Comparison

Lite PDF Reader vs Document Reader & PDF View

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

Head to head
About

Lite PDF Reader

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Lite PDF Reader is a simple and practical tool for viewing, organizing, and managing your documents. Whether you need to read PDFs, scan papers, or convert images to PDF, everything is just a few taps away. All Your Files in One Place The Home tab shows all your documents in one list — PDFs, Word files, Excel sheets, and presentations. Quickly browse and open any file you need. Pick Up Where You Left Off The Recent tab keeps track of the files you've opened recently. No need to search again — just tap and continue. Bookmark Important Documents Use the Collect tab to save important files for quick access. Perfect for contracts, invoices, or any document you reference often. Scan Documents to PDF Use your camera to scan papers, receipts, or notes and save them as PDF files — all within the app. Convert Images to PDF Turn photos or screenshots into PDF documents in seconds. Great for sharing or archiving. Simple File Management View all files by type: PDF, DOC, Excel, PPT Check file size and last opened time Clean layout with easy navigation Lite PDF Reader gives you the essential tools to handle documents on your iPhone — nothing more, nothing less.

About

Document Reader & PDF View

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Read almost any document on your iPhone or iPad — fully offline. Fexo Files Reader turns your device into a clean, private library for every file you own. Bring in PDFs, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, EPUB books, text, images and more, and open them in a calm, distraction-free reader that quietly remembers exactly where you left off. Everything happens on your device: no account, no cloud upload, and no internet needed for the core features. Fexo organizes your files automatically into tidy shelves by type, with live counts and sizes, so the document you need is always one tap away. And when a PDF needs work, the built-in Fexo toolkit handles it right on the device. KEY FEATURES •⁠ ⁠Read almost any format: PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, EPUB, text, RTF, CSV, HTML, XML, JSON, Markdown and images •⁠ ⁠Library auto-sorted by file type, with search and sorting by date, name, size or type in list or grid view •⁠ ⁠Import from the Files app or connect a whole folder that re-scans itself automatically •⁠ ⁠Open in Fexo from any app's share sheet or Open With •⁠ ⁠Distraction-free PDF reader with full-text search, password unlock and silent resume to your last page •⁠ ⁠Native Office preview for Word, Excel and PowerPoint, including legacy .doc, .xls and .ppt •⁠ ⁠EPUB reader with chapters, table of contents, in-book search and typography controls •⁠ ⁠Merge, split, compress and password-protect PDFs on-device with AES-256 encryption •⁠ ⁠OCR text extraction from images and PDF pages across Latin, Arabic, Chinese, Devanagari and Japanese or Korean scripts •⁠ ⁠Print any document through the native iOS print dialog •⁠ ⁠Six reading themes, keep-screen-on, recents and favourites •⁠ ⁠Five languages with full right-to-left support: English, Chinese, Hindi, Spanish and Arabic Why choose Fexo? Because your documents stay yours. Fexo keeps every file on your device, with no sign-up and nothing sent to a server. From the Fexo team, built for people who just want to open a file and read. Download Fexo Files Reader today and keep your whole library in one private place. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Document Reader & PDF View at 3 against Lite PDF Reader's —. On price, in-app purchases 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

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

Scorecard1 real difference · 4 level
Lite PDF Reader versus Document Reader & PDF View: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLite PDF ReaderDocument Reader & PDF View
PriceFreeFree
Ads—No
In-app purchasesNoNo
Devices—iPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB106 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKuntal ShethFexo FZC LLC

In-app purchases

None

Lite PDF Reader

No in-app purchases

None

Document Reader & PDF View

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lite PDF Reader free?
Lite PDF Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Document Reader & PDF View free?
Document Reader & PDF View is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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