Compare the Top PDF Readers as of July 2025

What are PDF Readers?

PDF readers are software applications that enable users to access, open, and read PDFs. PDF readers are essential tools for being able to open and read PDF files. Advanced PDF readers may also support form filling, digital signatures, and interactive features embedded in PDF documents. PDF readers are widely used in both personal and professional settings to view reports, manuals, eBooks, contracts, and other documents that need to preserve formatting across different devices and platforms. Compare and read user reviews of the best PDF Readers currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.

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    Foxit PDF Reader

    Foxit PDF Reader

    Foxit Software

    Whether you're a consumer, business, government agency, or educational organization, you need to read, create, sign, and annotate (comment on) PDF documents and fill out PDF forms. Foxit PDF Reader is a small, lightning fast, and feature rich PDF viewer which allows you to create (free PDF creation), open, view, sign, and print any PDF file. Foxit Reader is built upon the industry's fastest and most accurate (high fidelity) PDF rendering engine, providing users with the best PDF viewing and printing experience. Available in English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. Sign documents in your own handwriting or utilize eSignature and verify the status of digital signatures. Be safe from vulnerabilities by utilizing Trust Manager/Safe Mode, ASLR & DEP, Disable JavaScript, and Security Warning Dialogs. Integrate with leading cloud storage services and popular enterprise CMS.
    Starting Price: $8 per month
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    PDF Reader Pro

    PDF Reader Pro

    PDF Technologies, Inc

    Back to School Bonanza! Enjoy 50% OFF on PDF Reader Pro and Filmage Screen Buy PC Version, Get Mobile Version Free Aug.15. 2024 - Sept.5. 2024 PDF Reader Pro is powered by PDF Technologies®, founded in 2014, which is a leading software provider of affordable, secure Out-of-Box PDF solutions on Windows, Mac, iOS, & Android. SMBs, IT service, and knowledge workers increase their productivity by using PDF Reader Pro to make workflow smarter. As the best alternative to Adobe® PDF solution, PDF Reader Pro is a PDF powerhouse that will fulfill all your document needs. We offer free Trial and education plans, as well as PDF Technologies’ Software Development Kits (ComPDFkit/SDKs) to help developers reduce costs and improve productivity by integrating industry-leading PDF technologies into application workflows. Welcome to try. If you are interested in being our reseller or distributor, you can check our official site->Business->Partnership Program.
    Starting Price: $19.99/one-time/user
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    PDF Professional

    PDF Professional

    Build to Connect

    Make PDF Professional Suite your default viewer: Tap PDF Professional Suite -> Preferences…, and tick Set PDF Professional Suite as the default PDF viewer. Drag and drop: Directly drag and drop any PDF file from Finder into the app. Open directly, On a New tab screen press Select file and choose a document from the file selection window. Drag to the Dock icon: When PDF Professional Suite is in your dock, just drag and drop PDF file on the PDF Professional Suite icon, and the file will be opened in a new tab. PDF Professional Suite supports multi-tab viewer to browser tabs effortlessly. You can open documents in the same window or in a new window. In full screen mode, the main menu auto-hides, but you can still do all the tasks as in normal mode by moving the mouse to the top of the screen. The main menu and toolbar will show. Your PDF files could be directly presented as a keynote. Set perfect effect, duration and extent to make a perfect presentation.
    Starting Price: $29.99 one-time payment
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    Javelin PDF Reader

    Javelin PDF Reader

    Drumlin Security

    Javelin PDF readers provide all the core functionality needed for viewing standard PDF files and PDF files encrypted using our free Drumlin Publisher software (.drmz and .drmx files). These readers support internal and external hyperlinks, contents/navigation trees, a range of page display formats, plus document text searching, annotation, and markup. Encrypted files are protected against content copying and onwards distribution. They may also have restrictions applied such as whether printing is permitted and whether they expire at some point and can no longer be viewed. The properties and/or info facility in the Javelin readers provides details of these Digital Rights Management (DRM) settings. Visually impaired users should select the Mac OSX/Catalina Javelin3 software as this supports text-to-speech conversion. You can use Javelin on a PC or Mac connected to a large corporate network with a restrictive firewall.
    Starting Price: Free
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    Ennov Doc
    Unified Access to All Documents - Consolidates documents & processes in a unified document repository that can be used for Quality, Regulatory, R&D and more. - Metadata-based document model to adapt to your company’s organizational needs. - Configurable without any IT skills. - Scalable & secure: manage large volumes of documents. Improved Productivity and Efficiency - Intuitive user interface - Efficient search capabilities - User-centric design and connectivity to Microsoft Office 365 and Google Drive - PDF viewer to allow instant access to documents without MS Office or Acrobat - Versioning - Complete document cycle management Supports wide EDM needs - Quality, regulatory, cR&D, legal, commercial - CFR21 part 11 compliant - Document archival included - Seamless integration with Ennov Process (BPMS) & Dossier (eCTD publishing) - Advanced live reporting and dashboarding - Configurable without IT skills (including dashboards) - Suitable for regulated industries
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