Comparison

PDF Reader, Read Aloud vs InlayPDF

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

Head to head
About

PDF Reader, Read Aloud

Features
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PDF Reader helps you open, read, listen to, search, and manage PDF documents from one place. Features: • Open and read PDF files. • Listen to readable PDF text using text-to-speech. • Start listening from the page you are viewing. • Follow the spoken text with word highlighting. • Automatically continue to the next page while listening. • Search for words and phrases inside PDF documents. • Add annotations, highlights, and drawings. • Save your PDF changes. • Keep recently opened PDFs for quick access. • Add PDFs to Favorites. • Use light and dark appearance modes. PDF Reader provides a simple way to work with pdf documents whether you prefer reading on screen or listening to their text aloud. Some PDF files may contain scanned pages or images without readable text. Text-to-speech and search features require readable text in the PDF.

About

InlayPDF

Features
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SEARCH AND HIGHLIGHT TEXT IN PDF SCREENSHOTS Have you inserted a screenshot into a PDF page and want to highlight its text? Since a screenshot is an image, your PDF app usually cannot recognize the words within it as text. InlayPDF recognizes these words and adds invisible, selectable text to the PDF page. You can then search, select, and highlight the text within the screenshot in a compatible PDF app. The page’s appearance stays the same. Text recognition takes place entirely on your iPhone or iPad. HOW IT WORKS • Insert your screenshot into a PDF page using your preferred PDF app. • Open that single page in InlayPDF from the Files app or paste it from the clipboard. • InlayPDF automatically recognizes the text within the screenshot. • Export the processed page and open it in your PDF app, or insert it back into your original document. • You can now search, select, and highlight the text within the screenshot, too. Please note: InlayPDF processes one PDF page at a time. Text selection and highlighting may vary between PDF apps.

Screenshots

PDF Reader, Read Aloud4 screens
InlayPDF4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: InlayPDF at none against PDF Reader, Read Aloud's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PDF Reader, Read Aloud ships an update daily, InlayPDF every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
PDF Reader, Read Aloud versus InlayPDF: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDF Reader, Read AloudInlayPDF
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 2 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB8 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperNamik ErsunArno Thorsten Muller-Heinemann

In-app purchases

None

PDF Reader, Read Aloud

No in-app purchases

None

InlayPDF

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PDF Reader, Read Aloud free?
PDF Reader, Read Aloud is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is InlayPDF free?
InlayPDF is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PDF Reader, Read Aloud or InlayPDF have ads?
PDF Reader, Read Aloud shows ads; InlayPDF does not.
Which is updated more often, PDF Reader, Read Aloud or InlayPDF?
PDF Reader, Read Aloud ships an update daily, and InlayPDF every 2 days. Most recently, PDF Reader, Read Aloud was updated on October 29, 2026 and InlayPDF on October 31, 2026.

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