Comparison

PDF Toolkit vs PDF Editor

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

Head to head
About

PDF Toolkit

This app offers a comprehensive suite of PDF tools, including scanning, conversion to Office formats, OCR, editing, and annotation. It prioritizes user privacy by performing all operations on-device, ensuring documents never leave the user's iPhone.

Highlights
  • On-device PDF scanning with edge detection
  • Convert PDFs to Word, Excel, PowerPoint
  • Extract text from scans with OCR
  • Edit, annotate, and sign PDFs
  • Merge, split, and compress PDF files
  • Secure PDFs with passwords and watermarks
Features
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PDF Toolkit is the privacy-first all-in-one PDF app for iPhone. Scan documents, convert to Word/Excel/PowerPoint, extract text with OCR, sign and lock files, annotate, edit, merge, split, compress, and read every PDF you own — from one clean, fast app that never uploads your files. WHY PDF TOOLKIT IS DIFFERENT Every other PDF app uploads your documents to a server for conversion, OCR, or editing. PDF Toolkit does not. Every scan, every convert, every edit happens 100% on your iPhone — including Word / Excel / PowerPoint conversion. Your documents never leave your device. No accounts. No cloud syncs you didn't ask for. No data collection. Just tools that work, offline. SCAN & IMPORT • Document scanner with automatic edge detection, perspective correction, and multi-page capture • Filter modes: Original, Color, Grayscale, Black & White, Enhance • Import photos from your library and turn them into a polished PDF • Import existing PDFs from Files, iCloud Drive, or any other app CONVERT — PDF ↔ OFFICE (ON-DEVICE) • PDF → Word (.docx) — editable text output, on your iPhone, no upload • PDF → Excel (.xlsx) — smart table detection on iOS 18+, plain rows fallback • PDF → PowerPoint (.pptx) — each page as a slide with editable text overlay • Word / Excel / PowerPoint → PDF — high-fidelity export • Image → PDF: combine photos with page size, orientation, quality controls • PDF → Image (JPG/PNG): export pages at any DPI OCR — TEXT FROM ANY SCAN • Extract text from scanned PDFs and photos using Apple Vision • 30+ languages supported including English, Vietnamese, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Chinese • Copy text, export as .txt, or save as searchable PDF • Powered entirely by your iPhone's Neural Engine — nothing uploaded EDIT • Add text, images, shapes anywhere on the page • Whiteout sensitive information (perfect for redacting bank statements, IDs) • Fill PDF forms — text fields, checkboxes, signatures • Undo / redo with full history ANNOTATE • Highlight, underline, strikethrough — color-pick any shade • Pencil tool for free drawing (with Apple Pencil support) • Sticky notes anchored to any spot • Save annotations directly into the PDF — works in any other reader ORGANIZE & TRANSFORM PAGES • Merge: combine multiple PDFs with drag-to-reorder • Split: break a long PDF into smaller files • Extract: pick the pages you want, save them separately • Rotate: fix sideways pages with a single tap • Rearrange: reorder pages in a 3-column grid • Compress: shrink file size while keeping documents readable • Folders, favorites, smart search — your files, your way SECURE • Sign documents by drawing your signature (Apple Pencil supported, store multiple signatures) • Lock PDFs with a password (with optional fine-grained permissions) • Add watermarks (text or image) with position, color, and opacity controls CLOUD & TRANSFER • iCloud Drive sync (native) • Connect Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive • WiFi transfer — drag-and-drop files from your Mac or PC browser • Share Extension — receive PDFs from any app READ & NAVIGATE • Built-in PDF viewer powered by Apple's PDFKit — buttery smooth • Find in PDF: search any word across the entire document • Thumbnail sidebar: jump anywhere in seconds • Unlock password-protected PDFs CUSTOMIZE • 10 languages: English, Vietnamese, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Chinese • Light, Dark, and System themes (full dark mode polish) • Notification controls • Accessibility: Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, AccessibilityXL support PRIVACY PROMISE PDF Toolkit is the rare PDF app that does not upload your files. Period. No server processes your scans. No background sync. No data collection beyond basic crash diagnostics. Your documents stay on your iPhone, where they belong.

About

PDF Editor

Features
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A complete PDF editor built for Hebrew and Arabic as well as English, and it works entirely on your device. Your files never leave your phone. EDIT • Edit the existing text inside the file, in the same font and place, in Hebrew, Arabic and English • Add text anywhere, and find and replace across the whole document • Works with files made by other programs, and with scanned documents FILL & SIGN • Fill forms: real form fields, and the lines and tables of printed forms • Sign (draw, type or from a photo), initials, date, tick marks and stamps • Autofill from the details you keep MARK UP • Highlight, underline and strikethrough that snap to the text, arrows, frames and freehand drawing • Notes, white-out, and redaction that deletes the content permanently • Links to web addresses and to pages PAGES & SCANNING • Reorder, rotate, delete, duplicate, crop, merge and split • Page numbers, headers, watermarks and more • Scan documents with the camera, and text recognition (OCR) in Hebrew, Arabic and English, even offline EXPORT • PDF, Word, Excel and images • Compressed files and password-protected PDFs PRIVACY • Everything is done on your device. No account, no ads, no tracking • Works without an internet connection Free. Every tool, with no subscription and no sign-up.

Screenshots

PDF Toolkit4 screens
PDF Editor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: PDF Editor at 3 against PDF Toolkit's 1. On price, ads, 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 · 7 level
PDF Toolkit versus PDF Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDF ToolkitPDF Editor
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLuong Thi Lochaim indyk

In-app purchases

None

PDF Toolkit

No in-app purchases

None

PDF Editor

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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