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Best PDF Editing Apps for iPhone (2026)

28 apps ranked S through F · · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Part of Document Editing.

iLovePDF - PDF Editor & Scan is the top-ranked of 28 PDF editing apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.8/5 from 52,025 ratings.

  1. 1
    iLovePDF - PDF Editor & ScanS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 52,025 ratings · score 96
  2. 2
    Forma: PDF Document EditorS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 26,153 ratings · score 95
  3. 3
    PDF Editor ®S
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 29,311 ratings · score 93
  4. 4
    PDF Gear - PDF Editor & ReaderS
    Free · ★ 4.7 · 8,860 ratings · score 93
  5. 5
    PDF Editor: Read Scan ConvertS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 8,129 ratings · score 92

What belongs in this list

Change the content of an existing PDF file on the phone.

Not here: PDF viewing alone; PDF annotation with highlights and drawing alone; Merging or splitting PDFs alone; Creating a PDF from images alone; Converting PDF to another format alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

S
iLovePDFFormaPDF Editor ®PDF GearPDF Editor: Read Scan ConvertPDF Pro
A
PDFelementMobiPDF・PDFSmallpdfPDF Reader - Editor & ViewerPDF Editor-C…PDF EditorFoxit PDF
B
Doc ScanPDF Converter - PDF Editor・My ScannerPDF Editor-S…PDF Reader: Edit & SignpdfFiller
C
PDF HeroPDF ScanPDF Converter: Sign & EditPDF Editor - Files Converter |PDF Reader ProAdd Text
D
None at D yet
F
Edit PDF TextWHAT A PDF!PDF Scanner

Compare every app

  1. 1
    iLovePDF - PDF Editor & ScanS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 52,025 ratings · score 96 · best in class
  2. 2
    Forma: PDF Document EditorS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 26,153 ratings · score 95 · best in class
  3. 3
    PDF Editor ®S
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 29,311 ratings · score 93 · best in class
  4. 4
    PDF Gear - PDF Editor & ReaderS
    Free · ★ 4.7 · 8,860 ratings · score 93 · best in class
  5. 5
    PDF Editor: Read Scan ConvertS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 8,129 ratings · score 92 · best in class
  6. 6
    PDF Pro - Reader Editor FormsS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 6,945 ratings · score 92 · best in class
  7. 7
    PDFelement: PDF Editor, ViewerA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 7,575 ratings · score 91 · excellent
  8. 8
    MobiPDF・PDF Text Editor・ReaderA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 7,523 ratings · score 90 · excellent
  9. 9
    Smallpdf: Scanner & PDF EditorA
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 6,891 ratings · score 90 · excellent
  10. 10
    PDF Reader - Editor & ViewerA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 3,744 ratings · score 90 · excellent
  11. 11
    PDF Editor-Converter & ViewerA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 449 ratings · score 89 · excellent
  12. 12
    PDF Editor ,PDF Book Reader ®A
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 22,230 ratings · score 89 · excellent
  13. 13
    Foxit PDF EditorA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 4,763 ratings · score 88 · excellent
  14. 14
    Doc Scan - PDF ScannerB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 14,085 ratings · score 87 · good
  15. 15
    PDF Converter - PDF Editor・B
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 5,994 ratings · score 86 · good
  16. 16
    My Scanner: Scan to PDF & EditB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 20,352 ratings · score 85 · good
  17. 17
    PDF Editor-Scan & ConverterB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 152 ratings · score 85 · good
  18. 18
    PDF Reader: Edit & SignB
    Free + IAP · ★ 5.0 · 1 ratings · score 84 · good · provisional
  19. 19
    pdfFiller: edit PDF documentsB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 9,100 ratings · score 83 · good
  20. 20
    PDF Hero - PDF Editor & ReaderC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 10,318 ratings · score 78 · situational
  21. 21
    PDF Scan & EditC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.2 · 38 ratings · score 75 · situational
  22. 22
    PDF Converter: Sign & EditC
    Free + IAP · ★ n/a · 0 ratings · score 72 · situational · provisional
  23. 23
    PDF Editor - Files Converter |C
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.2 · 5 ratings · score 71 · situational · provisional
  24. 24
    PDF Reader Pro: Scan & ConvertCnot on the App Store
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 1,450 ratings · score 63 · situational · provisional
  25. 25
    Add Text to PDF - Fill FormsC
    Free + IAP · ★ 5.0 · 4 ratings · score 63 · situational · provisional
  26. 26
    Edit PDF TextF
    Free download · ★ n/a · 0 ratings · score 43 · avoid · provisional
  27. 27
    WHAT A PDF! Edit & SignF
    Free + IAP · ★ n/a · 0 ratings · score 37 · avoid · provisional
  28. 28
    PDF Scanner, PDF Editor AppF
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 23 ratings · score 34 · avoid · provisional

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Questions people ask

What is the best PDF editing app for iPhone?
iLovePDF - PDF Editor & Scan, S tier, ranked #1 of 28, rated 4.8 by 52,025 people.
Which PDF editing apps are free?
27 of 28 are free to download: iLovePDF - PDF Editor & Scan (S), Forma: PDF Document Editor (S), PDF Editor ® (S), PDF Gear - PDF Editor & Reader (S) and more. 24 of them sell in-app purchases. 1 reports no in-app purchases.
Which PDF editing app has the best App Store rating?
Smallpdf: Scanner & PDF Editor at 4.8 from 6,891 ratings.
How many PDF editing apps reach S or A tier?
13 of 28. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.

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