Google Scholar PDF Reader Alternatives

Google Scholar PDF Reader is described as 'Supercharge your paper reading: follow references, skim outline, jump to figures, cite and save' and is a PDF Reader in the web browsers category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Google Scholar PDF Reader for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and Android Tablet apps. The best Google Scholar PDF Reader alternative is SumatraPDF, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Google Scholar PDF Reader are Okular, Foxit PDF Reader, Evince and KOReader.

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  1. zathura icon
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    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.

    76 zathura alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (Zlib)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • MacPorts
    • Homebrew
     
  2. A simple PDF Reader built using Electron and PDF.js.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. In version 8, Google Chrome introduced a free PDF viewer, installed by default. While this plug-in lacks many features of the Adobe Acrobat Plug-in, it is much faster and lighter, and updates with the browser rather than an external utility.

    81 Chrome PDF Viewer Plug-in alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
     
  4. Anthology icon
     2 likes

    Sleek E-Book reader app.

    Cost / License

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    • Android
     
  5. ePDFView icon
     13 likes

    A simple PDF document viewer, in the lines of Evince but without using the Gnome libraries. ePDFView is a free lightweight PDF document viewer using Poppler and GTK+ libraries.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. The simplest PDF viewer. Safe (doesn't require permissions), lightweight (just 6,9MB) and modern.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
    • F-Droid
    • Kindle Fire
     
  7. Bookworm icon
     16 likes

    Read the books you love without having to worry about different format complexities like epub, pdf, mobi, cbr, etc.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. Comic Book Reader is the viewer you need to enjoy all your electronic publication. It is available both as Desktop and Windows 8 Metro UI for PC and tablets.

    97 C.B.R. - Comic Book Reader alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. SimplePDF icon
     1 like

    Simple macOS PDF reader with ChatGPT integrated. You can chat with your local PDF. The returned response can cite the page number to ensure correctness.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  10. Read, edit, annotate, and sign PDF documents with built-in AI features like summarize and translate, OCR in 50+ languages, fill forms, export to major formats offline, apply watermarks, compress files, secure with passwords, and use text-to-speech on all major platforms.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

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