PDF Compressor vs PDFr
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PDF Compressor
This utility allows users to compress, merge, and share PDF documents efficiently. It provides a convenient way to manage your PDF files on the go.
- Compress PDF files
- Merge PDF files
- Share PDF files
- Manage PDF documents
- Mobile PDF utility
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Introducing the ultimate tool for compressing your PDF documents. With this app, you can easily compress, merge and share your PDF files from anywhere, anytime.
PDFr
This app allows you to scan documents, convert them to PDF, and edit existing PDF files. You can also add watermarks, signatures, and annotations, as well as manage pages and merge files.
- Scan and convert documents to PDF
- Edit PDF files
- Add watermarks and signatures
- Annotate PDFs
- Manage pages and files
- Compress and merge PDFs
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PDFr combines all the available functionality, allowing you to work with documents quickly and almost in one movement. It makes absolutely no difference what exactly you will use PDFr for: studying at school or university, work, signing papers and preparing contracts or just saving important data in a convenient format - you can do it all with one application. List of Pdfr functions: -Scan and convert photos and any types of docs into PDF. -Edit the PDF file. -Use Watermark / Sign / Fill files. -Annotate PDFs. -Reposition, delete pages and files. -Compress PDF files. -Merge files and pages.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PDFr at 93% against PDF Compressor's 18%. PDFr also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.1). PDF Compressor's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ratings volume (56 vs 1). On price, 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
Both are free to download. PDFr sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. PDF Compressor asks for nothing beyond the download.
PDFr holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PDF Compressor has 56 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of PDF Compressor's written reviews are positive against 93% of PDFr's.
PDF Compressor ships an update every 3 weeks, PDFr every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on August 29, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PDF Compressor | PDFr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (56 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.2% of reviews | 92.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 56 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HurryApp LTD | KARINA ROZITE |
Customer experience
PDF Compressor
PDFr
In-app purchases
PDF Compressor
No in-app purchases
PDFr
- Weekly trial3 Days trial$3.997 Days
- Week$4.997 Days
- 3-day Trial3 Days trial$5.997 Days
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- Month$9.991 Month
- Offer$19.991 Year
- pdf editor$29.991 Year
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