Skim Alternatives

Skim is described as 'PDF viewer and annotation tool for macOS supports scientific paper reading, note-taking, highlighting, bookmarks, multiple annotation types, and AppleScript' and is a popular PDF Reader in the office & productivity category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Skim for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best Skim alternative is SumatraPDF, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Skim are Okular, Foxit PDF Reader, Xournal++ and PDF-XChange Editor.

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  1. Foobnix PDF Reader icon

    Foobnix PDF Reader

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    Book and Document Reader with PDF and DjVu support for comfortable reading. If you are looking for a good PDF reader, stop here, you have found it. It does what you expect it to do. You can easily lay down and read PDF books and documents with this app. The amazing enhancement d.

    51 Foobnix PDF Reader alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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    • European Union flagEU
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  2. Pdf Viewer Plus icon

    Pdf Viewer Plus

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    A simple PDF document viewer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
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  4. Trevnoctilla icon

    Trevnoctilla

     1 like

    Trevnoctilla lets you edit, merge, split, compress, and annotate PDFs directly in your browser—no downloads or installations required. Fast, secure, and completely free.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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    Adobe Acrobat Reader

    Seamlessly view, annotate, and collaborate on PDFs with freehand drawing and sticky notes. Utilize cloud storage for effortless access and upgrade for advanced editing and conversion to formats like Word and Excel.

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  6. Fadocx icon

    Fadocx

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    All-in-one offline document viewer for Android with OCR and desktop-class rendering — private, open-source, zero tracking.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • PK flagPakistan
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  10. PDF Assistant icon

    PDF Assistant

     2 likes

    PDF Assistant - simple in use application, that let you easily interact with any pdf file. Provides ability to make adjustments into pdf and annotate files and user friendly interface will make working with the application simple and convenient.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Phone
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  11. pdf.io icon

    pdf.io

     1 like

    Free set of online tools for handling PDF files. Convert and edit your PDF files with incredible ease and speed!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Brave
    • Firefox
    • US flagUnited States
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  12. PDF WIZ icon

    PDF WIZ

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    PDF WIZ is an offline PDF converter that converts PDF to Word/PPT/Excel, images, merge, split or compress PDF or remove PDF password, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • CN flagChina
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  13. Read Right icon

    Read Right

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    Read Right is a free, lightweight PDF viewer for small portables. Documents are automatically rotated and scaled to fullscreen, so they can be read with the laptop held sideways like a book.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    PDF Previewer for Windows 8

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    An attorney who deals with a lot of PDFs set himself with the task of finding a way to preview the PDFs in Windows Explorer (much like Cover Flow view already does in Mac OS X) without actually opening them.

    53 PDF Previewer for Windows 8 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
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  15. Sonic PDF icon

    Sonic PDF

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    Sonic PDF is your go-to PDF editor for Windows, offering intuitive tools for document processing.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • CA flagCanada
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