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Price fromFreeFree
Free planYesYes
Free trial——
Open source——
WebYesYes
WindowsYes—
macOSYes—
iOSYes—
AndroidYes—
Self-hosted—Yes
Plans published21
Spec score · PDF editors9.0 (#11)7.9 (#52)
Annotation toolsYesYes
Free planYesYes
OCRIts OCR recognizes scanned documents and supports more than 30 languages.Yes
SupportIndependent directory listings identify email/help-desk support, FAQs, documentation and videos.Users can contact the maker by email or open a GitHub issue or discussion; the contact page says it will respond as soon as it can.
Supported platformsweb,Windows,macOS,iOS,Androidweb
Text editingYesUsers can click text on a PDF page and edit it in place.

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