Comparison

PDF Max Pro vs Meshwrite

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

Head to head
About

PDF Max Pro

This comprehensive PDF editor allows you to edit, annotate, organize, and sign documents on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It transforms PDFs into interactive workspaces, enabling you to collect and connect important information, study effectively, and collaborate on projects.

Highlights
  • Edit text, images, and shapes
  • Annotate and highlight PDFs
  • Fill and sign forms
  • Organize and connect PDF content
  • Scan and OCR documents
  • Create fillable forms
  • Export to Markdown, PDF, or Word
Features
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PDF Max Pro is a complete PDF editor for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, trusted by millions of people since 2012. From signing a form to building research you can verify, PDF Max Pro helps you edit, annotate, organize, understand, study, protect, and deliver PDFs—all in one app. YOUR PDF. NOW A WORKSPACE. Collect important passages, highlights, images, tables, formulas, and notes as Cards beside your PDFs. Every Card remembers where it came from, so you can return to the original page whenever you need the full context. • Search, tag, connect, and arrange your Cards • Gather related Cards into named groups called Frames • Organize evidence from several PDFs without merging them • Compare passages side by side or view your evidence as an Outline or table • Present Frames or export your work to Markdown, PDF, or Word STUDY WHAT MATTERS Turn trusted Cards into Questions, practice a focused topic, or use scheduled Study for long-term review. Track your Progress, study text and visual material, and return to the supporting PDF whenever an answer needs more context. On supported devices, Apple Intelligence can draft Questions for you to review before saving. EDIT, ANNOTATE, FILL, AND SIGN • Edit existing text, typography, images, links, shapes, and tables • Add, replace, crop, align, rotate, and arrange content • Remove image backgrounds and automatically crop subjects • Highlight, underline, strike through, draw, stamp, and comment • Add text boxes, callouts, notes, shapes, and threaded comments • Complete forms, find missing required fields, and add reusable signatures • Create and edit text, checkbox, radio, dropdown, signature, date, and image fields • Permanently redact text, areas, pages, or search results SCAN, READ, AND UNDERSTAND • Scan paper with automatic capture, edge detection, cleanup, crop, filters, and page reordering • Make scans searchable with optional OCR • Turn selected images into polished PDFs • Reflow fixed or scanned pages into a comfortable reading column • Keep figures beside the text they explain • Customize reading theme, typography, spacing, margins, and alignment • Translate supported languages and listen with on-device Read Aloud • Keep selected passages and useful context with Focus View VOICE NOTES THAT STAY ON THE PAGE • Place and play audio notes anywhere in a PDF • Create searchable on-device transcripts when the required speech model is available MAKE FLAT FORMS FILLABLE • Detect likely text, checkbox, and signature fields in flat or printed forms • Review every detected field before applying it • Use Form Assist to review suggested answers from your encrypted profile EVERY PDF TOOL IN ONE PLACE • Reorder, rotate, insert, duplicate, replace, extract, merge, split, or delete pages • Compress PDFs while preserving selectable text and vector graphics • Resize mixed pages to standard paper sizes • Add page numbers, N of M, Roman numerals, letters, or Bates numbering • Add or remove an open password • Create and edit PDF outlines and bookmarks • Recognize text with OCR and convert Word documents to PDF • Create PDFs from paper, journal, planner, graph, and project templates • Present PDF pages or Workspace Frames full screen • Save, print, flatten, share, or export the finished result Join more than 25 million downloads worldwide and move from document to outcome with PDF Max Pro. Some advanced features require PDF Max PREMIUM. PDF MAX PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION Payment will be charged to your Apple Account when the purchase is confirmed. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited when a subscription is purchased, where applicable. Privacy Policy: https://mobeera.ai/privacy Terms: https://mobeera.ai/terms

About

Meshwrite

Features
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MeshWrite — Evolution is Creation Most note-taking and writing apps force ideas into static documents. MeshWrite helps you evolve interconnected ideas through branching workflows, version history, and structured creation. Ideas rarely develop in a straight line. A note becomes a draft, a draft branches into alternatives, and a single concept evolves into articles, scripts, products, or entire knowledge systems. MeshWrite is designed for that process. Capture Ideas Before They Disappear Use Inbox and Scratchpad to capture notes, research, observations, and inspiration instantly. Focus on capturing ideas first and organizing them later. Think in Branches Traditional editors overwrite history. MeshWrite introduces native branching, allowing you to explore multiple directions without losing previous versions. Create alternative drafts, compare ideas side by side, and preserve the evolution of your thinking. Build with AI AI-generated content should not disappear inside chat sessions. MeshWrite transforms generated content into structured project assets. Generate variations, compare alternatives, and continue building on the strongest ideas while keeping everything organized inside a single project. Version Everything Create snapshots at any stage of your work, from rough concepts and experiments to polished final drafts. Your creative process remains visible and recoverable without maintaining duplicate files. One Project, Multiple Outcomes Develop articles, newsletters, video scripts, podcast outlines, social content, product specifications, and research documents from a single source of truth. Every piece of content remains connected to its origin and evolution. Stay Organized Naturally Manage growing projects with tags, publishing states, and archival tools. Organization becomes a natural result of creation rather than a separate task. Own Your Data Your workspace remains under your control. Export projects as complete bundles or standard Markdown files at any time. MeshWrite is designed to keep your ideas portable, accessible, and future-proof. Built for Creators and Thinkers • Writers and authors developing long-form work • Content creators managing multi-format content • Founders and indie makers building products • Researchers exploring complex topics • Knowledge workers organizing evolving ideas Evolution is Creation Great ideas are rarely created in a single draft. They emerge through iteration, exploration, branching, and refinement. MeshWrite helps you preserve and develop that entire journey. Stop managing files. Start evolving ideas. By subscribing, you agree to our Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

PDF Max Pro4 screens
Meshwrite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Meshwrite at Free against PDF Max Pro's $9.99. On ads, in-app purchases, 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

Meshwrite is free to download; PDF Max Pro costs $9.99 up front. PDF Max Pro sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Meshwrite sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
PDF Max Pro versus Meshwrite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDF Max ProMeshwrite
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (1.5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews41.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.5K — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size301 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMobeeraGang Huang

Bugs and requests

PDF Max Pro

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes when opening certain PDF files
  • Annotations and edits not saving properly
  • Inability to restore previous in-app purchases
  • Syncing issues with Dropbox and Google Drive

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add text-to-speech and speech-to-text functionality
  • Improve integration with cloud storage services
  • Enhance annotation tools and responsiveness
  • Provide better documentation and support

Meshwrite

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

PDF Max Pro

Subscriptions3
  • Premium Subscription (1 week)$2.997 Days
  • One year Premium$34.991 Year
  • Onboarding Yearly Offer7 Days trial$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Package$4.99
2 purchases

Meshwrite

Subscriptions2
  • Meshwrite Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Meshwrite Pro Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is PDF Max Pro free?
PDF Max Pro costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Meshwrite free?
Meshwrite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PDF Max Pro or Meshwrite have ads?
Neither PDF Max Pro nor Meshwrite shows ads.

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