PDF Reader, Read Aloud vs InlayPDF
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PDF Reader, Read Aloud
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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.
InlayPDF
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | PDF Reader, Read Aloud | InlayPDF |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 2 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Namik Ersun | Arno Thorsten Muller-Heinemann |
In-app purchases
PDF Reader, Read Aloud
No in-app purchases
InlayPDF
No in-app purchases
Questions
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