“I was charged $21.59 for initiating a free trial. — Earlier today I signed up for a free trial of PDF 7 and was charged $21.59 the very moment I confirmed. How is this possible? That’s not even a price I saw advertised anywhere. Please…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 418 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
4.5 ★28,999 ratings
—Downloads
4+Age rating
293 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Use PDF Editor app when you want to edit or sign your documents on the go from your iPhone or iPad. Import PDF files to the app, then read, comment on, edit, and share. Scan your papers and convert them into PDF files with just few taps.
Perform all basic PDF tasks: - Quickly open and view PDF files - Search, scroll, and zoom in and out
Scan paper documents to PDF: - Turn you camera into advanced document scanner - Perspective document transformation - Color adjustions - Automatic crop tools
Anotate PDF files: - Comment on PDFs using sticky notes and drawing tools - Highlight and mark up text with annotation tools - View and respond to annotations in the comments list - Use Apple Pencil with iPad Pro to improve your precision
Sign important documents: - Quickly fill out PDF forms by typing text into fields - Use your finger or Apple Pencil to e-sign any PDF document…
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 3.4.11 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 3.4.11, updated 2026-07-29.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
1 theme reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
80–89% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
One source only — shown, not confirmed 2
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Trial converts to a charge
The free trial demands a payment method up front and/or rolls into a paid subscription with no usable warning.
What we saw: Trial converts to a charge: raised by 11 distinct reviewers (2.6% of 418 reviews scanned)
From the store listing: Usable without an account
The app's own screens offer a way past sign-up — guest access, skipping, or browsing before registering — rather than gating the product behind an account. The store's privacy disclosure is checked alongside it: that disclosure is self-reported, so it corroborates this credit rather than establishing it.
What we saw: The store privacy disclosure (4 entries) links no contact details or identifiers to the user — consistent with an app that does not require an account. Self-reported by the developer.
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Rip off — I did not activate the free trial but they automatically set the free trial up. Then in the process of trying to cancel the free trial, an annual subscription was charged when I went to the settings to cancel. So I am out $60…”
“SCAM ALERT — It says you will not be charged for your free trial but immediately charges your Apple Pay $20 upon download and they refuse to even email you back. I will take this down once I’ve received my refund”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 3.4.11.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown9
Lowest$6.99
Highest$69.99
1 Week Plan - 2$6.99
1 Week Plan$6.99
1 Week Plan - 7 Days$6.99
1 Week Starter$6.99
1 Month Plan$12.99
Show 4 more purchases
1 Month Promo$7.99
1 Month Special$12.99
1 Year Plan$59.99
1 Year Plan$69.99