While at MacWorld 2013 we stopped by Recosoft‘s booth to check out their software for the iPad — PDF2Office for iWork and PDF2Office Business — which both retail for $14.99 on the App Store. While at the booth we got to demo their products, get a feel for them, and talk to the masterminds behind these fantastic apps. Following up with them post-MacWorld we were able to get our hands on a copy of both PDF2Office for iWork and PDF2Office Business.

The premise of these apps are simple — easy PDF conversion to various file formats including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, OmniGraffle, different text formats, and Apple’s iWork suite. With out any doubt, PDF2Office should be your app of choice to convert PDF to other file formats. The only main difference between these two apps is PDF2Office for iWork only converts to iWork formats (Pages, Keynote and Numbers) while PDF2Office Business is just for Excel, Word, PowerPoint, OmniGraffle and Text formats.

Continuing on, each PDF2Office app provides detailed options for fine-tuning the conversion process — you either convert the entire PDF file or specify a range of pages to convert. Want to convert only a small section of the text? No problem about that — both PDF2Office apps come pre-built with a option to select a certain area of text and only what you select will be converted. The whole process is automated, quick, and a no brainier. It’ll even import and open the converted file in the other app of your choice automatically.

Features for PDF2Office Business:

• Convert PDFs to editable Excel, Word, PowerPoint, OmniGraffle and Text files
• Read PDF Files using the integrated PDF viewer showing Layout or Text preview.
• Mark just the area within a page to convert. You can convert the marked area to all supported formats and JPEG or PNG images.
• Use standard iOS gestures to change the viewing magnification
• Use the all-in-one interface to Convert and View PDF files.
• The converted result is easily editable in OmniGraffle and other Office suites for the iPad
• Transfer your converted files to OmniGraffle or and any other Office software
• Convert the entire file or a range of pages only
• Convert multiple PDFs by selecting the required files to convert.

Features for PDF2Office for iWork:

• Convert PDFs to editable Pages, Keynote, Numbers and Text files
• Read PDF Files using the integrated PDF viewer showing Layout or Text preview.
• Mark just the area within a page to convert. You can convert the marked area to all supported formats and JPEG or PNG images.
• Use standard Pinch in/Pinch Out to change the viewing magnification
• Use the all in 1 interface to Convert and View PDF files.
• The converted result is easily editable in iWork for the iPAD
• Transfer your converted files to iWork or and any other software
• Convert the entire file or a range of pages only
• Convert multiple PDFs by selecting the required files to convert.

You can download PDF2Office for iWork here and PDF2Office Business here which both cost $14.99. If you’re looking for a PDF conversion tool with a lot of functionality yet is quick, simple, and super easy, we highly recommend these apps. Want to try a demo or lite version before making the full jump? Recosoft has PDF2Office Lite for a mere $2.99 which isn’t that bad at all.

Rating: 5/5 Stars