FileBrowser Professional vs PDF Reader Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FileBrowser Professional
Manage and edit documents directly from your iOS device. Access files from over 20 network and cloud storage locations, stream media, and perform bulk file operations. Integrates with other apps for seamless on-the-go editing and sharing.
- Access network and cloud storage
- Edit documents in-place
- Bulk file renaming
- Automatic folder sync
- Backup local files
- Stream media files
- Integrates with other apps
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Professional document management for iOS, with bulk rename, backup and sync tasks. Edit your documents in-place, stream your media files and connect to over 20 different network and cloud storage locations. “Maximize the potential of what you can do with files on iOS” - Cult of Mac “FileBrowser remains the best option” - MacStories Direct and secure file access to your computers, servers and other storage devices on home or company networks. Core Features - Access file servers and cloud storage - View documents and optionally store them for offline viewing - Present a video, PowerPoint or Keynote direct from the server - Copy and move between any type of storage, from single files to whole directories - Bi-directional automatic sync of network folders to your iPad/iPhone - Backup local files to a network file server or cloud storage - Integrates with other apps allowing you to edit, save and share files while on the go - Integrates with your existing infrastructure, including Active Directory - Integrates with iOS data protection, utilising hardware-based encryption to secure content - Pro photographer XMP sidecar file support for rating images - VPN on-demand support for third-party VPN clients - Supports Microsoft Distributed File System (DFS) - Requires no additional software on company servers Office App Integration - No more duplication of documents between apps - Launch an Office app to edit a network document in-place - Changes are automatically saved to the original document - Scan documents or images direct to multi page PDF - Automatic colour and perspective correction of scanned documents MDM Integration - Centralised distribution of FileBrowser configuration settings - Enforced security lockdown - Conform to corporate Mobile Security Policies - Prevent users from changing local settings - Selectively override any local configuration setting - Distribute file server connection details - Control whether offline viewing/storage is permitted - Control whether content can be shared FileBrowser Professional uses the SMB1, SMB2, and SMB3 network access protocols (also known as CIFS or Windows File Sharing) to connect to: - Macs - PCs - NAS drives - Windows File Servers (including Windows Server Clusters) Access local storage - USB Drives - SD Cards - Folders of other apps - iCloud Drive folders of other apps - iOS Photo Library You can also connect to the following cloud storage - Microsoft OneDrive - Microsoft OneDrive for Business - Microsoft SharePoint 2013 or later - Box.com - Google Drive (including Shared Team Drives) - Dropbox (including Dropbox for Business) - Backblaze B2 - Amazon S3 - Nextcloud - pCloud - Digital Ocean S3 - FileBase S3 - Google Cloud S3 - iDrive Cloud S3 - Storj S3 - Wasabi S3 - WebDAV servers - FTP/FTPS servers - SFTP servers Unlike other file manager apps, we never gather any of your data. We also don't require you to create an account or register an email address with us. For fast friendly support please email support@stratospherix.com. We are happy to receive support emails in any language, but are only able to reply in English.
PDF Reader Pro
This app allows users to read, edit, annotate, sign, convert, and fill out PDF documents on their mobile devices. It offers features like text editing, image modification, page management, and OCR capabilities, making it a comprehensive tool for PDF management.
- Edit PDF text and images
- Annotate with highlights, notes, and drawings
- Sign PDFs with custom signatures
- Convert PDFs to Word, Excel, and more
- Fill out interactive PDF forms
- OCR scanned documents
- Merge, split, and reorder PDF pages
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PDF Reader Pro helps much for anyone who reads, edit, highlights, OCR, signs, converts, creates, protects, compresses and fills out PDFs on their iPhone and iPad. It also makes it easy to organize, annotate and edit your PDFs. Import files from your computer or the cloud, then complete forms, add freehand drawings and audio notes and more. PDF Reader Pro offers even more - merge and combine multiple documents, split your PDFs, insert pages from another PDF, insert photos or hyperlinks to your PDFs, Convert PDF to Word and other Microsoft Office® formats. With support for reading files from popular productivity suites, it’s a convenient way to take the office anywhere you go. PDF Reader Pro Edition for Professional is your last choice of PDF application. READ ・ View PDFs with various themes like night mode to comfort your eyes. ・ Choose vertically/horizontally scroll pages or single/two pages/book mode. ・ Support crop mode, tabbed PDF reading, continuous page view, auto scroll and more. ・ Use text-to-speech feature to read selected text with no time limits. ・ Easy content navigation with bookmarks/outlines. ・ Fast files Printing to directly print PDFs from your device. ・ DRM, supports Vitrium* protected PDF files. ANNOTATE ・ Annotate PDFs with highlight, underline, strikethrough, note, freehand, text box, anchored note, rectangle, circle, line etc. ・ Create multiple signatures with trackpad, keyboard or images. ・ Insert pre-designed stamps such as Approved, Confidential and more. ・ Support to link any part of the text to a different page, email or website. ・ Share your annotated PDFs with others via PDF documents/Flattened copy/ Summary/ Original PDF. EDIT PDF ・Edit PDF text. Easily fix typos or other inaccurate content. Fast change the font color, size and style. ・Modify PDF images such as cropping, rotating, deleting, replacing, etc. Easily resize or move images for a better layout. ・Add&edit watermarks to keep your PDFs safe and professional. Watermark tiling is supported. ・Extract images from PDFs. ・Create a Flattened copy to flatten PDF to make the contents static. PAGE EDITOR ・ Merge & Split PDFs available, split documents into multiple documents or combine multiple pages into a new one. ・ Extract the desired pages to create a new PDF. ・ Insert blank pages / another PDF to import specified content. ・ Rotate, rearrange, add, and delete PDF pages. Fill FORMS ・ Work with static PDF forms created in Adobe Acrobat. ・ Fill out any PDF forms with interactive fields such as text fields, checkboxes, radio buttons, combo boxes, list boxes, etc. CONVERT PDF · Export from PDF to Microsoft Word (.docx), PowerPoint (.pptx), Excel (.xlsx), RTF, Text, Image, HTML, CSV, and more Offline. ・ Convert MS Office documents, iWorks, web content, and images to PDFs. ・ Create a new PDF as a blank PDF or from your clipboard content. COMPRESS PDFs ・ Compress large PDFs to reduce file size. PDF size-reduction for easily sharing. OCR · OCR pdfs to convert scanned PDF files or pictures into editable & searchable PDFs/TXT files. 50+ languages supported! PROTECT CONTENT WITH PASSWORD AND ENCRYPTION ・ Passcode to prevent unauthorized use of PDF Reader Pro. ・ Encrypt to protect your PDF files from unauthorized reading with a password. SCANNER ・Make continuous scans and automatically detect edges of scanned objects. Text-to-Speech ・ Support a total of 36 voices for 26 languages. WORK IN THE CLOUD ・ Store & secure files on iCloud Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, Evernote, Box, FTP, WebDav, etc. Backup Files between iOS Devices, Mac and PC ・ Connect your iPhone/iPad with a desktop for transferring files using USB or WiFi connection. Support Various File Types ・ MS Office, iWork, image files ・ Compressed files (zip, rar) ・ audio and video files ・ Other file formats Have any feedback? Please contact us directly at support@pdfreaderpro.com Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FileBrowser Professional at none against PDF Reader Pro's 4. FileBrowser Professional also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.7 vs 4.3). PDF Reader Pro's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On review sentiment, update cadence 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
FileBrowser Professional costs $14.99 and PDF Reader Pro $19.99 up front. PDF Reader Pro sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $39.99 per year. FileBrowser Professional asks for nothing beyond the download.
FileBrowser Professional holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FileBrowser Professional has 1.5K ratings behind it against 222, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of FileBrowser Professional's written reviews are positive against 69% of PDF Reader Pro's.
FileBrowser Professional ships an update every 5 weeks, PDF Reader Pro every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FileBrowser Professional | PDF Reader Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $14.99 — better | $19.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.5K ratings) — better | 4.3 (222 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.1% of reviews — better | 68.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 222 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #10 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 180 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stratospherix Ltd | PDF Technologies, Inc. |
Customer experience
FileBrowser Professional
PDF Reader Pro
User reviews
FileBrowser Professional
From 1.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Best app for files
- 🚀 Always adding new features
- 🚀 Lean, clean, and top speed operating
- 🚀 Excellent app that is regularly updated
- 🚀 Fantastic, reliable, and productivity tool
Room to improve
- 🐛 Hide keyboard button issue after editing
- 🐛 Slow file operations and performance issues
- 🐛 Sync issues with SMB connections
- 🐛 Inability to access certain file types
- 🐛 Unreliable file transfers and data loss
PDF Reader Pro
From 222 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 User-friendly
- 🚀 Efficient file management
- 💡 Useful annotation tools
- 👍 Seamless cloud integration
- 🚀 Fast performance
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
- 🔒 Unreliable security features
- 💡 Limited text editing capabilities
- 🐛 Conversion issues (PDF to Word)
- 💡 Missing merge/reorder PDF functions
Bugs and requests
FileBrowser Professional
Reported bugs
5 issues- Cannot access S3 buckets without app running
- Sync functionality not working as expected
- Crashes when opening SharePoint locations
- Loses login credentials for cloud/network devices
- Inability to access OneDrive for Business
Requested features
9 requests- Create document functionality (HTML, PHP, CSS, JS)
- Add support for album cover art
- Longer text support for folders with unlimited characters
- Loop one song option for media player
- Freeform cropping option for images
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- ID3 tag editor
- SSH functionality
- Mega cloud storage support
- Frame.io integration
PDF Reader Pro
Reported bugs
5 issues- Corrupted PDF files after updates
- Disappearing files and loss of organization
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
- Unreliable PDF form filling
- Unexpected app crashes
Requested features
5 requests- Add undo/redo functionality
- Improve OCR accuracy
- Introduce password protection for PDFs
- Allow custom folder colors
- Enhance browser integration (history, new tabs)
In-app purchases
FileBrowser Professional
No in-app purchases
PDF Reader Pro
- Add 2-Device · Advanced Annual$39.991 Year
- Add Devices · Advanced Annual$49.991 Year
- PDF Pro · AI Annual1 Year trial$79.991 Year
- Convert PDF to Office Pack$9.99





