PDF Agile vs PDFGrapple
PDF Agile
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| Figure | PDF Agile | PDFGrapple |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $119/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 5 | 0 |
| Spec score · PDF editors | 9.0 (#12) | 6.9 (#97) |
| Annotations | Feature pages list comments, highlights, underlines, strikethroughs, text boxes, shapes and freehand drawings. | The editor offers highlighting, freehand drawing, shapes, notes, and an eraser. |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| OCR | Its full-text OCR extracts text from images and scanned PDFs. | The editor automatically applies OCR to scanned pages when usable text is missing, adding a searchable text layer. |
| Purpose | PDF Agile is a lightweight PDF reader and editor intended to improve work quality and productivity. | PDFGrapple is a browser based editor for making changes to existing PDF documents. |
Plans
PDF Agile
- FreeFree
- Lifetime Plan$119 a month
- Semi-Annual Plan$39, paid once
- Annual Plan$59, paid once
- Lifetime PlanPrice not published
In their own words
PDF Agile
PDF Agile is a PDF reader and editor for Windows, macOS, and the web. It can modify PDF documents, including scans, without the original source files, and convert PDFs to and from Word, Excel, and PowerPoint while preserving fonts and formatting. Annotation tools cover highlights, underlines, strikethroughs, text, shapes, and freehand drawing. Security features include password protection, permanent redaction, and electronic signatures. Other tools handle compression, merging, splitting, OCR, cropping, page order and rotation, page numbering, links, presentations, screenshots, search, printing, bookmarks, and backgrounds. Browser-based tools cover conversion, organization, compression, protection, unlocking, and page rearrangement. The free plan lists 2 Page* and 5 Tasks for conversion. Paid plans are described as one-time payments with no recurring charges: the Semi-Annual Plan is $39 a month, the Annual Plan is $59 a month, and the Lifetime Plan is $119 a month. A purchased license can be used on up to two computers through an account.
PDFGrapple
PDFGrapple has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.