What Verso Premium includes
Everything that is free, everything that is not, and why you can see which is which before you click.
The division is deliberate: the things everyone does every day are free, and the things that change a document are Premium.
Free, forever, with no account
- Reading, with every navigation tool — page thumbnails, the document's outline, bookmarks, the annotations list and search
- The reading ruler, Reading View and Read Aloud
- Tabs, recent documents and continue-where-you-left-off
- The whole of page organisation — reorder, rotate, duplicate, extract, delete, merge, split, add pages, crop, flatten
- Snapshots and restore points
- Adding links
- Printing and sharing
- Appearance and accessibility settings
Nothing in that list is crippled, time-limited or watermarked. It is a complete PDF reader and a complete page organiser.
What Premium unlocks
- All markup — highlight, underline, strikethrough, notes, drawing, shapes, text boxes, measuring
- Inserting images into a page
- Editing the text in a document, and changing its font
- Text recognition for scans
- Every export format, plus compression and text extraction
- Redaction, sanitize and password protection
- Forms, signing, stamps, watermarks and page numbering
- Compare Versions, batch recipes, the assistant and the accessibility check
How you can tell before you click
Every Premium feature carries a small lock, in the document actions panel and in the menu bar alike. Nothing is hidden and nothing pretends to be free until the moment you try it. You can open a locked feature and see what it does before deciding whether to unlock it. The locks disappear the moment a purchase goes through.
How it is sold
| Option | What it means |
|---|---|
| Weekly | For the week you have one job to do. Renews until you cancel. |
| Monthly | Renews until you cancel. |
| Annual | Renews until you cancel. |
| Lifetime | A one-time purchase. Does not renew, and means what it says. |
There is no trial nag and no countdown. The free tools stay free and stay complete, whether or not you ever buy anything.
Purchases, cancellation and restoring
Purchases go through Apple's App Store. Apple handles the payment, the receipt, the renewal and any refund; we never see your payment details. Cancel a subscription in your Apple Account settings, at least a day before the period ends. Purchases restore through the Apple Account that made them — which is the only thing in the whole app that touches the network at all.
Why it is not a subscription-only app
A lifetime option exists because plenty of people would rather buy a tool than rent one, and because a document app that stops working when a card expires is a document app you cannot rely on. The free tier exists for the same reason: reading a PDF and getting four pages out of a report are not professional workflows, they are Tuesday.
Frequently asked questions
Is Verso free?
Verso is free to download and free to use for reading and for every page operation, permanently and with no account. Premium unlocks the features that change a document.
What is free in Verso?
Reading with every navigation tool, the reading ruler, Reading View, Read Aloud, tabs, recent documents, all page organisation including merge and split, snapshots, links, printing, sharing and the appearance settings.
What does Premium cost?
It is offered weekly, monthly or annually as a subscription, or once as a lifetime purchase. The current prices are shown in the app and on the App Store before you buy.
Is there a lifetime option?
Yes. A one-time purchase that does not renew.
How do I know which features cost money?
Every Premium feature carries a small lock, in the document actions panel and in the menu bar. You can open a locked feature and see what it does before deciding to unlock it.
How do I cancel a subscription?
In your Apple Account settings, at least a day before the period ends. Apple handles every purchase; we never see your payment details.
How do I restore a purchase on a new Mac?
Sign in with the same Apple Account and restore purchases in the app.