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Android 8.0 or later · phones and tablets

A private PDF editor for Android

Jetpack Compose, ML Kit OCR and scanning, and on-device AI where the phone supports it. Free to start.

Flourish PDF for Android

Phones and tablets

play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.softflourish.flourishpdf

On Android

What works on Android today

  • ML Kit document scanner — edge detection, auto-capture, multi-page — entirely on the phone
  • Sign in with Google or email — one account across every device
  • Tap any original text, image or shape to inspect it; undo and redo up to 40 steps
  • Works on phones and tablets from Android 8.0
  • The free tier shows ads (banner and optional rewarded); any paid plan removes them

Add text anywhere on a pageFree

Type a text box onto any page, then move, resize and restyle it.

Font and colour controls vary by platform.

Marks you add stay editableFree

Everything you place is an object until you save: move, resize, rotate, group and undo it.

Select and delete original text, images and shapesPro

Not on iPhone yet.

Reorder, rotate, duplicate and delete pagesFree

Drag pages into order in the gallery; rotate, duplicate or delete any of them.

Insert a blank pageFree

Extract pages into a new PDFPlus · Free on mobile

One page at a time on Apple devices; several at once on Windows and Android.

Bates numbering for legal documentsPro

Not on iPhone yet.

Scan paper with the cameraFree

Edge detection, auto-capture and multi-page scanning, all on the device.

iPhone today; iPad is on the way.

Recognize text in a scan (on-device OCR)Free

Apple Vision, Google ML Kit or Windows' own recognizer reads the page on your hardware. 5 pages a month free, 250 on Plus, unlimited on Pro.

Sign with a saved signature and dateFree

Draw or type your signature once, reuse it on any document, and add a date that moves with it.

Android supports a drawn signature.

Turn a flat or scanned form into a fillable onePlus

Finds boxes and ruled lines, names each field from the text beside it, and asks you to confirm before writing real form fields.

Text and checkbox fields everywhere; radio buttons and dropdowns are added by hand on Mac and iPad.

Redact selected content permanentlyPro

Android removes the content from the page itself. Mac, iPad and Windows redact the selection and flatten pages to images. Redaction by area or by search is on the way.

Lock the app with Face ID, Touch ID, fingerprint or Windows HelloFree

Create a PDF from photos and imagesPlus

iPhone creates PDFs by scanning; Android through the scanner's gallery import.

Summarize a documentPro

A short summary generated on your device.

Needs Apple Intelligence (macOS 26 or iOS 26) or an Android phone with Gemini Nano. Reads the opening pages of a long document.

Translate text or a documentPro

Returns text; a translated PDF is on the way.

Read, zoom and searchFree

On Mac and iPad a results list shows every match with the sentence around it.

Day, Sepia and Night reading themesFree

Draw and handwrite with a pen, finger or Apple PencilFree

Pen colour and width choices are on the way.

Read aloudFree

On a scan it uses your OCR allowance first.

Version history: your original plus the last 15 savesFree

Kept on the device, outside the PDF.

Partly there

Works in part on Android

Flatten forms and markup into the pagePlus

Android flattens by turning pages into images.

Highlight textFree

Android draws a highlight rectangle rather than snapping to text.

Coming

On other platforms, on the way to Android

Each of these already ships somewhere. We are bringing them across — and will not advertise one here until it works here.

  • Edit text that is already in the PDF
  • Merge PDFs
  • Split a PDF into one file per page
  • Crop pages
  • Page numbers, headers and footers
  • Text watermark
  • Make a scan searchable
  • Batch OCR over many files
  • Stamps such as Approved or Draft
  • Fill in form fields
  • Password-protect a PDF
  • Restrict printing and copying
  • Remove metadata, scripts and hidden data
  • Export pages as PNG images
  • Reduce file size
  • Batch OCR, images, compression and watermarking
  • Ask a question about a document
  • Sticky notes
  • Print
  • Compare two PDFs
  • Accessibility audit and report

Flourish PDF for Mac

macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Apple silicon and Intel

apps.apple.com/app/id6794034781

Flourish PDF for iPhone & iPad

iOS and iPadOS 17 or later

apps.apple.com/app/id6794034781

Flourish PDF for Android

Phones and tablets

play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.softflourish.flourishpdf

Flourish PDF for Windows

Windows 10 version 2004 (build 19041) or later, and Windows 11 · x64 and ARM64

apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nk1x0qr2vz6

One Plus or Pro plan covers every platform — buy it once and sign in anywhere.

Flourish PDF for Android

Free to download. Your documents stay on your device.