PdfBlend vs Catchyt
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
PdfBlend
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PdfBlend is a fast, private PDF editor and document scanner with on-device OCR, professional annotation tools, and QR code generation. Create, edit, sign, and share PDFs β offline, with no cloud upload. Ideal for students, professionals, and anyone who works with PDFs daily. NEW in this version: β’ Import & export fully editable projects as .pdfblend (PDF, images, layers, annotations in one file). β’ Open PDF files directly from the Files app / system file picker. β’ AI-powered text summarization for long text and collected annotations. β’ Voice-to-text annotations: add text notes to a PDF by speaking. β’ More shape tools, all grouped in a single Shapes button for a cleaner toolbar. Why users choose PdfBlend: β’ Professional PDF editing & annotation: pen, highlighter, text notes (12 fonts incl. 9 Arabic), shapes, images, signatures, arrows, layers, undo/redo. β’ Built-in OCR (100+ languages, offline): scan with camera or import images; extract editable text with 95β99% accuracy on printed text. β’ QR codes inside PDFs: add URLs, Wi-Fi, vCards, and more β scannable after export. β’ Complete PDF toolkit: merge, split, delete/insert pages, compress, watermark, export pages as PNG, extract text notes to .txt. β’ Privacy-first: 100% on-device processing; your documents stay on your phone. β’ Multilingual UI: English, Arabic (RTL), German, French. Popular workflows: β’ Scan & sign: Camera β OCR β add signature β export PDF. β’ Study & note-taking: highlight, add notes, export all notes to a text file. β’ Organize PDFs: merge multiple files, split into pages, compress for sharing. β’ Add QR codes: insert tracking links, Wi-Fi, or contact cards directly into a document. Key features at a glance: β’ 20+ tools including pen, highlighter, text, shapes, images, signatures, arrows, eraser, and a Layers panel. β’ OCR: 100+ languages, 1β3 s/page, fully offline. β’ Page operations: add/insert/delete/extract; non-destructive until export. β’ Exports: PDF (flattened), PNG (pages), TXT (notes). Performance: smooth 60 FPS annotation rendering, fast loads.
Catchyt
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Your mental inbox for the day. Catchyt is the one place where your agenda, fleeting ideas, and tasks on hold coexist, without friction, without complexity. Not a task manager. Not a note-taking app. Something in between, and far simpler than both. Three objects. Thatβs all. AGENDA Your iCal events for the day, synced in real time. See whatβs coming, add whatβs missing, without leaving the app. CAPTURED A fleeting idea. A link you donβt want to lose. A photo of a receipt. Drop it here before it disappears. Text, links, images. Catchit accepts everything, asks nothing. ON HOLD Not a task you can schedule. Not a note. Just something you need to do, when the budget is right, when someone replies, when you find the time. It stays visible every day until itβs done. Why Catchyt ? Because youβre tired of switching between five apps just to stay on top of your day. Because the perfect productivity system is the one you actually use. Because sometimes you just need to drop it somewhere safe and move on. Catchyt is your digital catch-all tray. It holds the weight so you donβt have to. One-time purchase. No subscription. No ads. Yours forever. https://catchytapp.com/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PdfBlend at Free against Catchyt's $2.99. PdfBlend also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.6). Catchyt's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 weeks). On in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
PdfBlend is free to download; Catchyt costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PdfBlend ships an update every 2 weeks, Catchyt every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PdfBlend | Catchyt |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free β better | $2.99 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 6 days β better |
| Ads | Yes | No β better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod β better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 β better | 17.6 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ibrahim Amer | Claude Bezeaud |
In-app purchases
PdfBlend
No in-app purchases
Catchyt
No in-app purchases









