PDFMaker Lite vs PDF Maker & Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PDFMaker Lite
Easily convert webpages into PDF files for sharing. Browse, delete, and print your PDFs, or share them via email and cloud services. It even monitors your clipboard for URLs to simplify conversion.
- Convert webpage to PDF
- Browse, delete, and print PDFs
- Share PDFs via email and cloud storage
- Clipboard monitoring for URL detection
- iTunes file sharing
- Supports iPhone/iPad modes
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PDFMaker is a app which can convert webpage into PDF file easily. When you want to share a webpage to your friend, may your friends can't open you the webpage (for example, the internal network, firewall,network, and so on), this time you can use PDFMaker to convert webpage to PDF file,and send it by email or the other application A list of functions 1, Convert webpage to PDF file 2, PDF browse, delete and printing 3, share or send to other app, such as mail, iBooks, Dropbox, SkyDrive, GoogleDriver etc.. 4, Monitoring the clipboard ,When it found a URL, It would automatically mention you.In order to convert webpage to PDF file by a easy way. 5, iTunes file sharing to PC 6, supported iPhone/iPad vertical Mode and horizontal Mode. 7, Share file with internal web server. By downloading or using this app, you agree to Apple's standard Terms of Use. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
PDF Maker & Reader
Create and read PDF documents on your iPhone and iPad. Easily add text, photos, maps, and diagrams to new or existing PDFs. Share your creations via iCloud Drive, email, and other compatible applications.
- Create new PDF documents
- Read PDF documents from various sources
- Add text manually or via keyboard
- Insert photos, maps, and diagrams
- Export PDFs to other applications
- Compatible with App Extensions and Apple Pencil
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PDF Maker & Reader is a simple and powerful tool for reading and creating PDF. It can be displayed PDF documents on iPhone and iPad and you can input either manually or from the keyboard and add photos, maps, lines and diagrams. And you can make a new PDF document. PDF documents that you made can be output to many applications. [Major Functions] - You can read PDF documents from iTunes, iCloud Drive and many applications.(compatible with App Extensions) - You can make a new PDF document. - You can make a PDF document in the following way. 1. You can input either manually or from the keyboard (compatible with Apple Pencil). 2. You can paste up to photos. 3. You can paste maps. 4. By pasting figures and lines, you can display PDF documents graphically. - You can upload PDF documents to iTunes, iCloud Drive, applications compatible with PDF, and you can attach PDF to emails. You can use PDF Maker & Reader for free for 10 days. If you want to use it for more than 11 days, you need to follow the procedure for In-App Purchases(the one time purchase). Or you can extend the free usage period by 3 days by watching a video ad. [Contact us] https://www.studioks.net/en/contact-us/ [Studio K's - Business Applications Maker] https://www.studioks.net/en/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PDF Maker & Reader at 4.2 against PDFMaker Lite's 2.0. PDF Maker & Reader also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (25 vs 1). PDFMaker Lite's advantage is review sentiment (56% vs 20%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. PDFMaker Lite sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month and PDF Maker & Reader sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PDF Maker & Reader holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PDF Maker & Reader has 25 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 56% of PDFMaker Lite's written reviews are positive against 20% of PDF Maker & Reader's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
PDFMaker Lite ships an update every 6 months, PDF Maker & Reader every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 27, 2026 and August 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PDFMaker Lite | PDF Maker & Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) | 4.2 (25 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.0% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 25 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | EJing | NAOAKI SEKIGUCHI |
Customer experience
PDFMaker Lite
PDF Maker & Reader
In-app purchases
PDFMaker Lite
- Remove Ads$0.991 Month
PDF Maker & Reader
- PDF Maker & Reader Pro$1.99
- License$3.99
