching destinations for a trip? Interested in DIY projects? Learning historical facts? Try composting to cut through the noise and let your device guide you with connections between the information you've gathered ◆ What’s included for free?  - Up to 10 posts - Automatic tagging of people, places, organizations and keywords - All search capabilities ◆ How can I get more? - You can unlock all features with a one-time payment - Unlimited posts - View posts that are related to what you’re currently reading - Save or share posts as PDF documents - All future enhancements included Terms of Use: https://1echo.info/com.post/terms-of-use.html

Screenshots

RePaper Web PDF Highlighter4 screens
compost4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: compost at 100% against RePaper Web PDF Highlighter's 32%. compost also leads on price (Free vs $2.99) and rating (5.0 vs 3.1). RePaper Web PDF Highlighter's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months). On 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

compost is free to download; RePaper Web PDF Highlighter costs $2.99 up front. compost sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. RePaper Web PDF Highlighter asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

compost holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. 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 point the same way: 32% of RePaper Web PDF Highlighter's written reviews are positive against 100% of compost's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RePaper Web PDF Highlighter ships an update monthly, compost every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
RePaper Web PDF Highlighter versus compost: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRePaper Web PDF Highlightercompost
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating3.1 (11 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews32.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11 — better1
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.2
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB21 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperAppBlit LLC9187-1038 Quebec Inc

Customer experience

RePaper Web PDF Highlighter

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

compost

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
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
Show 5 more
  • Shortened link to highlighted article
  • Comments pop up automatically
  • Ability to comment on highlighting
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard

compost

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

RePaper Web PDF Highlighter

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

compost

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Yearly$8.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$10.00

Questions

Is RePaper Web PDF Highlighter free?
RePaper Web PDF Highlighter costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is compost free?
compost is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RePaper Web PDF Highlighter or compost?
compost is rated higher. RePaper Web PDF Highlighter averages 3.1 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while compost averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do RePaper Web PDF Highlighter or compost have ads?
Neither RePaper Web PDF Highlighter nor compost shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RePaper Web PDF Highlighter or compost?
RePaper Web PDF Highlighter ships an update monthly, and compost every 5 months. Most recently, RePaper Web PDF Highlighter was updated on October 18, 2026 and compost on October 5, 2026.

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