PDF Cabinet vs Ink PDF Editor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PDF Cabinet
This application offers a streamlined PDF experience for reading and annotating documents. It focuses on essential features with an intuitive interface, making it easy to mark up PDFs, share annotations, and collaborate in real-time with others. Optimized for performance, it handles large documents efficiently.
- Effortless PDF annotation
- Intuitive user interface
- Fast document review with thumbnails
- Annotations sharing
- Real-time collaboration
- Quick note taking
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THINGS WE ARE PROUD OF - Really effortless PDF annotation - Only the most essential functionality - don't lose yourself in hundreds of buttons - Intuitive user interface that allows you to do exactly what you want - Fast and easy document skimming and review with thumbnails sidebar - Ultimate performance – optimized for really large documents (within reason, of course) - Annotations sharing - send annotated documents to anyone, and mark up will show up in any other reader - Interaction with other Cabinet users - send annotations only to your friends or colleagues using Cabinet – much faster, less traffic - Real-time collaboration with your friends or colleagues – annotate the same document together from several iPads EVEN MORE GREAT THINGS IN CABINET - Amazing and intuitive dynamic annotation menu - Empty notebooks for quick note taking or doodling - Pen and Paper Games for relaxing during non-working hours - Sending multiple documents attached in a single e-mail - Easy work with various document formats - such as .doc, .xls, .ppt and others Did we tell you already that Cabinet is really easy to use? Try it out yourself!
Ink PDF Editor
This application allows users to quickly read, annotate, and edit PDF documents. It offers tools for marking up important information, navigating through documents with bookmarks, and even playing embedded audio. The app provides a straightforward way to manage PDF files on mobile devices.
- Quick PDF reading and viewing
- Full-text scroll and zoom
- PDF annotation tools
- Embedded PDF audio playback
- Bookmark creation and management
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Ink PDF Editor is a simple and easy-to-use PDF app. It helps you read and edit PDF files quickly and complete any PDF tasks effortlessly. • Quickly Read PDFs Quickly open and view PDF documents Enable full-text scroll, zoom in and out Choose single page or double page scroll mode • Annotate PDFs Mark up important information with professional annotation tools Various annotation styles and colors to choose from • PDF audio reading Recognize and play PDF embedded audio Support single loop/list mode • Bookmarks Add and edit bookmarks as you like to navigate your PDF documents easily
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ink PDF Editor at 4.2 against PDF Cabinet's 3.8. PDF Cabinet's advantage is review sentiment (66% vs 44%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ink PDF Editor holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 57 and 37 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 66% of PDF Cabinet's written reviews are positive against 44% of Ink PDF Editor's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
PDF Cabinet ships an update every 5 weeks, Ink PDF Editor every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PDF Cabinet | Ink PDF Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (57 ratings) | 4.2 (37 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.1% of reviews — better | 44.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 57 — better | 37 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bright Nine SIA | Hefei T-Stack Information Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
PDF Cabinet
Ink PDF Editor
Bugs and requests
PDF Cabinet
Reported bugs
5 issues- Randomly deleting files
- Sync issues causing loss of annotations
- Crashing when opening large documents
- Navigation problems when zoomed in
- Annotations not exporting properly
Requested features
7 requests- Add more highlighter and pen color options
- Implement palm rejection for Apple Pencil
- Add ability to resize and move annotation tools
- Improve cloud/sync functionality (iCloud, Dropbox, etc.)
- Implement vertical scrolling for continuous reading
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- Add text box annotation feature
- Improve export/sharing options for annotated documents
Ink PDF Editor
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PDF Cabinet
No in-app purchases
Ink PDF Editor
No in-app purchases
Questions
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