Comparison

Folio vs PDF Editor Converter

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

Head to head
About

Folio

Features
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Every PDF tool you need — and not one byte of your document ever leaves your device. Online PDF tools are convenient until you read the fine print. Your contract, your payslip, your client's financial statement — uploaded to a server you don't control, retained for purposes you didn't agree to, mined for data you didn't consent to share. Folio makes that trade-off unnecessary. Folio is a full-featured PDF toolkit that runs entirely on your iPhone and iPad. No network connection. No account. No cloud sync. No analytics. Your files go in, your files come out — nothing in between. WHAT YOU CAN DO Organise — Merge multiple PDFs into one document — Split a PDF into separate files by page range — Reorder, rotate, or delete individual pages Reduce & Prepare — Compress PDFs to shrink file size without rebuilding content — Add watermarks or page numbers — Flatten form fields and annotations into a fixed document Convert (best-effort, on-device) — PDF to images: export pages as JPG or PNG — Images to PDF: combine photos into a single document — PDF to Word, Excel, or PowerPoint — conversion is handled entirely on-device using Apple's document frameworks; complex layouts may not reproduce with pixel-perfect fidelity, but no file is ever sent to a remote service to achieve it Protect — Password-protect a PDF with your chosen password — Remove password protection from a document you own Fill & Sign — Fill text fields in PDFs — Add your signature to any document Extract & Search — OCR: turn a scanned or photographed document into searchable, selectable text using Apple's on-device Vision framework — Extract all text from a PDF for copying or reference ZERO NETWORK DESIGN Folio ships with no networking capability. It cannot phone home. It cannot upload a file even if it wanted to. Every operation — compression, conversion, OCR, signing — runs on your device's own processor using Apple's built-in frameworks. This is not a marketing claim; it is a technical constraint we built in by design. This matters most when you are handling documents that should never leave your hands: NDAs, medical records, legal filings, HR documents, financial statements, tax returns. NO ACCOUNT REQUIRED Open the app. Use every feature. Close the app. No sign-up screen. No email address. No subscription prompt. No paywall on any v1.0 feature. BUILT FOR PEOPLE WHO HANDLE SENSITIVE DOCUMENTS Folio is built for lawyers, accountants, HR professionals, and anyone else who regularly works with documents that are nobody else's business — and for anyone who is simply tired of feeding their files to free websites that profit from what they read. Your documents are yours. Folio keeps them that way.

About

PDF Editor Converter

Features
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PDF Editor Converter is your all-in-one offline PDF toolbox for iPhone and iPad. Edit, merge, split, compress, convert, sign, and secure PDFs with 74+ professional tools—without uploading files to the cloud. PRIVACY FIRST — 100% ON-DEVICE Every operation runs locally on your device. Your documents never leave your iPhone or iPad. Optional RFC 3161 timestamping sends only a document hash, never your file content. EDIT & ANNOTATE • PDF Editor Workbench: preview pages, edit text in place, add annotations, and export in one flow • Highlight, draw, add notes, stamps, images, and watermarks • Fill PDF forms, redact sensitive content, and edit bookmarks/table of contents SCAN & OCR (MOBILE) • Scan documents to PDF with your camera—multi-page capture with enhance, grayscale, and black-and-white filters • On-device OCR for scanned PDFs—make text searchable without sending files online ORGANIZE PAGES • Merge PDFs (sequential or interleaved for double-sided scans) • Split by page, range, chapter, file size, or delimiter • Rotate, crop, reorder pages with drag-and-drop, extract or delete pages • N-up layout, booklet imposition, poster split, and single long-page export CONVERT & EXPORT • Images ↔ PDF, PDF to images, text, Markdown, HTML, XML, or CSV • Convert Word, Excel, PowerPoint, EPUB, FB2, Markdown, HTML, and email (.eml) to PDF • Export PDF to Office formats where supported SECURITY & SIGNING • Add or remove password protection and permissions • Digital certificate signing (PKCS#12), handwritten signatures, signature validation • Sanitize PDFs, flatten forms, unlock read-only fields POWER TOOLS • Compare two PDFs side by side • Compress PDFs, remove blank pages, auto-rename files • Build multi-step automation workflows for repetitive tasks • Repair damaged PDFs, adjust contrast, apply scanner effects OPEN FROM ANYWHERE Open PDFs and supported documents directly from the Files app or other apps. Share finished files via the system share sheet. Whether you are scanning receipts on the go, signing a contract, or batch-processing documents, PDF Editor Converter delivers a complete PDF workflow—private, fast, and entirely on your device. Supported languages: English, 简体中文, 日本語, Español.

Screenshots

Folio3 screens
PDF Editor Converter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: PDF Editor Converter at 4 against Folio's 2. PDF Editor Converter also leads on iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 3 level
Folio versus PDF Editor Converter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFolioPDF Editor Converter
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.015.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB81 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVuyo NkadimengHefei Yunyilian Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Folio

No in-app purchases

None

PDF Editor Converter

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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