Comparison

PDF Reader vs PDFCraft

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

Head to head
About

PDF Reader

Features
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Read, scan and sign PDFs on your iPhone and iPad. Keep documents together, find the text you need and prepare files to share with PDF Reader. READ & ANNOTATE • Read with page thumbnails, search and light, dark or sepia themes. • Highlight passages and add notes, drawings, text annotations and signatures. • Fill supported PDF forms and listen with Read Aloud. SCAN & FIND TEXT • Scan paper documents with your camera. • Use OCR to add searchable text to scans. • Search document contents in your library. ORGANIZE & SHARE • Merge files, split PDFs and rearrange pages. • Compress PDFs for sharing, add watermarks and redact sensitive content. • Organize documents in folders and protect access with document locks. CREATE & CONVERT • Create a PDF from your text or photos. • Convert supported Microsoft Office, Apple iWork, RTF and plain-text files to PDF. • Import files from other apps and share the finished PDF. ON-DEVICE TOOLS Core PDF tools process documents on your device. Ask questions about a PDF with on-device AI and page references. AI requires iOS 26 or later, Apple Intelligence and a supported device. Some tools require PDF Pro or have free usage limits. PDF Pro is available as auto-renewing Weekly, Monthly and Yearly subscriptions. Eligible customers may receive a 3-day free trial with Weekly or a 7-day free trial with Yearly; Monthly has no free trial. Prices and eligibility are shown before purchase and vary by storefront. Billing is handled through your Apple Account. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel it in Apple Account Settings. The free version remains available. If you start a free trial, it converts to a paid subscription unless canceled at least 24 hours before the trial ends. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://ilovetechmon.com/privacy.html

About

PDFCraft

Features
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This app is the all-in-one PDF app for iPhone and iPad. Scan paper documents, sign contracts, fill forms, highlight and annotate, and organize pages – all in a fast, clean app that keeps your files on your device. SCAN & STRAIGHTEN • Scan multi-page documents with your camera • Automatic edge detection and perspective correction • Crop and straighten photos of documents by dragging the corners • Text recognition (OCR) makes scans searchable and copyable SIGN & FILL • Draw your signature once and reuse it anywhere • Fill in PDF forms, or add text, check marks and dates to any document • Drag and resize signatures and text to place them perfectly ANNOTATE & MARK UP • Highlight, underline and strike through text • Draw freehand, add notes, text boxes, shapes and arrows • Business stamps like Approved, Draft and Sign Here • Full undo and redo ORGANIZE PAGES • Rotate, reorder, duplicate and delete pages • Insert pages from other PDFs, photos, scans or blank pages • Combine multiple PDFs into one, with a bookmark for each file • Split a PDF by page ranges or into single pages • Extract selected pages to a new file POWERFUL TOOLS • Reduce file size for email and sharing • Watermarks, headers, footers and page numbers • Protect PDFs with a password and set printing and copying permissions • Crop page margins • Convert photos and text to PDF • Export pages as images or extract all text • Share, print, or export a flattened copy READ COMFORTABLY • Smooth viewing with single page, continuous and two-page layouts • Fast search across the whole document • Page thumbnails and quick page navigation • Opens password-protected PDFs PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your documents are processed on your device. No account is needed, and your files are never uploaded or read by us. DESIGNED FOR IPHONE AND IPAD A native experience on both, with a sidebar layout on iPad and support for drag and drop and the Files app. PDFCRAFT PREMIUM Upgrade to Premium to remove ads and unlock: • Signatures • Password protection • Watermarks • Reduce file size Premium is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/pdf-editor-craft/terms Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/pdf-editor-craft/privacy

Screenshots

PDF Reader4 screens
PDFCraft4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: PDF Reader at none against PDFCraft's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. PDF Reader sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and PDFCraft sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
PDF Reader versus PDFCraft: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDF ReaderPDFCraft
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHoang Ngoc SonSaddam Hossain

In-app purchases

2 purchases

PDF Reader

Subscriptions2
  • PDF Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
  • PDF Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
2 purchases

PDFCraft

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro$1.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro$14.991 Year

Questions

Is PDF Reader free?
PDF Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PDFCraft free?
PDFCraft is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PDF Reader or PDFCraft have ads?
PDFCraft shows ads; PDF Reader does not.

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