Comparison

PDF Editor 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

PDF Editor

Features
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Manage all your PDF tasks in one powerful app. PDF Editor helps you edit, convert, compress, merge, split, scan, and organize PDF documents with ease. Key Features: โ€ข Merge multiple PDFs into one file โ€ข Split PDF pages quickly โ€ข Convert PDF to Image โ€ข Convert Images to PDF โ€ข Compress PDF size without losing quality โ€ข Adjust, rotate & reorder PDF pages โ€ข Convert PDF to ZIP files โ€ข Fast document scanner โ€ข Share and manage files easily โ€ข Simple, clean & user-friendly interface Perfect for work, study, and daily productivity. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://pdfeditora1.blogspot.com/

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

PDF Editor4 screens
Folio3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Folio at none against PDF Editor's 3. Folio also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price 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. PDF Editor sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Folio asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
PDF Editor versus Folio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDF EditorFolio
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysโ€”
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size29 MB1 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperHevin Technoweb LLPVuyo Nkadimeng

In-app purchases

3 purchases

PDF Editor

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Pro Access$3.997 Days
  • Monthly Pro Access$7.991 Month
  • yearly Pro Access3 Days trial$22.991 Year
None

Folio

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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