Papyrus vs Flourish PDF

Is your current note app slow? Meet a truly lightweight note app. - It's free — with no stingy limit on the number of notes. - Trimmed of every bit of bloat, yet complete with the features you actually need. - Open as many notes as you like with no slowdown, and PDFs load blazingly fast. - Import and edit notes from another popular note app. - Import by the folder — the hierarchy is preserved. [GoodNotes Import] Import .goodnotes files. Strokes, images, shapes, and masks are reproduced almost perfectly. [Handwriting] A custom vector drawing engine delivers extremely lightweight, high-precision ink. Five tools are built in: Pen, Highlighter, Eraser, Lasso, and Mask. Anything selected with the Lasso can be copied, moved, deleted, or duplicated. Mask is a study aid — cover what you want to memorize with the pen, then tap to peek underneath. Straight-line snapping and shape recognition (rectangles, circles, lines, and more) are also supported. [PDF Import & Annotation] Import a PDF and write directly on its pages. Switch between four page layouts: continuous scroll, single page, horizontal, and two-page spread. [File Organization] Organize your notes with a Finder-like file browser, creating folders freely. Switch between list and grid views, and move files and folders by drag and drop. A Trash lets you restore notes you deleted by mistake. [Tabs & Split View (iPad)] Open multiple notes at once in tabs. On iPad, split the screen to view and edit two notes side by side (Split View). [Page Sidebar] Swipe in from the left edge to reveal page thumbnails. Press and hold a thumbnail to reorder pages, and select multiple pages to delete, copy, and paste. [Images] Paste images from Photos, Files, or the clipboard. [Export] Export notes and PDFs as a "PDF for submission/printing," a "fast annotation PDF" (PDF annotations only), or a "Papyrus Archive" (.papyrus). [Apple Pencil] - iPad: draw with Apple Pencil only; pan and zoom with your finger. - iPhone: draw with your finger while the compact ink palette is open; otherwise pan and zoom. - With Apple Pencil Pro, use the squeeze gesture to bring up the hover palette. About Papyrus Sync (Subscription) iCloud sync and sharing are available through the "Papyrus Sync" subscription (monthly or yearly, auto-renewing). All core features — note-taking, PDF annotation, and more — are completely free. - Payment will be charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. - The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. - Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. - You can manage your subscription or turn off auto-renewal in your Apple Account settings after purchase. - Prices are shown in the app and may vary by region. Terms of Use (EULA): https://coremedica.jp/pages/legal/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://coremedica.jp/pages/legal/privacy-policy

Flourish PDF is a private PDF editor and scanner for iPhone and iPad. Scan, edit, fill and sign, merge, compress, OCR, redact and password-protect PDFs — all on your device. There is no upload endpoint: your documents are never uploaded. SCAN • Scan paper with the camera, straight into a new or open document • Run OCR on the device and save a searchable PDF • Camera scans are straightened for you; OCR reads rotated and sideways pages • Make a scanned page editable: each line becomes real text in the closest font, size and colour (Pro) • Open a PDF or make it searchable from any app's share sheet EDIT PDF • Edit existing text line by line, matched to its font (Pro) • Rewrite a whole paragraph and it re-wraps; move, crop or replace pictures (Pro) • Add text, notes, links, bookmarks and shapes; Apple Pencil works too • Highlight, underline, squiggly and strike out; callouts and comment replies • Stamp library, plus stamps you save yourself FILL AND SIGN • Fill forms right on the page: text, check boxes, radio buttons and dropdowns • Autofill from My Details (Plus); certificate signatures: sign (Pro) and verify • Detect fields on a flat PDF and create new ones; flatten when done • Sign with a signature you save once ORGANIZE PAGES • Merge PDFs, split by page range, extract, insert, reorder, rotate and crop • Page numbers, headers and footers, watermarks and Bates numbers • Compress one file and see its size before and after, or a whole batch (Pro) • Export pages as PNG, JPG or TIFF; create a PDF from images • Export to Word, Excel and PowerPoint, on your device (Pro) • Create a PDF from a Word, Excel or PowerPoint file or a web page (Plus) PASSWORDS AND REDACTION • Open password-protected PDFs; change or remove a password • Redact by text, area or search, or let Smart Redact find SSNs, card numbers, emails and phone numbers (Pro) • Compare two versions, differences boxed in red; accessibility, PDF/A and preflight reports (Pro) • Save a print-ready PDF/X-4 file and see anything that would fail (Pro) ON-DEVICE AI (Pro, with Apple Intelligence) • Summarize or translate the whole document • Ask questions and get answers with page citations • Rewrite, proofread and define • Make bookmarks, chat across open PDFs and edit by asking ALSO Document tabs, saved workflows (Pro), Shortcuts, measure distance and area (Pro), draft LaTeX on iPad, version history, print, read aloud, reading themes and app lock. PLANS • Free — read, search, print, annotate, sign, scan, organize, merge and split, crop, page numbers, bookmarks, links and passwords; 5 OCR pages a month. The free version shows ads. • Plus ($4.99/month or $39.99/year) — no ads, forms, compress, image export and PDF from images; 250 OCR pages a month. • Pro ($9.99/month or $79.99/year) — everything unlimited, plus text editing, redaction, watermarks, Bates, batch, compare, accessibility, measuring and AI. Plus and Pro each start with a 7-day free trial — the trial is for the plan you choose, so a Plus trial gives you Plus and a Pro trial gives you Pro. Your trial becomes a paid subscription at the price above when it ends, unless you cancel at least 24 hours before that. Plus and Pro are auto-renewable subscriptions charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. By using Flourish PDF you agree to our Terms of Use at https://softflourish.com/flourishpdf/terms and Privacy Policy at https://softflourish.com/flourishpdf/privacy. © 2026 Soft Flourish