Kiwi PDF vs Glean

Need to fix a typo in a contract, sign a form on the go, or scan a receipt into a searchable PDF? Kiwi PDF handles it all — right on your phone, completely offline. No account, no upload, no ads. Unlike basic PDF viewers, Kiwi PDF lets you edit the actual text inside a PDF — not just add overlays. Combined with 40+ built-in tools, it replaces a handful of single-purpose apps with one that works without an internet connection. EDIT THE ORIGINAL TEXT • Rewrite words, fix typos and update content directly in the PDF • Replace, move or delete embedded images • Edit text in scanned documents — built-in OCR recognizes English and Vietnamese ANNOTATE & MARK UP • Pen, pressure-sensitive brush, highlighter, underline and strikethrough • 15+ shapes: rectangles, circles, arrows, polygons, callouts, cloud borders • Text boxes, sticky notes, stamps, stickers, voice notes and file attachments • Select multiple annotations at once, drag across pages, undo every step SCAN DOCUMENTS • Point your camera — edges are detected and perspective corrected automatically • OCR turns scans into searchable, editable PDFs FILL & SIGN • Fill interactive PDF forms, checkboxes and dropdowns • Draw your signature once, then reuse it on any document ORGANIZE • Reorder, rotate, insert, extract or delete pages • Merge files, split documents, add page numbers, headers, footers and watermarks • Built-in file manager with folders, search and previews 40+ PDF TOOLS • Compress to shrink file size, convert images to PDF, crop, grayscale, flatten • Zip and unzip with optional AES-256 encryption PROTECT • Set or remove PDF passwords • Standard PDF markup — your annotations display correctly everywhere PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything stays on your device. No uploads, no tracking, no ads, no account. Your documents are yours. Read more about our terms and conditions here: https://kiwipdf.org/privacy https://kiwipdf.org/term Download Kiwi PDF and stop juggling five apps for one workflow.

Glean turns your iPhone into a fast, private document scanner. Capture any document, clean it up, and get a crisp, searchable PDF — kept right on your device. Connect Google Drive only if you want a cloud copy. Glean has no servers of its own, so your documents stay yours. SCAN • Multi-page scanning with automatic edge detection and perspective correction • One-tap "Clean up" removes shadows and glare, whitens the page, and sharpens text • Crop, rotate, filters, and brightness / contrast / saturation controls SEARCHABLE PDFs • On-device text recognition (OCR) turns every scan into a searchable PDF • Find and copy the text inside your documents — no internet required YOUR STORAGE, YOUR CHOICE • Every scan is saved on your device, and is even accessible in the Files app • Optionally connect Google Drive to save PDFs into a folder you choose • Works fully offline — Google Drive is never required ORGANIZE • Combine several scans into one PDF, or split a multi-page scan into separate files • Rename, search, and manage everything in one place • Import existing PDFs from your Drive folder PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Scanning and text recognition happen on your device • No analytics, no tracking, and no servers that ever see your documents • Sign in with Apple or Google — and delete your account and data anytime Glean developed and designed by Zahid Hussain at TechFoundry · © 2026