Develo vs PDFScan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Notes, tasks, and code blocks
- Folder organization and search
- Keyboard-friendly writing
- iCloud syncing
- Distraction-free workspace
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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
PDFScan
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Scan anything into a clean PDF — then actually work with it. PDFScan turns your camera into a document scanner: automatic edge detection, perspective correction, and sharp output in seconds. Everything happens on your device. No account, no sign-in, nothing uploaded. Perfect for receipts, invoices, contracts, ID copies, school notes and paperwork. SCAN • Automatic edge detection and perspective correction • Capture several pages in one pass • Import photos from your library • Low, medium and high quality presets, so files stay small enough to email EDIT PAGES • Reorder, rotate, duplicate or delete pages • Add pages by scanning or from your photos • Rename a document and rebuild the PDF • Undo while you work READ PDFs • Open any PDF, including ones sent from Files, Mail or the share sheet • Scroll and pinch to zoom • Import PDFs into your library to keep everything together EXTRACT TEXT • On-device text recognition pulls the words out of a scan • Copy the text, or share it as a .txt file • Works offline — no image ever leaves your device SHARE • Merge several documents into a single PDF • Export pages as JPEG or PNG • Send anywhere through the standard share sheet, including WhatsApp, Mail and Messages PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your documents stay in the app's own storage on your device. There is no account, no cloud sync, and nothing is uploaded for processing. FREE, WITH AN OPTIONAL UPGRADE Everything above is free. PDFScan Pro removes the ads and the small "Scanned with PDFScan" credit printed in the bottom margin of generated PDFs, available as a monthly subscription or a single one-time purchase. Prefer to stay free? Watch one optional short video, or share the app with a friend, to hide ads for an hour. Nothing is taken away if you stay on the free tier. PDFScan Pro is available as a $0.99 per month auto-renewing subscription, or as a $4.99 one-time purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it at any time in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.notion.so/elviskirui/Privacy-Policy-for-PDFScanner-362d665fdb86800e95f9d402e4e5d974
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Develo at none against PDFScan's shown. Develo also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). PDFScan's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Develo ships an update every 2 days, PDFScan every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Develo | PDFScan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Espiritu | Ann ANN WAMBUI NJUGUNA |
In-app purchases
Develo
No in-app purchases
PDFScan
No in-app purchases









