Comparison

PDF Editor & Signer vs Pagecrisp

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

Head to head
About

PDF Editor & Signer

Edit and sign PDF documents directly on your device without needing an internet connection or uploading files. This app offers a secure, offline solution for managing contracts, invoices, and other private files, with advanced features available through an in-app purchase.

Highlights
  • Offline PDF editing and signing
  • Merge, split, and reorder pages
  • Scan documents with camera
  • Password protection and metadata stripping
  • Sign with finger or Apple Pencil
  • Export pages as JPG or PNG
Features
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Sign and edit PDFs on your iPhone without uploading them. Works offline. These tools require an In-App Purchase. Online PDF editors send your file to a server. This one never does. You merge, split, sign, scan, and lock documents on your iPhone or iPad. No account. No internet required. Built for contracts, invoices, and files you would rather keep private. Pro unlocks: • Sign with your finger or Apple Pencil, then reuse the signature later • Merge PDFs and drag pages into order • Split a file at any page • Reorder, rotate, or delete pages • Scan paper into a PDF with the camera • Build a PDF from photos, or export pages as JPG or PNG • Password-protect a file and limit printing or copying • Remove a password you already know • Strip hidden metadata before you share a file What stays on your phone • Works in airplane mode • No cloud uploads • No ads • No analytics • Nothing leaves your device Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Pagecrisp

Features
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Pagecrisp turns paper, PDFs and photos into clean, searchable PDFs on your iPhone or iPad. No account, no subscription, no watermark, no uploads. NEW IN 4.0 • Import PDFs and photos from Files and Photos. Imported pages go through the same on-device text recognition (OCR), naming and image-mode steps as a camera scan. • Real paper sizes. PDFs now use US Letter or A4 (chosen automatically by region), US Legal, or Fit to scan, with landscape pages for wide scans. Earlier versions sized each page from the scan's pixels, which made pages print far too large. • Smaller files. Choose Best, Balanced (up to 200 dpi) or Small file (up to 120 dpi) for new scans, or export a copy of any document with a different paper size and quality. The export shows the real file size. • Library backup. Save every document, page, recognized text and tag to one file and restore it later. Restoring adds documents and skips ones already in your library. • Complete searchable text after page edits, merges and signatures. • A new tab bar with Library, Search, Packets and Settings, and larger text support. SCAN AND RECOGNIZE Apple's document camera finds page edges and corrects perspective. Text recognition runs on the device with Apple Vision. Recognized text is embedded as an invisible layer, so you can search and copy it in PDF readers, and it powers full-text search inside the app. ORGANIZE AND EDIT Tags, sorting and merging. Reorder or delete pages, sign a page, and black out sensitive text. Capture both sides of an ID card on one page, or save a business card to Contacts (only when you tap Add). DOCUMENT PACKETS Combine saved PDFs into a separate packet with a cover, a linked contents page and a bookmark for each section. Up to 16 documents, 200 source pages and 100 MB combined. Image-only pages do not gain OCR from packet assembly. EXPORT AND READ Share a PDF named after your document, export recognized text as .txt, .md or .rtf, hear it read aloud with your device's voices, and see word counts and key sentences picked on the device. WHAT TO KNOW Recognition quality depends on the scan, so check important text. The document camera needs a device camera; importing works without one. Password-protected PDFs must be unlocked before import. Documents live in the app's private storage, so keep a backup file if you want a copy outside the app. One purchase. No account, no ads, no tracking.

Screenshots

PDF Editor & Signer4 screens
Pagecrisp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PDF Editor & Signer at Free against Pagecrisp's $0.99. Pagecrisp's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On update cadence, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

PDF Editor & Signer is free to download; Pagecrisp costs $0.99 up front. PDF Editor & Signer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Pagecrisp asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PDF Editor & Signer ships an update weekly, Pagecrisp every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
PDF Editor & Signer versus Pagecrisp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDF Editor & SignerPagecrisp
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRobert PinlRobert Corbin

In-app purchases

3 purchases

PDF Editor & Signer

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$19.99
None

Pagecrisp

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PDF Editor & Signer free?
PDF Editor & Signer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pagecrisp free?
Pagecrisp costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do PDF Editor & Signer or Pagecrisp have ads?
Neither PDF Editor & Signer nor Pagecrisp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PDF Editor & Signer or Pagecrisp?
PDF Editor & Signer ships an update weekly, and Pagecrisp every 2 weeks. Most recently, PDF Editor & Signer was updated on November 5, 2026 and Pagecrisp on November 10, 2026.

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