Comparison

PDF Cabinet vs CommaForge

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Effortless PDF annotation
  • Intuitive user interface
  • Fast document review with thumbnails
  • Annotations sharing
  • Real-time collaboration
  • Quick note taking
Features
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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!

About

CommaForge

Features
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CommaForge is a fully offline CSV toolbox for iPhone and iPad. Every operation runs locally on your device, with no network access, no data collection, no ads, and no in-app purchases. Convert CSV files to JSON, XML, Markdown tables, HTML tables, TSV, Plist, or SQL INSERT statements, and convert JSON or TSV back to CSV. Switch delimiters freely between comma, semicolon, tab, and pipe. Automatically detect and repair encoding issues in Excel-exported files across UTF-8, GBK, Big5, and Latin-1. Preview large spreadsheets with a frozen header row, delete rows and columns, reorder columns, remove duplicates, and drop empty lines. Split oversized CSV files by row count and merge multiple files into one with column consistency checks. Import from the Files app or the share sheet, and export results through the system share sheet or save directly back to Files. Reusable presets and history make repeat conversions instant. Dark Mode and Dynamic Type are fully supported.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

PDF Cabinet and CommaForge are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
PDF Cabinet versus CommaForge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDF CabinetCommaForge
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (56 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings56 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.013
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBright Nine SIALawler Ryan

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

CommaForge

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PDF Cabinet

No in-app purchases

None

CommaForge

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PDF Cabinet free?
PDF Cabinet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CommaForge free?
CommaForge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PDF Cabinet or CommaForge have ads?
Neither PDF Cabinet nor CommaForge shows ads.

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