PDF Converter vs Scanner App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Scanner App
This app offers advanced document scanning with automatic edge detection, OCR text extraction, and image enhancement. It allows for multipage scanning, signing, markup, and easy sharing of documents in PDF or JPEG format. Users can also print scans directly from their device.
- Automatic document edge detection
- OCR text extraction
- Multipage scanning (Batch mode)
- Digital signature and markup tools
- QR code reader
- Wi-Fi printing
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Scanner App built-in advanced scanning algorithm automatically detects borders of the page and supports image processing and can transform, rotate, sharpen your images, for best document quality,Extract Texts from Images Accurately (OCR) Advanced scanner features: - High resolution scans that preserve most of the original paper document details - Automatic document edge detection and perspective correction - Extract text from documents with OCR - Sign your scans manually or add a signature from an image - Mark up documents, cover or blur text you don’t need to be seen - Multipage scanning(Batch mode) and document managing - Adding, modify, delete, or reordering pages in a document - QR CODE – read any QR-code with your device camera - Image processing engine that allows you to change contrast, enhance, sharpen for the perfect document quality! - Print your scans with any Wi-Fi printer - Easily share documents in PDF or JPEG format with others via social media, email attachment or sending the doc link,Save and view the scanned files anytime, anywhere This app contains subscription : - You can subscribe for premium account with unlimited scans, premium features and no ads - Subscription is from $5.99 USD monthly - 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 Term of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/appscanner/scanner/agreement Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/appscanner/scanner/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Scanner App at 5.0 against PDF Converter's 4.4. Scanner App also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). PDF Converter's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (6K vs 1). 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. PDF Converter sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Scanner App sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Scanner App holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PDF Converter has 6K ratings behind it against 1, 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 100% of Scanner App's.
PDF Converter ships an update fortnightly, Scanner App every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PDF Converter | Scanner App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (6K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 385 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Techgear Inc | 宝锋 吴 |
Customer experience
PDF Converter
Scanner App
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
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PDF Converter
- 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
- 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
Scanner App
- Scanner Pro Week3 Days trial$3.997 Days
- Scanner Premium Monthly$5.991 Month
- Scanner Premium Monthly$7.991 Month
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- Scanner App Premium$17.991 Year
- PDF Scanner App Premium$19.991 Year
- Scanner Pro$34.99
Questions
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