Comparison

Pure PDF Scanner vs Folio

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

Head to head
About

Pure PDF Scanner

Features
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Pure PDF Scanner is an all-in-one document scanner and PDF editor built to help you scan, create, edit, organize and share PDFs with ease. Capture documents from your camera, import images from Photos or bring in existing PDFs and manage everything from one clean workspace. Use Pure PDF Scanner for receipts, notes, books, assignments, office files, contracts, forms and study material. Crop pages, adjust edges, rotate and arrange them and refine page quality for clearer, more readable digital copies. The app also makes everyday PDF work simple. Join multiple PDFs into one file, split large PDFs into smaller ranges, organize documents into folders and export pages as JPG or PNG when needed. Whether you are a student, professional, teacher or simply keeping personal records in order, Pure PDF Scanner helps keep your documents tidy and easy to access. Features: - Scan documents and save as PDF - Import from camera or Photos - Fast live scan mode for quick capture sessions - Smart scan mode with auto crop - No watermarks - Crop, rotate, reorder and enhance pages - Multiple filters and adjustment controls - Custom user defined filter support for fine-tuned control - Create folders and organize files neatly - Import existing PDF files - Join multiple PDFs into one document - Split PDFs into selected page ranges - Share PDFs to other apps easily - Export pages as JPG or PNG - Export all data as a single ZIP archive - Light, dark and system theme support - Scan quality and resolution selection - Document name customization Pure PDF Scanner is the most feature rich & practical mobile document scanner and PDF management tool for work, study and everyday use.

About

Folio

Features
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Every PDF tool you need โ€” and not one byte of your document ever leaves your device. Online PDF tools are convenient until you read the fine print. Your contract, your payslip, your client's financial statement โ€” uploaded to a server you don't control, retained for purposes you didn't agree to, mined for data you didn't consent to share. Folio makes that trade-off unnecessary. Folio is a full-featured PDF toolkit that runs entirely on your iPhone and iPad. No network connection. No account. No cloud sync. No analytics. Your files go in, your files come out โ€” nothing in between. WHAT YOU CAN DO Organise โ€” Merge multiple PDFs into one document โ€” Split a PDF into separate files by page range โ€” Reorder, rotate, or delete individual pages Reduce & Prepare โ€” Compress PDFs to shrink file size without rebuilding content โ€” Add watermarks or page numbers โ€” Flatten form fields and annotations into a fixed document Convert (best-effort, on-device) โ€” PDF to images: export pages as JPG or PNG โ€” Images to PDF: combine photos into a single document โ€” PDF to Word, Excel, or PowerPoint โ€” conversion is handled entirely on-device using Apple's document frameworks; complex layouts may not reproduce with pixel-perfect fidelity, but no file is ever sent to a remote service to achieve it Protect โ€” Password-protect a PDF with your chosen password โ€” Remove password protection from a document you own Fill & Sign โ€” Fill text fields in PDFs โ€” Add your signature to any document Extract & Search โ€” OCR: turn a scanned or photographed document into searchable, selectable text using Apple's on-device Vision framework โ€” Extract all text from a PDF for copying or reference ZERO NETWORK DESIGN Folio ships with no networking capability. It cannot phone home. It cannot upload a file even if it wanted to. Every operation โ€” compression, conversion, OCR, signing โ€” runs on your device's own processor using Apple's built-in frameworks. This is not a marketing claim; it is a technical constraint we built in by design. This matters most when you are handling documents that should never leave your hands: NDAs, medical records, legal filings, HR documents, financial statements, tax returns. NO ACCOUNT REQUIRED Open the app. Use every feature. Close the app. No sign-up screen. No email address. No subscription prompt. No paywall on any v1.0 feature. BUILT FOR PEOPLE WHO HANDLE SENSITIVE DOCUMENTS Folio is built for lawyers, accountants, HR professionals, and anyone else who regularly works with documents that are nobody else's business โ€” and for anyone who is simply tired of feeding their files to free websites that profit from what they read. Your documents are yours. Folio keeps them that way.

Screenshots

Pure PDF Scanner4 screens
Folio3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Pure PDF Scanner at 15.5 against Folio's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 4 level
Pure PDF Scanner versus Folio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPure PDF ScannerFolio
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.5 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size39 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIncredible Inventions Private LimitedVuyo Nkadimeng

In-app purchases

None

Pure PDF Scanner

No in-app purchases

None

Folio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pure PDF Scanner free?
Pure PDF Scanner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Folio free?
Folio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pure PDF Scanner or Folio have ads?
Neither Pure PDF Scanner nor Folio shows ads.

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