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20+ Best PDF Reader : Document Reader Alternatives for iPhone (2026)
PDF Reader : Document Reader is A tier, #14 of 26 in PDF reading. Here is everything that competes with it on iPhone, in tier order.
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Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 661,280 ratings · score 98Free PDF reader that lets you view, annotate, sign, and fill PDFs, with paid tools for editing, conversion, and AI. - 2
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 216,190 ratings · score 97PDF reader and editor for reading, annotating, filling, signing, converting, merging, splitting and compressing PDF. - 3
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 6,945 ratings · score 94Reads, edits, annotates and fills PDF documents on iPhone and iPad, with full-text search across a PDF library. - 4
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 9,100 ratings · score 93Free PDF viewer for iPhone and iPad to view, search, annotate, sign, and fill out PDF documents. - 5
$6.99 + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 13,808 ratings · score 93A document reader and file manager with PDF annotation and text editing. - 6
Free · ★ 4.7 · 8,860 ratings · score 92Free iOS app for viewing, printing, annotating, editing pages, filling forms and signing PDF files. - 7
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 29,323 ratings · score 91Views, scans, annotates, fills, signs and shares PDF files on iPhone and iPad. - 8
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 8,139 ratings · score 91Views, edits, annotates, scans, signs and converts PDF files, including conversion to and from Word, Excel and. - 9
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 3,748 ratings · score 90Free app for iPhone, iPad and Mac to edit, convert, OCR, sign, annotate and share PDF files. - 10
Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 22,235 ratings · score 87Reads, edits, signs, scans and organizes PDFs on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Vision Pro and Apple Watch. - 11
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 394 ratings · score 86Opens, reads, annotates, edits, converts, merges, splits and organizes PDF files on iOS. - 12
$4.99 · ★ 4.6 · 4,099 ratings · score 85Ereader app for reading Adobe Content Server protected EPUB and PDF ebooks on iPhone and iPad. - 13
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 4,763 ratings · score 85IOS PDF app to view, edit, annotate, convert and sign PDFs, with subscription features such as an AI Assistant and OCR. - 15
Free + IAP · ★ 5.0 · 1 ratings · score 83Opens, edits, signs, converts and manages PDF files on an iPhone in one utility app. - 16
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 742 ratings · score 82Free utility app to read, scan, edit, sign, convert and organize PDF and office documents on iPhone and iPad. - 17
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 1,704 ratings · score 80Reads, edits, scans, converts, signs and compresses PDF files on iPhone and iPad. - 18
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 1,418 ratings · score 74Scans, reads, signs, edits, and manages documents. - 19
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 10,318 ratings · score 71PDF viewer and editor for iPhone and iPad that lets you annotate, fill and sign forms, and manage PDF pages and files. - 20
Free download · ★ 4.3 · 3 ratings · score 65Reads PDF files in a page-curl book view, with a library view, highlights, bookmarks and zoom. - 21
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 9,186 ratings · score 64Book app by Majid Sharifi on the App Store. - 22
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 1,450 ratings · score 63Scan & Edit PDF Fast and Easy - 23
Free · ★ 3.6 · 20 ratings · score 63Scans, reads, edits, merges, and organizes PDF files. - 24
Free download · ★ 4.3 · 3,925 ratings · score 62Free iOS PDF reader with Liquid Mode reading, annotation tools, file management, signatures and cloud upload or… - 25
Free + IAP · ★ 5.0 · 1 ratings · score 60Scans documents into PDFs and provides tools to edit, sign, search, and summarize them. - 26
Free download · ★ 4.4 · 5 ratings · score 58A lightweight PDF viewer for opening and reading reports, eBooks and work files, with search and dark mode.
Questions people ask
- What is the best alternative to PDF Reader : Document Reader on iPhone?
- Acrobat Reader: PDF Editor, S tier, #1 in PDF reading.
- Is there a free alternative to PDF Reader : Document Reader?
- Yes: Acrobat Reader: PDF Editor (S tier, #1) is free to download, with in-app purchases.
- Does anything rank above PDF Reader : Document Reader?
- Yes. 13 apps rank above it in PDF reading: Acrobat Reader: PDF Editor (#1), PDF Expert: Editor & Reader (#2), PDF Pro - Reader Editor Forms (#3) and more.