Comparison

PDF Scanner AI 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 Scanner AI

Features
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PDF Scanner AI is a document scanner app for your iPhone. Scan documents to PDF, clean up blurry or shadowy photos, fill and sign forms, and translate them. Made for receipts, tax forms, leases, school forms, and notes. SCAN TO PDF • Document scanner: point your camera at a page. The edges are found and the page is straightened for you. Scan many pages into one PDF. • Image to PDF (JPG to PDF): turn photos from your photo library into one PDF. Pages are straightened, and you can drag the 4 corners. • ID card scanner (front and back on one page), book scanner, and QR and barcode scanner. FILTERS AND PAGE FIXES (NEW) When you scan to PDF, give each page a look from 9 filters, like Auto, B&W, Gray, and Perfect, which evens out shadows and makes the paper white. Adjust brightness and contrast, and retake, crop, or rotate a page before you save. The Eraser wipes stains and marks off scanned pages. BLURRY PHOTO IN, CLEAN PDF OUT Layout PDF reads your page with AI and rebuilds it: • Remove Background: the text is retyped in the same layout on a clean white page. • Sharpen Text: your real page (paper, colors, signatures, handwriting) with blurry print made sharp. • Keep Background: your original photo with searchable text. Works best on printed pages. AI TEMPLATES (NEW) Snap a handwritten estimate, notes, or a resume, and AI types it up: Estimate / Invoice, Resume, Typed Notes, Meeting Notes, Recipe Card, or Clean Document. It even flags totals that don't add up. Save it as a PDF (most templates also save as Word). FILL AND SIGN WITHOUT A PRINTER Add text and your signature (drawn with your finger) to any PDF. Fill in a school form or sign a lease, then send it right away. FIX A TYPO WITHOUT RESCANNING Scan with Layout PDF, tap Edit text, and change a line. The page is rebuilt in place. IMAGE TO TEXT (OCR) Text Recognition reads the words in your photo in 24 languages. Copy them, search them, or save them as a TXT file, and get a searchable PDF too. Needs an internet connection. TRANSLATE PDFS AND SCANS Translate a scan, a PDF with text, or a Word or TXT file into any of 24 languages, like Spanish, Chinese, and Vietnamese. Save the translation as TXT or Word. PDF TO WORD Turn a scan into an editable Word file (.docx). Tables, headings, bold text, and alignment carry over. BILL REMINDERS (NEW) Scan a bill to track it and get reminded before the due date. See what's due this month, mark bills as paid, and get weekly and monthly summaries. OPEN THE PDFS YOU ALREADY HAVE Open a PDF from Mail, Files, Google Drive, or your browser, search for any word (even in photos of printed pages), and use every tool on it. Save any document to the Files app in one tap. PDF TOOLS AND SHARING See your pages two to a row and drag them into order, add pages to any document, or delete one. Compress a PDF to email it, merge PDFs, split out the pages you need, and lock a PDF with a password. Share as PDF, Word, TXT, images, or a ZIP file. Compress, merge, and split run on your iPhone, so those files are not uploaded. FREE AND PREMIUM Free: 3 scans a week, up to 5 pages each (a short ad adds 3 more pages). After that, a short ad unlocks each extra scan. AI templates read 1 page. You get 1 free try of Translate or AI bill reading. Adding bills by hand is always free, and your scans have no watermark. Premium: unlimited scans up to 20 pages each, no ads, the Perfect filter, Translate, AI templates up to 20 pages, and AI bill reading (up to 30 bills a day). Premium is a subscription (weekly, monthly, or yearly). Cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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PDF Editor

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Edit, scan, sign, fill, and convert PDFs — all in one fast, focused app. Turn your phone into a full PDF editor, document scanner with OCR, form filler, and e-signature tool. Read, annotate, merge, and protect any document in seconds. EDIT LIKE A PRO • Edit PDF text directly with automatic font matching • Highlight, add notes, insert images, and stamps • Merge, split, reorder, rotate, and add blank pages SCAN & OCR • Scan documents with your camera into crisp, searchable PDFs • OCR turns scans into editable, selectable text • AI cleanup: deskew, erase fingers, sharpen, auto-crop, and filters FILL & SIGN • Fill out tax forms, contracts, and applications • Autofill saves repeat fields for next time • Draw or type a signature and e-sign any document CONVERT ANYTHING • PDF to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, JPG, and TXT • Convert photos and files back to PDF • Compress large files without losing quality AI ASSISTANT • Summarize long contracts in seconds • Rewrite, proofread, translate, and change tone • Draft emails, cover letters, invoices, and resumes from templates PROTECT & SYNC • Lock files with PIN and Face ID, plus a private Safe folder • Redact, blur, or watermark sensitive information • Password-protect exports and share expiring links • Secure cloud sync across iPhone, iPad, and web (QR pairing) Subscription auto-renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel in your Account Settings. Privacy Policy and Terms of Use are available in the app. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/pdfeditorx/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/pdfeditorx/terms-of-use

Screenshots

PDF Scanner AI4 screens
PDF Editor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: PDF Editor at none against PDF Scanner AI's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. PDF Scanner AI sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and PDF Editor sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
PDF Scanner AI versus PDF Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDF Scanner AIPDF Editor
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPSSD LimitedAPPMERGE TEKNOLOJI LIMITED SIRKETI

In-app purchases

3 purchases

PDF Scanner AI

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Premium$2.997 Days
  • Monthly Premium$9.991 Month
  • Annual Premium$79.991 Year
2 purchases

PDF Editor

Subscriptions2
  • PDF Editor Pro3 Days trial$6.997 Days
  • PDF Editor Pro3 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is PDF Scanner AI free?
PDF Scanner AI 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 Scanner AI or PDF Editor have ads?
PDF Scanner AI shows ads; PDF Editor does not.

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