PDF Candy vs PDF Expert
PDF Candy
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PDF Expert
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| Figure | PDF Candy | PDF Expert |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $0.33/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 5 | 6 |
| Spec score · PDF editors | 9.1 (#9) | 8.6 (#20) |
| Spec score · PDF Software | 8.9 (#5) | 8.5 (#11) |
| Annotation tools | Yes | Yes |
| Company | PDF Candy says it was developed by the Icecream Apps team and has been offered since 2016. | PDF Expert is part of Readdle, which says it was established in 2007 and founded in Ukraine. |
| Founded | 2016 | 2007 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| OCR | Yes | Yes |
| PDF conversion | Yes | Yes |
| Support | The pricing page says technical support will respond within two business days if the Help Center cannot resolve an order issue. | The company says its customer support team is available to help, and its paid plans list priority support. |
| Supported platforms | web,windows,macos,linux,ios,android | iPhone,iPad,Mac |
| Text editing | Yes | Yes |
Plans
PDF Candy
- Web + Desktop FreeFree
- Desktop + Web Yearly$4 a year
- Web Monthly$6 a month
- Web + Desktop FREEFree
- Desktop + Web Lifetime$99, paid once
PDF Expert
- WeeklyPrice not published
- YearlyPrice not published
- EssentialA$1.44 a year
- ProA$2.30 a year
- Business$80 a year
- LifetimeA$229.99, paid once
In their own words
PDF Candy
PDF Candy is a PDF toolkit for editing, converting, merging, splitting, compressing, signing, protecting and managing documents. Its tools include text editing, annotations and OCR, while AI features can summarize, chat with and translate PDF documents. Users can import files from Google Drive or Dropbox and save updated versions back to cloud storage. PDF Candy Desktop is a Windows download with 35 tools that can operate offline; the company lists 98 PDF tools and 19 languages. Access is listed for web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android. The free plan has page and hourly restrictions, limited file size, no batch processing and a desktop operations limit. Students and teachers can get one year of PDF Candy PRO online at no cost, with no hourly limits and uploads up to 500 MB. PDF Candy says files are deleted from its servers within two hours after processing. The free plan is available, with paid access from $6/mo.
PDF Expert
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