PDF Editor vs PDF
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PDF Editor
This app offers robust PDF editing and compression tools, allowing you to reduce file sizes by up to 90% while preserving quality. It also provides features for annotating, filling forms, signing documents, and managing PDFs.
- Powerful PDF compression up to 90%
- Edit text, add annotations, and shapes
- Fill forms and add digital signatures
- Highlight, underline, and strikethrough text
- Split, merge, and convert documents
- Scan documents using your camera
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Edit the actual text inside your PDFs—change words, fonts, sizes, and colors, swap out images, and fix typos right on your iPhone or iPad. PDF Editor brings desktop-class editing to your pocket, then lets you annotate, sign, fill forms, and share in seconds. EDIT TEXT & IMAGES DIRECTLY • Tap any paragraph to rewrite, restyle, or delete text • Change fonts, sizes, colors, and alignment • Add, move, resize, or replace images • Fix typos and update documents without a computer ANNOTATE & MARK UP • Highlight, underline, and strikethrough • Add comments, sticky notes, shapes, and arrows • Draw freehand with your finger or Apple Pencil • Insert stamps and custom watermarks SIGN & FILL FORMS • Sign with your finger or a saved signature • Fill out interactive and flat forms • Add dates, checkmarks, and text fields ORGANIZE & CONVERT • Merge, split, reorder, rotate, and delete pages • Scan paper documents with your camera • Convert photos and images to PDF • Extract or duplicate pages SHRINK FILE SIZES • Compress large PDFs to make them easy to email and share • Pick the compression level that fits your needs Whether you're editing a contract, marking up research, or fixing a typo before a deadline, PDF Editor gives you everything you need to work with PDFs—right on your iPhone and iPad. Terms of service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://site.innovaapps.ai/policies/translatorprivacypolicy
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Have you always wanted to stream your beautiful ".pdf" in full resolution to a projector from your iPhone or iPad while having the option to use timers and slide previews on your own device, like with a Keynote presentation? Then this app is the right choice for you! Simply connect your device to an external screen (projector, monitor, ...) by cable or airplay and you instantly get the presenter view.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PDF Editor at Free against PDF's $2.99. PDF Editor also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 18 months). PDF's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On ads, 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
PDF Editor is free to download; PDF costs $2.99 up front. PDF Editor sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. PDF asks for nothing beyond the download.
PDF Editor ships an update every 2 months, PDF every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and August 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PDF Editor | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (66 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 66 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 18 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alex Gameli Heyman | KARL ULRICH W_BER |
In-app purchases
PDF Editor
- Weekly PDF Editor3 Days trial$3.997 Days
- Monthly PDF Editor$9.991 Month
- PDF one time Edit$2.99
No in-app purchases









