Preview Alternatives

Preview is described as 'Native macOS tool for viewing, annotating, and editing images and PDFs, offers cropping, resizing, markup tools, page rearrangement, and export to multiple formats' and is a very popular PDF Reader in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Preview for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best Preview alternative is SumatraPDF, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Preview are Okular, IrfanView, XnView MP and ImageGlass.

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  1. Besides exceptionally fast launching and displaying speed, Gaaiho Reader is reliable in printing, filling forms annotating documents and adding bookmarks.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Mac
     
  2. QuickScan icon
     3 likes

    The app is 100% FREE, with NO ads and NO data collection. Donations are possible to support the project.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  3. Seer Pro icon
     23 likes

    This is a quick look tool for Windows. Acts just like the one in OS X , but Seer is more powerful and faster.

    16 Seer Pro alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  4. Scanner Pro icon
     11 likes

    Scanner Pro turns your iPhone into portable scanner in your pocket. It lets you scan multipage documents, email them and even upload to Dropbox, MobileMe iDisk or any other WebDAV enabled server.

    62 Scanner Pro alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
     
  5. Kami icon
     17 likes

    Cloud-based PDF viewer and annotation tool for your browser. Perfect for Chromebook 1:1 schools. View, export, print and share your PDF files straight from your browser. Kami works on all browsers and works best with Google Chrome.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
     
  6. PDF Doc Scan icon
     3 likes

    Main point of this app is to scan or select existing PDF documents simply using intent or chooser. Other apps require payment to access their api/sdk or simply don't have a possible way to do it. So they rely on switching between an app ,file chooser and a scanner.

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  7. NX Studio icon
     5 likes

    NX Studio is a computer software that allows users to enjoy the viewing, processing, and editing of still images and video, and provides more intuitive operation.

    152 NX Studio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  8. 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.

    79 PDF Reader Pro alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  9. Ashampoo PDF Pro 3 is a software solution for managing and editing PDF documents. It offers tools for creating, converting, editing, merging, and securing PDFs. The software allows users to create optimally sized documents for any device and offers encryption to protect...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  10. Xviewer icon
     7 likes

    Xviewer is a simple image viewer which uses the gdk-pixbuf library. It can deal with large images, and zoom and scroll with constant memory usage. Its goals are simplicity and standards compliance. Xviewer is installed by default in Linux Mint.

    90 Xviewer alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Linux Mint
     
  11. Kiview icon
     4 likes

    Kiview gives the user the ability to quickly preview different file types without the need to launch the default application.

    20 Kiview alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Dolphin File Manager
    • Flatpak
     
  12. LEKTRA icon
     8 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.

    51 LEKTRA alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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