Comparison

OpenClaw vs AIPDF

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

Head to head
About

OpenClaw

This personal AI assistant runs locally on your devices. Pair it with your OpenClaw Gateway to chat, use voice commands, manage approvals, and automate tasks using your iPhone's capabilities securely.

Highlights
  • Local-first AI assistant
  • Secure device pairing
  • Chat and voice modes
  • Gateway action approvals
  • Direct content sharing
  • Device capability management
  • Push notifications for workflows
Features
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OpenClaw is a personal AI assistant you run on your own devices. Pair this iOS app with your OpenClaw Gateway to use your iPhone as a secure node for chat, voice, approvals, sharing, and device-aware automation. What you can do: - Pair with your private OpenClaw Gateway by QR code or setup code - Chat with your assistant from iPhone - Use realtime and background Talk mode - Review Gateway action approvals from your iPhone - Share text, links, and media directly from iOS into OpenClaw - Enable device capabilities such as camera, screen, location, photos, contacts, calendar, and reminders when you choose - Receive push wakes and node status updates for connected workflows OpenClaw is local-first: you control your gateway, keys, configuration, and permissions. Device access is managed by iOS permissions and can be enabled only for the capabilities you want to use. Getting started: 1) Set up your OpenClaw Gateway 2) Open the iOS app and pair with your gateway 3) Start using chat, Talk mode, approvals, and automations from your iPhone

About

AIPDF

Features
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AIPDF is the complete PDF toolkit for Apple devices. Scan paper with your camera, annotate and highlight, sign and fill forms, reorganise, merge and split pages, compress, convert, and lock or unlock with a password — all in one app that works on your iPhone, your iPad and your Mac. ON-DEVICE INTELLIGENCE • Document detection finds the page in the camera frame and straightens it • Text recognition reads a photographed page into real, searchable text • All of it runs on your device with Apple's Vision framework — no server, no account, and nothing about your documents is sent anywhere SCAN LIKE A PRO • Automatic edge detection finds the page and straightens it for you • Colour, greyscale, and high-contrast black & white filters make text pop • Multi-page scanning — keep shooting, and every page lands in the same file • OCR turns the scan into real, searchable, selectable text ANNOTATE & MARK UP • Highlight, underline, and strike through any passage • Freehand drawing, arrows, shapes, and sticky notes • Comment on a contract, mark up a draft, correct homework SIGN & FILL • Draw your signature once and drop it on any document with a tap • Fill in form fields, tick boxes, and complete PDFs without printing a thing • Send a signed document straight back from the share sheet ORGANISE PAGES • Merge several PDFs into one file • Split a long document into pieces • Reorder, rotate, and delete pages with drag and drop • Extract just the pages you need COMPRESS & CONVERT • Shrink a heavy PDF so it fits an email or an upload limit • Turn photos and images into a PDF, or export any PDF page as an image • Choose the quality that balances size against sharpness PASSWORD PROTECTION • Add a password so only the right people can open a document • Remove the password from PDFs you own, once you've entered it — no more typing the same code every time you open your own file ONE APP, EVERY DEVICE • Universal iPhone and iPad app with a layout built for the larger screen • A real Mac app, so the same documents and tools are on your desktop • Files stay on your device unless you choose to share them FREE, WITH NO TIME LIMIT • Open, read and search as many PDFs as you like — there is no library cap • Highlight, underline, draw, and leave notes on any document • Rotate, reorder, delete and insert pages • Scan up to 3 documents a day AIPDF PRO Pro unlocks unlimited scanning, OCR text recognition, signatures and form filling, merge and split, compression, conversion and export, and password protection. • $19.99/month or $69.99/year, each with a 3-day free trial • Payment is charged to your Apple ID account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings. Terms: https://sakura5.app/aipdf/terms Privacy: https://sakura5.app/aipdf/privacy

Screenshots

OpenClaw4 screens
AIPDF4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OpenClaw at none against AIPDF's 2. AIPDF's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price, ads and device support 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. AIPDF sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. OpenClaw asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
OpenClaw versus AIPDF: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpenClawAIPDF
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (71 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings71 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size114 MB10 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperOpenClaw FoundationVan Hiet Ho

In-app purchases

None

OpenClaw

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

AIPDF

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly3 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Yearly3 Days trial$69.991 Year

Questions

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

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