Comparison

PDF Reader & Doc Scanner vs Converter

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

Head to head
About

PDF Reader & Doc Scanner

Features
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PDF Reader & Doc Scanner lets you open and read documents, add text and annotations, sign PDFs and compress files for sharing. Use the document scanner to digitize pages and OCR to extract text from photos and scanned PDFs. Every tool is available without a subscription or trial period. The app displays ads. PDF READER • Open PDFs from Files, Mail and other apps through the share menu • Browse PDFs saved in the app's folder, with thumbnails, page count and file size • Search for words in documents with selectable text • Read with continuous scrolling or page by page, vertically or horizontally • Use full screen and color inversion for reading at night • Tap the page number to jump to the page you need • Organize documents with favorites, recents and folders PDF EDITOR & ANNOTATIONS • Add text and annotations on top of PDF pages • Highlight, underline and strike through text • Add notes, draw freehand and insert the date, shapes, lines and arrows • Undo and redo changes • Save a copy or replace the original when the file allows it SIGN PDF • Draw your signature with your finger and save it as a template • Take a photo of your signature on paper and remove the background automatically • Position and resize the signature on the page DOCUMENT SCANNER • Scan documents with the camera and turn them into PDFs • Use automatic cropping and filters: original, grayscale, black and white, and enhance • Arrange the front and back of an ID card on a single page for printing OCR: EXTRACT TEXT • Recognize and extract text from photos, screenshots and scanned PDF pages • Copy recognized text with one tap LISTEN TO PDF • Listen to document text read aloud, page by page • Adjust the reading speed • Use text recognition to listen to scanned pages too PDF TOOLS • Compress PDF: use three compression levels to shrink files before sending them by email or WhatsApp. The reduction depends on the document • Merge PDF: combine several files into one • Split PDF: extract any page range • Organize pages: reorder, rotate, delete, insert blank pages or pages from another PDF, and extract pages • Password protect PDFs with AES-256 encryption • Remove passwords: enter the current opening password to save a copy without that protection • Remove printing and copying restrictions from PDFs that open without a password • Watermark: add text and adjust color, size, opacity and rotation • Crop page margins • PDF to image: export pages as PNG or combine pages into a long JPG image

About

Converter

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Convert spreadsheets to PDF directly on your iPhone or iPad. Excel to PDF Converter processes each file on your device: no account is required and document contents are not uploaded to a conversion server. Review before exporting Inspect the workbook, select and reorder sheets, choose whether to include hidden sheets, and check the result in a paginated preview. PDF text remains selectable when the source document allows it. Supported formats - XLSX, XLS, XLSM, XLSB, XLTX, XLTM, ODS and OTS. - CSV and TSV with encoding, delimiter, quote and locale controls. - Compatible password-protected files. Control the page layout - A3, A4, A5, Letter, Legal and Tabloid paper sizes. - Portrait or landscape orientation and custom margins. - Percentage scaling or fit to width. - Print areas, repeated rows and columns, and grid lines. - Page ranges, blank-page handling and one-page sheet output. Create the PDF you need Adjust image quality and resolution, compression, PDF/A, tagged PDF, metadata, sheet bookmarks, links and watermarks. You can also protect the PDF with a password and set printing or copying permissions. Save and reuse Save as, share or rename the result. Local history keeps previous PDFs easy to find and lets you convert their source spreadsheet again while it remains available. Privacy without cloud conversion Inspection, preview and conversion work offline after installation. Macros are not executed and external connections are not refreshed. If a font, formula, chart or other feature may render differently, the app shows a warning before you continue. All conversion tools are available without a subscription. An optional lifetime purchase removes advertising. Excel is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. This app is not affiliated with or endorsed by Microsoft.

Screenshots

PDF Reader & Doc Scanner4 screens
Converter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PDF Reader & Doc Scanner at none against Converter's 1. PDF Reader & Doc Scanner also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Converter's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Converter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PDF Reader & Doc Scanner asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
PDF Reader & Doc Scanner versus Converter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDF Reader & Doc ScannerConverter
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size96 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFWR TecnologiaAntonio Gonzalez de la aleja german

In-app purchases

None

PDF Reader & Doc Scanner

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Converter

One-time1
  • remove ads$2.99

Questions

Is PDF Reader & Doc Scanner free?
PDF Reader & Doc Scanner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Converter free?
Converter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PDF Reader & Doc Scanner or Converter have ads?
PDF Reader & Doc Scanner shows ads; Converter does not.

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