Comparison

DartPDF vs PDF Editor

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

Head to head
About

DartPDF

Edit, annotate, and sign PDF documents directly on your device. This app allows you to fill forms, redact sensitive information, rearrange pages, and even edit text and images within PDFs. All changes are saved locally, ensuring your data remains private.

Highlights
  • Edit text and images
  • Fill forms and add signatures
  • Redact sensitive content
  • Rearrange and export pages
  • OCR scanned PDFs
  • Full-text search
Features
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DartPDF is a PDF editor that runs entirely on your device. Open any PDF to mark it up, fill in forms, sign it, redact content, rearrange pages, or edit the text and images on the page. Changes save back to the original file. Nothing is uploaded. There's no account, no sync, and no ads. Features: • Highlight, underline, strikethrough, and freehand ink • Shapes, arrows, text boxes, notes, and stamps • Edit existing text and add images • Redaction that removes the covered text and images from the file, not just from view • Fill form fields (text, checkboxes, radio buttons, dropdowns), or add your own • Drawn signatures placed anywhere, plus certificate-backed PAdES digital signatures • OCR scanned PDFs so text can be selected and searched • Reorder, delete, and export pages to a new file • Full-text search, text selection, and links • Compare two versions side by side • Open password-protected files Runs on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Opens PDFs from the Files app, share sheets, or drag-and-drop. Light and dark themes.

About

PDF Editor

Features
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PDF Editor lets you change the words in any PDF, fill in printed forms, sign, annotate and share, right on your iPhone or iPad. No account, no upload, no ads. Your documents never leave your device. EDIT PDF TEXT Tap any line of text to change it. PDF Editor reads the original font, size and colour and matches them, so your edit looks like it was always there. Add new text boxes anywhere, move and resize them, and choose font, size, colour, bold, italic and alignment. FILL FORMS IN SECONDS Smart Fill finds the blanks, boxes and checkboxes on printed forms, even when the PDF has no real form fields. Tap a field, type, and jump to the next one. Tick checkboxes with a single tap. SIGN ANY DOCUMENT Draw your signature with your finger or Apple Pencil, type it, or import an image. Signatures are saved on your device for reuse, and placed with a transparent background so they sit naturally on the page. ANNOTATE AND MARK UP Highlight, underline and strike through text. Draw freehand with adjustable colour and width. Add sticky notes, rectangles, ellipses, lines and arrows. WHITEOUT AND CLEAN UP Cover anything with a whiteout rectangle in white or any colour you pick. When you export, the covered content is flattened into the page. IMAGES AND LINKS Insert photos from your library or files, then move, resize and rotate them. Add clickable web links or jump-to-page links to any area of a document. EDITS STAY LIVE Every change stays editable until you tap Apply changes. Undo and redo anything. If the app closes unexpectedly, your session is restored exactly where you left it. EXPORT AND SHARE Apply changes creates a new PDF that keeps vector text, page sizes, rotation and links intact. Share it to Mail, Messages, Files, AirDrop or any other app. The original file is never overwritten. BUILT FOR REAL DOCUMENTS • Password-protected PDFs • Rotated pages and mixed page sizes • Long documents, rendered page by page • Scanned PDFs (annotate, sign, whiteout and add text) • Dark Mode, Dynamic Type and VoiceOver • iPad pointer support and keyboard shortcuts • Available in 38 languages PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything happens on your device. PDF Editor never uploads your documents, file names or images anywhere. FREE AND PREMIUM PDF Editor is free to use with every tool included. Premium unlocks unlimited exports without a watermark, unlimited Smart Fill fields, a signature library and documents of any length. Premium is available as a weekly, monthly or yearly subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings at any time. Privacy Policy: https://techcreativelab.com/apps/pdf-editor/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://techcreativelab.com/apps/pdf-editor/terms.html Questions or ideas? Write to support@techcreativelab.com. We read every message.

Screenshots

DartPDF3 screens
PDF Editor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DartPDF at none against PDF Editor's 4. DartPDF also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price 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. PDF Editor sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. DartPDF asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
DartPDF versus PDF Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDartPDFPDF Editor
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRailway Engineering Solutions Pty LtdTechCreative Lab LLC

In-app purchases

None

DartPDF

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

PDF Editor

Subscriptions3
  • Premium Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Premium Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$39.99

Questions

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

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