Evince vs FileViewPro
Evince
apps.gnome.orgFileViewPro
fileviewpro.comSide by side
| Figure | Evince | FileViewPro |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $1.33/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 3 |
| Spec score · File Viewer Software | 8.6 (#3) | 8.3 (#6) |
| Purpose | Evince is a document viewer for multiple formats, intended to replace multiple GNOME desktop viewers with one simple application. | FileViewPro is a Windows program for opening documents, spreadsheets, presentations, photos, videos, audio, and other file types. |
| Support | The Evince help site explains how to file a bug against the application. | The contact page says email tickets are answered within one business day and lists phone support from 8 AM to 5 PM PST. |
| Supported formats | The help lists PDF, PostScript, DVI, DjVu, XPS/OXPS, and Comic Book Archive formats as supported. | The site lists supported categories including audio, compressed, database, developer, document, image, spreadsheet, video, and web files. |
Plans
FileViewPro
- Bronze Edition$15.99 a year
- Silver Edition$24.99 a year
- Gold Edition$29.99 a year
In their own words
Evince
Evince is a free document viewer for Linux desktop users. It opens PDF, PostScript, DjVu, DVI, XPS, OXPS, and Comic Book Archive files, and can display supported documents as full-screen presentations. Interactive forms can be completed, including text fields and scrollable list boxes. For PDFs, Evince can add notes and text highlights; these annotations are limited to PDF files. SyncTeX synchronizes a TeX source file with its resulting PDF. Printing is documented for DVI, DjVu, PDF, PostScript, and TIFF. When opening a password-protected PDF, Evince prompts for its password. It is not a file editor. Some Linux distributions may need the relevant backend package to support every listed format. The project wiki recommends obtaining Evince through the user's Linux distribution and points to packages or source for other download options. The help site includes user documentation and directions for reporting application bugs.
FileViewPro
FileViewPro has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.