Adobe Acrobat Reader Alternatives

Adobe Acrobat Reader is described as 'View, annotate, and collaborate on PDFs, utilize cloud storage and freehand tools. Upgrade for editing and converting to other formats' and is a very popular PDF Reader in the office & productivity category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Adobe Acrobat Reader for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Web-based, Linux, Mac and Android apps. The best Adobe Acrobat Reader alternative is SumatraPDF, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Adobe Acrobat Reader are Okular, Foxit PDF Reader, Evince and Firefox PDF Viewer (PDF.js).

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Adobe Acrobat Reader alternatives are mainly PDF Readers, but if you're looking for PDF Editors or Ebook Readers you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source, Windows, Linux, Windows + Open Source, Android + Open Source, Free and Android. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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  1. Read Right icon
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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
     
  2. Martview icon
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    Martview is a desktop/laptop/touch-screen friendly FREE eBook/PDF reader that is compatible with PDF and MART file. Designed with new concept of reading ebook on the PC, Martview tries very hard to let you enjoy comfortable reading Experience the new era of digital reading with...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPad
     
  3. A.nnotate icon
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    Online site for viewing, annotating and collaborating on PDF and Office documents. Upload a document, send a link to invite feedback. Runs entirely in browser - does not require any plugins. Free version allows uploading a few documents a month - pay-as-you-go options if you...

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    The first AI-powered PDF reader that adapts to your screen.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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    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
     
  6. PdfDing icon
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    PdfDing is a browser based PDF manager, viewer and editor that you can host yourself. It offers a seamless user experience on multiple devices. It's designed be to be minimal, fast, and easy to set up using Docker.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Docker
    • Kubernetes
     
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    Edit your PDFs directly from your browser. Sign your PDFs in a few seconds. A modern tool to fill and edit your PDFs

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  8. Jumpdf icon
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    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  9. SourcePDF icon
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    SourcePDF is a completely free to use PDF editor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. BePDF icon
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    BePDF is a 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.

    BePDF is based o.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Haiku
     
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    DjVu & PDF reader for Symbian OS 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4 The program is based on Poppler, DjvuLibre.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Symbian S60
     
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