Cardman vs PDF Editor ®

Cardman

KauriLab Inc.
App Store
$9/mo
~$103/yr · 900 installs
VS

PDF Editor ®

SMM service, s.r.o.
App Store
$65.0K/mo
~$780.3K/yr · 3.0M installs
Revenue winner PDF Editor ® wins +722400% vs other
Installs winner PDF Editor ® wins +327724% vs other
MAU winner PDF Editor ® wins +324946% vs other
Rating winner Cardman wins +2% vs other

Why PDF Editor ® is winning

Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. PDF Editor ® earns roughly 7225× more per month than Cardman - $65.0K vs $9.
  2. Premium pricing. PDF Editor ® charges $7.99/mo vs Cardman's $2.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
  3. Bigger install base. PDF Editor ® has ~3.0M lifetime installs vs Cardman's ~900 - 3278.2× the funnel top.
  4. More monetization surfaces. PDF Editor ® runs 9 IAP tiers vs 3 - more chances to convert users at the right price.

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Side-by-side metrics

Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.

Cardman
vs
PDF Editor ®
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$9
$65.0K
Annual revenue (est.)
$103
$780.3K
Lifetime installs (est.)
900
3.0M
Monthly active users (est.)?
106.2
345K
App Store rating
4.67★
4.55★
Total ratings
18
27K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$2.99
$7.99
IAP tiers detected
3 tiers
9 tiers

Cardman

KauriLab Inc.
App Store
Category
Business
Price
Free
Released
Apr 18, 2022
Last updated
Apr 27, 2026
File size
54.4 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
4.5.0
Languages
English, Japanese, Chinese
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PDF Editor ®

SMM service, s.r.o.
App Store
Category
Business
Price
Free
Released
Dec 17, 2020
Last updated
Apr 30, 2026
File size
247.8 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
3.4.8
Languages
Arabic, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English +24 more
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Cardman or PDF Editor ®? v
PDF Editor ® earns about $65.0K per month, while Cardman earns about $9. That is a 7225.0× revenue gap (~$65.0K more per month for PDF Editor ®). Annual revenue: Cardman ≈ $103/year, PDF Editor ® ≈ $780.3K/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Cardman or PDF Editor ®? v
PDF Editor ® leads with about 3.0M estimated downloads vs 900 for Cardman - a 3278.2× gap. Cardman's App Store downloads are estimated from 18 ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. PDF Editor ®'s App Store downloads are estimated from 27K ratings.
Are Cardman and PDF Editor ® in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Business category, which means they compete directly for the same paying users and category-level wallet share. Direct competitors, head-to-head.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Cardman and PDF Editor ® offer? v
Cardman: IAP range 3 tiers detected. PDF Editor ®: IAP range 9 tiers detected. Cardman runs a "Subscription (~$2.50/mo)" monetization model; PDF Editor ® runs "Subscription (~$5.83/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Cardman or PDF Editor ®? v
Cardman edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.6 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Cardman 18 ratings, PDF Editor ® 27K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Cardman vs PDF Editor ® revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $9 for Cardman and $65.0K for PDF Editor ® are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Business) - net of the 15-30% Apple/Google store cut. Real revenue depends on country mix, retention, refunds and ad fill rate, none of which Apple or Google publish.
How do I compare Cardman or PDF Editor ® to a different App Store app? v
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