Comparison

PDF Converter vs SwiftDocs

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

Head to head
About

PDF Converter

This app offers a comprehensive suite of tools for managing, editing, and converting PDF files. It allows users to merge, split, compress, and annotate documents, as well as fill forms and add digital signatures. Convert various file types to PDF and vice versa with ease.

Highlights
  • Merge, split, compress, rotate, unlock, watermark PDFs
  • Edit PDFs with text, shapes, comments, highlights
  • Annotate documents with drawing, text boxes, sticky notes
  • Convert JPG, Word, PPT, Excel, HTML to PDF
  • Convert PDF to JPG, Word, PPT, Excel
  • Fill PDF forms and add digital signatures
  • Password protection and encryption
Features
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PDF Converter & Editor: Your Complete PDF Toolkit File Management: Every tool you need to use PDFs, at your fingertips. Merge, split, compress, convert, rotate, unlock, and watermark PDFs with ease. Import files from cloud services like Drive, Box, and OneDrive. PDF Editor: Edit PDFs by adding text, shapes, comments, and highlights. A secure and simple tool for all your PDF editing needs. Enhance your PDF experience with our comprehensive PDF Annotation and Reader app. Whether you need to annotate documents for work, study, or personal use, or simply read PDFs with ease, our app has you covered. Key Features: * Annotation Tools: Highlight important text, add comments, draw shapes, and underline or strike through text to mark up your PDFs effectively. * Reader Mode: Switch to Reader Mode for a distraction-free reading experience. Adjust settings such as font size, background color, and brightness to suit your preferences. * Advanced Annotation: Use advanced tools like text box, sticky notes, and freehand drawing to customise your annotations and make your PDFs more interactive. * Document Management: Organise your PDF library with ease. Create folders, rename files, and move documents between folders for efficient file management. * Search and Navigation: Find specific content within your PDFs quickly using the search feature. Navigate through documents easily with page thumbnails and bookmarks. Additional Features: * PDF Form Filling: Fill out PDF forms directly within the app, saving time and paper. * Digital Signatures: Sign documents electronically with ease. Add, edit, or remove digital signatures as needed. * File Protection: Keep your PDFs secure with password protection and encryption. Key Features: Merge PDF: Combine multiple PDF files into one. Split PDF: Divide PDFs into smaller files. Compress PDF: Reduce PDF file size for easy sharing. CONVERT TO PDF JPG to PDF WORD to PDF POWERPOINT to PDF EXCEL to PDF HTML to PDF Additional Features: Invoice maker CV Maker AI PDF Summary CONVERT FROM PDF PDF to JPG PDF to WORD PDF to POWERPOINT PDF to EXCEL Experience the convenience of managing and editing PDFs with our comprehensive PDF Converter and Editor app. Easily merge, split, compress, and convert PDF files, and edit them with our intuitive PDF editor. Download now and unlock the full potential of your PDF files! Subscription Terms & Details Enjoy unlimited access to all features for $29.99/year, with a 3-day free trial. Payment will be charged to your iTunes account once the purchase is confirmed. Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and disable auto-renewal at any time via your Account Settings. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current subscription period. If you start a free trial and decide to subscribe, any remaining trial time will be forfeited. Privacy Policy: https://thepdfedit.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://thepdfedit.com/terms-and-conditions

About

SwiftDocs

Scan, sign, and markup documents with ease. This app allows you to convert files to PDF, add text overlays, and manage your documents on the go. Its signature system smooths out e-signatures for a professional look.

Highlights
  • Scan documents
  • Sign and markup PDFs
  • Convert to PDF
  • Professional e-signatures
  • Add text overlays
  • Manage documents on the go
Features
Currently charting
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Sign, markup, scan, and convert documents to PDF with SwiftDocs. Our PureSign™ system smooths out signatures to recreate the appearance of ink on the page. SwiftDocs brings the power of a desktop document editor to your fingertips, while enabling you to markup documents more swiftly than you would on your computer. Sign documents in a few seconds with PureSign, our system that removes shaky lines from your eSignatures. Overlay text onto PDFs to fill out forms, using presets to save you from having to type out commonly asked questions. Scan, import, and export PDFs to manage all of your documents. Never let being away from a computer, printer, or scanner slow you down again. Sign documents professionally: Quickly import a doc into the app, sign it, and send it. SwiftDocs allows you to create and store as many signatures as you want, perfect for if you need to initial or if you want to change the color of your signature. Esignatures usually have a tell-tale shakiness, but PureSign™ stabilizes your signature so it emulates the inking of a handwritten signature (it may look better than your actual signature). Save yourself a trip to the printer and the time involved. Add text to docs: Markup your documents with text. SwiftDocs allows you to open up a text view in a single tap, making it quicker to edit on the app than on your desktop. You can also add preset values for your name, address, or other common pieces of information. Manage documents swiftly: SwiftDocs simplifies your whole work flow for document management. It is the little things that matter, like having a document open to the markup area when you first import it, or adding a text view with the current date in a single tap. This convenience is exemplified by our Swift Markup feature, which saves you time when just need to create and markup a one page document. The app gets out of your way so you can just scan and sign your name on the dotted line, and then have it ready for your records and to send it to where it needs to go. SwiftDocs go anywhere you want them to: SwiftDocs is the starting point for managing all of your documents on the go. From SwiftDocs you can print, email, airdrop, and even store your docs to your iCloud Drive. Is it a longer document you want to read? Save your doc to iBooks in just a tap. Anything you could possibly want to do with a document you can do from the app. Make your mark(up): Bring an elegant and powerful document editor to the palm of your hands by downloading SwiftDocs. Upgrade to a premium document management experience that meets the needs of your busy day. Make your mark(up) with SwiftDocs. Features: •Sign documents and save your signatures to have on hand in a moments notice •The PureSign™ signature system smoothes out the edges of your signature to give you a professional and clean looking esignature •Markup documents with text and use presets to save precious time filling out your name, address, or other standard form questions •Import PDF documents into SwiftDocs from your email. It'll automatically bring you to the markup page so you can have an important form signed in seconds •Scan documents and create PDFs that you can print, email, airdrop, or store on iCloud •SwiftMarkup: One page document scanning for when you immediately want to markup a document and send it •Complete functionality without creating an account: one less password to remember (and may we mention one less app storing your personal data?) Terms of Use and Privacy Agreement: https://thebasicsoftwarecompany.com/swiftdocs-privacy-policy

Screenshots

PDF Converter4 screens
SwiftDocs4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PDF Converter at Free against SwiftDocs's $0.99. PDF Converter also leads on ratings volume (6K vs 48) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). SwiftDocs's advantage is review sentiment (85% vs 67%) and chart position (#123 vs unranked). On rating, ads, in-app purchases 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

PDF Converter is free to download; SwiftDocs costs $0.99 up front. PDF Converter sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and SwiftDocs sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SwiftDocs holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PDF Converter has 6K ratings behind it against 48, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of PDF Converter's written reviews are positive against 85% of SwiftDocs's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PDF Converter ships an update fortnightly, SwiftDocs every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
PDF Converter versus SwiftDocs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDF ConverterSwiftDocs
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.4 (6K ratings)4.6 (48 ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.3% of reviews84.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6K — better48
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank—#123 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size385 MB79 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperTechgear IncThe Basic Software Company

Customer experience

PDF Converter

All ratings5,969 ratings
Positive84.0%
Neutral3.5%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews1,396 reviews
Positive67.3%
Neutral4.9%
Negative27.8%

SwiftDocs

All ratings48 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive84.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.4%

Bugs and requests

PDF Converter

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Conversion quality issues
  • Orientation problems with PDFs
  • Unreliable file saving
  • Compatibility problems with older devices
  • Frequent crashes and freezes

Requested features

5 requests
  • Improved file management options
  • Seamless integration with cloud storage
  • Enhanced PDF editing capabilities
  • Customizable user interface
  • Better customer support

SwiftDocs

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

13 purchases

PDF Converter

Subscriptions6
  • PDF Converter Pro with Editor3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Image to PDF Converter - PDF PRO$6.997 Days
  • PDF Converter, Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
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  • PDF Converter Documents To PDF3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • PDF Converter Pro3 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • PDF Converter - Convert to PDF Pro3 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time7
  • Unlock-Clipboard-text-editing$0.99
  • Fonts$0.99
  • Unlock-UnLimted Web To PDF$0.99
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  • Dropbox,Box,Drive,SkyDrive and Evernote$0.99
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • PDF Annotation$0.99
  • Unlockall$19.99
1 purchases

SwiftDocs

Subscriptions1
  • SwiftDocs Pro$7.991 Month

Questions

Is PDF Converter free?
PDF Converter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SwiftDocs free?
SwiftDocs costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PDF Converter or SwiftDocs?
SwiftDocs is rated higher. PDF Converter averages 4.4 out of 5 from 6K ratings, while SwiftDocs averages 4.6 from 48 ratings.
Do PDF Converter or SwiftDocs have ads?
Neither PDF Converter nor SwiftDocs shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PDF Converter or SwiftDocs?
PDF Converter ships an update fortnightly, and SwiftDocs every 2 months. Most recently, PDF Converter was updated on September 24, 2026 and SwiftDocs on September 23, 2026.

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