PDFgear

Free PDF editor for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android to read, edit, convert, merge, OCR and sign PDFs, with an AI copilot.

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Pricing: Free
Platforms: Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Browser extension
Categories: Office & PDF

About PDFgear

PDFgear is a PDF editor from PDF Gear Tech Pte. Ltd. in Singapore, available for Windows, macOS, iOS and Android, plus free online tools and a Chrome extension. It edits text, images, links and form fields, annotates with highlights, notes and stamps, converts between PDF and Word, Excel, PPT, TXT and JPG with batch mode, and runs OCR on scanned documents in 30+ languages. PDFgear Copilot lets users summarise PDFs and run editing tasks through a chat interface. The company also runs eSignGear for sending documents for e-signature.

Good for

Individuals who want a desktop PDF editor with OCR, conversion and AI summaries at no cost and without creating an account.

Watch out for

The About page lists a milestone of planning advanced features with some moving to paid options, so the free scope may change. Separate e-signature requests run on the eSignGear site.