Comparison

PDF Reader vs SpeechToMarkdown

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

Head to head
About

PDF Reader

Features
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PDF Reader is an all-in-one solution to read, edit, and manage your PDF files easily and professionally. With a modern interface and powerful tools, you can view, annotate, add text, sign documents, convert, and organize your files anytime and anywhere. Main Features: Fast PDF Viewer Open and read PDF files smoothly with high performance. Highlight & Annotate Documents Highlight important text, draw, and add notes easily. Add Text to PDF Insert and edit custom text directly inside your documents. Merge & Split PDF Files Combine multiple PDFs or split documents into separate pages. Smart File Manager Organize, search, and access your files quickly. Print & Share Easily Share documents or print them in seconds. Dark Mode Support Enjoy comfortable reading in low-light environments. Perfect for students, professionals, and everyday users who need a reliable PDF solution. Download now and experience a smarter way to read and edit PDF files!

About

SpeechToMarkdown

Features
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Turn your voice into clean, structured Markdown β€” entirely on your iPhone or iPad, with zero setup and zero cloud. Speech-to-Markdown listens as you talk and turns your rambling into a well-organized document in real time. Speech-to-text runs on Apple's on-device SpeechAnalyzer; formatting is handled by Apple's on-device Foundation Models. No servers, no API keys, no sign-in β€” it even works in airplane mode. HOW IT WORKS Just start a session and talk. As you speak, your words stream into a live document that gets restructured on the fly β€” headings, lists, and paragraphs appear as you go. Pause, resume, or start a new session anytime; everything is saved automatically and stays on your device. THREE WAYS TO USE YOUR VOICE β€’ Format β€” free-form dictation. Ramble, and the whole document keeps getting reorganized as you add more. β€’ Edit β€” turn your voice into an instruction. Select some text, then say "turn this into a bulleted list" or "rewrite the intro" and only that part changes. β€’ Append β€” a fast mode for long documents. Only your new words get formatted and added to the end, so sessions stay quick no matter how long the document grows. THREE OUTPUT FORMATS Choose Markdown, plain text, or HTML β€” pick per session, switch anytime. BUILT FOR PRIVACY Everything happens on-device. There's no account to create, no analytics, no ads, and nothing is ever uploaded anywhere. Your recordings and documents live in the app's local storage and are visible in the Files app, under your control. SESSION HISTORY Every session is saved automatically. Reopen any past session to keep talking, edit the document, or export it β€” your raw transcript is always one tap away from the formatted result. GREAT FOR Meeting notes, journaling, blog and spec drafts, to-do lists, brainstorms, voice memos you actually want to read later β€” anywhere you'd rather talk than type. REQUIREMENTS iOS 26 or later on an Apple Intelligence–capable device: iPhone 15 Pro or newer, or an Apple Silicon iPad, with Apple Intelligence enabled in Settings.

Screenshots

PDF Reader4 screens
SpeechToMarkdown2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: SpeechToMarkdown at none against PDF Reader's shown. PDF Reader's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
PDF Reader versus SpeechToMarkdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDF ReaderSpeechToMarkdown
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDailyβ€”
AdsYesNo β€” better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 β€” better26.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size37 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAbdelaziz BoukhrisIgor Steblii

In-app purchases

None

PDF Reader

No in-app purchases

None

SpeechToMarkdown

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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