PDF Flow vs PDF Reader&Scanner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PDF Flow
This app is an offline PDF tool for creating, viewing, editing, and organizing PDF documents directly on your device. Generate PDFs from photos or text, edit pages, compress files, and manage your local library without needing an account or uploading your data.
- Create PDFs from photos, text, or blank pages
- Edit PDF pages, insert or remove pages
- Compress PDFs with adjustable strength
- Organize files with categories and favorites
- Offline file management and editing
- Import and export via Files app and share sheet
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PDF Flow is your private offline PDF tool for viewing, creating, editing and storing PDFs on your phone. Generate PDFs from photos, text or blank pages, edit pages in a clear reader view, and save all files on your device. Create PDF files - Merge selected photos into one PDF - Type text and export clean PDF documents - Create blank PDFs with custom page numbers - Import PDFs and images from the Files app Read & edit PDF pages - Read documents continuously, navigate quickly with page thumbnails - Zoom in/out for clearer reading - Insert blank pages or add photo pages - Duplicate pages or remove unwanted ones - Modify single pages while keeping your original file intact Compress & share PDFs - Select compression strength to fit your needs - Preview estimated file size before compression - Save a copy of your original document if needed - Export or share PDFs through iOS native share sheet Manage your local file library - Sort files by name, date or file size - Use categories and favorites to filter your documents - Search filenames and view recent searches - Restore deleted files or erase them forever - Clear temporary cache and thumbnails without deleting PDFs All PDF editing, reading, compression and file management happens directly on your iPhone. PDF Flow needs no account and will never upload your files to outside servers. Your documents only leave the app when you actively share them via iOS share functions. Feature performance varies based on file content, format, device hardware and iOS system version.
PDF Reader&Scanner
Easily scan, organize, read, and share paper documents. Convert physical files into digital PDFs, extract text using OCR, and manage your PDF library. This tool is designed for everyday document processing in life, study, and work.
- Scan paper documents to PDF
- Import existing PDF files
- OCR text recognition
- Create PDFs from photos
- Merge multiple photos into one PDF
- Edit PDF pages (add/delete/crop)
- Preview, search, share, and delete PDFs
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This PDF Reader & Scanner is a PDF work tool focused on everyday paper document processing, helping you easily scan, organize, read, and share. Main Features: Scan Easily convert paper documents or receipts into PDF files for easy viewing anytime, anywhere. Import PDF Files Import existing PDF files from your mobile device using the "Files" app. OCR Recognition Extract text from images using your device's built-in text recognition function. PDF Files You can select photos from your album to create a PDF file, or import multiple photos and merge them into one PDF file. Preview, search, share, and delete local PDF files. Easily add or delete PDF pages and crop pages. Access to your camera and photos is only requested when you select a scan or photo-based workflow. This is a user-friendly, intuitive, and practical PDF work tool suitable for organizing receipts, certificates, study materials, contracts, forms, and other everyday paper documents, meeting your PDF processing needs in life, study, and work.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: PDF Reader&Scanner at daily against PDF Flow's 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PDF Flow against 5.0 for PDF Reader&Scanner. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
PDF Flow ships an update every 3 weeks, PDF Reader&Scanner daily. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PDF Flow | PDF Reader&Scanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fuzhou Qingyue Network Technology Co., Ltd. | Fuzhou Tufei Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
PDF Flow
PDF Reader&Scanner
In-app purchases
PDF Flow
No in-app purchases
PDF Reader&Scanner
No in-app purchases






