Free Adobe Acrobat DC Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to Adobe Acrobat DC for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best free Mac alternative is Master PDF Editor. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Adobe Acrobat DC and many of them are free and available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Mac alternatives to Adobe Acrobat DC are PDFgear, Stirling-PDF, Sejda and Sioyek.

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  1. Master PDF Editor icon

    Master PDF Editor

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    Master PDF Editor is complete solution for editing PDF and XPS files. You can insert, edit, remove, copy, add images or graphics. Export, import, remove and change page layouts. Also Master PDF Editor provides full functionality for changing PDF information, including author...

    131 Master PDF Editor alternatives

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    • Freemium (Pay once)
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    • Flathub
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    Guest
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    Free version for windows will include watermark on saved documents.

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    Guest
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    Has all the basic features such as merge, split, delete and it is in active development and it is available for LINUX :)

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    Guest
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    It has more festures in the payed version and thus suites my usecase and it actually works on linux and does not just say it does and then it doesnt, at least that was the case with pdfsam in the extended version.

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    • Most users think Master PDF Editor is a great Adobe Acrobat DC alternative.

    • Master PDF Editor is the most popular Linux alternative to Adobe Acrobat DC.

    • Master PDF Editor is Freemium and ProprietaryAdobe Acrobat DC is Paid and Proprietary
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    PDFgear

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    Read, edit, convert, merge, and sign PDF files across devices, for completely free and without signing up.

    44 PDFgear alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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    Shaz Shah
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    It does an excellent job of converting my M$ docs. The OCR capabilities are really good and the ability to arrange pages (including splitting and merging with other PDFs) is another bonus. The install is lightweight in comparison to Adobe Acrobat and I've not had any stability issues... yet

    Ahmed Gamal
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    The app does not support the Arabic language.

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    Guest
    Positive
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    Faster. No pop-ups trying to sell add ons.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks PDFgear is a great Adobe Acrobat DC alternative.

    • PDFgear is the most popular Web-based, Android & Android Tablet alternative to Adobe Acrobat DC.

    • PDFgear is Free and ProprietaryAdobe Acrobat DC is Paid and Proprietary
    • PDFgear is LightweightAdobe Acrobat DC is not according to our users
  4. Stirling-PDF icon

    Stirling-PDF

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    locally hosted web application that allows you to perform various operations on PDF files.

    83 Stirling-PDF alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker Hub
    • Cloudron
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    KimiBCN
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    It lacks many features and has bugs. The PDF open button sometimes disappears.

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    • Stirling-PDF is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Adobe Acrobat DC.

    • Stirling-PDF is the most popular Open Source alternative to Adobe Acrobat DC.

    • Stirling-PDF is Freemium and Open SourceAdobe Acrobat DC is Paid and Proprietary
    • Stirling-PDF is Privacy focusedAdobe Acrobat DC is not according to our users
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    GeekerPDF

    Edit and annotate PDFs by adding or deleting text, images, and annotations, manage pages with merging, splitting, extraction, and rotation, convert to and from Office formats and images using OCR, encrypt or decrypt files, apply ...

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    Sejda

     35 likes
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    Sejda helps with your PDF tasks: edit existing text, split, merge, extract, compress, export to other formats and more.

    129 Sejda alternatives

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    • Freemium (Pay once)
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    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    You get a limited amount of file edits per day, and the app is just an electron wrapper of the website, but it works well.

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    • Most users think Sejda is a great Adobe Acrobat DC alternative.

    • Sejda is Freemium and ProprietaryAdobe Acrobat DC is Paid and Proprietary
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    Sioyek

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    Sioyek is a PDF viewer with minimal interface optimized for reading research papers and technical books.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    I love Sioyek because it has blazingly fast update time when a pdf modified. very suitable for latex with (n)vim/emacs user.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Sioyek is Free and Open SourceAdobe Acrobat DC is Paid and Proprietary
    • Sioyek is LightweightAdobe Acrobat DC is not according to our users
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    iLovePDF

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    iLovePDF is an online service to work with PDF files completely free and easy to use. Merge PDF, split PDF, compress PDF, office to PDF, PDF to JPG and more!

    131 iLovePDF alternatives

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    • Freemium (Pay once)
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    Álvaro Ayres
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    100% online. Lots of tools to edit your PDF.

    Guest
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    Intuitive, fast and reliable.

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    katekopnysheva
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    very easy to use online service with lots of pdf tools

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    • Almost everyone thinks iLovePDF is a great Adobe Acrobat DC alternative.

    • iLovePDF is Freemium and ProprietaryAdobe Acrobat DC is Paid and Proprietary
  10. KDAN PDF icon

    KDAN PDF

     185 likes
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    Comprehensive solution for editing, signing, form filling, OCR scanning, commenting, converting, and redacting PDFs, with AI-driven analysis and content extraction, data export to spreadsheets, text-to-speech, seamless use across desktop and mobile, and batch processing.

    259 KDAN PDF alternatives

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    Adobe Acrobat DC is a full featured PDF editor. PDF Reader has a nice featureset for a PDF ... Reader, but is far from a complete PDF Editor.

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    PDF Reader is a PDF Reader, not a PDF Editor. It even says it in the name.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think KDAN PDF is a great Adobe Acrobat DC alternative.

    • KDAN PDF is Freemium and ProprietaryAdobe Acrobat DC is Paid and Proprietary
    • KDAN PDF is Privacy focused and LightweightAdobe Acrobat DC is not according to our users
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    PDFfiller.com

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    Edit, fill, annotate, and sign PDFs online, merge documents, request signatures, upload from cloud storage, save locally, share for collaboration, and track workflow with auditing, supporting various file types and mobile access for document management.

    42 PDFfiller.com alternatives

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    • Google Chrome
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    UPDF

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    Edit, annotate, and convert PDFs with OCR capabilities, AI-assisted tools for summaries and translations. It supports file protection and offers 2GB of cloud storage for secure management.

    67 UPDF alternatives

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    Edit PDF
     
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    LiquidText

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    LiquidText offers a fast, natural way to review, gather, and organize information across all your docs: then apply the results to writing reports or simply studying. Pull out key facts and connect them together

    14 LiquidText alternatives

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    • Freemium (Pay once)
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    PDFtk

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    PDFtk is a simple tool for doing everyday things with PDF documents. It comes in three flavors: PDFtk Free, PDFtk Pro, and our original command-line tool PDFtk Server.

    44 PDFtk alternatives

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    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

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    OCRmyPDF

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    OCRmyPDF adds an OCR text layer to scanned PDF files, allowing them to be searched - jbarlow83/OCRmyPDF

    19 OCRmyPDF alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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