PDF Reader Pro vs PDF Office Pro, Acrobat Expert
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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/
PDF Office Pro, Acrobat Expert
Edit, sign, and organize PDF documents with this comprehensive tool. Features include text and image editing, OCR, real-time collaboration, and unlimited cloud syncing. Convert PDFs to editable Word documents.
- Edit PDF text and images
- Sign PDF forms
- OCR image to text conversion
- Real-time collaborative editing
- Unlimited iCloud syncing
- Convert PDFs to Word (.docx)
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Introducing PDF Office Pro, the best PDF editor and reader! Edit text, images, sign, forms, highlight, OCR image to text, collaborate, use widgets, and much more! PDF Office Pro is a productivity app that offers a feature packed way to work with PDF documents. Using PDF Office Pro, you can edit PDF text, edit PDF Images, draw on PDF docs with Apple Pencil (not required to draw), convert images to text, invite people for real-time collaborative editing, fill PDF forms, sign PDF docs, edit hyperlinks and upload unlimited PDFs on iCloud and access the data from any iOS and Mac device. PDF Office Pro offers all the basic functionalities such as reading, highlight, draw, sign and organize PDF files; and more advanced features like rearranging PDF pages, real-time collaborative editing, online syncing, annotation, and so much more... **PDF Office Pro bundles exciting features** EDIT PDFs Original Text & Images • Edit, add, remove existing word/s or text/s or image/s. Change the font, size, and color, alignment, fill static PDF docs/forms. Save, replace, delete and resize PDF images. Powerful Editing Tool • Beautiful UI to edit text in your PDF documents • Freehand drawing with your finger or Apple Pencil • Add your own text/notes in the existing body • Scan & Fill PDF document/forms • Merge large PDF docs for easy sharing • Insert and Resize photo into PDFs UNLIMITED UPLOADS AND DATA SYNCING • Upload and Sync unlimited number of PDF files on iCloud and access the data from any iOS or Mac device. OCR - Convert Images to Text • Simple convert an image(s) or PDF to text • Next-Gen OCR with amazing accuracy • Processing done on device, 100% private World’s first real-time collaborative PDF editor • Share your doc with friends/co-workers/clients • Create a shared folder by inviting iClouds users for real-time collaborative editing. Get everyone’s feedback in one place. • Start collaborating work and save all data in shared PDF folder Annotate • Annotate word and text with highlights, underlines, handwriting • Add your comments or notes within the PDF file • Use doc sign creator and add your own signatures • Draw and insert different shapes and objects DARK MODE • Enable dark mode feature for long - time reading. Easily adjust the buttons and toolbars according to your convenience. Organize PDFs • Create a folder and organize your documents • Sync iCloud Drive with the app • Browse recently deleted PDFs Unlimited PDF uploads and syncing • Upload unlimited documents on iCloud • Access these documents from your iPhone, iPad, and Mac • Sync data online and never worry about any data loss Copy Pages • Take pages from one PDF and add to another UPGRADE AND GET: Convert PDFs to Word .docx Fully-Editable Files Conversion Includes: • Text Formatting & Attributes • Annotations & Highlights • Drawings • Images • Tables & more. • The conversion is done on our AWS secure server. All files are deleted IMMEDIATELY and just incase, we do many things: 1) We completely erase the data server every 24 hours. 2) No data is saved or tracked. 3) We even change the name of the PDF to gibberish before uploading! Create Custom PDF Forms • Easy 'Start' with templates for common PDF form objects • Add Text Input Boxes • Checkboxes • Radio • Choices • Buttons SMART COMPRESS • Control the resolution of images inside the PDF • Adjust the image quality • Flatten PDFs • Remove all images if you’d like Stamps & Stamps Builder: • Emphasize sections of the PDF • Create your own stamps MORE • Watermarks on All Pages or One Page • Add/Edit Table of Contents for nice organized outlines • Auto-Add Page numbers to your PDF and specify the exact format and location of the numbers • Add a password to exported PDFs for added protection/security
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PDF Office Pro, Acrobat Expert at Free against PDF Reader Pro's $19.99. PDF Office Pro, Acrobat Expert also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). PDF Reader Pro's advantage is review sentiment (69% vs 44%) and chart position (#89 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
PDF Office Pro, Acrobat Expert is free to download; PDF Reader Pro costs $19.99 up front. PDF Reader Pro sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $39.99 per year and PDF Office Pro, Acrobat Expert sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PDF Office Pro, Acrobat Expert holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 222 and 52 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 69% of PDF Reader Pro's written reviews are positive against 44% of PDF Office Pro, Acrobat Expert's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
PDF Reader Pro ships an update every 2 months, PDF Office Pro, Acrobat Expert every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PDF Reader Pro | PDF Office Pro, Acrobat Expert |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (222 ratings) | 4.5 (52 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.8% of reviews — better | 44.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 222 — better | 52 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #89 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 180 MB | 149 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PDF Technologies, Inc. | Heytopia LLC |
Customer experience
PDF Reader Pro
PDF Office Pro, Acrobat Expert
Bugs and requests
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)
PDF Office Pro, Acrobat Expert
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
PDF Office Pro, Acrobat Expert
- Upgrade to MaxFree
- Upgrade to Pro MaxFree
- Upgrade from Max to Pro MaxFree
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