PDF Candy vs PickPDF
PDF Candy
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pickpdf.appSide by side
| Figure | PDF Candy | PickPDF |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $0.33/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 5 | 3 |
| Spec score · PDF editors | 9.1 (#9) | 8.4 (#26) |
| Annotation tools | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| OCR | Yes | OCR runs locally and adds an invisible searchable text layer to scans. |
| PDF conversion | Yes | Yes |
| Supported platforms | web,windows,macos,linux,ios,android | The maker lists a browser editor, Windows, macOS, Linux, and Chrome and Edge extensions. |
| Text editing | Yes | Yes |
Plans
PDF Candy
- Web + Desktop FreeFree
- Desktop + Web Yearly$4 a year
- Web Monthly$6 a month
- Web + Desktop FREEFree
- Desktop + Web Lifetime$99, paid once
PickPDF
- Free browser editorFree
- Personal ProPrice not published
- TeamPriced on request
In their own words
PDF Candy
PDF Candy is a PDF toolkit for editing, converting, merging, splitting, compressing, signing, protecting and managing documents. Its tools include text editing, annotations and OCR, while AI features can summarize, chat with and translate PDF documents. Users can import files from Google Drive or Dropbox and save updated versions back to cloud storage. PDF Candy Desktop is a Windows download with 35 tools that can operate offline; the company lists 98 PDF tools and 19 languages. Access is listed for web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android. The free plan has page and hourly restrictions, limited file size, no batch processing and a desktop operations limit. Students and teachers can get one year of PDF Candy PRO online at no cost, with no hourly limits and uploads up to 500 MB. PDF Candy says files are deleted from its servers within two hours after processing. The free plan is available, with paid access from $6/mo.