Free Master PDF Editor AlternativesPDF Editors & PDF Readers like Master PDF Editor

The best free alternative to Master PDF Editor is PdfCraft, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Master PDF Editor and loads of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Master PDF Editor are PDF Arranger, PDF-XChange Editor, PDF24 Creator and PDFsam.

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  1. PdfCraft icon
     43 likes

    Read, organize, combine, split and secure PDFs in a fast, native app written in Rust from the ground up. No account, no telemetry, no cloud.

    87 PdfCraft alternatives

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    • New

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
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  2. PDF Arranger icon
     122 likes

    Small python-gtk application, which helps the user to merge or split pdf documents and rotate, crop and rearrange their pages using an interactive and intuitive graphical interface.

    90 PDF Arranger alternatives

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    Since

    • Since 2019

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
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  3. Feature-rich PDF editor offering direct content editing, ABBYY OCR, viewing, annotation, form filling, PDF merging, compression, and encryption. Operates efficiently offline, requiring no registration and no ads, while providing privacy-focused features and convenient portability.

    203 PDF-XChange Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2013

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • Wine
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  4. PDF24 Creator icon
     156 likes

    PDF24 Creator is free and feature-filled PDF creation, merging and conversion tool for Windows. Its unique feature among the free PDF printer tools is an editor, which allows to easily assemble, create and modify PDF files with Drag & Drop.

    226 PDF24 Creator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. PDFsam icon
     234 likes

    Free, open-source desktop software for Windows, macOS and Linux that processes PDFs locally. Merge page ranges, split by page, size or bookmarks, extract or insert pages, rotate files in batches, and interleave documents without uploads, accounts or watermarks.

    163 PDFsam alternatives

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    Since

    • Since 2006

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  6. A discontinued Windows PDF reader for viewing and annotating documents. It supports text, sticky notes, markup, bookmarks, search, thumbnails and saved annotations, while built-in OCR can make scanned or image-based PDFs searchable for easier document navigation.

    93 PDF-XChange Viewer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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  7. Sejda icon
     40 likes

    Sejda helps with your PDF tasks: edit existing text, split, merge, extract, compress, export to other formats and more.

    197 Sejda alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2015

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  8. PaperKnife icon
     11 likes

    Privacy-first PDF utility (Zero-Server Architecture). Merge, split, compress, and edit PDFs 100% locally on your device. No uploads, no servers, no tracking.

    Cost / License

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    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • F-Droid
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  9. PDFTK Builder icon
     66 likes

    PDFTK Builder is a free graphical interface to for PDFtk, making it much easier to use. It is a easy to use tool to collate (merge), split, encrypt, decrypt, stamp and rotate (only 90°, 180° or 270°) pdf documents.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. Skim icon
     98 likes

    PDF viewer for macOS supports scientific papers, annotations, highlights, bookmarks, split view, exporting notes, AppleScript, multiple annotation types, bibliography integration, full-screen, search, and compatibility with various macOS versions.

    117 Skim alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  11. JOPDF icon
     7 likes

    JOPDF is a 100% free PDF editor for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Edit, compress, merge, convert and annotate PDFs with no watermark or signup required.

    69 JOPDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  12. KDAN PDF icon
     187 likes

    Comprehensive solution for editing, signing, form filling, OCR scanning, commenting, converting, and redacting PDFs, with AI-driven analysis and content extraction, data export to spreadsheets, text-to-speech, seamless use across desktop and mobile, and batch processing.

    305 KDAN PDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2011

    Platforms

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