Adobe Acrobat Reader AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Ebook Readers

The best Ebook Reader alternative to Adobe Acrobat Reader is SumatraPDF, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Adobe Acrobat Reader and 19 are Ebook Readers so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Ebook Reader alternatives to Adobe Acrobat Reader are Okular, Evince, MuPDF and LEKTRA.

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  1. SumatraPDF icon
     1716 likes

    This free, open-source viewer for Windows supports multiple formats like PDF, eBooks (ePub, Mobi), CHM, and Comic Books (CBZ, CBR). Prioritizing simplicity and speed, it offers a lightweight, portable design with a minimalist interface, catering to users seeking fast and efficient document viewing.

    144 SumatraPDF alternatives

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    • Windows
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  2. Okular icon
     514 likes

    Multi-platform document viewer supporting PDF, ePub, comics, images, and Markdown with annotation, digital signature verification, tabbed interface, sidebar navigation, text selection, text-to-speech, magnifier, search, dark mode, and plugin support.

    143 Okular alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Snapcraft
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
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  3. Evince icon
     466 likes

    Supports viewing and editing PDF annotations, displays multiple formats such as PDF, Postscript, DjVu, comic books, TIFF, DVI, XPS, remembers per-document zoom and position, features search, table-of-contents navigation, SyncTeX integration, and printing.

    141 Evince alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • GNOME
    • US flagUnited States
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  4. MuPDF icon
     164 likes

    MuPDF offers a highly versatile PDF, XPS, and eBook interpreter, customizable as a renderer, viewer, or toolkit. Features include digital signatures, redactions, form filling, annotations, and page manipulation, ideal for mobile, eBooks, and embedded apps supporting Java, C++, and Python.

    122 MuPDF alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • Xfce
    • OpenAPK
    • US flagUnited States
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  5. LEKTRA icon
     20 likes

    High-performance viewer for documents and images offering split tabs, customizable single or book layouts, portals for side-by-side sections, instant search, line highlight, annotation tools, link hints, searchable highlights, session management, and TOML config.

    68 LEKTRA alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. MJ PDF Reader icon
     30 likes

    A totally free of cost and ads PDF documents reader.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Android
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  7. Document Viewer icon
     50 likes

    Document Viewer is a highly customizable document viewer for Android, fork of the last GPL version of EBookDroid .

    181 Document Viewer alternatives

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
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  8. Papers icon
     14 likes

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

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • Flatpak
    • Linux Mobile
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  9. GoodReader icon
     49 likes

    With GoodReader on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, you can read virtually anything, anywhere. Books, movies, maps, pictures; GoodReader puts it all in a single app, right in your pocket.

    102 GoodReader alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  10. zathura icon
     44 likes

    Zathura is a highly customizable and functional document viewer. It provides a minimalistic and space saving interface as well as an easy usage that mainly focuses on keyboard interaction.

    85 zathura alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (Zlib)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • MacPorts
    • Homebrew
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  11. EBookDroid icon
     29 likes

    EBookDroid is an open source (GPL'ed) document viewer for Android based on the VuDroid code base.

    71 EBookDroid alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
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