Preview Alternatives

Preview is described as 'Native macOS tool for viewing, annotating, and editing images and PDFs, offers cropping, resizing, markup tools, page rearrangement, and export to multiple formats' and is a very popular Image Editor in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Preview for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and Flathub apps. The best Preview alternative is SumatraPDF, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Preview are Okular, IrfanView, XnView MP and ImageGlass.

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  1. PicView icon
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    PicView is a fast, free and fully customizable picture viewer for macOS and Windows 10/11. It supports virtually all image file types, including (animated) WEBP, (animated) GIF, SVG, AVIF, HEIC, PSD and many others.

    63 PicView alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
     
  2. JPEGView icon
     145 likes

    Lightweight Simple Image Viewer with Slide show feature, Resize and Lossless-cut, Color correction, Rename, Multi-language and more...

    138 JPEGView alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  3. qimgv icon
     41 likes

    Qt5 image viewer with optional video support. Ability to quickly copy / move images to different folders. Can open some extra formats (JPEG-XL, AVIF, APNG, HEIF/HEIC, RAW) via third-party image plugins.

    113 qimgv alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Create, Convert, Review and Edit PDF Documents on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
     
  5. PDF Expert icon
     37 likes

    Read, annotate, and highlight PDFs, fill interactive forms with saved input, underline or strike through text, manage bookmarks, sync files from cloud services, and share documents. Compatible with Preview and Adobe Acrobat annotations, supporting extensive iOS features.

    129 PDF Expert alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  6. Papers icon
     12 likes

    A document viewer for the GNOME desktop. You can view, search or annotate documents in many different formats.

    66 Papers alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • Flatpak
     
  7. Skim icon
     92 likes

    PDF viewer for macOS supports scientific papers, annotations, highlights, bookmarks, split view, exporting notes, AppleScript, multiple annotation types, bibliography integration, full-screen, search, and compatibility with various macOS versions.

    87 Skim alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    Comments about Skim as an Alternative to Preview
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    Skim is the best PDF viewer for macOS ever. It is especially great for working with scientific papers, since it has several exclusive tools for making notes and syncs with LaTeX editors

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    Much better PDF-Presentation implementation as original Preview. Drawback : Does not handle as much file-formats, but only PDF

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think Skim is a great Preview alternative.

    • Skim is Free and Open SourcePreview is Free and Proprietary
  8. gThumb icon
     104 likes

    gThumb is an image viewer and browser for the GNOME Desktop. It also includes an importer tool for transferring photos from cameras.

    122 gThumb alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
     
  9. Universal Viewer is an advanced file viewer for wide range of formats. Supported file formats are:

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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