Even though everyone uses PDFs, it's surprisingly difficult to find a free or even affordable PDF editor. While PDF viewers are a dime a dozen, if you need even the most basic editing feature, your only option is to shell out on an expensive one-time payment or subscription plan. There are a handful of free PDF editors, too, but there's usually a catch — they are either littered with ads, don't work on all desktop and mobile platforms, have watermarks or page limits, don't have mobile-friendly interfaces, or hide advanced editing features behind paywalls.

If you've ever come across any or all of these issues when looking for a PDF editor, your search ends here — with PDFgear. It's free, packed with advanced features, and with it now being available on Android, it works on all major desktop and mobile platforms. Here's what you need to know!

PDFgear is now on Android!

PDFgear is one of the best PDF editors you can get on Windows, macOS, and iOS, and now adds PDFgear for Android to its compatibility, making it one of the only cross-platform document editors that is completely free. The fantastic news is that free doesn't mean ads — PDFgear is completely ad-free as well. Like its other platform apps, you also don't have to worry about page limits, watermarks, or in-app purchases on Android.

At this point, you'll understandably be waiting for a catch or wondering how PDFgear is completely free. After all, we've all been told to look out for potential security and malware threats when an app is free. However, the PDF editor being free in this case has well-reasoned logic behind it.

PDFgear offers all its features for free as part of a strategic decision to stand out in the competitive PDF tools market and helped it quickly gain recognition in the "PDF editor" category. You can learn more about why PDFgear is free, how it sustains operations without charging users, and whether the app is safe from their official statement – Is PDFgear Really Free – And Why Is That?

It's not just about launching an Android version but also addressing specific pain points Android users have when using a PDF Editor. Using a document editor on a small smartphone screen can be a pain, especially if tool icons are tiny or hidden away in difficult-to-find toolbars. PDFgear fixes that problem with a clean, organized, and intuitive interface that makes it easy to find essential tools. The Android app is also quick and efficient, even when processing large files, so you aren't stuck with long load wait times or scrolling lag.

Most importantly, PDFgear is highly receptive to user feedback and regularly sends out surveys to its community to update and improve the app. Whether a bug fix or a feature request, PDFgear rolls out upgrades quite frequently.

Beyond being free, PDFgear excels in quality and functionality

Being a completely free PDF Editor without any additional hoops to jump through is more than enough to make PDFgear worth the download. But it also has a slew of excellent features on Android that put it in line with expensive, premium PDF editors. These features include:

  • Read and edit: Not only can you effortlessly read and annotate PDF files, but PDFgear also makes it easy to edit text and images on the fly.
  • Merge and split: Many people need the ability to merge and split different PDF files, but it isn't easily available. PDFgear will help you with it. More importantly, you can also extract specific pages, which is an incredibly useful feature.
  • File conversion: While PDF is a common file format, many websites and tools you might be uploading documents to might require something else. With PDFgear, you can easily convert a PDF file to a Word document, Excel sheet, PowerPoint presentation, or image. Of course, you convert files the other way around, too.
  • PDF compression: If you've ever come across an error of your PDF file upload being too big, this is the tool for you. With PDFgear, you can significantly reduce the size of a PDF file and make it upload and transfer-friendly.
  • Page management: Page management is an essential tool that isn't easily available. PDFgear makes it easy to add, delete, rotate, and reorder PDF pages.
  • Camera to PDF: You don't have to go through any extra steps to create a new PDF. You can simply take pictures with your phone's camera and convert them into single or multiple PDF files.
  • AI Assistant: PDFgear also comes with an AI Assistant that you can chat with and use to summarize, rewrite, and translate content from the PDF file.
    • Get PDFgear now!

    If you were looking for a PDF editor that is affordable or ideally free, it doesn't get much better than PDFgear. You don't need to add any payment information or even create an account. The app is completely free while also being free from ads and other disruptions. If you are wondering if there's a catch, there isn't – you don't have to deal with page limits, blocked features, watermarks, or any restrictions.

    Of course, it's also packed with all the essential features you'll need from a mobile and desktop PDF editor, like the ability to merge documents, manage pages, compress and convert files, and create PDFs using just your phone's camera. While PDFgear continues to build its user base and community, you can enjoy all these features and more for free!

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