A PDF editor for Mac that keeps your files on your Mac

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

Replace, resize and crop images in a PDFPro

Paragraph reflow while editing textPro

Add and follow linksFree

Windows follows links and adds new ones; editing an existing link there is on the way.

Reorder, rotate, duplicate and delete pagesFree

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

Insert a blank pageFree

Insert pages from another PDF at a positionPlus

Merge PDFsPlus · Free on mobile

Join files into one, in the order you pick.

Windows also takes page ranges and pictures.

Split a PDFPlus · Free on mobile

Split by page ranges.

Extract pages into a new PDFPlus · Free on mobile

Crop pagesPlus · Free on mobile

Page numbers, headers and footersPlus · Free on mobile

Several numbering styles, positions and page ranges.

Text watermarkPro

Bates numbering for legal documentsPro

Bookmarks: view, add and editFree

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.

Make a scan searchableFree

Lay the recognized text invisibly over the scan so the PDF can be searched.

Side-by-side OCR review and correctionFree

Turn a scan into editable text with matching fontsPro

Batch OCR over many filesPro

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.

Stamps such as Approved or DraftFree

A stamp library plus your own saved stamps.

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.

Radio buttons and dropdowns can be added too; Windows also adds date and signature fields.

Fill in form fieldsPlus

Type into fields right on the page.

Flatten forms and markup into the pagePlus

Certificate-based digital signaturesPro

Signing is Pro; checking a signature is free.

Saved profile for one-tap form fillPlus

Password-protect a PDFFree

Restrict printing and copyingPro

Redact content permanentlyPro

Mark text, an area or search hits, then apply; only marked pages become images.

Redact by area, or by searching for textPro

Smart redaction: find numbers and emails automaticallyPro

Finds SSNs, card numbers, emails and phone numbers; Mac, iPhone and iPad also find names where the device supports it.

Change or remove a passwordFree

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

Export pages as PNG imagesPlus

Export pages as JPG or TIFFPlus

Create a PDF from photos and imagesPlus

Export to Word, Excel and PowerPointPro

Create a PDF from Word, Excel, PowerPoint or a web pagePlus

Convert and validate PDF/A and PDF/XPro

PDF/A-2b and PDF/X-4 (CMYK) on every platform.

Reduce file sizePlus

Shows the size before and after.

Batch OCR, images, compression and watermarkingPro

Print-production preflightPro

Saved multi-step actionsPro

Summarize a documentPro

A short summary generated on your device.

Needs Apple Intelligence (macOS 26 or iOS 26), an Android phone with Gemini Nano, or a Windows PC with 8 GB of memory (one-time model download: 2.5 GB, or 4.8 GB on PCs with 16 GB).

Translate text or a documentPro

Returns text; a translated PDF is on the way. Needs Apple Intelligence (macOS 26 or iOS 26), an Android phone with Gemini Nano, or a Windows PC with 8 GB of memory (one-time model download: 2.5 GB, or 4.8 GB on PCs with 16 GB).

Ask a question about a documentPro

A conversation with page citations. Needs Apple Intelligence, an Android phone with Gemini Nano, or a Windows PC with 8 GB of memory.

Rewrite, proofread and define textPro

Needs Apple Intelligence (macOS 26 or iOS 26), an Android phone with Gemini Nano, or a Windows PC with 8 GB of memory (one-time model download: 2.5 GB, or 4.8 GB on PCs with 16 GB).

Chat across several documentsPro

Needs Apple Intelligence, an Android phone with Gemini Nano, or a Windows PC with 8 GB of memory.

Edit a PDF by askingPro

Needs Apple Intelligence, an Android phone with Gemini Nano, or a Windows PC with 8 GB of memory.

Generate bookmarks and an outline automaticallyPro

Needs Apple Intelligence (macOS 26 or iOS 26), an Android phone with Gemini Nano, or a Windows PC with 8 GB of memory (one-time model download: 2.5 GB, or 4.8 GB on PCs with 16 GB).

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

Highlight textFree

Draw and handwrite with a pen, finger or Apple PencilFree

Sticky notesFree

Underline, strikeout, shapes and calloutsFree

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.

PrintFree

Compare two PDFsPro

Every changed word or difference is marked on the page, and you can step through changes.

Accessibility audit and reportPro

Checks tags, alt text and language, exports a report and edits alt text. Full PDF/UA tagging is on the way.

Measure distance, area and perimeterPro

Write LaTeX and compile it to PDFFree

A bundled engine — no TeX install. 3 builds a month free, 100 on Plus, unlimited on Pro.

iPad edits and drafts; compiling runs on Mac and Windows. The first compile of a package needs a network connection.

Reopen a compiled PDF's LaTeX sourcePro

The source travels inside the PDF, encrypted to your account on Pro.

iPad reopens and edits the source; compiling runs on Mac and Windows.

Draft and repair LaTeX with on-device AIFree

Apple Intelligence on Mac and iPad.