Compare the Top PDF Annotators in Asia as of April 2026

What are PDF Annotators in Asia?

PDF annotation tools are pieces of software designed to allow users to add notes and highlight text on PDF documents. They can be used by students or professionals to mark up documents, make comments, and organize information in an intuitive way. Annotations may also include drawing shapes or adding images. The annotations can then be saved with the document for easy sharing and future reference. Compare and read user reviews of the best PDF Annotators in Asia currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.

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    Apryse PDF SDK
    Apryse (formerly PDFTron) powers the future of document technology. We help businesses, developers, and enterprises handle documents with unmatched speed, accuracy, and security. Whether running in secure server environments or delivering seamless web-based experiences, Apryse makes document workflows smarter and easier. With Apryse, you can: Embed powerful document features directly into your apps — from viewing and editing to collaboration and compliance. Run at enterprise scale on secure server infrastructure, ensuring reliability without cloud dependencies. Deliver seamless in-browser document experiences with responsive, accessible, and feature-rich web capabilities. Trusted globally, Apryse empowers organizations to simplify operations, enhance productivity, and create exceptional document experiences.
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    Nutrient SDK
    Nutrient is the comprehensive solution for all your PDF needs, offering tools that effortlessly integrate and operate PDF functionality across any platform. 1. SDK PRODUCTS Integrate robust PDF functionality into iOS, Android, Windows, web (JavaScript), or any cross-platform technology, providing capabilities such as PDF viewing, markup, collaboration, and more. 2. LIBRARIES Utilize our potent .NET and Java libraries to boost your backend applications with batch processing of redactions and PDF forms, OCR’d scanned text, and editing of PDF documents, directly from your application server. 3. PROCESSOR Our dynamic PDF microservice, Processor, enables swift generation of PDFs from HTML, including HTML forms, along with Office-to-PDF conversions, OCR, redaction, and XFDF merging and exporting. 4. PDF API Use hosted PDF API to generate, convert, and modify PDF documents in your workflows. We manage the development and server administration, letting you focus on what you do best.
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    MobiPDF (formerly PDF Extra)
    MobiPDF (formerly PDF Extra) is an intuitive and powerful PDF editor and reader designed for today’s modern user - the cost-efficient alternative to Adobe Acrobat Pro you’ve been looking for. FEATURES OVERVIEW: PDF Viewer and Reader: Switch between page views or use "Read Mode" for distraction-free reading. Create and Edit PDFs: Modify text and images or start with a blank PDF. Convert to Office Formats: Easily turn PDFs into Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and image files. Leverage OCR: Transform scanned documents into searchable PDFs. Organize PDFs: Combine, split, reorder, and compress documents. Markup and Comment: Highlight, annotate, and add bookmarks or stamps. Fill PDFs: Seamlessly fill forms or create ones from scratch. Sign PDFs: Sign your documents anywhere—no ink required! Secure Your Work: Protect files with passwords, digital signatures, and 256-bit encryption. Offline Mode: Full functionality without internet access. Translate PDFs
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    Starting Price: $49.99
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    RAD PDF

    RAD PDF

    Red Software

    Add a fully functional PDF editor to your ASP.NET website in minutes! Compatible with 99% of desktop & mobile browsers, from Internet Explorer 6 through the latest iOS Safari release, RAD PDF simply works. No plugins or other software needed. RAD PDF natively supports the most commonly used PDF features. Beyond a PDF reader, RAD PDF equips web applications with a browser-based PDF editor & PDF annotator. Features not even available in Adobe Acrobat Reader can be used to provide advanced PDF functionality. By enabling PDF form filling, PDF redaction, & PDF signing directly in the web browser, RAD PDF users can utilize PDF features without worrying about having the right platform or software installed! Allow your app to design new PDF forms, protect content, sign PDFs, & more using an intuitive graphical user interface (GUI). Client (JavaScript) and server APIs allow for endless possibilities .NET Core, Framework, & .NET 5+ supported Try editing any PDF with RAD PDF, FREE!
    Starting Price: $299 per developer
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    PDF Studio
    PDF Studio is a powerful and affordable PDF editor that effortlessly caters to both simple and complex PDF tasks. From adding text, various annotations, watermarks, and digital signatures to filling out forms and converting MS Office to PDF, it covers all your needs. The PDF editor is perfect for companies and organizations looking to seamlessly automate their PDF editing and eliminate repetitive daily tasks with batch processing of multiple documents. Empower your team with perpetual PDF software at a fraction of the cost compared to competing subscription-based solutions like Adobe® Acrobat®. NEW: Qoppa PDF Studio 2023 released! The latest version, PDF Studio 2023, offers impressive enhancements, including support for Dropbox Team Spaces, improved enterprise deployments, expanded multi-document functions, a new highlighter marker tool, and optimization options for smaller document sizes. Available on Linux, Windows, macOS, and other major platforms.
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    Starting Price: $99.00
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    DocMadeEasy

    DocMadeEasy

    iDeskCentric

    From NDAs to loans, from sales contracts to offer letters, Our eSignature tool DocMadeEasy helps companies of all sizes streamline and digitally sign their most critical documents. Unlimited electronic signatures are included in every subscription, plus powerful document features such as hosted sign, bulk sign and templates. Our tool is also a powerful PDF editor. You can use it to annotate pages, insert images, create or manage fields, whiteout texts, merge PDFs, and more. You can also use our service to securely share files with real-time control and insights. End-to-end encryption with AES256. Track and analyze how recipients engage with each page of
    Starting Price: $0
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    SwifDoo PDF

    SwifDoo PDF

    SwifDoo Software

    SwifDoo PDF is a comprehensive, all-in-one PDF tool that offers features that most users often require. This free software comes with a user-friendly interface where most of its main features layout and can be easily recognized and accessed on the main screen of the program. SwifDoo PDF - the most functional PDF editor that can be successfully used by novice users and experienced professionals. Beginners will enjoy the simplicity and certain intuitiveness of the interface, as well as the ability to edit PDF files without much effort. SwifDoo PDF has a number of special features for scanning copy convert. Besides many convert features. PDF Reader PDF Annotation (Including Stamp) Picture/image Extraction (only need copy and paste from PDF) PDF Edit PDF Compress PDF Merge PDF Split PDF Signature System Requirements: Windows 10/7/8/vista/XP Edition: SwifDoo PDF 2.0.0.6
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    Starting Price: $0
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    Adobe PDF Library SDK

    Adobe PDF Library SDK

    Datalogics Inc.

    Developers rely on Datalogics to provide the most comprehensive PDF SDKs in the industry. We are SOC 2 Type 2 certified. Global OEMs, SaaS and enterprise end-users rely on Adobe PDF Library to automate the creation, editing and management of PDFs. An Adobe partner, our SDK uses the same source code as Acrobat for stability, reliability and quality results. Flexible programming language and platform options include .NET, .NET Framework, Java and C/C++ on Windows, Linux, MacOS; NuGet & Maven; pdfRest API Toolkit Container option. Our extensive documentation includes getting started guides, API references, and hundreds of sample code examples on GitHub to help developers precisely create and define PDF workflow solutions. Free trial with proof of concept support, join us on Discord or use our AI assistant for help, or set up a time to talk to one of our engineers about your project. Our expertise and support is the reason we have a 91% customer retention rate.
    Starting Price: $5,999
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    Drawboard PDF

    Drawboard PDF

    Drawboard

    Drawboard PDF is the most intuitive PDF editing and markup app for Windows, iOS, macOS, android and web. Powerful PDF tools that feel good to use. Drawboard PDF – Get all the essential free. Mark up and edit any PDF with the ease of pen and paper. Drawboard Pro toolset - Upgrade to use advanced tools and Store+Share with your team. MARK UP AND DRAW All the drawing tools you need to mark and collaborate with the feel of pen and paper. INSERT Insert elements into your documents like, text, notes, callouts, signatures, images, audio notes, and more. MEASURE Take accurate measurements of elements on-page with technical measurement tools and calibration. MANAGE Local and Clouds PDFs in one place. Merge, split, reorder and compress COLLABORATE Real-time collaboration on-page in real time with instant syncing CROSS-PLATFORM Work from anywhere on any device, in real-time!
    Starting Price: $5.99 per month
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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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    UPDF

    UPDF

    Superace Software Technology Co., Ltd.

    UPDF supports editing, annotating, and managing PDF seamlessly on for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android. You can get every tool you need to edit, annotate, and organize your PDF files in one premiere all-rounder smart application. It is explicitly designed to meet the desire of most users for a stunning yet very comprehensible interface that is not just only for beginners. Key Features: 1. Edit PDF Document - You can add or delete texts as well as edit the text's properties and formats such as its font style, font color, and size. - You can also crop, rotate, replace, extract or delete images. 2. Annotate PDF - Easily highlight, underline, and strike out those parts. You can also add shapes, sticky notes and text boxes for a quicker and easier means of adding texts. 3. PDF Page Management - Rotate, delete, extract and rearrange PDF pages as you need. 4. View and Navigate PDF Files - Flexible reading mode such as single page mode or double-page mode.
    Starting Price: Free
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    Able2Extract Professional
    Convert, create, edit, OCR, compare, and sign PDFs. Customize the interface language and its appearance from light to dark themes for working with PDFs comfortably. Tailor your conversions by selecting a page, a paragraph, or even a single line for conversion. Custom PDF to Excel conversion to convert complex PDF table data to Microsoft Excel with pinpoint precision and a Smart Layout Detector for keeping table styles intact. Edit PDF text and pages. Annotate and redact PDF content. Sign PDF documents. Fill, edit and create PDF forms. Split documents into even parts. Convert scanned PDFs in English, French, Spanish, and German. Automate the batch PDF conversion process by queuing up a large volume of PDF files and even whole directories. Batch create PDF from a wide range of formats and merge all PDFs into one file. Create secure PDFs from blank pages or existing documents by adding passwords and file permissions. Able2Extract Professional: Your Swiss Army Knife for PDF files.
    Starting Price: $149.95/one-time/user
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    PDFgear

    PDFgear

    PDFgear

    PDFgear is an all-in-one PDF solution that helps users view, edit, protect, convert, sign, annotate, organize, OCR, Copilot, organize PDF files, and make more possibilities on Windows, MacOS, iOS, and iPadOS. PDFgear offers all expected functions in its clean and straightforward interface so users could enjoy their document reading and editing experience without disturbance. PDFgear Copilot provides more possibilities as a personal document assistant. As it's powered by AI, users could easily manipulate all PDFgear functions and chat with PDFs by asking PDFgear Copilot. Get lost in various functions and comprehensive document content? Don't worry! Just ask Copilot! It will cover everything. With PDFgear and Copilot in it, processing PDF is like a walk in the garden.
    Starting Price: Free
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    KDAN PDF

    KDAN PDF

    Kdan Mobile Software

    KDAN PDF (formerly PDF Reader) is your all-in-one PDF solution. Edit, sign, OCR scan, convert, annotate, and fill forms in PDF documents. With innovative AI features, speed up your document workflow! Designed for Mac, iPhone, and iPad, KDAN PDF is trusted by millions for its comprehensive features and efficiency. AI FEATURES: • Analyze and extract key information or tables from a PDF, then convert the data into spreadsheets for further analysis or visualization. • Chat with PDF and get document analysis, advice, new ideas, or content summary • Text redaction - automatically identify and block sensitive information in a document
    Starting Price: $59.99/year (billed annually)
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    PDF.live

    PDF.live

    PDF.live

    With PDF.live, you can convert PDFs into other file formats and vice versa. Convert Word docs, Excel sheets, PowerPoint presentations and JPEGs. PDF.live is cloud-based, so you don’t need to download and install anything, and it works on any internet-connected device. Click and drag your document, follow the prompts, and you can easily sign, annotate, edit text, compress, merge and a whole lot more with this free online PDF editor.
    Starting Price: $3.95/month/user billed yearly
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    novaPDF

    novaPDF

    Softland

    Using novaPDF Pro you can easily create high quality searchable PDF files in an affordable and reliable way from any Windows application. It installs as a printer driver and helps you generate the PDF files by simply selecting the "print" command from any application (you can convert Word documents, Excel sheets, PowerPoint presentations, AutoCad drawings, emails or web pages). You can password protect the PDF files you create and permissions can be restricted to prevent the document from being viewed, printed, modified, copied or annotated. Your PDF files will be secured with 40-bit and 128-bit encryption algorithms. Features include: customizable resolution, PDF security, PDF links, PDF bookmarks, text/image compression, profiles and more. novaPDF also includes a PDF SDK for developers that want to integrate PDF creation capabilities in their software.
    Starting Price: $19.99 (one time payment)
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    PDF Enhancer
    No matter whether you perform a couple of tasks or a complex multi-step production, PDF Enhancer provides the functionality to automate the process and save you time and money. With over 500 commands controlled through a simple user interface, you control nearly every aspect of the final PDF from annotations to Unicode font tables. All with PDF Enhancer’s fast, queue-based, batch processing environment. Or if you need to control the process programmatically, PDF Enhancer is available with a Java interface or scriptable command line interface on all supported platforms and as a COM object on Windows. But don’t take our word for it, download the free trial and convince yourself. It’s fully functional for 10 days with extensions of up to 30 days if you need it. PDF Enhancer is a high-volume software utility that optimizes PDFs for a particular purpose. PDF Enhancer automates the most common document assembly and preparation tasks.
    Starting Price: $349 one-time payment
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    PDFKit.NET 5.0

    PDFKit.NET 5.0

    TallComponents

    Create and manipulate PDF documents. Split, append, stamp, encrypt, extract, fill, and more. PDFKit.NET is a 100% managed (verifiable) .NET class library for creating and manipulating PDF documents. It consists of just a single assembly that can be xcopy-deployed. It has no dependencies other than the .NET framework. Central to PDFKit.NET is a consistent and highly intuitive object model consisting of classes like document, page collection, page, canvas, shape, bookmark, annotation, field, etc. The focus of the development team is always to ease the task of integrating our class library into a larger application. Fill text fields, checkboxes, radio buttons, etc., and save the form either editable or flattened with the PDFKit.NET 5.0. With PDFKit.NET 5.0 you can populate and consume dynamic XFA documents with the new XFA processor API. Extract all graphics on a page as a collection of shapes with PDFKit 5.0. Shapes can be text, images, and curves.
    Starting Price: $990 per year
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    Sumnotes

    Sumnotes

    Fifth Force

    An online PDF and Kindle annotation management tool that saves you hours of gruesome work. Have your PDF and Kindle annotations available for you to download in various formats in a matter of seconds. We summarize annotations from your PDFs, Kindle books and Instapaper articles. Save yourself a headache of searching for a tool to annotate and extract annotations from your books or PDF material. Sumnotes is the only simple, yet robust solution to extract annotations from PDF books, lecture notes or research papers, helping you to focus on what matters to you. With one click, import and synchronize annotations made across various platforms. With our batch import capability, importing your entire library is a breeze. We support PDF documents annotated in any official PDF software, including Adobe products and Preview on Macs. We also excited to announce that we support Kindle highlights!
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    MiniTool PDF Editor

    MiniTool PDF Editor

    MiniTool Software Ltd.

    MiniTool PDF Editor is a program that lets you edit all your documents in PDF format. You can convert them to other formats, combine several documents into one, separate a document into several different files, and, of course, annotate documents with various writing tools. When it comes to converting PDF files, MiniTool PDF Editor offers a wide variety of different formats. You can convert any PDF document to the following formats: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint, JPG, PNG, BMP, TXT, HTML, EPUB, CAD, and XPS. And, of course, you can also convert any document in one of these formats into PDF. Like this, for example, you can transform an ordinary image into a PDF in a matter of seconds. The same can be done with a spreadsheet. MiniTool PDF Editor is an excellent app, thanks to which you can modify your PDFs quickly and easily. The program's interface is also very comfortable, so you'll have no problem mastering all its features in just a few minutes.
    Starting Price: $0
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    ImageGear

    ImageGear

    Accusoft

    This document and image clean up and processing toolkit allows developers to quickly integrate document handling functions like image conversion, creation, editing, manipulation, compression, and image enhancement to their applications. ImageGear gives your application the ability to clean up files including deskew, line and speckle removal, and more. In addition, ImageGear’s color processing tools allow you to enhance image quality resulting in a reduction in compressed file sizes. This document and image processing SDK includes a variety of APIs that enable image clean up and processing. Add functionality to your applications, learn how you can meet all your document lifecycle needs with ImageGear. This PDF SDK allows .NET developers to add robust PDF functionality to an application. Users can view, convert, annotate, compress, redact, insert, remove, or reorder pages. Learn about all of the PDF manipulation capabilities and discover how ImageGear PDF can enhance your application.
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    CoolNew PDF

    CoolNew PDF

    CoolNew Software

    CoolNew PDF offers all-in-one experience to awesomize your PDF experience. All the tools you’ll need to be more productive and work smarter with documents.21 tools to convert, compress, and edit PDFs . Conversion features include CAD, office, image, texted and scanned copy conversions. Editing features include text, image, eraser, page number, size, watermark, paragraph and more. Users can combine or split PDFS, extract contents and optimize pdfs. merge and compress PDF. Reading and annotation features included. It edits, annotates, converts and combines file by one click, makes your tasks finish faster. CoolNew PDF offers you a familiar experience for editing PDF, just like you did it in Office.
    Starting Price: $6.49
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