Comparison

PDF Expert vs Today Pin

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

Head to head
About

PDF Expert

This app allows you to edit, annotate, fill out forms, and convert PDF documents. It offers AI-powered summarization and analysis, along with tools to merge, sign, and protect your files. Work seamlessly across Apple devices with a user-friendly interface.

Highlights
  • Edit PDF text and images
  • Annotate and highlight PDFs
  • Fill out PDF forms
  • Convert files to and from PDF
  • AI-powered summarization and analysis
  • Merge and combine PDF files
  • Sign documents with e-signatures
Features
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PDF Expert is a fast and easy PDF app to read, annotate, fill and sign PDF forms, convert files to PDF, and merge, split or compress documents – all in one intuitive app for iPhone, iPad, Mac & Vision Pro. Read PDF files with comfort, highlight and mark up text, fill out forms, sign contracts, create and convert PDFs, and summarize long documents in seconds with AI-powered tools. Unlock unlimited possibilities with PDF Expert Premium and work across all your Apple devices. "PDF Expert is one of my must-have iPad apps and a desktop-class PDF reader." – MacStories "The best app for managing, editing, and reading PDFs on your iPad." – The Sweet Setup ▶ WITH PDF EXPERT, YOU CAN: READ PDFs - PDF reader with Day, Night, and Sepia modes for comfortable reading anytime - Scroll PDFs vertically or horizontally and search text in any document - Open and view PDF files from email, web, Files, or any app via the Share menu - Read PDFs out loud with Text to Speech ANNOTATE AND MARK UP PDFs - Highlight, underline, and strike through text in your PDFs - Mark up documents with pen, shapes, text, notes, and comments - Add stamps such as Approved or Confidential - Record your voice and add audio notes to PDFs FILL AND SIGN PDF FORMS - Fill out PDF forms with text fields, checkboxes, and radio buttons - Sign PDF documents in seconds – draw your signature or add it from an image - Save your signature to sign contracts, agreements, invoices, and applications faster - Fill, sign, and send forms right from your iPhone – no printing or scanning needed - Supports all major form formats, including AcroForms and static XFA forms ***PREMIUM FEATURES*** EDIT PDFs - Edit text directly in a PDF – just as you would in a Word document - Add, replace, and resize images in your PDFs - Add links to other pages or websites - Add outlines to navigate large PDFs CREATE AND CONVERT PDFs - Create PDFs from Word files, images, and other documents - Convert Word to PDF, JPG to PDF, and PNG to PDF in seconds - Convert PDF to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, JPG, PNG, and TXT MERGE, SPLIT AND ORGANIZE PDFs - Merge and combine multiple PDF files into one - Split PDFs and extract pages into a new file - Add, delete, rotate, and reorder pages with thumbnail preview COMPRESS PDFs - Compress PDFs to reduce file size for email and sharing - Shrink large PDF files to save space on your device SUMMARIZE PDFs WITH AI – PDF COPILOT - List Main Points – get key takeaways from any PDF - Summarize – get concise summaries of entire PDFs or annotations - Ask Anything – find details with AI answers and references - Explain – get instant explanations of words or phrases PROTECT YOUR FILES - Password-protect PDF Expert - Redact – permanently black out sensitive information WORK WITH SCANNED DOCUMENTS - Open scanned PDFs to fill out, sign, annotate, and share CONSTRUCTION TOOLS - Scale and measure drawings with the Measure tab - Polygon, polyline, and redline tools MORE FEATURES - Customizable toolbar - Presentation Mode - Print and share PDFs via email or cloud ONE ACCOUNT FOR ALL YOUR APPLE DEVICES One Premium subscription covers PDF Expert on iPhone, iPad, and Mac – no need to buy versions separately. Read more about our terms and conditions here: https://pdfexpert.com/privacy https://pdfexpert.com/terms Don’t hesitate to reach out to us at http://readdle.com/contact

About

Today Pin

Features
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Today Pin is a simple task manager, sticky notes app and daily planner designed to keep what matters today visible on your Home Screen. Plan your day, capture important ideas, create reusable routines and check your progress without dealing with complicated productivity systems. Today Pin keeps everything clear, private and available offline. YOUR DAY AT A GLANCE See today’s tasks, completed items and daily progress in one clean view. Unfinished tasks automatically move forward, helping you stay focused without manually reorganising your list. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Keep your priorities visible without repeatedly opening the app. • View today’s tasks from your Home Screen • Check your task-completion progress • Display an important sticky note • Quickly add a new task • Open a specific task from the widget • Choose from different widget sizes and colours SIMPLE TASK MANAGEMENT • Create, edit and delete tasks • Organise today and upcoming tasks • Mark tasks as completed • Add optional task details • Set dates and times • Schedule local reminders • Repeat tasks daily or weekly • Automatically roll unfinished tasks into today COLOURFUL STICKY NOTES Capture ideas, shopping lists, personal reminders, work notes and anything else worth keeping. • Create colourful sticky notes • Pin important notes • Edit or delete notes anytime • Choose a note colour • Display a selected note on your Home Screen REUSABLE ROUTINES Build a checklist once and use it whenever you need it. Create routines for your morning, studies, work preparation, household activities, fitness or any repeated process. Reset completed checks or add the entire routine to today’s task list. SEARCH EVERYTHING Quickly search across all your tasks and sticky notes from one place. Find important information without scrolling through multiple lists. PRIVATE AND COMPLETELY OFFLINE Your tasks, notes and routines remain stored on your device. • No account required • No internet connection required • No cloud dependency • No advertisements • No subscriptions LIGHT AND DARK THEMES Use Today Pin comfortably throughout the day with light, dark or automatic system appearance. Today Pin is made for students, professionals, freelancers, homemakers and anyone who wants a simple way to manage daily tasks without unnecessary complexity. Pin what matters. Focus on today.

Screenshots

PDF Expert4 screens
Today Pin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Today Pin at none against PDF Expert's 10. PDF Expert's advantage is chart position (#72 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PDF Expert sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Today Pin asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PDF Expert ships an update fortnightly, Today Pin every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
PDF Expert versus Today Pin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDF ExpertToday Pin
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (217K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews45.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings217K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#72 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size301 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperReaddle Technologies LimitedAmit Bahadur

Bugs and requests

PDF Expert

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Corrupted PDFs after editing
  • Sync issues with cloud storage providers
  • Unexpected loss of annotations and edits
  • Unreliable performance on older iPad models

Requested features

5 requests
  • Improved palm rejection for Apple Pencil
  • Customizable toolbar and annotation presets
  • Better integration with other productivity apps
  • More flexible file management and organization
  • Ability to create fillable PDF forms

Today Pin

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

PDF Expert

Subscriptions8
  • PDF Expert Premium Trial7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • PDF Expert Premium No Trial$9.991 Month
  • PDF Expert for Education7 Days trial$39.991 Year
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  • PDF Expert Premium7 Days trial2 variants$49.991 Year
  • PDF Expert Premium New7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • PDF Expert Premium Existing7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • PDF Expert – Premium Editing1 Year trial$49.991 Year
  • PDF Expert Mac & iOS7 Days trial$79.991 Year
One-time1
  • PDF Expert Basic$9.99
None

Today Pin

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PDF Expert free?
PDF Expert is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Today Pin free?
Today Pin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PDF Expert or Today Pin have ads?
Neither PDF Expert nor Today Pin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PDF Expert or Today Pin?
PDF Expert ships an update fortnightly, and Today Pin every 2 weeks. Most recently, PDF Expert was updated on November 4, 2026 and Today Pin on October 31, 2026.

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