Comparison

vBookz Slides vs PDF Reader Pro

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

Head to head
About

vBookz Slides

Present PDF documents like a slideshow with dynamic effects and a laser pointer. Manage your files, stream to a TV, and enhance your presentations with interactive tools.

Highlights
  • PDF presentation mode
  • AirPlay support for Apple TV
  • Laser pointer function
  • Page switching effects
  • Slide navigator
  • Dropbox and Google Drive integration
Features
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vBookz Slides is a simple and elegant PDF presentation app built for the iPhone and the iPad. It’s intuitive, simple and most powerful . An amazing presentation app which helps you present PDFs with a Power Point look and feel including page switching effects and a ‘laser pointer’. vBookz Slides is the perfect app if you’re looking to hook up your iPhone and iPad to your Apple TV. It’s feature-rich, brings excellent support for PDF files (it doesn’t support other formats yet). by using a one time in app purchase, vBookz Slides lets you mark on the screen to highlight, show or indicate and even to control the page switching effects. These are a nifty little features that makes presenting using the iPhone and the iPad such a great experience. Main Features ■ Requires AirPlay support - stream presentation slides to Apple TV ■ PDF Presentation mode ■ Library managing tools ■ Super fast PDF display ■ Support to display PDF as slides in 4:3 or wide 16:9 screen aspect ratio Presentation Features ■ Mirror display from iPhone and iPad ■ Arrows for page switching and control ■ “Laser Pointer” function - Available only with In App purchase ■ Page switching special effects - Available only with In App purchase ■ "Slide Navigator" for easy preview of your next slides ■ Horizontal position, for a full-screen display mode ■ Presentation timer PDF Managing Features ■ Download files from Dropbox and Google Drive ■ Using the ‘Open In’ function, open PDF mail attachments directly from your email ■ Edit features with - move, rename, delete, mail out or organise on local folders ■ Thumbnails are shown in three different library modes Support PDF File Type We’re an independent PDF experts, please note that PowerPoint and Keynote files are NOT yet supported.

About

PDF Reader Pro

This app offers comprehensive tools for managing PDF documents on mobile devices. It allows users to read, edit text and images, annotate, fill forms, convert to various formats, compress files, and perform OCR. Organize, protect, and share your PDFs with ease.

Highlights
  • Read PDFs with multiple viewing options
  • Edit PDF text and images
  • Annotate with highlights, notes, and drawings
  • Fill out PDF forms
  • Convert PDFs to Word, Excel, and other formats
  • Perform OCR on PDFs
  • Compress PDF file sizes
Features
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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 pages/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 and 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 / 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 and searchable PDFs or 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 and 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/

Screenshots

vBookz Slides4 screens
PDF Reader Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PDF Reader Pro at 64% against vBookz Slides's 0%. PDF Reader Pro also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (435 vs 3). vBookz Slides's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 13.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. vBookz Slides sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and PDF Reader Pro sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $39.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PDF Reader Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PDF Reader Pro has 435 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of vBookz Slides's written reviews are positive against 64% of PDF Reader Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

vBookz Slides ships an update every 8 months, PDF Reader Pro every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
vBookz Slides versus PDF Reader Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametervBookz SlidesPDF Reader Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings)4.4 (435 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews63.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3435 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB238 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMindex International LtdPDF Technologies, Inc.

Customer experience

vBookz Slides

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative75.0%

PDF Reader Pro

All ratings435 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral3.9%
Negative10.3%
Written reviews328 reviews
Positive63.7%
Neutral5.2%
Negative31.1%

Bugs and requests

vBookz Slides

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

PDF Reader Pro

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Annotations not saving or displaying correctly
  • App crashing when trying to convert or edit PDFs
  • Syncing issues between devices
  • Unexpected password locks on files

Requested features

4 requests
  • Undo/redo functionality for annotations
  • More font and theme options
  • Improved compatibility with cloud storage services
  • Better support for older devices

In-app purchases

4 purchases

vBookz Slides

One-time4
  • Pro pack$0.99
  • Effects pack$2.99
  • Laser pack$2.99
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  • Pro pack$4.99
6 purchases

PDF Reader Pro

Subscriptions4
  • Add 2-Device · Advanced Annual$39.991 Year
  • Add Devices · Advanced Annual$49.991 Year
  • PDF Pro · Advanced Annual$79.991 Year
Show 1 more
  • PDF Pro · AI Annual1 Year trial$79.991 Year
One-time2
  • Permanent License$24.99
  • PDF Pro · Advanced Permanent$39.99

Questions

Is vBookz Slides free?
vBookz Slides is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PDF Reader Pro free?
PDF Reader Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, vBookz Slides or PDF Reader Pro?
PDF Reader Pro is rated higher. vBookz Slides averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while PDF Reader Pro averages 4.4 from 435 ratings.
Do vBookz Slides or PDF Reader Pro have ads?
PDF Reader Pro shows ads; vBookz Slides does not.
Which is updated more often, vBookz Slides or PDF Reader Pro?
vBookz Slides ships an update every 8 months, and PDF Reader Pro every 2 months. Most recently, vBookz Slides was updated on November 1, 2026 and PDF Reader Pro on October 29, 2026.

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