mimosa vs PDF
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
mimosa
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mimosa is a PDF and notes app for studying with Apple Pencil, and a mistake notebook that brings your wrong answers back on the right day. SEEDS: YOUR MISTAKE NOTEBOOK Circle a question you got wrong with the laser pen and save it to a Seed, with its answer if you like. Every question gets its own page. Study opens it right there: solve it again with the whole pen kit, check the answer, rate how it went, and it comes back when it's time to review. WRITE ON ANY PDF Mark up worksheets, past papers and books. Page Lock keeps the page steady, Palm Lock lets your hand rest, and the ink keeps up with you. Turn handwriting into text and search inside your documents. NOTEBOOKS AND BOARDS Create MimoBook notebooks page by page, or use MimoBoard when an idea needs an endless canvas. MADE FOR iOS 27 On iOS 27, mimosa wears Liquid Glass: the pen kit flows open like glass, and moving wallpapers sit behind your library. Prefer it quiet? Choose Minimal in Settings. SCAN DOCUMENT Tap + to scan paper into clean PDFs, right in your library or a folder. RECORD WITH ECHO Record a lecture while you write, then tap any line to hear what was said right then. KEEP A REFERENCE CLOSE Open answer keys, page ranges and images in a floating window while you work. WORKS WITH LOTUS AND TRELLIS Turn highlights into Lotus flashcards, and link your documents and Seeds to a Trellis study plan. YOUR LEYA ACCOUNT Sign in with Apple or Google for one free Leya account across Leya apps, or use mimosa without one. Your documents stay on your device and in your own iCloud. Designed for iPad, with iPhone support. Available in 19 languages. Some features require mimosa Pro, an auto-renewing subscription. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel them anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://leyaproduction.com/en/mimosa/privacy
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Scan, edit, sign and OCR PDFs on your iPhone. Your files never leave the device. PDF-PRO is a private, offline PDF editor and scanner for contracts, invoices, receipts and everyday documents. Read, scan and annotate for free. Upgrade to Pro for unlimited merge, split, compress, OCR, signatures, watermarks and password protection β the yearly plan includes a 3-day free trial. WHY PEOPLE SWITCH β’ Sign a contract without printing it β’ Scan paper and photos into a clean PDF β’ Merge, split or reorder pages before you send β’ Compress a large file so it fits in email or chat β’ Extract text with on-device OCR β’ Lock a PDF with a password, or add a watermark READ & ANNOTATE β’ Smooth reader with continuous scroll, pinch-to-zoom and single-page mode β’ Highlight, underline, strikeout, freehand ink and text notes β’ Search inside the document and jump to a page SCAN & CONVERT β’ Camera scan for paper documents, invoices and receipts β’ Photos to A4 PDF, or export pages as images ORGANIZE β’ Merge PDFs, split by page range, drag to reorder, rotate or delete pages β’ Folders, favorites and search in your on-device library OCR β’ Recognize text on the current page or the whole file β’ Copy or share the result β processed on your iPhone, not a server SIGN & PROTECT β’ Handwritten signature stamp you can place and resize β’ PDF password and a diagonal copyright watermark PRIVACY Every merge, split, compress, OCR and encrypt step runs locally. No account. No cloud upload. FREE vs PRO Free: read, scan and basic annotation. Pro: unlimited signature, OCR, compress, password, watermark, merge and split. β’ Yearly β best value, 3-day free trial β’ Monthly β month to month β’ Lifetime β pay once Subscriptions renew unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage in Apple ID settings. Terms of Service (Apple EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: mimosa at every 5 days against PDF's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. mimosa sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and PDF sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
mimosa ships an update every 5 days, PDF every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | mimosa | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days β better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac β better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Yusuf Melih Bozgeyik | η±ε ε |
In-app purchases
mimosa
- Weekly mimosa Pro$0.997 Days
- Monthly mimos Pro7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial$11.991 Year
- Lifetime Pro$29.99
- PDF-PRO Monthly$3.991 Month
- PDF-PRO Yearly (3-Day Trial)3 Days trial$24.991 Year
- PDF-PRO Lifetime Pass$59.99









