Foxit PDF Reader Alternatives

Foxit PDF Reader is described as 'Free, lightweight PDF viewer available on multiple platforms. Features include annotation, form-filling, signing, cloud integration, and more' and is a leading PDF Reader in the office & productivity category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Foxit PDF Reader for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Android, iPhone, Mac and iPad apps. The best Foxit PDF Reader alternative is SumatraPDF, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Foxit PDF Reader are Okular, KDAN PDF Reader, PDF-XChange Editor and Evince.

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Foxit PDF Reader alternatives are mainly PDF Readers, but if you're looking for PDF Editors or Text to Speech Services you can filter on that. 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 Foxit PDF Reader.
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Free, lightweight PDF viewer available on multiple platforms. Features include annotation, form-filling, signing, cloud integration, and more.

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Foxit PDF Reader alternatives page was last updated Jan 2, 2025
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  1. Document Viewer icon
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    Document Viewer is a highly customizable document viewer for Android, fork of the last GPL version of EBookDroid .

    152 Document Viewer alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
    Discontinued

    The last version (2.7.4) was released in March 2016.

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  No registration required
    3.  No Tracking

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  2. Drawboard PDF icon
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    The top AEC PDF app to markup and manage drawings and documents. Ideal for replacing pen and paper, avoid printing documents again by using our intuitive feature set that makes marking up a PDF easy. Open or create a new PDF, markup using our extensive array of tools, then save...

    55 Drawboard PDF alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • AU flagAustralia

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet

    Properties

    1.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  PDF annotation
    2.  Handwritten Notes
    3.  Portable
    4.  Handwriting

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

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • Flatpak

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Full-Text Search
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  No registration required
    5.  No Tracking
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  Text to Speech

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    Simple Android PDF viewer based on pdf.js and content providers. The app doesn't require any permissions.

    78 Secure PDF Viewer alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CA flagCanada

    Platforms

    • Android

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused
    3.  Security-focused

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  No Permissions required

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  5. GoodReader icon
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    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.

    82 GoodReader alternatives

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • JP flagJapan

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad

    GoodReader Features

    1.  PDF annotation
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Cloud Sync
    4.  Sync with iCloud
    5. Dropbox icon  Sync with Dropbox
    6. iCloud icon  ICloud Integration
    7.  Support for SFTP
    8.  Support for FTP

    GoodReader VS Foxit PDF Reader

     
  6. Skim icon
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    Skim is a PDF reader and note-taker for OS X. It is designed to help you read and annotate scientific papers in PDF, but is also great for viewing any PDF file.

    88 Skim alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Clean design

    Features

    1.  PDF annotation
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Note extraction
    4.  Export annotations

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  7. doPDF icon
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    doPDF allows you to freely convert documents to PDF files. It installs as a printer driver, enabling you to print from any Windows application.

    88 doPDF alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • RO flagRomania
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows

    doPDF Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Create PDF files
    3.  Convert Word documents to PDF
    4.  Printer Emulation
    5.  Export to PDF

    doPDF VS Foxit PDF Reader

     
  8. qpdfview icon
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    qpdfview is a Qt-based tabbed document viewer using the Poppler library for PDF rendering and CUPS for printing. Support for the DjVu and PostScript formats can be added via plugins.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Haiku
    • Qt

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Fill PDF Forms
    2.  Support for Right-to-Left
    3.  Edit PDF
    4.  QT Based
    5.  Tabbed interface

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