# ChatPDF - AI Chat with any PDF

> Build your own AI chatbots

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1672831757](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1672831757)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1672831757`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Joseph Works Limited
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (441 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.1.1
- **Last updated:** 2023-07-08
- **First published:** 2023-03-07
- **Size:** 15 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-21
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chatpdf-ai-chat-with-any-pdf/id1672831757)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://github.com/josephchang10/documentai-support/blob/main/PRIVACY.md](https://github.com/josephchang10/documentai-support/blob/main/PRIVACY.md)

## Description

ChatPDF makes it easy to build AI chatbots trained on your own documents. Upload a PDF (and other supported formats) to create a chatbot that can answer questions using your data, with instant, natural-language responses.

Key capabilities include multi-language support and broad file-type compatibility (PDF, TXT, DOCX, CSV, XLSX, PPTX, EPUB, HTML, MD/MDX, EML, MSG). Ideal for students, researchers, and teams needing quick, reliable information from their documents.

## Rankings

- #76,400 — Overall
- #1 — chatgpt pdf
- #74 — chatgpt extension

## Review summary

Review sentiment is mixed: many see ChatPDF as a useful, affordable tool for reading and querying PDFs in research, but uploading issues, file-size limits, inconsistent accuracy, and UI limitations hinder widespread reliability.

### Pros

- Strong PDF handling: users can upload PDFs and get detailed responses based on their content, useful for research.
- Helpful for reading and extracting detail from PDFs, with positive feedback on depth of outputs.
- Appears to offer affordable value and good overall performance for many users.

### Cons

- File upload failures prevent using the app for many users (files not accepted).
- Limited large-file support due to size/character limits; cannot open very large manuals.
- Inaccurate or inconsistent results and summaries (some questions answered incorrectly or with random conclusions).
- UI/UX limitations and usability issues (no login on iOS, limited chat expansion, incomplete footnotes).
- Text copying is inconsistent (some reviews report copy; others cannot copy).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1672831757)