Comparison

PDF Text Editor ‑ Edit PDF 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

PDF Text Editor ‑ Edit PDF

Edit, annotate, and organize PDF documents directly on your device. Modify existing text, add new content, and manage pages with a comprehensive suite of offline tools. Prioritizes user privacy with on-device processing and no account required.

Highlights
  • Edit existing PDF text
  • Add new text and images
  • Annotate with drawing tools
  • Organize pages (reorder, delete, rotate)
  • Compress, merge, and split PDFs
  • Add and remove password protection
  • Convert images to PDF
Features
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Edit, annotate, sign, and organize PDFs right on your iPhone and iPad — with no conversion, no account, and no files leaving your device. PDF Editor opens any PDF and lets you change the actual text, mark it up, rearrange pages, and run every common PDF task offline. Your documents are processed entirely on your device. EDIT REAL TEXT • Tap any line and rewrite it — the original font, size, and color are matched automatically • Add new text boxes anywhere on the page • Insert images and your signature ANNOTATE & MARK UP • Draw with a pen or highlighter, then erase cleanly • Add shapes — lines, arrows, rectangles, circles, and more • Highlight, underline, and strike through text • Drop a saved signature in a tap ORGANIZE PAGES • Reorder pages by dragging • Rotate, duplicate, or delete pages • Insert a blank page, another PDF, or an image as a page • Extract selected pages into a new file • Resize pages EVERY PDF TOOL • Compress — shrink file size while keeping text selectable • Merge — combine several PDFs into one • Split — pull out just the pages you need • Lock & Unlock — add or remove password protection (AES-256) • Image to PDF — turn photos into a clean document • Create a blank PDF to start from scratch BUILT FOR PRIVACY • Files are never uploaded — everything happens on device • No sign-in and no account required • Works fully offline ORGANIZED LIBRARY • Keep documents in folders and search your library • Favorite the files you use most • Light and dark mode, on iPhone and iPad Most tools are free. Watch a short video to unlock a Pro action once, or upgrade to PDF Editor Pro for unlimited text editing, premium shapes, and unlimited signatures. — Subscription — PDF Editor Pro is offered as a weekly auto-renewing subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://pdfeditoronline.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://pdfeditoronline.app/terms Apple's EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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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

PDF Text Editor ‑ Edit PDF4 screens
PDF Editor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: PDF Editor at none against PDF Text Editor ‑ Edit PDF's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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 Text Editor ‑ Edit PDF sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and PDF Editor sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
PDF Text Editor ‑ Edit PDF versus PDF Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDF Text Editor ‑ Edit PDFPDF Editor
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQasim AliTechCreative Lab LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

PDF Text Editor ‑ Edit PDF

Subscriptions1
  • Weekly Premium$1.997 Days
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$9.99
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 PDF Text Editor ‑ Edit PDF free?
PDF Text Editor ‑ Edit PDF is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PDF Editor free?
PDF Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PDF Text Editor ‑ Edit PDF or PDF Editor have ads?
PDF Text Editor ‑ Edit PDF shows ads; PDF Editor does not.

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