Comparison

eSign PDF Documents vs PDF Editor & Reader

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

Head to head
About

eSign PDF Documents

Easily sign, fill, and edit PDF documents directly from your iPhone. This app allows you to scan paper documents, merge or split files, and organize pages without needing an internet connection or an account.

Highlights
  • Sign PDFs with custom signatures
  • Fill out any form fields
  • Scan paper documents to PDF
  • Merge and split PDF files
  • Organize, rotate, and compress pages
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Sign a PDF and send it back in under a minute — straight from your iPhone. No printer, no scanner, no desktop, no account. Your documents are processed on your device and never uploaded to a server. What's on your phone stays on your phone. Signate does the whole document job in one place: - Sign — make a signature that actually looks like yours: snap a photo of your real one, or draw it by hand. Save it once and reuse it on any document — drag, resize, and place it exactly where it goes. - Fill — type into any form, tick boxes, add dates — even on flat scans that aren't interactive. - Scan — turn paper into a clean PDF with your camera. - Merge & Split — join files into one PDF, or pull out just the pages you need. - Organize — reorder, rotate, and compress pages so a file finally fits in an email. Built for people who just need it done: - Sign, fill, and edit fully offline — no internet required. - No sign-up, no learning curve. Open a file, handle it, send it. - Export and share anywhere — Mail, Messages, Files, or any app. Signate Pro Unlock unlimited exports, your reusable signature library, and the full PDF toolkit. Subscription plans and prices are shown before purchase and may vary by country or region. A free trial may be available for selected plans. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use: https://signate.nekitech.dev/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://signate.nekitech.dev/privacy.html

About

PDF Editor & Reader

Edit, read, and convert documents directly on your device. This app offers tools to scan, merge, split, sign, and protect your files. It also uses AI to summarize, translate, and answer questions about document text.

Highlights
  • Read and mark up PDFs
  • Scan documents with camera
  • Convert PDFs to Word, Word to PDF
  • Organize pages (merge, split, reorder)
  • Sign, protect, and redact documents
  • AI-powered summarization and translation
  • Content search across documents
Features
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Read, mark up and convert documents right on your iPhone, then share them when you are ready. PDF Studio brings your PDF reader, scanner and everyday document tools into one calm place. The app interface is in English. SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED PDF Studio is a subscription app. A subscription is required to use the app, and new customers can start with a free trial. The plans, prices and trial length are shown before you commit, and you can cancel anytime. SCAN AND CONVERT Scan paper with the camera, turn photos or typed text into a PDF, and compress a file down to a sensible size. Convert PDF text to an editable Word document, turn Word files into PDFs, or export pages as images. PDF to Word rebuilds the text rather than preserving the original page layout. ORGANIZE PAGES Merge files, split a document, and reorder, rotate or remove pages in a visual grid. Find words across your whole library with content search. SIGN AND PROTECT Fill in forms, draw and place your signature, add a password or a watermark, and black out sensitive areas. Blackouts flatten the affected pages. Compression can change image quality and text searchability; the reduction depends on your file. GET HELP READING Use cloud AI to summarize, ask questions or translate document text into 18 languages. It processes up to the first 25 pages, limited to 16,000 characters. Check important answers against your document. Conversion, markup and text recognition happen on your iPhone. AI sends the document name, extracted text and your questions to a cloud service over an encrypted connection. AI requires internet access. KEEP YOUR FILES TOGETHER Use local folders, favorites and name search. Share through the iPhone share menu. No account is required, and there are no ads. SUBSCRIPTIONS PDF Studio offers weekly and annual subscriptions. Prices are shown in the app before purchase. Restore Purchases is available. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation, or after an eligible free trial. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account subscription settings. Any unused trial time is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Support: https://yx0z7ffx6x6rqydfzwlj4-web.rork.live/support Privacy Policy: https://yx0z7ffx6x6rqydfzwlj4-web.rork.live/privacy Terms of Use: https://yx0z7ffx6x6rqydfzwlj4-web.rork.live/terms

Screenshots

eSign PDF Documents4 screens
PDF Editor & Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: eSign PDF Documents at freemium against PDF Editor & Reader's subscription. eSign PDF Documents also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. eSign PDF Documents sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per 7 days and PDF Editor & Reader sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for eSign PDF Documents against 5.0 for PDF Editor & Reader. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

eSign PDF Documents ships an update weekly, PDF Editor & Reader every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
eSign PDF Documents versus PDF Editor & Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametereSign PDF DocumentsPDF Editor & Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNikita MishinApptimize LLC

Customer experience

eSign PDF Documents

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

PDF Editor & Reader

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

eSign PDF Documents

Subscriptions2
  • Signate Pro Weekly3 Days trial$8.997 Days
  • Signate Pro Yearly3 Days trial$49.991 Year
2 purchases

PDF Editor & Reader

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • PDF Pro Annual$39.991 Year

Questions

Is eSign PDF Documents free?
eSign PDF Documents is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PDF Editor & Reader free?
PDF Editor & Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, eSign PDF Documents or PDF Editor & Reader?
eSign PDF Documents and PDF Editor & Reader are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do eSign PDF Documents or PDF Editor & Reader have ads?
Neither eSign PDF Documents nor PDF Editor & Reader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, eSign PDF Documents or PDF Editor & Reader?
eSign PDF Documents ships an update weekly, and PDF Editor & Reader every 3 weeks. Most recently, eSign PDF Documents was updated on October 15, 2026 and PDF Editor & Reader on October 16, 2026.

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