Comparison

VARAK PDF Editor & Scanner vs PDF On

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

Head to head
About

VARAK PDF Editor & Scanner

Features
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Edit PDFs. Simply. Click any line in a PDF and type. VARAK keeps the document's own font, size and colour, so your change looks as if it was always there. No account needed — and your files never leave your device. EDIT TEXT THAT LOOKS RIGHT • Retype any line in the document's original font • Paragraphs reflow as you type • Change font, size, colour, spacing and alignment • The fonts already on your device come first, plus hundreds of open-licence fonts • After you edit an invoice, VARAK checks that the totals still add up FILL AND SIGN • Fill in any form — even one that was never made fillable • Draw or type your signature and place it with a tap • Fill forms in one step from the details you saved SCAN AND OCR • Turn scanned pages into real text you can search, copy and edit • Make Editable rebuilds a scan in its own typeface ORGANIZE PAGES • Merge, split, reorder, rotate, insert and extract pages • Add page numbers ANNOTATE • Highlight, underline, comment, draw, add shapes and stamps PROTECT AND SHARE • Password protection with AES-256 encryption • Find personal data and redact it permanently • Compress large files without turning text into images • Compare two versions of a document UNDERSTAND A DOCUMENT • Explain This Document shows deadlines, amounts and what is asked of you • Ask This Document answers questions from the text itself PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything runs on your device. Nothing is uploaded, and there is no account to create. VARAK never adds watermarks. IN YOUR LANGUAGE English, Deutsch, Français, Español, Italiano, Português (Brasil), Русский, 日本語, 简体中文, 한국어 and Türkçe. VARAK PDF PRO — SUBSCRIPTION Editing text is free. A VARAK PDF Pro subscription unlocks the professional tools on iPhone, iPad and Mac signed in to the same Apple Account. • Monthly: US$1.99 per month • Yearly: US$14.99 per year (about US$1.25 a month), with a 3-day free trial for eligible new subscribers Prices shown are for the United States. Your local price is shown in the app before you buy and may vary by country or region. Already bought VARAK PDF Pro as a one-time purchase? It stays yours — tap Restore Purchases in the app. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS • Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. With the Yearly free trial, the first payment is charged when the 3-day trial ends, unless you cancel before then. • Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Manage or cancel at any time in your Apple Account settings. Cancelling stops the next renewal; Pro remains available until the end of the period you paid for. • Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://varak.app/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://varak.app/terms.html Questions? https://varak.app/support.html

About

PDF On

Features
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PDF On turns paper into clean PDFs and lets you finish them right away: fill in, sign, highlight, share. Everything happens on your iPhone. No account, no upload, no tracking. SCAN AND CREATE • Scan documents with automatic edge detection • Take a photo and crop it: the edges are found and straightened for you • Build PDFs from photos, files and other PDFs • Convert Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Pages, Numbers, Keynote, text and HTML files to PDF • Choose page size, layout (1, 2 or 4 per page) and quality • Optional date and time stamps • Make PDFs searchable with on-device text recognition • Protect PDFs with a password FILL IN AND SIGN • Tap a form field and type: the text lands inside the box, on the line • Return jumps to the next field • Checkmarks snap into checkboxes, dates follow the format of the form • Your name, address and phone number appear as suggestions above the keyboard • Sign by drawing, or photograph your signature on paper • Place a passport photo on an application form: the photo frame is found automatically • Typefaces, sizes, bold and colors for every language MARK UP • Highlighter, pen with thickness and opacity, lines, arrows, rectangles and circles • Undo and redo READING MODE • Full screen with trimmed margins, so the text is larger • Highlight with one swipe, in four colors of your choice • Name your colors, for example "Important" or "Question", and add notes • A list of all highlights with page jump; share them as text • The app remembers where you stopped reading ID CARD AND PASSPORT COPY • Front and back on one sheet in true original size • Optional enlargement, grayscale, cut lines and a watermark such as "Copy for landlord" PAGES • Reorder, rotate, crop, straighten and delete pages • Merge PDFs, insert scans, photos or other PDFs • Export the text as a Word document (.docx), copy text, search in the document PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Works fully offline • No account, no ads, no tracking, no data collection • Optional app lock with Face ID • Share extension: send photos and PDFs from other apps to PDF On LANGUAGES English, Spanish, German, French, Arabic, Persian, Urdu and more than 40 other languages, with full right-to-left layout.

Screenshots

VARAK PDF Editor & Scanner4 screens
PDF On4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PDF On at none against VARAK PDF Editor & Scanner's 3. VARAK PDF Editor & Scanner's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. VARAK PDF Editor & Scanner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. PDF On asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
VARAK PDF Editor & Scanner versus PDF On: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVARAK PDF Editor & ScannerPDF On
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size156 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperErdal BeyogluAbbas Hoseiny

In-app purchases

3 purchases

VARAK PDF Editor & Scanner

Subscriptions2
  • VARAK PDF Pro — Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • VARAK PDF Pro — Yearly3 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • VARAK PRO Lifetime$39.99
None

PDF On

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is VARAK PDF Editor & Scanner free?
VARAK PDF Editor & Scanner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PDF On free?
PDF On is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do VARAK PDF Editor & Scanner or PDF On have ads?
Neither VARAK PDF Editor & Scanner nor PDF On shows ads.

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