# PDF Expert: Editor & Reader

> Create, Edit & Sign Documents

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id743974925](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id743974925)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id743974925`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Readdle Technologies Limited
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (215,965 ratings)
- **Version:** 7.26.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-14
- **First published:** 2013-12-03
- **Size:** 307 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-24
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pdf-expert-editor-reader/id743974925)
- **Website:** [https://pdfexpert.com/ios?utm\_source=AppStore&utm\_medium=product-page&utm\_campaign=appstore-marketing](https://pdfexpert.com/ios?utm_source=AppStore&utm_medium=product-page&utm_campaign=appstore-marketing)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://pdfexpert.com/privacy](https://pdfexpert.com/privacy)

## Description

**PDF Expert: Editor & Reader** is an all-in-one PDF app for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro. Read documents in customizable modes, highlight and annotate text, fill out forms, add notes and voice recordings, and use text-to-speech for accessible reading.

Premium tools let you edit PDF text and images, merge and organize pages, convert files to and from PDF, sign documents, redact sensitive information, compress files, and collaborate through annotations and sharing. With the AI-powered PDF Copilot, you can summarize documents, identify key points, ask questions, and get contextual explanations. A single Premium subscription works across your Apple devices.

## Rankings

- #1,948 — Overall
- #3 — Protect Your PDFs
- #24 — Paths to Productivity
- #5 — pdf
- #9 — export
- #11 — pdf grayscale

## Review summary

Users praise PDF Expert for strong editing capabilities and a feature-rich, easy-to-use interface that helps finish school/work tasks quickly. However, many report stability problems (lag, freezes, crashes) and reliability issues (not saving work, corrupted exports). A common complaint is the aggressive subscription model with frequent upgrade prompts and high costs. Additional frustration centers on file management and cloud integration. Overall, it’s powerful when it works, but reliability and pricing concerns limit its appeal for some users.

### Pros

- Strong PDF editing capabilities with formatting options (text insertion, centering, etc.) and a feature-rich toolset
- Easy-to-use interface that enables fast completion of school/work tasks
- Reliably useful for users who edit PDFs regularly and rely on it for important documents
- Positive sentiment from some users who consider it a favorite editor with many features
- Worth it for ongoing, consistent editing needs given the subscription model for those users

### Cons

- Significant performance issues (slow/lag, hangs, crashes, freezes) reported across multiple reviews
- Reliability problems like not saving PDFs, export corruption, and loss of work/tabs
- Aggressive paywall and high subscription costs with nagging upgrade prompts
- File management and interoperability problems (renaming, finding, sharing, and cloud/iCloud integration)

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