Comparison

PDFOne vs PDF Compressor

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

Head to head
About

PDFOne

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**PDFOne makes working with PDFs simple on iPhone.** Open a document, organize its pages with intuitive gestures, add new content, fill in your PDF, and place your signature — all within a clean interface designed to keep the document at the center of your work. Whether you need to fix a few pages or reorganize a larger document, PDFOne gives you the essential tools without unnecessary complexity. **ORGANIZE YOUR PAGES** View your document as a Grid, Carousel, or List and choose the layout that works best for you. You can: • reorder pages with drag and drop; • select multiple pages; • create and manage page stacks; • duplicate or delete pages; • replace pages while keeping control of your document; • extract and reorganize content when needed. **ADD NEW CONTENT** Insert additional PDFs exactly where you need them, or create new pages from: • PDF documents; • images from your Photos library; • blank pages. **FILL IN PDFs** Add text directly to a PDF page, position it where it belongs, and adjust its size before applying it to the document. Perfect for forms, administrative documents, and PDFs that need additional information. **ADD YOUR SIGNATURE** Import a signature and keep it in your signature library so it is ready whenever you need it. Add multiple signatures, move them around the page, resize them, or remove them before applying your changes to the PDF. **SAVE AND SHARE** Save your changes, create a separate copy, or share the finished PDF using the familiar sharing tools built into iOS and iPadOS. **DESIGNED TO STAY SIMPLE** PDFOne is built as a native Apple app, with familiar controls, direct interactions, light and dark appearances, and an interface that keeps the focus on your document. No unnecessarily complicated tools. Just what you need to organize, fill, sign, and manage your PDFs.

About

PDF Compressor

Features
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PDF Compressor helps you reduce PDF file size for sharing, uploading, and keeping smaller copies of your documents. Select a PDF, choose a compression level, and check the result before saving or sharing it. Choose your compression level Pick Better Quality, Balanced, or Smaller File to prioritize visual quality or a smaller output. The amount of reduction depends on the original document. Check the result Preview your compressed PDF and see its file size, page count, and percentage reduction. Your original PDF stays unchanged, so you can review the compressed copy before using it. Save, share, and find it again Save the result to Files or send it through the share sheet. Saved results remain available in History for previewing, sharing, renaming, or deleting later. Process your PDFs locally Compression runs locally without uploading your documents to a processing server. No account is required, and the app contains no advertising, in-app purchases, or subscriptions. Before you compress Compression converts each page into an image within the output PDF. Visual quality may decrease, and text in the compressed copy will no longer be selectable or searchable. Some PDFs may not become smaller, and a specific output size is not guaranteed. Privacy Policy: https://alderpathstudio.github.io/PDF-Compressor/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://alderpathstudio.github.io/PDF-Compressor/term-of-use.html

Screenshots

PDFOne4 screens
PDF Compressor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PDF Compressor at Free against PDFOne's $3.99. PDFOne's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On 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

PDF Compressor is free to download; PDFOne costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
PDFOne versus PDF Compressor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDFOnePDF Compressor
Price$3.99Free — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperANTONIO PADALINOJeny Goentoro

In-app purchases

None

PDFOne

No in-app purchases

None

PDF Compressor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PDFOne free?
PDFOne costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is PDF Compressor free?
PDF Compressor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PDFOne or PDF Compressor have ads?
PDF Compressor shows ads; PDFOne does not.

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