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PDF Converter - Reader for PDF
Anh Duong · 17,639 ratings · ★ 4.5
4.5
★★★★★
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Top complaints - extracted from 82 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"work"
24 negative reviews mention this · 29% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Definitely not worth money. Don’t do it. They take your money & the app doesn’t work." - kay7303
2
"convert"
19 negative reviews mention this · 23% of all complaints
★★★★★ "A waste of time an money. It claims to convert websites but it has no browser, sure it does a google search for specific topic it gets the link and nothing…….. Nort worth the effort" - lemacaque
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"doesn"
18 negative reviews mention this · 22% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Definitely not worth money. Don’t do it. They take your money & the app doesn’t work." - kay7303
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"photos"
15 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Not working. The app is not working for me. It stalls when I try to upload my photos to convert. It just circles around, and eventually I have to restart the app. I’m still waiting for it to upload my photos. It won’t allow me to cancel or copy a photo …" - Latalmala
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"doesn work"
14 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
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"money"
12 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Definitely not worth money. Don’t do it. They take your money & the app doesn’t work." - kay7303
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"into"
12 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "USELESS. Do not download. It doesn’t do anything, then it tricks you into paying $3.99 and it still does nothing. I cannot even request a refund from Apple for some reason." - jordanc90
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"waste"
10 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "A waste of time an money. It claims to convert websites but it has no browser, sure it does a google search for specific topic it gets the link and nothing…….. Nort worth the effort" - lemacaque
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"file"
9 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Don’t waste your money. The interface is vague and very confusing. You cannot convert images into a PDF file." - ciota
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"files"
9 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Doesn't Do What I Need. I need to use this app to convert files and web pages to PDF but when the file is loaded into the Knit Companion app the charts cannot be detected. I also do not feel this app is intuitive and am very unhappy with my purchase." - Silvara77
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"crashes"
9 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "What did I just pay for!?. If you pay for this you’ll be sorry you did. It will not load your files and it crashes. I deleted it after trying to make it work for a whole day. Go get PDF expert if you want something that works, this is a rip off." - jagops
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Very Bad
está app es una completa basura,this app is garbage.
Definitely not worth money
Don’t do it. They take your money & the app doesn’t work.
Didn’t work as expected refund denied
Avoid app, no instructions, developer won’t answer questions, refund denied, unbelievable. Last app I will ever purchase from Apple. Only $4.40 with tax but it’s the principle.
Google?
I value my privacy and thus I’m staying away from Google and all app pushing me to use it
Thumb drive
Will not load to read
A waste of time an money
It claims to convert websites but it has no browser, sure it does a google search for specific topic it gets the link and nothing……..
Nort worth the effort
Nort worth the effort
USELESS
Do not download. It doesn’t do anything, then it tricks you into paying $3.99 and it still does nothing. I cannot even request a refund from Apple for some reason.
Don’t waste your money
The interface is vague and very confusing. You cannot convert images into a PDF file.
Does not work with IPad Pro!
Apple App Store should have some way stop this.
Doesn't Do What I Need
I need to use this app to convert files and web pages to PDF but when the file is loaded into the Knit Companion app the charts cannot be detected. I also do not feel this app is intuitive and am very unhappy with my purchase.
Garbage paywall
Can't even view a PDF without having to pay. Considering this ability is FREE on desktop, this app isn't worth the time.
Scam/rip off
I was scammed into paying $3.99 for an UNUSABLE app. This app has less function than a roll of TP. It will not access my iCloud docs, or any doc for that matter…unless you’re in with Google, which I am not. Deleted with prejudice.
TERRIBLE WASTE OF MONEY
User unfriendly and no help
Doesn’t Work on my ipad
I downloaded the app and it does nothing. No controls to download pdfs. Looks like a scam.
Not working
The app is not working for me. It stalls when I try to upload my photos to convert. It just circles around, and eventually I have to restart the app. I’m still waiting for it to upload my photos. It won’t allow me to cancel or copy a photo either. I am requesting a refund for the in-app purchase.
No Landscape mode???
What good is this program if it only works in portrait mode? Very useless if you have an iPad with a keyboard!
Absolutely Garbage
The UI is god awful, the app likes to crash randomly, when uploading photos from camera roll in order to the app it will rearrange the photos randomly, and lastly no way am I paying to get more shares when there are other options available for free online. Its obviously a really cheap cash grab or the developers think we just like to convert files to a pdf’s for fun and not export. Absolutely awful.
Piece of crap app
Glitches out and then wants money from you.. junk
Picture error
I purchased PDF converter pro today and I couldn’t pick a picture to be converted into PDF. Is there a particular way to select picture from my phone? Just frustrated rn!
Doesn’t work. Pictures never load.
Doesn’t work. Pictures never load.
Confusing
Unable to make a PDS file from a photo. Would have paid for the PRO if the free had worked. Not user friendly and not intuitive to use. Tries to sell you something instead of just doing what it is supposed to do.
Garbage
Not a good app.
Can’t create PDF from file
I’m trying to convert a text file to PDF but this wouldn’t allow it…
Scam
This app is a scam! Don’t waste your money!
Liars!
It just gets so old downloading these apps that make you think they are free only to find out that once you’ve given them all your info they then tell you it costs. Don’t care how much or how little the cost is, it’s the point. Stop trying to get something over on somebody. It leads to reviews like this one. Deleting!
Will not open files
There is no way to open a PDF from a file. Only from websites. This is very limited and not very useful.
Doesn’t work
Unfortunately this app doesn’t work. I paid for it so that I can convert images for my business, all the things that I push to add a document or picture it just sits there and loads, I would like a refund please. May have more purchases if you make it so it works!
Do not purchase for editing PDFs!
This app is crap. Complete waste of money in an effort to edit PDFs.
Doesn’t work
It spins and never opens files
Terrible
I don’t have a computer so thought this would be a good way to convert files into PDF. It’s not bad however you can only share a file twice for free. In order to share a file on the third attempt you’re forced to pay for the upgrade. At least give more than two times to share a file for free.
What’s the point
I understand having to charge a fee when you’re going to subscribe to an app but if something says free it should be free. Not bait you to download, upload your document, select the form in which you need your file to be downloaded, and then have a payment screen shoved in your face. 🙄
I want refund; this app don’t give me the utility that I read when I purchased
I don’t like this app
Terrible
Will not allow you to open a google drive to convert a photo in there.
What did I just pay for!?
If you pay for this you’ll be sorry you did. It will not load your files and it crashes. I deleted it after trying to make it work for a whole day. Go get PDF expert if you want something that works, this is a rip off.
Don’t buy the lifetime version
Bought the lifetime version because I need to constantly turn pictures into PDFs and send them (with the free version there is a limit on how many you can send). About 3 months later it’s asking me to buy the lifetime version again even though I already bought it.
Not working well...
I have this on my iPad Pro with iOS 14. I paid the 4 bucks for the pro version. It doesn’t work well. Can’t open the photos, the wheel just spins and spins. Doesn’t have a user friendly interface. Oh, and every time I open it I have to reinitialize the pro version or else it is full of ads. I wanted it to work so much but you can’t win all the time.
Bad
Doesn’t work and crashes. Useless.
No good
Not worth the space. App can’t stay open for more than 5 minutes. Every 5 minutes it crashes without saving your work.
Useless premium
Tried to combine 3 image files into 1 PDF. No go. It was only showing 1 file. 15 min later, I’m giving up. Somethings broken. I want a refund!
PDF app
This was the worst app ever, would not allow me to send/ didn’t send as a PDF. Wish I had neverPurchased
Purchased but no response
I purchased this app and was charged. It keeps prompting me to purchase. Developer will not respond. I want to know how to get a refund.
Add PASSWORD Feature
Don’t use it much since I would really like a password feature. Once there is a working password feature, I would buy the lifetime purchase.
Will not convert photos
Bought to convert photos to PDFs. When I try to take a photo nothing actually happens.
So I tried to take a photo with my default camera and select it from my photos. You have to scroll to the bottom to find the photo but it crashes every time.
It’s unusable and a waste. Look elsewhere.
So I tried to take a photo with my default camera and select it from my photos. You have to scroll to the bottom to find the photo but it crashes every time.
It’s unusable and a waste. Look elsewhere.
Disappointed
Downloaded app and paid for life time. App won’t load my pictures of documents when trying to create a pdf. App randomly closes out.
Unusable for me even with premium
I bought with the premium features so i can turn my images into a web comic....but there is no sort function and the images in my photos gallery are jumbled up. The recent photos or newest photos i have don’t show up at the top and there is no way of sorting them. Would be great to have that feature added. As of now, this app is a huge figurative paperweight on my device taking up real estate with no value...
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Another update....although it would be annoying, i tried to still sort through the images to create my pdf...but even scrollin all the way down, the app crashes...so it really is unusable...if it weren’t such a hassle to get a refund, i’d have done it...the best i can do is issue a warning...DO NOT BUY THIS APP! DO NOT GET PREMIUM. You’ll be wasting your money.
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Another update....although it would be annoying, i tried to still sort through the images to create my pdf...but even scrollin all the way down, the app crashes...so it really is unusable...if it weren’t such a hassle to get a refund, i’d have done it...the best i can do is issue a warning...DO NOT BUY THIS APP! DO NOT GET PREMIUM. You’ll be wasting your money.
0 STARS SHOULD BE POSSIBLE - CRAP APP
It crashes before you can do anything. After several attempts and no success I deleted the app. Had it less than 3 minutes. DON’T WASTE YOUR TIME DOWNLOADING THIS APP!!
Don’t purchased !!!
I got unlimited edition to download a document and it nerved worked.
Doesn’t work
This app is junk. Download it and try to import a photo from your camera roll to convert to pdf. If you don’t believe me, just try doing that.
Shirt
Waste of time and money
Did not work for me.
Every time I tried to upload, the photos from my album appeared invisible. I waited a long time for them to load but they never did. I finally decided to select the image I knew was right (even though I couldn’t see it). However, upon selecting “copy” the app just suddenly closed. The same thing happened during several attempts, so I just deleted the app and moved on.
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Sentiment summary
87%
Positive (4-5★)
3%
Neutral (3★)
10%
Negative (1-2★)