Comparison

PDF Converter vs PDF Photos

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

PDF Photos

Easily convert your photos into professional-looking PDFs. Customize layouts, add branding elements like headers and footers, and control file size for efficient sharing. Save and share your documents across various cloud services or directly via email and printing.

Highlights
  • Convert photos to PDF
  • Customizable photo layouts
  • Add cover pages, headers, and footers
  • Control image file size and quality
  • Multiple sharing and saving options
  • Save photo grids as JPG
Features
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Convert to pdf to easily share photos with friends and colleagues. Choose photo layout, add photos, preview then share pdf. PDF Photos is an easy and intuitive JPG to PDF Converter. Choose 1 photo per page layout for converting photos of documents to pdf. Choose Photo Grid layout or a photo layout with photo text. Create your own custom Photo Grid layouts. Brand your documents with cover page, header and footer. Resize image with medium or small file size option. Further reduce image size by adjusting jpg quality. Email, print, save pdf to cloud drive and more. Use PDF Photos as a Photo Grid App and save pages as jpg to Photos. Brand your documents Add cover page, header and footer with your name and logo. Layouts Take photos of documents with your camera then convert to pdf. Choose from pre-defined Photo Grid layouts with photo text. Create your own custom Photo Grid layout. Convert jpg to pdf to easily print one or more photos on a page. Control File Size: Resize Images and Compress JPG Convert jpg to pdf to share photos faster with a smaller file size. PDF Photos has simple options; Medium and Small, to resize image for a smaller overall file size. Control jpg quality to further compress image and reduce image size. Document Options Change orientation, margins and paper size. Choose Image Scale: Fit or Fill the image on the page or in the Photo Grid. Save and Share Anywhere Email, print, send pdf to Adobe Reader or to another app. Convert to pdf and upload directly to iCloud Drive, Google Drive, Dropbox or OneDrive. PDF Photos is more than just a JPG to PDF Converter. PDF Photos can save your Photo Grid pages as jpg images. Simple and intuitive interface makes PDF Photos the easiest JPG to PDF Converter and Photo Grid App you’ll ever use! PDF Photos Unlimited is available for purchase as Lifetime or Subscription: 1 Year, 3 Months or 1 Month. Check in app for exact pricing in your region. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. https://www.sarrada.com/app/privacy.htm https://www.sarrada.com/termsofservice.htm

Screenshots

PDF Converter4 screens
PDF Photos4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: PDF Photos at free with in-app purchases against PDF Converter's subscription. PDF Photos also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4). PDF Converter's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and PDF Photos sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PDF Photos holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6K and 14K respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 67% and 67% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PDF Converter ships an update fortnightly, PDF Photos every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PDF Converter versus PDF Photos: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDF ConverterPDF Photos
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (6K ratings)4.8 (14K ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.4% of reviews — better67.1% of reviews
Number of ratings6K14K — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size468 MB12 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperTechgear IncSarrada Software Inc

Customer experience

PDF Converter

All ratings6,011 ratings
Positive84.1%
Neutral3.5%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews1,420 reviews
Positive67.4%
Neutral4.9%
Negative27.7%

PDF Photos

All ratings13,697 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral1.9%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews1,142 reviews
Positive67.1%
Neutral3.0%
Negative29.9%

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

PDF Photos

From 14K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Convenient for converting photos to PDFs
  • 🚀 Quick and efficient
  • 👍 User-friendly interface
  • 👍 Great for students and professionals

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Requires paid subscription to access full features
  • 🐛 Crashes or freezes on some devices
  • 🔒 Deceptive about free version capabilities
  • 💰 Expensive subscription model

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

PDF Photos

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Alters photo order when converting to PDF
  • Subscription issues and inability to cancel
  • Compatibility problems with older devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Additional page size options
  • Ability to mark up or annotate PDFs
  • Integration with cloud storage services
  • More customization options for PDF layouts

In-app purchases

10 purchases

PDF Converter

Subscriptions4
  • PDF Converter Pro with Editor3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • PDF Converter, Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
  • PDF Converter Documents To PDF3 Days trial$29.991 Year
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  • PDF Converter - Convert to PDF Pro3 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time6
  • Unlock-Clipboard-text-editing$0.99
  • Unlock-UnLimted Web To PDF$0.99
  • Dropbox,Box,Drive,SkyDrive and Evernote$0.99
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  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • PDF Annotation$0.99
  • Unlockall$19.99
10 purchases

PDF Photos

Subscriptions5
  • Premium Features$1.991 Month
  • Premium Features$9.991 Year
  • Unlimited3 Days trial$9.991 Month
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  • Unlimited3 Days trial$14.993 Months
  • Unlimited3 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time5
  • All Layouts$3.99
  • Premium$9.99
  • Lifetime Unlimited Access to Premium Features$14.99
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  • Premium$35.99
  • Unlimited Lifetime$69.99

Questions

Is PDF Converter free?
PDF Converter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PDF Photos free?
PDF Photos is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PDF Converter or PDF Photos?
PDF Photos is rated higher. PDF Converter averages 4.4 out of 5 from 6K ratings, while PDF Photos averages 4.8 from 14K ratings.
Do PDF Converter or PDF Photos have ads?
PDF Photos shows ads; PDF Converter does not.
Which is updated more often, PDF Converter or PDF Photos?
PDF Converter ships an update fortnightly, and PDF Photos every 6 weeks. Most recently, PDF Converter was updated on November 5, 2026 and PDF Photos on November 5, 2026.

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