Highlights Alternatives

Highlights is described as 'PDF reader for note takers. Highlights lets you highlight text and select images in the PDF, but take notes in a regular text-editor. No more typing notes and comments into tiny text boxes' and is an app in the office & productivity category. There are four alternatives to Highlights for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, iPhone, iPad, Zotero and Mac apps. The best Highlights alternative is MarginNote, which is free. Other great apps like Highlights are PdfHighlights, ZotFile and Sumnotes.

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Highlights alternatives are mainly PDF Readers but may also be Note-taking Tools. Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Highlights.
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Highlights is a PDF reader for note takers. Highlights lets you highlight text and select images in the PDF, but take notes in a regular text-editor. No more typing notes and comments into tiny text boxes.

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Highlights alternatives page was last updated Jul 11, 2022
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  1. MarginNote icon

    MarginNote

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    Integrating powerful tools for book annoation, mindmapping, flashcards and more, to build up your reading notes as never before.

    11 MarginNote alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • CN flagChina

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    MarginNote screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Educational

    Features

    1.  PDF annotation
    2.  Document Annotations
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  No registration required
    7.  Cloud Sync
    8.  Full-Text Search
    9.  OCR
    10.  File Tagging
    11.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    12.  Mind Map view

    MarginNote VS Highlights

     

    • MarginNote is the most popular Mac, iPhone & iPad alternative to Highlights.

    • MarginNote is the most popular free alternative to Highlights.

    • MarginNote is Freemium and ProprietaryHighlights is also Freemium and Proprietary
    • MarginNote is Privacy focusedHighlights is not according to our users
  2. PdfHighlights icon

    PdfHighlights

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    PdfHighlights easily extracts and exports all your highlights and annotations from all your PDF files into a single, clean report.

    8 PdfHighlights alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows
    PdfHighlights screenshot 1
    PdfHighlights screenshot 2

    PdfHighlights Features

    1.  PDF annotation

    PdfHighlights VS Highlights

     

    • PdfHighlights is the most popular Windows alternative to Highlights.

    • PdfHighlights is Free and ProprietaryHighlights is Freemium and Proprietary

  4. ZotFile

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    Zotfile is a Zotero plugin to manage your attachments: automatically rename, move, and attach PDFs (or other files) to Zotero items, sync PDFs from your Zotero library to your (mobile) PDF reader (e.g. an iPad, Android tablet, etc.) and extract annotations from PDF files.

    3 ZotFile alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Zotero

    ZotFile Features

    1.  PDF annotation

    ZotFile VS Highlights

     

    • ZotFile is the most popular Web-based alternative to Highlights.

    • ZotFile is the most popular Open Source alternative to Highlights.

    • ZotFile is Free and Open SourceHighlights is Freemium and Proprietary
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    Sumnotes

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    Sumnotes extracts information from PDF files to let you focus on what matters.

    Features

    Extract highlights and images

    Save yourself a headache of searching for a tool to extract annotations and images from your PDF materials. Sumnotes is the only simple, yet robust solution to.

    4 Sumnotes alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online

    Sumnotes VS Highlights

     
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