Comparison

PDF Master vs WisdomPouch

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

Head to head
About

PDF Master

This comprehensive tool allows users to scan, edit, annotate, sign, convert, merge, split, compress, and protect PDF documents. It offers OCR for searchable scans, AI summarization and chat, and secure password protection. Designed for iOS, it provides a fast and native user experience.

Highlights
  • Scan documents to searchable PDFs with OCR
  • Edit PDFs with highlights, drawings, and text
  • Sign documents with digital signatures
  • Convert PDFs to/from Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and images
  • Merge, split, compress, and rotate PDFs
  • Password-protect and secure documents
  • AI summarization and document chat
Features
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PDF Tools Editor is the only PDF app you will ever need on iPhone. Scan, view, edit, annotate, sign, convert, merge, split, compress, and protect — every PDF task in one beautifully designed app. EVERYTHING YOU CAN DO WITH PDFs SCAN ANYTHING TO PDF Auto-detect document edges with your camera. Capture multi-page scans into a single crisp PDF. Choose color, grayscale, or black-and-white modes. Built-in OCR makes every scan searchable. POWERFUL PDF EDITOR Highlight text in twelve colors. Draw freehand with adjustable pen widths. Add text using custom fonts and sizes. Insert shapes such as rectangle, circle, and line. Place handwritten signatures anywhere on the page. Recolor any annotation in one tap. Apply multi-page annotations such as highlights that span across pages. Undo or redo every change. Resize and rotate any element. SIGN PDFs LIKE A PRO Draw your signature with finger or Apple Pencil. Save signatures for reuse. Place them on any page with a single tap. Capture works correctly in both light and dark mode without changing your ink color. CONVERT PDF AND BACK AGAIN Convert PDF to Word using real on-device RTF conversion. Convert PDF to images, Excel, or PowerPoint. Convert Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and images back to PDF. Choose the page size when converting images. Edit converted Word files inside the app. ORGANIZE AND MANAGE Merge multiple PDFs into one. Split a PDF by page ranges. Compress files to shrink size. Rotate pages individually. Add page numbers automatically. Add custom watermarks. Multi-select files for batch share or delete. SECURE YOUR DOCUMENTS Password-protect any PDF. Remove passwords from your own PDFs. Files stay on your device by default — nothing is uploaded. AI ASSISTANT AI Summarize condenses long PDFs into key points. AI Chat lets you ask questions about your document. Save summaries as new PDFs in your library. THIRTEEN LANGUAGES English, Vietnamese, Spanish, Portuguese (BR), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Hindi, Arabic, Indonesian, Thai, and Turkish. DESIGNED FOR iOS System Light and Dark mode with manual override. Native gestures including swipe to delete and multi-select. Edge-to-edge layout that feels truly native. Fast performance — every action completes in under 200 milliseconds. WHO IT IS FOR Students annotating lecture PDFs. Professionals signing contracts on the go. Freelancers turning receipts into searchable PDFs. Anyone who deals with documents that need to be reviewed, signed, or shared. Download now and bring your PDF workflow up to speed. For questions or feedback, open Settings inside the app and tap Share App.

About

WisdomPouch

Features
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WisdomPouch helps you turn articles, webpages, and pasted text into an editable, searchable, and traceable personal knowledge base. Import content from the system share sheet or by pasting text, then use WisdomPouch AI to extract knowledge points, tags, and source excerpts. You can edit, delete, supplement, and connect knowledge points locally. Highlights: - Keep articles, knowledge points, tags, and search indexes on device - Import webpages, WeChat articles, and plain text - Extract structured knowledge points with AI - Search, filter by tags, and trace each point back to its source - Export and restore local JSON backups The current version is free and includes 20 AI extraction runs per device per day. AI processing asks for permission before uploading the selected article text.

Screenshots

PDF Master4 screens
WisdomPouch3 screens

Verdict

The call

PDF Master and WisdomPouch are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
PDF Master versus WisdomPouch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDF MasterWisdomPouch
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNguyen Hoang TungGeeker Technology (Sanhe) Co., Ltd.

In-app purchases

None

PDF Master

No in-app purchases

None

WisdomPouch

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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