Comparison

Hatly vs PDF Extractor

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

Head to head
About

Hatly

Features
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About

PDF Extractor

Extract text, tables, and images from PDFs securely on your device. Offers on-device OCR for scanned documents and rebuilds content as editable Markdown. Includes project management for revisited extractions.

Highlights
  • On-device OCR for scanned PDFs
  • Extracts text, tables, and images
  • Rebuilds content as Markdown
  • Supports password-protected PDFs
  • Project management for revisited imports
  • Batch ZIP export
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Pull the text, tables and images out of any PDF โ€” entirely on your device. Nothing is uploaded, so private documents stay private. PDFExtract reads a PDF's own text layer when it has one, and falls back to on-device OCR when it doesn't. Either way it rebuilds what it finds as clean Markdown you can paste straight into your notes, docs or knowledge base. Every import becomes a project you can reopen, review and run again with different settings. WHAT IT DOES - Import standard and password-protected PDFs - Extract the text layer from selectable PDFs - On-device OCR for scanned and image-only pages - Rebuild detected tables as real Markdown tables - Pull embedded images out of pages at their original resolution - Preview the original PDF, the extracted images and the rendered Markdown - Copy Markdown, share it as a file, or export a whole project as a ZIP - Tune OCR: recognition level, render resolution up to 600 DPI, recognition languages, automatic language detection and language correction - Choose the Markdown output style, page headings and document title - Keep every import as a project you can revisit and re-extract WHAT'S FREE - Text, Markdown and OCR for the first 5 pages of a document - The first 10 extracted images of a project - Every OCR and Markdown setting - Copy the Markdown or share it as a file PDFEXTRACT PRO UNLOCKS - Every page of a document, however long it runs - Every extracted image, unblurred and shareable - Tables rebuilt as Markdown tables instead of run-together lines - Batch ZIP export of the Markdown and all extracted images SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS PDFExtract Pro is available as a monthly subscription, a yearly subscription, or a one-time Lifetime purchase. - Monthly: auto-renews every month - Yearly: auto-renews every year - Lifetime: a single payment, never renews Prices are shown in the app and vary by region. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the period ending. You can manage or cancel a subscription any time in your Apple Account settings. PRIVACY PDF parsing, OCR, layout analysis and table recognition all run locally on your device. Your documents are never uploaded to a server. Privacy Policy: https://www.mzjpg.com/policy/pdfextract Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Hatly4 screens
PDF Extractor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hatly at none against PDF Extractor's 3. Hatly also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. PDF Extractor sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Hatly asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hatly ships an update every 6 weeks, PDF Extractor every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 4 level
Hatly versus PDF Extractor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHatlyPDF Extractor
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviewsโ€”100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks โ€” betterEvery 5 months
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
Monetizationโ€”Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size87 MB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMYPARTNER ISCDajiale

In-app purchases

None

Hatly

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

PDF Extractor

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • PDFExtract Pro โ€” Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Hatly free?
Hatly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PDF Extractor free?
PDF Extractor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hatly or PDF Extractor have ads?
PDF Extractor shows ads; Hatly does not.
Which is updated more often, Hatly or PDF Extractor?
Hatly ships an update every 6 weeks, and PDF Extractor every 5 months. Most recently, Hatly was updated on October 9, 2026 and PDF Extractor on October 3, 2026.

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