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30+ Best PDF Reader : PDF Viewer Alternatives for iPhone (2026)
PDF Reader : PDF Viewer is B tier, #24 of the 31 tiered apps in PDF reading. Here is everything that competes with it on iPhone, in tier order.
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All 33 alternatives, in tier order
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Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 2,545,189 ratings · score 99Free PDF reader for opening, reading, filling in, signing and commenting on PDFs on iPhone and iPad. - 2
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 816,976 ratings · score 98PDF reader and editor for reading, annotating, filling, signing, converting, merging, splitting and compressing PDF. - 3
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 122,019 ratings · score 96Reads, edits, annotates and fills PDF documents on iPhone and iPad, with full-text search across a PDF library. - 4
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 41,319 ratings · score 95Free PDF viewer for iPhone and iPad to view, search, annotate, sign, and fill out PDF documents. - 5
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 209,825 ratings · score 94Views, scans, annotates, fills, signs and shares PDF files on iPhone and iPad. - 6
$6.99 + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 57,679 ratings · score 94A document reader and file manager with PDF annotation and text editing. - 7
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 44,989 ratings · score 94Free iOS app for viewing, printing, annotating, editing pages, filling forms and signing PDF files. - 8
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 21,230 ratings · score 92PDF reader, editor, scanner and converter for annotating, signing and converting documents on iPhone, iPad and Mac. - 9
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 18,426 ratings · score 91Free app for iPhone, iPad and Mac to edit, convert, OCR, sign, annotate and share PDF files. - 10
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 28,639 ratings · score 90IOS PDF app to view, edit, annotate, convert and sign PDFs, with subscription features such as an AI Assistant and OCR. - 11
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 13,469 ratings · score 89Free iOS app that scans your phone for PDF and Office files and lets you view, organize, annotate, and share them. - 12
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 2,443 ratings · score 89Opens, reads, annotates, edits, converts, merges, splits and organizes PDF files on iOS. - 13
Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 3,185 ratings · score 88PDF reader and editor for iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo with AI chat, summaries, translation, editing and conversion. - 14
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 1,646 ratings · score 88Free PDF app for iPhone and iPad to read, annotate, edit, fill forms, convert, compress and sign PDFs. - 15
$4.99 · ★ 4.6 · 71,239 ratings · score 87Ereader app for reading Adobe Content Server protected EPUB and PDF ebooks on iPhone and iPad. - 16
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 9,270 ratings · score 86Reads, edits, scans, converts, signs and compresses PDF files on iPhone and iPad. - 17
Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 49,707 ratings · score 85Reads, edits, signs, scans and organizes PDFs on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Vision Pro and Apple Watch. - 18
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 6,489 ratings · score 82A PDF reader for reading, highlighting, annotating and exporting notes from research documents and books. - 19
Free + IAP · ★ 4.1 · 83 ratings · score 80Opens, edits, signs, converts and manages PDF files on an iPhone in one utility app. - 20
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 4,310 ratings · score 80Scans, reads, signs, edits, and manages documents. - 21
Free + IAP · ★ 4.2 · 14,111 ratings · score 79Free productivity app for viewing, editing, scanning, and OCR text recognition of PDF documents on iOS. - 22
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 6,084 ratings · score 76Opens and views PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and TXT files on a phone, with document management and sharing. - 23
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 11,278 ratings · score 75A free, simple app for downloading and reading online PDF documents and listening to audiobooks on iPhone and iPad. - 25
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 31,112 ratings · score 72PDF viewer and editor for iPhone and iPad that lets you annotate, fill and sign forms, and manage PDF pages and files. - 26
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 25,180 ratings · score 64Free iOS PDF reader with Liquid Mode reading, annotation tools, file management, signatures and cloud upload or… - 27
Free download · ★ 3.8 · 6 ratings · score 63Reads PDF files in a page-curl book view, with a library view, highlights, bookmarks and zoom. - 28
Free download · ★ 3.8 · 467 ratings · score 62Scans, reads, edits, merges, and organizes PDF files. - 29
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 13 ratings · score 61A lightweight PDF viewer for opening and reading reports, eBooks and work files, with search and dark mode. - 31
$5.99 + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 554 ratings · score 49Reader app for DjVu and PDF files, with archive, cloud and network file access, text search and page layout options. - 32
Free + IAP · ★ 3.9 · 4,447 ratings · score 46Free reader app for viewing DjVu and PDF documents, with cloud and network file access and text-to-speech. - 33
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 2,132 ratings · score 63Free iPhone and iPad app for reading, scanning, editing, converting and organizing PDF files, with HWP file viewing and. - 34
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 906 ratings · score 62Free utility app to read, scan, edit, sign, convert and organize PDF and office documents on iPhone and iPad. - 35
Free · ★ 4.4 · 75 ratings · score 59Free utility app for reading, editing, signing and scanning PDFs, extracting text with OCR, and converting document.
Questions people ask
- What is the best alternative to PDF Reader : PDF Viewer on iPhone?
- Acrobat Reader: PDF Editor, S tier, #1 in PDF reading.
- Is there a free alternative to PDF Reader : PDF Viewer?
- Yes: Acrobat Reader: PDF Editor (S tier, #1) is free to download, with in-app purchases.
- Does anything rank above PDF Reader : PDF Viewer?
- Yes. 23 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.