Readdle

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Readdle Inc.
Industry Mobile apps
Founded2007 [1] [2]
Headquarters Odesa, Ukraine (HQ)
795 Folsom Street 1st floor, San Francisco, California [3]
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Igor Zhadanov (CEO)
Denys Zhadanov (VP)
Alex Tyagulsky (CPO)
ProductsScanner Pro, PDF Expert, Fluix, Spark, Documents, PDF Office, Printer Pro, PDF Converter
Number of employees
250 [4]
Website readdle.com

Readdle is a Ukrainian mobile application development company. The company research and development is based in Odesa, Ukraine. The operation is mostly built around the App Store, [5] cumulatively generating over 100 million downloads. [6] The company was founded by former college roommates Igor Zhadanov, Alex Tyagulsky, Andrian Budantsov, and Dmitry Protserov. [7]

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Documents

Documents
Developer(s) Readdle Technologies Limited
Initial release2008 [8]
Operating system iOS, iPadOS, macOS
Website https://readdle.com/documents

Documents (previously ReaddleDocs) is a file management application. [9] The app was Readdle's first product, and was developed because co-founders Alex Tyagulsky and Andrian Budantsov wished to be able to read books on their iPhones. [7] It was initially released as a Safari-based web service in 2007. [10] Later, Apple asked Readdle to submit the app (then called ReaddleDocs) to become one of the 500 apps available on the App Store when it launched on July 10, 2008. [11] After Wall Street Journal writer Walt Mossberg endorsed the app, sales increased ninefold, netting the company $500–1000 a week. [7] In 2013, the app rebranded as Documents. [12]

PDF Expert

PDF Expert
Developer(s) Readdle
Operating system macOS, iOS
Type PDF editor
Website pdfexpert.com

PDF Expert is a PDF editing app for iPhone, iPad and Mac. [13] [14] The app allows a user to read, annotate and edit PDFs, change text and images, fill in forms and sign contracts. [15]

PDF Expert was initially launched for iOS in 2010 for the first iPad and is now supported on the iPad, iPhone, and Mac. [16]

Spark

Spark
Developer(s) Readdle
Initial releaseMay 29, 2015;8 years ago (2015-05-29)
Stable release
Android3.7.1 / December 21, 2023;4 months ago (2023-12-21) [17]
iOS3.7.2 / December 5, 2023;5 months ago (2023-12-05) [18]
macOS App Store (macOS) 2.11.37 / November 20, 2023;5 months ago (2023-11-20) [19]
Operating system Windows, Android, macOS, iOS, watchOS
Platform Android Nougat and later, MacOS High Sierra and later, iOS 13.4 and later
Size 67.06 MB (Android), 175 MB (iOS), 58.6 MB (macOS)
Type Email client
License Freeware
Website sparkmailapp.com

Spark is an email application for Windows, iOS, macOS, and Android devices. [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] Lifehacker wrote that Spark was the best alternative for Mailbox users when that service went offline. [25] It was released on April 2, 2019, and was Readdle's first app released on Android. [26]

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