Comparison

xDesk vs PDFlick

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

Head to head
About

xDesk

Organize all your personal data in one place, from notes and photos to documents and recordings. Create custom cards for anything, with built-in tools for scanning, recording, and managing deadlines. Share information securely with others via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Customizable data cards
  • Integrated recorder with transcription
  • Document scanner to PDF
  • Deadline tracking and countdowns
  • Secure iCloud sharing
  • Cross-device support (iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch)
Features
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Why switch between five apps when one will do? xDesk is the Swiss Army knife of your personal data: an archive you build yourself, where everything has a card and every card has its place. Notes, photos, scanned documents, recordings with their transcript, deadlines, the grocery list, contacts, routes. One app, and the same one in your pocket, on the table, on the desk and on your wrist: iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch. NO SERVERS, NO SIGN-UP Your data lives in your iCloud. We don't ask for an account, we don't ask for an email, we have no servers to put it on: we never had any. What you write in xDesk is yours, stays yours, and is seen only by you and the people you choose to share it with. A CARD FOR EVERYTHING A folder for the house, one for the car, one for clients, one for grandma and her recipes. You build each card yourself, as a grid: text, numbers, dates, photos, maps, QR codes, drawings, signatures. Twenty seconds. Or start from one of sixteen ready-made models: document, vehicle, warranty, Wi-Fi network, subscription, meeting, list. RECORD, AND IT BECOMES TEXT A recorder that writes down what it hears, on your phone, without sending the audio to anyone. If there are two of you, it tells the voices apart. A scanner that straightens crooked pages and turns them into a PDF. A calendar that picks the deadlines out of every card and puts them on your first page, with a countdown. SHARE WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY A folder shared through iCloud: the grocery list your kids update from their phone, quotes with colleagues, site photos with the crew. Inside there is also the space's chat, end-to-end encrypted, so the important thing sits next to the thing it refers to. WALK, TRAVEL, TRAIN Record a route, plan the stops of a trip with computed times, keep your heart rate from the watch. It all ends up in cards, like everything else. FREE TO START The free part stays free: unlimited cards and folders, the recorder, the scanner, one shared folder. When xDesk becomes the way you work there is xDesk Pro: full transcripts with speakers told apart, unlimited models, PDFs with your letterhead, messages in shared spaces, the password vault. Monthly, yearly, or once and forever. Next time someone asks "where did you put it?", answer with a tap. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

PDFlick

Edit, scan, convert, and manage PDF documents with a comprehensive suite of tools. This app allows for text and image editing, annotation, merging, splitting, and secure protection of your files, all while working offline.

Highlights
  • Edit PDF text and images
  • Annotate and sign documents
  • Scan paper to PDF
  • Convert PDF to Word
  • Merge and split PDFs
  • Password protect and redact PDFs
  • Offline document management
Features
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PDFlick puts the PDF tools you actually need in one app. Edit documents, scan paper, convert files, manage pages, sign forms, and keep sensitive documents protected — without switching between multiple apps. 1. EDIT PDF Change text, images, and shapes directly in your PDFs. 2. ANNOTATE Highlight text, add notes, draw, mark up documents, and add signatures or other annotations. 3. MERGE & SPLIT Combine multiple PDFs or split a document into separate files. 4. ORGANIZE PAGES Rearrange, extract, and manage individual pages exactly the way you want. 5. SCAN TO PDF Scan paper documents with your iPhone and turn them into clean PDFs. 6. IMAGE TO PDF Turn photos and images into PDF documents. 7. PDF TO WORD Convert PDFs into editable Word documents. 8. COMPRESS PDF Reduce file size when you need to share or store large PDFs. 9. SIGN PDF Fill out documents and sign them directly from your iPhone. 10. WATERMARK Add custom text or images to your PDFs. 11. PROTECT PDF Password-protect your documents and keep them secure. 12. OCR & SEARCHABLE PDF Recognize text in scanned documents and make them searchable. 13. REDACT PDF Remove sensitive information before sharing your documents. 14. EXTRACT PAGES Pull specific pages out of a PDF and save them as a new document. 15. PRIVATE & OFFLINE Your documents stay on your device. PDFlick is designed to work offline, so you can edit, scan, convert, sign, and manage PDFs without uploading your files to a server. From quick edits to complete document management, PDFlick gives you the tools to create, edit, convert, organize, sign, and protect PDFs in one place. No unnecessary complexity. Just the PDF tools you need, when you need them. By subscribing, you agree to Apple's standard Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://pdflick.pntapps.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://pdflick.pntapps.com/terms

Screenshots

xDesk4 screens
PDFlick4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: xDesk at 18.0 against PDFlick's 26.2. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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

Both are free to download. xDesk sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and PDFlick sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for xDesk against 5.0 for PDFlick. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 11 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
xDesk versus PDFlick: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterxDeskPDFlick
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (8 ratings)5.0 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings811 — better
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB21 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperNas-GamesMd Imran Ansari

Customer experience

xDesk

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

PDFlick

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

xDesk

Subscriptions4
  • xDesk Pro monthly$3.991 Month
  • 1 Year sub. 15 days trial$6.991 Year
  • All Features (1Year)$6.991 Year
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  • xDesk Pro yearly$24.991 Year
One-time2
  • lifetime unlock$24.99
  • xDesk Pro forever$44.99
2 purchases

PDFlick

Subscriptions1
  • PDFlick Pro — Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
One-time1
  • PDFlick Pro — Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is xDesk free?
xDesk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PDFlick free?
PDFlick is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, xDesk or PDFlick?
PDFlick is rated higher. xDesk averages 4.9 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while PDFlick averages 5.0 from 11 ratings.
Do xDesk or PDFlick have ads?
Neither xDesk nor PDFlick shows ads.

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