Comparison

Develo vs PDF to Word

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

Head to head
About

Develo

A minimalist productivity app for developers to create notes, tasks, and code snippets. It offers a distraction-free workspace with folder organization and fast, keyboard-friendly writing, syncing across devices via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Notes, tasks, and code blocks
  • Folder organization and search
  • Keyboard-friendly writing
  • iCloud syncing
  • Distraction-free workspace
Features
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Develo is a fast, minimal, and developer-friendly place to think, write, and organize. Create notes, tasks, and code blocks in a clean interface designed for people who live in terminals and IDEs. Whether you're planning a project, documenting bugs, keeping a dev journal, or tracking feature ideas — Develo gives you a lightweight, distraction-free workspace that stays synced across all your devices with iCloud. --- Features • Notes, tasks, and code blocks in one place • Folder organization with sorting and search • Fast, keyboard-friendly writing experience • No ads, no analytics, no tracking

About

PDF to Word

Convert PDFs to editable Word, Excel, or image files offline. Merge, split, rotate, and compress PDFs, or create PDFs from documents and images. Secure files with passwords.

Highlights
  • PDF to Word, Excel, JPG, PNG, Text conversion
  • Word and Images to PDF conversion
  • Merge, Split, Rotate, Compress PDFs
  • Extract images from PDFs
  • Password protection and removal
  • Batch processing for multiple files
  • Page previews for selections
Features
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Fourteen PDF tools that run entirely on your device. Your files are never uploaded and no account is needed. FROM PDF • PDF to Word: a real, editable .docx that keeps the layout, with fonts, colors, tables, pictures, headers and footers • PDF to Excel: ruled tables become real .xlsx cells • PDF to JPG or PNG: pick the resolution, pick the pages • PDF to Text: pulls out the text layer • Extract images: saves the pictures in a PDF as separate files TO PDF • Word to PDF: .docx and older .doc files, with pictures, tables, footnotes, headers and footers • Images to PDF: JPG, PNG, WebP, BMP, GIF, in the order you choose ORGANIZE • Merge: drag the files into the order you want; their bookmarks come along • Split: one file per page, or extract a range like 3-5, 9 • Rotate: 90° steps, on the pages you select • Compress: lossless cleanup, or smaller images for a much smaller file, with the estimated size shown first SECURITY • Add a password (AES-256) • Remove a password you already know MANY FILES AT ONCE Pick several files and each one is converted with the same settings. “Share all” saves the results wherever you like. SEE THE PAGES FIRST Every PDF tool shows real page previews. Tap the pages you want or type a range. HONEST ABOUT LIMITS • Scanned pages have no text layer, so text, Word and Excel export cannot read them (that needs OCR). The app tells you which pages those are. • Removing a password requires knowing the password. This app does not crack anything. No account, no watermarks, no page limits. Available in 20 languages.

Screenshots

Develo4 screens
PDF to Word4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Develo at Free against PDF to Word's $9.99. Develo also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). PDF to Word's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Develo is free to download; PDF to Word costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Develo against 5.0 for PDF to Word. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Develo ships an update every 2 days, PDF to Word every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Develo versus PDF to Word: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeveloPDF to Word
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael EspirituALBER LEVI

Customer experience

Develo

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

PDF to Word

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Develo

No in-app purchases

None

PDF to Word

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Develo free?
Develo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PDF to Word free?
PDF to Word costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Develo or PDF to Word?
Develo and PDF to Word are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Develo or PDF to Word have ads?
Neither Develo nor PDF to Word shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Develo or PDF to Word?
Develo ships an update every 2 days, and PDF to Word every 5 days. Most recently, Develo was updated on October 30, 2026 and PDF to Word on October 31, 2026.

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