Comparison

Study with Me vs PDFing

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

Head to head
About

Study with Me

Features
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"Study with Me" is your personal study companion designed to help you focus deeply, take meaningful breaks, and build a consistent study habit. Plan your session by choosing a duration, and the app automatically generates a smart study plan with focused study blocks and restorative breaks β€” no setup needed. SMART STUDY SESSIONS - Pomodoro-style timed study blocks tailored to your chosen duration - Beautiful circular timer with progress tracking - Automatic transitions between study and break blocks GUIDED BREAKS - Box breathing exercises with visual animation - Stretching, eye rest, hydration, and walking prompts - Step-by-step guided instructions for each activity FOCUS-FRIENDLY AUDIO - Brainwave study audio plays automatically during sessions - Volume control so you can find the right level - Background audio support β€” works with your screen dimmed BUILT FOR LONG SESSIONS - Screen stays awake so your timer is always visible - Auto screen dimming to save battery during study - Focus mode reminder to silence distractions before you start TRACK YOUR PROGRESS - Daily minutes, sessions, and streak tracking - Daily goal progress bar - Full session history with notes - Light and dark theme support Whether you're preparing for exams, working through coursework, or building a daily study practice, Study with Me keeps you on track with structure, calm, and focus.

About

PDFing

Features
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PDFing brings reading, editing and organizing PDFs to iPhone and iPad. Work on your documents locally, without an account, advertising or tracking. The interface follows your device language: English or German. READ AND FIND β€’ Open PDFs from Files and other apps β€’ Page thumbnails, text search, chapters and bookmarks β€’ Single-page, continuous and two-page views, zoom and print TEXT AND ANNOTATIONS β€’ Replace or delete supported existing text objects directly β€’ Add text boxes with font, size, color, bold and italic styles β€’ Add comments, highlight selected text and fill supported PDF forms DRAW AND EDIT SHAPES β€’ Lines, rectangles, ellipses, polygons and freehand drawing β€’ Select, move and resize shapes; change border and fill properties β€’ Use touch, Apple Pencil or a mouse ORGANIZE PAGES β€’ Rotate, duplicate, move, delete and extract pages β€’ Insert selected pages from another PDF before or after the current page β€’ Undo and redo changes ON-DEVICE OCR β€’ Recognize German and English text in scanned pages β€’ Add a searchable text layer while preserving the visible scan image SAVE AND SHARE β€’ Work on a local working copy to preserve imported originals β€’ Save, export a copy, share and print PDFs β€’ Access cloud files through the providers you choose in Files GET STARTED Open the sample document to try text editing, drawing and page tools. On iPhone, selecting a page thumbnail returns to the document. The layout adapts to portrait and landscape. PLEASE NOTE Direct text editing depends on the PDF structure and its embedded fonts. Nested Form XObjects and some subset fonts have limitations. Characters that cannot be represented reliably are rejected. OCR makes scans searchable; it does not replace the visible text in a scan image. Editing may invalidate digital signatures. XFA, JavaScript and digital-signature editing are not supported.

Screenshots

Study with Me4 screens
PDFing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Study with Me at 15.0 against PDFing's 17.0. On price, ads, 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.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Study with Me versus PDFing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStudy with MePDFing
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size886 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexandru RaducanuFlorian Liegsalz

In-app purchases

None

Study with Me

No in-app purchases

None

PDFing

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Study with Me free?
Study with Me is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PDFing free?
PDFing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Study with Me or PDFing have ads?
Neither Study with Me nor PDFing shows ads.

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