Evince vs Skim
Evince
apps.gnome.orgSkim
skim-app.sourceforge.ioSide by side
| Figure | Evince | Skim |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · PDF Readers | 8.6 (#4) | 7.4 (#17) |
| Annotation tools | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Platform support | desktop | desktop |
| Presentations | Evince can display supported documents as full-screen presentations. | Skim supports full-screen reading and full-screen PDF presentations with built-in transitions. |
Plans
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.