Comparison

FreePDF vs Draftonaut

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

Head to head
About

FreePDF

This app offers a comprehensive suite of over 20 PDF tools and a document scanner. Easily convert, edit, organize, and scan PDF files directly from your mobile device. It supports various conversion formats and provides essential editing features.

Highlights
  • 20+ PDF tools
  • Native document scanner
  • PDF to Word, Excel, PowerPoint conversion
  • Image and document to PDF conversion
  • Merge, split, and rotate PDFs
  • Add page numbers and watermarks
  • Auto-detect document edges
Features
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PDF Tools & Scanner gives you 20+ PDF tools and a native iOS document scanner — all in one app. Convert, edit, organize and scan PDF documents right from your iPhone. Convert from PDF • PDF to Word — preserves tables and formatting for instant editing • PDF to Excel — smart column detection exports data accurately • PDF to PowerPoint — convert slides into editable presentations • PDF to JPG or PNG — turn each page into a high-quality image • PDF to Text — extract all readable text as plain .txt • PDF to HTML — convert to web-ready HTML format Convert to PDF • Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Html→ PDF • Photos and images → PDF Edit PDF — • Merge: Combine multiple PDFs into one, drag to reorder • Split: Select specific pages to extract or separate • Rotate: Fix sideways or upside-down pages (90°/180°/270°) • Delete Pages: Visual page grid to remove unwanted pages • Add Page Numbers: Choose position, style and starting number • Watermark: Add text or image watermarks • PDF Info: View page count, file size and metadata Document Scanner Scan paper documents with your iPhone camera. Auto-detects document edges, corrects perspective and saves as PDF. Digitize receipts, contracts, notes, IDs and more. Basic Plan: 15 jobs/day · 100 MB file size · Ads shown Pro Plan: Unlimited jobs · 1 GB file size · PDF to Excel/PPT/HTML · Priority support Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://freepdf.co/privacy

About

Draftonaut

Features
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Welcome to Draftonaut 1.0 — the writer's studio in your pocket. WRITE ANYWHERE Chapters and scenes with autosave, local draft protection, and offline reading. A calm, serif editor with typewriter and focus modes, writing sprints, dictation and read-aloud. AN AI PARTNER, NOT AN AUTOPILOT Continue a scene, rephrase a selection, get feedback, draft from your notes, or generate a synopsis and blurb. The AI never overwrites your text — you decide what goes in. ASK YOUR MANUSCRIPT Chat with your own book: answers are grounded in your pages, not made up. BUILD YOUR STORY WORLD Structured character sheets, world entries for places, races, organizations, items, events and religions — with hierarchy. Name and idea generators when you need a spark. READ IT AS A BOOK Continuous reading mode with chapter filters and adjustable type. KEEP THE HABIT Daily word goals and streaks, live statistics while you write. Available in English, Hungarian and German. Free plan included; Creator and Pro subscriptions add larger monthly AI quotas. Your manuscripts sync with draftonaut.com.

Screenshots

FreePDF4 screens
Draftonaut4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Draftonaut at none against FreePDF's 3. Draftonaut also leads on ads (none vs shown). FreePDF's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). 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. FreePDF sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. Draftonaut asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
FreePDF versus Draftonaut: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFreePDFDraftonaut
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (39 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings39 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKubilay OskanMate Nemeth

In-app purchases

3 purchases

FreePDF

Subscriptions3
  • PDF Tools Pro Weekly$5.997 Days
  • PDF Tools Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • PDF Tools Pro Yearly$99.991 Year
None

Draftonaut

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FreePDF free?
FreePDF is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Draftonaut free?
Draftonaut is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FreePDF or Draftonaut have ads?
FreePDF shows ads; Draftonaut does not.

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