PDF vs The Comp Desk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Combine multiple PDF documents into a single file quickly and easily. This utility allows users to merge up to 50 PDFs with drag-and-drop reordering and a preview function. It's designed for effortless document consolidation on mobile devices.
- Merge up to 50 PDF files
- Drag and drop page reordering
- Preview before merging
- No file size limits
- Combine study materials
- Merge work documents
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PDF is the simplest, most beautiful way to work with PDF documents on iPhone and iPad. Every tool you need in one place — no accounts, no uploads, 100% on your device. MERGE Combine multiple PDFs into one. Drag to reorder, preview, and save in seconds. SPLIT Extract exactly the pages you need into a new document. COMPRESS Shrink large PDFs to share them easily — with a choice of quality levels. IMAGES TO PDF Turn your photos into a clean, page-sized PDF. SCAN Scan paper documents with your camera straight into a PDF. SIGN Draw your signature and place it anywhere on the page. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your documents never leave your device. No cloud, no sign-up, no tracking. Beautifully designed, fast, and satisfying to use. Download PDF and get things done.
The Comp Desk
This app provides comprehensive New York State Workers' Compensation calculations for attorneys and injured workers. It offers tools for calculating awards, average weekly wages, permanency percentages, and statutory rates. A free tier is available, with a Pro subscription unlocking advanced features.
- Workers' Comp Award Calculator
- Average Weekly Wage (AWW) Calculator
- Spinal Cord Injury (SLU) Permanency Checker
- LWEC / Classification Calculator
- Spine & Brain Impairment Calculator
- Statutory Rate Reference
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Injured on the job in New York? The Comp Desk is your companion for New York State Workers' Compensation — start your claim, find an attorney, protect your benefits, and understand your rights, free and right from your phone. No account required to get started — tell us where you are in your case and the app arranges itself around it. YOUR ROAD TO RECOVERY Answer a few questions and The Comp Desk builds a personalized roadmap for a case like yours — the path ahead, the steps that matter most, and the next thing to do. Check each one off as you heal. STAY ON TRACK WITH REMINDERS A notification center on your dashboard, plus optional reminders on your phone — nudges tied to where you are in your claim, and a heads-up about the deadline to notify your employer. Choose your reminder types and quiet hours in your profile. Reminders are educational, never legal advice. START YOUR CLAIM (FREE) File your official C-3 (Employee Claim), the form that opens your case with the New York State Workers' Compensation Board. Our step-by-step wizard fills it out with you, generates the signed PDF, and emails it straight to the Board — along with the C-3.3 medical release when your claim needs it. FIND WORK WITHIN YOUR RESTRICTIONS — JOB BUDDY Out of work or on light duty? Job Buddy matches real job openings to your medical restrictions and keeps a hearing-ready record of your search (C-258.1). Upload your IME or C-4.3 and it reads your restrictions for you. You apply on the employer's site — we never apply for you. GET REIMBURSED FOR MEDICAL TRAVEL The Mileage & Travel tracker logs every trip to treatment — subway, bus, rideshare, taxi, or your own car at the official rate — then generates your C-257 and emails it to the Board. Attach receipts as you go. FIND A DOCTOR & STAY ON TRACK Search 900+ Workers' Compensation Board-authorized providers near you by injury and borough, save your favorites, and get reminders before your IME appointments. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS Ask Comp Buddy, a built-in assistant that answers your questions in plain English — it can even read a photo of a Board notice you're unsure about — plus step-by-step guides that explain what happens next. CHECK YOUR BENEFITS (FREE) Estimate your average weekly wage and weekly benefit rate so you know what you should be receiving. TWELVE LANGUAGES Available in English, Spanish, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Russian, Bengali, Haitian Creole, Korean, Arabic, Urdu, French, and Polish. Choose yours when you first open the app, or change it in Settings. Comp Buddy answers in the language you pick, and Arabic and Urdu lay out right to left. Translation is ongoing — some screens are still in English, and we add more each release. Board forms are filed in English, as the Board requires; the app explains them to you in your language. FOR ATTORNEYS & PROFESSIONALS Comp Desk Pro puts a full suite of New York State Workers' Compensation calculators in your pocket — Schedule Loss of Use, permanency, loss of wage-earning capacity, average weekly wage, concurrent employment, settlement and Burns rates, and more — plus one-tap fee-application (OC-400.1) generation, saved cases, and a growing marketplace of practice tools. SECURE BY DESIGN Protect your account with a password, two-factor authentication, and recovery codes. SUBSCRIPTIONS Comp Buddy (for injured workers) and Comp Desk Pro (for attorneys) are optional auto-renewable subscriptions at $9.99/month; a Firm plan is $99.99/month. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at purchase, and your subscription renews automatically each month unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://thecompdesk.com/privacy Developed by NJJ Document Services, Inc. This app is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: The Comp Desk at Free against PDF's $3.99. The Comp Desk also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). PDF's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On review sentiment, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
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The Comp Desk is free to download; PDF costs $3.99 up front. The Comp Desk sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $99.99 per month. PDF asks for nothing beyond the download.
The Comp Desk holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Comp Desk has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
PDF ships an update fortnightly, The Comp Desk weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Comp Desk | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vladimir Rodzaevskiy | Joel Mays |
Customer experience
The Comp Desk
In-app purchases
No in-app purchases
The Comp Desk
- Firm Monthly$99.991 Month









