PDFgear

PDFgear provides PDF software for Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android, along with dozens of free online tools that run in a web browser. The page describes editing text, images, shapes, signatures, links, and fillable form fields; annotating with highlights, notes, and stamps; converting between PDF, Word, TXT, JPG, Excel, and PPT with batch conversion; OCR for scanned documents in 30+ languages; and AI features such as chatting with and summarizing PDFs. It also mentions eSignGear, a separate online e-signing platform for sending documents for signature. The page states the tools are free and cites a 4.9 rating from 10,000+ reviews.

Key features

• Edit text, images, shapes, signatures, links, and fillable form fields in PDFs
• Annotate PDFs with highlights, underlines, strikethroughs, notes, comments, stamps, shapes, and text boxes
• Convert between PDF, Word, TXT, JPG, Excel, PPT, and other formats with batch conversion
• OCR to extract text from image-based documents or convert scanned PDFs into editable Word or TXT, with 30+ languages
• AI-powered features including chatting with PDFs and summarizing documents
• Online tools for Edit PDF, PDF to Word, JPG to PDF, Compress PDF, Merge PDF, Sign PDF, Add PDF Pages, Split PDF, Delete PDF Pages, and Word to PDF
• Extract Text tool to pull text from a highlighted area of a page
• Cross-device availability on Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

Best suited for

• Editing and annotating PDF documents
• Converting PDFs to and from Word, Excel, PPT, and image formats
• Merging, splitting, and compressing PDF files
• Working with scanned documents via OCR
• Signing PDFs and sending documents for e-signature via eSignGear

Pricing

Free, as stated on the website (the page describes PDFgear as completely free and without signing up; no paid tiers are listed)