Comparison

PDF One vs PDF On

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

Head to head
About

PDF One

Manage and edit PDF documents with ease. This app offers a powerful viewer, editor, and reader to merge, rotate, delete, and split PDFs. Convert PDFs to images and organize your files efficiently.

Highlights
  • PDF viewing and editing
  • Merge multiple PDFs
  • Rotate and delete pages
  • Split PDFs
  • Convert PDF to image
  • E-book reader functionality
Features
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* Simple and easy to use, a true 'PDF Editor' Equipped with a powerful PDF viewer, e-book reader, and PDF editor, it allows you to manage your documents efficiently anytime, anywhere. * True to the basics. - Perfectly displays PDFs according to standards. - Powerful search function. - Allows you to see the structure of the document at a glance. * Powerful editing features - Merge multiple PDF documents into one. - Rotate PDF documents. - Delete unnecessary pages. - Split one PDF into multiple files. - Convert PDF to image files. Download 'PDF Editor' now and experience all the features for free! (The PDF Editor app does not have any annoying or surprising ads.)

About

PDF On

Features
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PDF On turns paper into clean PDFs and lets you finish them right away: fill in, sign, highlight, share. Everything happens on your iPhone. No account, no upload, no tracking. SCAN AND CREATE • Scan documents with automatic edge detection • Take a photo and crop it: the edges are found and straightened for you • Build PDFs from photos, files and other PDFs • Convert Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Pages, Numbers, Keynote, text and HTML files to PDF • Choose page size, layout (1, 2 or 4 per page) and quality • Optional date and time stamps • Make PDFs searchable with on-device text recognition • Protect PDFs with a password FILL IN AND SIGN • Tap a form field and type: the text lands inside the box, on the line • Return jumps to the next field • Checkmarks snap into checkboxes, dates follow the format of the form • Your name, address and phone number appear as suggestions above the keyboard • Sign by drawing, or photograph your signature on paper • Place a passport photo on an application form: the photo frame is found automatically • Typefaces, sizes, bold and colors for every language MARK UP • Highlighter, pen with thickness and opacity, lines, arrows, rectangles and circles • Undo and redo READING MODE • Full screen with trimmed margins, so the text is larger • Highlight with one swipe, in four colors of your choice • Name your colors, for example "Important" or "Question", and add notes • A list of all highlights with page jump; share them as text • The app remembers where you stopped reading ID CARD AND PASSPORT COPY • Front and back on one sheet in true original size • Optional enlargement, grayscale, cut lines and a watermark such as "Copy for landlord" PAGES • Reorder, rotate, crop, straighten and delete pages • Merge PDFs, insert scans, photos or other PDFs • Export the text as a Word document (.docx), copy text, search in the document PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Works fully offline • No account, no ads, no tracking, no data collection • Optional app lock with Face ID • Share extension: send photos and PDFs from other apps to PDF On LANGUAGES English, Spanish, German, French, Arabic, Persian, Urdu and more than 40 other languages, with full right-to-left layout.

Screenshots

PDF One4 screens
PDF On4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PDF On at none against PDF One's 1. PDF On also leads on ads (none vs shown). PDF One's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. PDF One sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PDF On asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences Ā· 4 level
PDF One versus PDF On: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDF OnePDF On
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperY Mobile Solution Co. , Ltd.Abbas Hoseiny

In-app purchases

1 purchases

PDF One

One-time1
  • Ad Removal (Lifetime Free)$3.99
None

PDF On

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PDF One free?
PDF One is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PDF On free?
PDF On is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PDF One or PDF On have ads?
PDF One shows ads; PDF On does not.

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