iAnnotate 4 — PDFs & more

I have a routine task of filling in a PDF form with almost the same data every time, and I bought this app on the basis that it would save me time. Yes, it will copy annotations from one PDF to another, but (1) only one at a time (PLEASE make it possible to select multiple or all annotations for copy), and (2) it keeps crashing and I have to start all over again. Not worth the money for me, I want a refund.

I use my iPad to correct student’s exam papers which is a lot of tedious work. One can imagine my frustration when after half an hour of annotating papers, the app just crashes and many (not quite sure why not all) of my annotations are gone. Frankly, loosing data is a big no-no for any app but for one that is used to record writing, this is particularly bad. I want to say that this isn’t a one-time event. I would say the average lifetime of this app is about 20-30 minutes. Admittedly, I have several files upon (somewhere between 20 and 40) and iAnnotate warns about that but, frankly, an app that relies on users to manually manage memory is embarrassing. Bottom line: this might be a good app some day but needs some serious software engineering to get there.

Have had this app for a couple years since buying the big iPad pro. Its a long way from being my favourite PDF reader (Goodreader is excelllent) because its prone to crashing, regularly. I keep the app and the ipad software up to date, and yet the app still crashes pretty much every time its used. Guess its just inherently unstable.

Of All the Digital filling systems I’ve tried this has been by far the best. I can keep my insurance docs, important letters, Service manuals, Handbooks, etc. All in a handy easily accessible secure place. Also add notes to manuals etc and secure them with passwords. Also I’m able to share important letters, documents, manuals etc to others via email etc. Wouldn’t be without it. Just wondering if there’s some way to link this with Windows 11 Highly Recommend it. Mr Fixit.

I initially used the offline version which was well built and well designed, but didn’t back anything up and didn’t use the standard iPad cloud storage. As a consequence I switched to the paid version with cloud support - a version which is poorly implemented and full of bugs. It often doesn’t save properly and feels like a cheap rip off of the original version to earn some money.

it can be really confusing when annotated decimal points aren’t exported in this latest version. Is there a fix?

Being using this app since 2013 on my iPad Air 2. Can markup easily and open different tabs. Did an upgrade for my new iPad and had to do a wee payment. App is Really worth it!

The app used to be amazing, but ever since the update it crashes every few minutes. I’m a professional audiobook narrator and use this app the whole time. Sadly if it doesn’t get fixed I’ll have to abandon it and find an alternative app.

Following the latest update (Nov 14, 2021) the app is no longer working on WiFi and I cannot save my work. This is affecting my business. Please fix it ASAP!

I have been using this app ever since I had my first iPad. I use it to put comments on dissertations that my students send me. It very quickly converts from Word documents. There are also a lot of icons for searching, navigating and putting comments and highlights onto the text. It also saves automatically. My only request is to make it more compatible with other devices and software. Sometimes, when my students receive the PDF they cannot see the comments when using Adobe, for example. Also, it would be good to be able to use iAnnotate in the same way on my PC or Mac desktop. It would also be good to import pictures.