This PDF editor alternative is only $40 for a lifetime subscription

PDFs are one of the most common file formats in the world, so it’s a little silly to pay a monthly subscription just to edit them. If you want an alternative to apps like Adobe Acrobat, try PDF Agile instead. PDF Agile is a simple PDF tool that covers everyday editing, conversion, and page management in one, and a lifetime subscription is now only $39.99 (reg. $119).

What can PDF Agile do?

You can edit text directly in a PDF, including scanned documents that need OCR to extract characters, instead of going back to the original file. Converters handle two-way transfers between PDF and formats like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint while trying to preserve fonts and layout. You can also build new PDFs from existing files or scans, then merge, split, compress, or crop pages as needed.

For reading and review, PDF Agile has different view modes, highlighting, comments, shapes, and freehand markup so teams can review the same file without printing anything. There is a presentation mode as well, which turns a PDF into a basic slide deck for quick meetings.

Security tools cover password protection, redaction, and electronic signatures. That makes it easier to lock a file before sending it, remove sensitive details, or collect signatures without printing forms. Other utilities let you compare two PDFs side by side, rearrange or rotate pages, add page numbers, insert links, and run text searches. Screenshot capture with OCR ties in when you need to grab part of the screen and turn it into editable text.

PDF Agile runs on Windows 7 or later with modest hardware requirements, and the account-based license allows two simultaneous installs. Updates are included, so new tools and improvements arrive without another purchase.

Right now, it’s only $39.99 to get a lifetime subscription for PDF Agile for Windows.

Prices subject to change. 

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