Review · Software
PDF Expert Review
What PDF Expert does, who it is for, how it compares with Preview and Acrobat, and what we still have to test before we rate it.
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Mac app · Readdle
PDF Expert
Best for: Reading, annotating and editing PDFs on Mac.
- Best for
- Reading, annotating and editing PDFs on Mac
- Developer
- Readdle
- Price
- Price not yet verified · check the vendor for current pricing
- Our testing
- Not yet hands-on tested
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Sign a PDF electronically
Add & edit images in a PDF
Highlight & Annotate PDFs Fast
Turn scanned PDFs into text (OCR)
Pricing options
Free
Free
Reading and basic annotation
Subscription
About $80/year
Lifetime
About $140 one-time
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Features
- Edit text and images in PDFs
- Annotate, highlight and sign
- Fill and create forms
- Merge, split and reorder pages
- OCR and redaction in paid tiers
Benefits and disadvantages
Benefits
- Fast and Mac-native
- Cleaner than most Acrobat alternatives
- Lifetime option available
- Syncs across Mac, iPad and iPhone
Disadvantages (cons)
- Free tier is limited
- Advanced features such as OCR cost extra
- Subscription pricing has risen over time
- Less enterprise tooling than Acrobat
Who should use PDF Expert
- Students and professionals who edit PDFs weekly
- Users who want a lighter alternative to Acrobat
- iPad and Mac users who annotate documents
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