Comparison

PDF Converter vs Scanner App

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

Scanner App

Transform your device into a powerful pocket scanner. Easily capture, edit, and organize documents, convert them to various formats, and extract text with OCR. Share your scanned files seamlessly via email or cloud services.

Highlights
  • Scan documents to PDF/PNG
  • Automatic edge detection
  • Batch scanning
  • Add signatures
  • Enhance scan quality
  • OCR text extraction
  • Translate text
Features
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Scanner App turns your iPhone into a powerful pocket scanner and help you increase productivity at work. With scanner app, you can scan any paper document into clear PDF or PNG, and sign, enhance, organize and share it to email, iCloud, Dropbox, Box...... SCANNER APP FEATURES Scan: √ Accurately detect edges of documents. √ Automatically scan without tapping. √ Scan multiple pages of files into one single PDF or long image. √ Unlimited scan business documents, receipts, ID cards, written notes, agreements, paper sketches, books, printed photos, rentals, or any other printed documents... √ Add pictures for scanning from camera roll. √ Batch scanning mode automates multiple pages scanning tasks. Edit: √ Create and add signature to electronic documents. √ Apply magic color effect to scanned files, or change filter to grayscale, black & white, threshold. √ Adjust contrast or brightness to enhance scan quality. √ Convert PDF document to PNG, JPG, TXT. Share: √ Share through Text, Email, WhatsApp, Facebook, LinkedIn, Messenger…… √ Save scanned files to cloud services (including OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, iCloud) in one tap. OCR: √ Use text recognition to extract or grab texts from scanned image. √ Select, copy, cut, edit and share text. √ Support 10+ languages. Translate: √ Translate Text to different languages. Organize: √ Import files from iPhone or cloud services. √ Create, move and manage files and folders. √ Rename and share files with friends or colleagues. √ Protect everything with a Password. Sync: √ Sync and access your files from cloud space in seconds. √ Sync files across multiple devices. HOW TO USE Open your scanner app. Place your document in view of the camera. Tap the Camera button. If your scanner app is in Auto mode, your document will automatically scan. Tap “Manual” if you need manually capture a scan. Then drag the corners to adjust the scan to fit the page, then tap the Camera button. Tap “continue” and “done” to save your scans. UNLIMITED ACCESS MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTION - You can subscribe for premium account with all premium features and no ads and watermark - Subscription is from $9.99 monthly, $4.99 weekly, $39.99 yearly - Subscription automatically renews for the same price and duration period as the original "one week"/"one month"/"one year" package unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable Privacy Policy: https://scannerocr.com/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://scannerocr.com/terms.html

Screenshots

PDF Converter4 screens
Scanner App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Scanner App at free with in-app purchases against PDF Converter's subscription. Scanner App also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and review sentiment (76% vs 67%). PDF Converter's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (6K vs 191). On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. PDF Converter sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Scanner App sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Scanner App holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PDF Converter has 6K ratings behind it against 191, 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 76% of Scanner App's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PDF Converter ships an update fortnightly, Scanner App every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
PDF Converter versus Scanner App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDF ConverterScanner App
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (6K ratings)4.8 (191 ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.4% of reviews75.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6K — better191
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size385 MB116 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperTechgear IncDigitap Inc.

Customer experience

PDF Converter

All ratings5,993 ratings
Positive84.0%
Neutral3.5%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews1,419 reviews
Positive67.4%
Neutral4.9%
Negative27.8%

Scanner App

All ratings191 ratings
Positive94.2%
Neutral1.6%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive75.6%
Neutral2.4%
Negative22.0%

User reviews

PDF Converter

From 6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast and efficient
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 📤 Convenient file sharing
  • 🔒 Secure document handling
  • 💡 Helpful features

Room to improve

  • 🔐 Paywall for full functionality
  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and crashes
  • 💸 Expensive subscription
  • 🔍 Confusing navigation
  • 📤 Issues with file exports

Scanner App

From 191 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Excellent app for digital scanning
  • 👍 Very quick and effective
  • 👍 Easy to use and functional
  • 👍 Great scanner, free app
  • 👍 Does its work perfectly

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App did not edit PDFs
  • 🐛 Cannot upload from files
  • 🐛 Bad crops on image
  • 🐛 Not so good resolution
  • 🐛 Lags a lot

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

Scanner App

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • App did not edit anything on my PDFs
  • Cannot upload from files
  • Bad crops on image, not so good resolution
  • Lags a lot
  • Free trial is broken, none of the perks were there
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  • App froze with many saved files
  • App induced purchase without permission
  • App induced to buy without user permission

Requested features

2 requests
  • New update needed
  • Dark mode option

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
4 purchases

Scanner App

Subscriptions4
  • Scanner360_weakly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Scanner360_Monthly$9.991 Month
  • PDF Scanner App Monthly Plan3 Days trial$9.991 Month
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  • Scanner360_yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is PDF Converter free?
PDF Converter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scanner App free?
Scanner App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PDF Converter or Scanner App?
Scanner App is rated higher. PDF Converter averages 4.4 out of 5 from 6K ratings, while Scanner App averages 4.8 from 191 ratings.
Do PDF Converter or Scanner App have ads?
Scanner App shows ads; PDF Converter does not.
Which is updated more often, PDF Converter or Scanner App?
PDF Converter ships an update fortnightly, and Scanner App every 2 weeks. Most recently, PDF Converter was updated on October 19, 2026 and Scanner App on October 17, 2026.

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