Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Alternatives and Similar Software

Alternatives to Adobe Acrobat Reader DC for Windows, Mac, Android, Linux, iPhone and more. Filter by license to discover only free or Open Source alternatives. This list contains a total of 25+ apps similar to Adobe Acrobat Reader DC.

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SumatraPDF

Sumatra PDF is a slim, free, open-source PDF/DjVu/EPUB/XPS/CHM/CBR/CBZ/MOBI/FB2 viewer for Windows. Why another PDF reader? Sumatra has a minimalistic design. Simplicity has a higher priority than a lot of features. Its small and starts up very fast. Its designed for portable use: its just one file with no external dependencies so you can easily run it from external USB drive.
- Sumatra does not support editing forms and adding annotations. Guest • Nov 2019 • 10 agrees and 2 disagrees
- Free, quick to install, quick to uninstall, loads fast. pbfranon • Jun 2016 • 36 agrees and 1 disagrees
- Very lightweight, always works well, better performance Guest • Sep 2017 • 17 agrees and 3 disagrees
- Small program, excessively-fast to open .pdf files: Just pdf viewer you want. Guest • Sep 2019 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Lightweight and fast. No crapware bundled. Guest • Sep 2019 • 3 agrees and 1 disagrees
- Sumatra PDF is lightweight, stable and user-friendly, as well as being completely free. It doesn't include the entire feature set of some of the other popular PDF readers, such as form fill, but does have some features that others don't, such as a tabbed interface. I highly recommend. I personally use Sumatra for reading and FoxIt for writing/major reading. Szubxero • Jan 2020
- lightweight, fast, unclattered UI Guest • Mar 2019
- Super fast. Instant in fact, whereas DC crawls and hangs and crawls and hangs. Wish I'd found this sooner. Guest • Dec 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- It's nowhere as vulnerable to attacks as Adobe Reader, doesn't execute embedded JS, and renders documents blazingly fast Atoshi • Nov 2016 • 15 agrees and 5 disagrees
- Fast and free. He doesn't support adding annotations :( Guest • Apr 2020
- Lightweight, effective, an can be run from a USB. Guest • Sep 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Lightweight, separate windows, loads fast. However, no form fills Guest • Apr 2018 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees
- lightweight, fast to open/close, render document very fast. rickysantoso • Jul 2018 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees
- It is light, fast, free, multilingual, and open source. It is more user-friendly than Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. Guest • Jun 2018 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees
- Very light (a few MB) and great compatibility. Guest • May 2017 • 5 agrees and 3 disagrees
- Sumatra is perfect, lightweight, does what is useful and does it well. Guest • Aug 2016 • 8 agrees and 5 disagrees
- Small, powerful, fast and very configurable. 01101001b • Oct 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Small, fast, light, libre, delightful. Guest • Feb 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com
Lightweight Low memory usage Highlighter Optimal performance ... Tabbed interface Data portability Export to office formats Global bookmarks Multi Format Reader Portable Quick search Signing PDF Documents Add a feature

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Foxit Reader

Foxit Reader is a free and light-weight multi-platform PDF document viewer. Its core function is compatible with PDF Standard 1.7. Whether you're a consumer, business, government agency, or educational organization, you need to read, create, sign, and annotate (comment on) PDF documents and fill out PDF forms. Foxit Reader is a small, lightning fast, and feature rich PDF viewer which allows you to open, view, sign, and print any PDF file.
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  The installer tries to install McAfee WebAdvisor and PhantomPDF Business. These can be skipped by clicking Decline on each.
- The accessibility of the commands is great, the most important features are free. I haven't felt the need to change to a third pdf viewer. Plus, you can print to PDF when many other software started eliminating this option. Guest • Jul 2019 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- The UI is kludgy and looks like it belongs in the 1990's. Also, basic functionality now included in Adobe isn't (or at least not easily) found in Foxit. I love Foxit's products and have a Business user of theirs for years - so, this is really disappointing. Guest • Dec 2018 • 3 agrees and 3 disagrees
- fast, complete, and a similar interface Guest • Oct 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Multi tabs, stable, and very clean design. Guest • Jan 2017 • 3 agrees and 1 disagrees
- Not as light as Sumatra PDF because have another feature. It's a great alternative to Acrobat Reader. rickysantoso • Jul 2018 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees
- Typewriter function can make any form a fillable form. Skip the printing and associated cost. Did this with lengthy government forms and docs. Seamless. Guest • Jul 2017 • 5 agrees and 4 disagrees
- This one has the ability to mark PDFs for highlighting books and etc. Guest • Jun 2016 • 7 agrees and 4 disagrees
Free Personal Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Windows S Android Tablet Windows Phone iPad ReactOS
PDF annotation Fill PDF Forms Lightweight Edit PDF ... Sign PDF files Auto scan folder Scan documents Email template editor Support for Javascript Modify filesystem timestamps Multiple languages Nearby Scan Print to PDF Portable Scan to PDF Scan to word Spelling check Tabbed interface Tablet support Text Highlighting Text to Speech Add a feature

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Evince

Evince is a document viewer for multiple document formats. It currently supports pdf, postscript, djvu, tiff, dvi, cbr, cbz, etc. The goal of Evince is to replace the multiple document viewers that exist on the GNOME Desktop with a single simple application. Evince is also capable of displaying, adding and editing PDF annotations (comments).
- Fast and simple. Allows images to be saved from the right-click context menu. uncertainquark • Jan 2019 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Light and comes natively with Ubuntu. Guest • Nov 2018 • 1 agrees and 3 disagrees
Free Open Source Linux
Lightweight Handwriting recognition Multiple languages PDF annotation ... Portable Windows Compatible Add a feature

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Okular

Okular is a universal document viewer based developed by KDE. Okular works on multiple platforms, including but not limited to Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, *BSD, etc. Okular combines the excellent functionalities with the versatility of supporting different kind of documents, like PDF, Postscript, DjVu, CHM, XPS, ePub and others. Okular is a Free Software PDF reader.
- It's very fast free pdf reader with some useful editing functions. karlossss1996 • Oct 2019
- Lightweight, highly functional, and aesthetic. Guest • Oct 2017 • 0 agrees and 2 disagrees
- Lightweight, can read many document fomats like cbz or cbr, can even merge pdfs Guest • Sep 2017 • 1 agrees and 2 disagrees
- Okular is a highly functional .pdf reader provided as a default with KDE and KDE's Plasma desktop environments. Open source, flexible and fast. What's not to like? JohnFastman • Dec 2016
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
PDF annotation Lightweight Low memory usage Export to PDF ... Tabbed interface Text to Speech Chapter cursor Document reader Fill PDF Forms Text Highlighting Trim margins Add a feature

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PDF-XChange Viewer

PDF-XChange Viewer is an alternative viewer for PDF files that enables you to view and annotate PDF files. You can add text, sticky notes, and other annotations and save them to the file, which will be compatible with the standard Adobe Acrobat Reader DC . The PDF XChange Viewer is an excellent tool for converting not text-searchable pdf-files in text-searchable pdf-files. Need advanced features of the Viewer? https://alternativeto .
- Tried PDF-Zilla and Sumatra, PDF-XChange has a cleaner UI, more fluid for me. Also tried Okular, but they referred Windows users to a separate site that didn't appear to have the software available for download. As PDF-XChange doesn't work on Linux, I might try Okular on my Linux machines. Guest • Mar 2018 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Has enough bells and whistles to be competitive with Adobe without all the useless bloat. Additionally, PDF-XChange Viewer has many options for software installation such as 32-bit, 64-bit, full and portable installs. Guest • Dec 2016 • 4 agrees and 2 disagrees
- Lightweight and efficient, loads of controls and options, free for personal use. Guest • Sep 2017 • 3 agrees and 1 disagrees
- It allows note and annotation extraction in text format (contra e.g. Sumatra or Foxit) Guest • Aug 2017 • 3 agrees and 2 disagrees
Freemium Windows PortableApps.com
PDF annotation PDF OCR Clean design Customer support ... Customizable Lightweight Portable Extract annotation Font identifier Multiple languages Note extraction OCR Side-by-Side View Stamps Add a feature

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PDF Reader

PDF Reader is the ideal app for anyone who works with PDFs in the office or at home. PDF Reader allows you to organize all annotated information with a few taps. You can quickly backup and send documents to your friends, classmates and colleagues via email and cloud storage services (share via Android). Optimizing your work quality and productivity couldn’t be easier! Key Features - FILE MANGER & VIEWING MODE.
- The free version provides all functions needed for the regular user. charlesjones86 • Feb 2019 • 17 agrees and 0 disagrees
Freemium $ $ $ Mac Windows Android iPhone Android Tablet ... iPad
Scan documents File transfer Freehand Writing Multiple languages ... Pdf-creation Edit PDF Sign PDF files Tabbed interface Built-in File Manager Digital fax Document reader Watermark images PDF annotation Print to PDF Convert PDF to Word document Add a feature

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Firefox PDF Viewer (PDF.js)

PDF Viewer (aka pdf.js) is a new revolutionary extension using web standard technologies that allows you to display within Mozilla Firefox almost all PDF files found on the web without a plugin. Also available for Google Chrome and Opera
- Firefox can also be used as a PDF viewer. braky • Apr 2020
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Chrome Opera ... Firefox
Add/remove pages Browser integration Lightweight Browser extension ... Google Chrome Extensions Firefox Extensions Support for Javascript Opera extension Add a feature

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MuPDF

MuPDF is a lightweight PDF and XPS viewer. The renderer in MuPDF is tailored for high quality anti-aliased graphics. It renders text with metrics and spacing accurate to within fractions of a pixel for the highest fidelity in reproducing the look of a printed page on screen. MuPDF is also small, fast, and yet complete. It supports PDF 1.7 with transparency, encryption, hyperlinks, annotations, searching and more. It also reads OpenXPS documents.
- It doesn't have several major features that adobe reader has. MuPDF just open files that's all. no options at all, no resizing, no editing, no change in view, there is nothing. theannymspro • Nov 2019
Free Open Source Windows Linux Android iPhone iPad ... Xfce
Cross-platform Lightweight Portable Vim key mapping Add a feature

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Nitro Reader

Nitro Reader offers features and functionality far beyond typical PDF readers, and makes working with PDF easier than ever before. Create PDF files, comment and review, save PDF forms, extract text and images, type text directly onto the page, and more. Start working with PDF files the way you always wanted. There is also a printer driver included, which you can use to create PDFs from any application.
- You can create pdfs from other documents and even from pics. It has OCR so you can edit and change what is written even in a picture... plus other stuff. Guest • Mar 2017 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees
Freemium Windows
PDF annotation Create PDF files PDF OCR Print to PDF ... Sign PDF files Add a feature

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Document Viewer

Document Viewer is a highly customizable document viewer for Android, fork of the last GPL version of EBookDroid . Supports the following formats: - PDF - DjVu - EPUB - XPS (OpenXPS) - CBZ (Comic Books, no support for rar compressed CBR) - FictionBook (fb2) Collaboration with electronic publication sites and access to online ebook catalogs is allowed by the supported OPDS protocol.
- For android smartphones, its the best choice as it is opensource and has many features. Guest • Jun 2018 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees
- open source, fast, lightweight, support for many formats, many available settings Guest • Apr 2018 • 3 agrees and 1 disagrees
Free Open Source Android Android Tablet F-Droid
Customizable Add a feature

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