Comparison

PDF Editor vs FolikPDF

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

Head to head
About

PDF Editor

Features
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A complete PDF editor built for Hebrew and Arabic as well as English, and it works entirely on your device. Your files never leave your phone. EDIT • Edit the existing text inside the file, in the same font and place, in Hebrew, Arabic and English • Add text anywhere, and find and replace across the whole document • Works with files made by other programs, and with scanned documents FILL & SIGN • Fill forms: real form fields, and the lines and tables of printed forms • Sign (draw, type or from a photo), initials, date, tick marks and stamps • Autofill from the details you keep MARK UP • Highlight, underline and strikethrough that snap to the text, arrows, frames and freehand drawing • Notes, white-out, and redaction that deletes the content permanently • Links to web addresses and to pages PAGES & SCANNING • Reorder, rotate, delete, duplicate, crop, merge and split • Page numbers, headers, watermarks and more • Scan documents with the camera, and text recognition (OCR) in Hebrew, Arabic and English, even offline EXPORT • PDF, Word, Excel and images • Compressed files and password-protected PDFs PRIVACY • Everything is done on your device. No account, no ads, no tracking • Works without an internet connection Free. Every tool, with no subscription and no sign-up.

About

FolikPDF

Features
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Folik is a private, capable PDF workspace for iPhone and iPad. It is completely free: no ads, no subscription, no account, and no in-app purchases. READ AND FIND • Open PDFs from Files or other apps • Search with contextual results and next/previous navigation • Use continuous, single-page, or two-page layouts • Browse thumbnails, outlines, and bookmarks SCAN ON DEVICE • Capture multi-page documents with automatic edge detection • Recognize text locally so new scans are searchable • Keep scans inside Folik unless you choose to share them FILL AND SIGN • Complete standard PDF text, checkbox, radio, and choice fields • Track required fields and jump to the next unfinished field • Create handwritten or typed signatures and initials ANNOTATE AND ORGANIZE • Highlight, underline, strike through, draw, add notes, shapes, text, and stamps • Move, resize, recolor, undo, and redo annotations • Reorder, rotate, duplicate, delete, extract, or combine pages in a new copy EXPORT YOUR WAY • Share the original • Create an editable copy • Export a flattened copy for consistent appearance PRIVATE BY DESIGN Folik processes documents, scans, text recognition, and edits on your device. It has no backend, analytics SDK, or advertising SDK. Compatibility note: Folik supports standard AcroForm fields exposed by iOS. XFA-only forms, certificate-backed digital signatures, JavaScript calculations, and vendor-specific PDF behavior may not be supported. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Folik is open source under the MIT License. https://github.com/x3n-network/FolikPDF

Screenshots

PDF Editor4 screens
FolikPDF4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: PDF Editor at 15.0 against FolikPDF's 18.6. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
PDF Editor versus FolikPDF: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDF EditorFolikPDF
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerhaim indykJOSEPH AARON SPEARS

In-app purchases

None

PDF Editor

No in-app purchases

None

FolikPDF

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PDF Editor free?
PDF Editor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FolikPDF free?
FolikPDF is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PDF Editor or FolikPDF have ads?
Neither PDF Editor nor FolikPDF shows ads.

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