The simplest PDF viewer. Safe (doesn't require permissions), lightweight (just 6,9MB) and modern.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Android
- HUAWEI AppGallery
- F-Droid
- Kindle Fire
Italy
EU
BePDF Alternatives
BePDF is described as 'PDF viewer for the BeOS, Haiku & Zeta. Besides viewing, it supports annotating and user-defined bookmarking for unencrypted PDFs. It's fully localized for 20 languages at the moment with additional languages being easily added via text files' and is a PDF Reader in the office & productivity category. There are more than 25 alternatives to BePDF for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Android, Mac and iPhone apps. The best BePDF alternative is SumatraPDF, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like BePDF are Okular, Foxit PDF Reader, Evince and MuPDF.
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AI powered productivity tool for reading, understanding and taking notes on PDFs and long websites. Users can search, summarise, extract and define keywords, ask google-search type questions and be taken straight to the answers.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Google Chrome
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
United Kingdom
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Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
Xpdf is a free PDF viewer and toolkit, including a text extractor, image converter, HTML converter, and more. Most of the tools are available as open source.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
United States
95 Kami alternativesCloud-based PDF viewer and annotation tool for your browser. Perfect for Chromebook 1:1 schools. View, export, print and share your PDF files straight from your browser. Kami works on all browsers and works best with Google Chrome.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Online
- Google Chrome
Shelf is a convergent document viewer that supports PDF and EPUB files. With Shelf, you can organize your document collection by creating tags, like other Maui applications.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Linux
- Android
Mexico
Take control of the way your ePubs display. Hyphen comes packed with a ton of options for custom colors, fonts, font sizes, line heights, paragraph indentations, margins - ...well, you get the idea. You can even use styling on a per-book basis.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- iPhone
- iPad
Jumpdf is a keyboard-focused PDF viewer for documents where one needs to jump between different sections of the document frequently.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- Flathub
- Flatpak
SlimPDF Reader is a high quality PDF viewer that is only 1.5MB in size. Features and benefits:
- Eliminate bloatware and help your computer run faster;
- View any PDF File just like Adobe Reader;
- 100% Free;
- The smallest desktop PDF Reader in the World.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- United States
Platforms
- Android
- F-Droid
34 Flipping PDF Reader alternativesThe Flipping PDF Reader allows to read PDF documents in user friendly interface with flipping book effect. Good looking and convenient alternative for Adobe PDF Reader.
Platforms
- Windows
Comprehensive PDF tool for viewing, editing, annotations, and conversion between formats like Word, Excel, or PPT. Features include encryption, redaction, and fast batch processing.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Windows
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