eLifeVault vs PDF Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
eLifeVault
Securely store, organize, and quickly find your important documents and photos. This private vault uses advanced encryption to keep your digital life safe. Create custom categories or use default ones for easy access.
- Secure document storage
- Photo organization
- Customizable categories
- Built-in scanning
- Advanced encryption
- Easy file access
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eLifeVault allows you to store and locate photos and documents in a snap. It is a secure, private vault for organizing, preserving, and accessing important documents, photos, and personal records. Users may save files in default categories or create their own. With user-friendly features, built-in scanning, and advanced encryption, eLifeVault is designed to keep your digital life safe and organised.
PDF Reader
Easily scan, read, edit, and manage PDF documents on your iPhone and iPad. Convert images to PDF, extract text with OCR, and sign your documents. Organize files with merging, splitting, and password protection.
- Scan documents with camera
- Convert photos to PDF
- Extract text with OCR
- Edit and annotate PDFs
- Sign documents
- Merge and split PDFs
- Password protection
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PDF Reader is your all-in-one app to read, scan, edit, and manage PDF documents on iPhone and iPad. SCAN & CREATE • Scan paper documents with your camera and save them as crisp PDFs • Convert photos and images into PDF files • Extract text from scans and PDFs with OCR READ & VIEW • Smooth, fast PDF viewer with page thumbnails and search • Open PDFs from Files, email, and other apps EDIT & ANNOTATE • Highlight, draw, and add text to any PDF • Add your signature to sign documents • Rotate, delete, and reorder pages ORGANIZE YOUR TOOLS • Merge multiple PDFs into one • Split a PDF into separate files • Lock and unlock PDFs with a password • Manage files with search and a recycle bin PDF READER PREMIUM Upgrade to Premium to remove ads and unlock the full toolset: • OCR text recognition • Edit & sign without limits • Unlimited access to all PDF tools • An ad-free experience Subscription details: • PDF Reader Premium is a weekly auto-renewable subscription. • Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. • The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. • Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ • Privacy Policy: https://goldenboat.io/policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: eLifeVault at 100% against PDF Reader's 0%. eLifeVault also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and ads (none vs shown). PDF Reader's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 2). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. eLifeVault sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.00 per month and PDF Reader sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $14.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
eLifeVault holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PDF Reader has 13 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of eLifeVault's written reviews are positive against 0% of PDF Reader's.
eLifeVault ships an update every 6 days, PDF Reader every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | eLifeVault | PDF Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 3.5 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ablepro Inc. | Duc Duong Tran |
Customer experience
eLifeVault
PDF Reader
In-app purchases
eLifeVault
- Premium Monthly Subscription$4.001 Month
- Premium Yearly Subscription$39.991 Year
- Premium Monthly Subscription$4.00
- Premium Yearly Subscription$39.99
PDF Reader
- Premium Weekly$14.997 Days








